New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-26
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TWO CITIES IN A CYCLONE.
RUIN AT SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON.
VESSELS OVERTURNED AND SWEPT AsHoRE-x
NEGROES REPORTED DROWNED.
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SAVANNAH, Aug. 25.-A terrible cyclone
broke this city o'clock this morning. The wind
had been stiening from early In the evening
and at the time mentioned had attained velocity Of
sixty miles hour People In every part Of tho city
were up and dressed expecting that their dwellings
would be blown down their heads. Trees fences.
signs and small things generally flying through the
air In every direction. At the Pavilion
Hotel large tree carried away the roof Of the piazza
and burst In three windows with their blinds creating
panic In the hotel. George W. Parshs warehouse was
uDroofcd. Dennis shays large shcas were completely
demoralized At the exchange wharf five small
soops were sunk at their moorings. The trees do
stroyed number se yeral hundred.
AT Tybee Isand at the mouth. Of the Savannah
River. the storm almost furious as during
the famous cyclone Of 1881 The wind reached velocity
OF eightyfour miles hour. The British steamship
Marion 1850 tons for Savannah from the Cape Ysrds
Island in ballast lying in quarantine Tybee. dragged
her anchor and grounded In the marsh she noaed
tonight. The Savannah steamer Sc. Nicholas went
aground with forty pounds OF steam up anchors
out. She also foated tonight The pilot boats
Jones and Wilder grounded but have been gotten OF Tho
British bark ~ MosheE, In ballast from Belfast, Ireland,
for this port with all her anchors out. landed high
and dry the beach opposite Tybce Light House sha
has eight feet OF water In her hold and her position h
dangerous. The British bark Catherine Chalmers with
mahogany from Mexico for Irea1d is grounded
on Tybee Knoll In a dangerous position; she had put
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the storm she dragged five miles and lost three anchors
Several small sailing which ply between this city
and neighboring islands floating down the
bottom up, and i is certain that many
have been drowned. One body found ON the beach
schuetzen Park Telegraph wires down I'm every
direction. and what damage has been done along tho
coast unknown.
Daren reports wrecks in that vicinity. On Tybee
Island Charles Clrr0ls summer house blown to the
ground. His wifs escaped just before the building fell
The loss Is 500 At Of the hotels several windows
were blown In. aud many rooms were flooded by tho
sheets OF rain. The people the island expected be
blown out 10 sea or drowned by a tidal wave.
CHARLESTON. 8, G., Aug 2j.-Cnarieston
struck by cyclone this morning and one-fourth Of
the houses the city unroofed. OF the spres
OF So. Michaeps and ST. Matthew's Churches blown
down. and the spre Of the Citadel Square Baptist
Church Is demolished The wharves and warehouses are
badly damaged. At sullivan's Island two are
aground and the Ashley River bridge, now being
constructed swept away Four vessels which arrived
yesterday wrecked. The telegraph wires down,
and running Tbo loss Is estimated at
81 100000 Tho work OF restoration has already began.
Several houses Sullvans Island blown away.
The New Brighton Hotel had 100 guests aud great
fears entertained for their safety. About THE
morning the storm reached Its greatest velocity. ~
hour while the hotel people at breakfast the
Casino fell with great crash. Fortunately all the
in that building had been vacated but there
grave apprehensions that the dlnng-rooD and main
building would soon succumb to the violence of the
Storm Brave men were blanehed with fear and thelr
hearts almost ceased to pusate, fearful the a
prehenson that the ladies and children doomed Ia
instant DEATH The ladies behaved with heroism thai
was grand aud sublime. Not musmur escaped theii
lips They faced danger with such fortitude TO chak
lsnge tho aemration OF the
At O'clock the wd ehas xec from the southeast and
the cressed from southwest when the Casino
fell 1t is thought that the velocity OF thu storm from
sixty-fve 10 seventy miles hour. IRE building
OF the hotel intact having stood the storm without
rious damage. 10 is said that the present the
most thirty years. At o'clock II entirely
over The loss the New Brighton Will be $4,000
general destruction of property she
Island but the people are profoundly grateful that the
lives have been saved. The Island In the main sub.
merged when the wind changed the waters receded
and all hearts rejoiced.
JACKSON VILE, Fla, Aug. 25.-A heavy storm passed
over this city on Monday The wind, which
panied by drenchins rain reached average velocity
forty miles hour At times gusts lasting from two
minutes attained velocity OF ntty miles aud
upward News has just reached here from the mouth Of
the st. Johns River that the gale terrific there
The Atlantic House was blown fron Its foundations.
porch blown of and fell on Mrs. Dexter Hunter.
guest breaking her leg. Three or four large scows
loaded with for the etties were sunk. Wharves
were considerably damaged, ami one small house was
blown down. great many oranges were blown from
tue trees.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 25.-This section was visited BY Q
copious this afternoon and IL has induced m1ss
welcome chan ge IN the temperature AT o'clock the
mercury indicated 00o aud two hours later $50 change
OF 24o Ia 10 hours.
HARTFORD, Conn, Aug 25 tSpseiap.-There was
heavy storm here yesterday aud last night. aud few
miles above the city the Windsor line the track Of
tornado evident this morning for o distance OF
several miles from Bloomfield northwest OF Hartford
10 South Windsor the east side OF the Connecticut
RIVER Along that track. which took in q de.
voted largely to tobacco culture the damage is onor.
nous. Insouth Windsor, territory of u mile in width
and two or three long. stripped OF its crop By
falling hastones and the fury of the gale The loss In
tobacco alone Is estimated at considerably over
$4,000 or may be nearer $2000O0 sOther crops were
ruined aud whole orchards werc swept away in windsor
each over one hundred trees Prob .oy thousand rees
are down in the district traversed by the tornado
BmxARcK, Dak..Ang. 25tSpeeiaD.-A cold wave struck
this place Sunday and 1t has been growing colder
ever suce Overcoats comfortable but the weather
seloudy aad no fear is felt about harvest
ing about completed aud the grain has been saved 10
good shape.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug 25-The Signal Service here
shows this morning that the frost line last night ex'
ended as far south as Moorhead where the mercury
fell TO 80 degrees the killing frost point There no
further frost in this section Tor the present. tos
the cold wave is now broken.
SIDNEY, ohio Aug. 25.-rhe storm OF last night ana
this morning is the heaviest known here. About
daylight rs linear feet OF 25 feet embarrassment at the
Water Works reservoir went out leaving the town with
out water for machine power vr the extnSusling ot
fires.
BOSTON. Aug 25-A heavy thunderstorm, accom-.
panied by q gale, prevailed throughout New-Engand
last night 1t exceedingly IN Boston and the
vicinity and in the suburbs many houses and other
buildings damaged by lightning
CONNECTICUT MILITIA IN CAMP
NIANTrc, Conn.,, Aug 25.-The State en-.
campment Of the Connecticut militia was begun yester.
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