The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-24


1t decidedly greenish color. It's velocity
increased as it approached the zenith and
the wind became almost a hurricane.
DELUGE OF WATER
Suddenly the cloud burs, and perfect
deluge of water descended upon the city,
its volume being greatest in the territory of
Newman, Forsythe and Laura streets and
the st. Johns river The cloud was then
partially dispelled and disappeared toward
the northeast In less than ten
minutes the streets in the locality Indicated
were fooled with water, sewers and surface
drains being wholly inadequate TO the task
of carrying it off.
AN UNDULATING PAVEMENT.
The pavement is of circular cypress
blocks, and the water forcing It's way be-
meath them made the surface of the streets
undulate like the waves Of the ocean.
Teams and pedestrians broke through, and
the water spurted up into the air with gre It
force. The surface streams ran down Pine,
Ocean and Hogan streets like a mill race,
washing the paving blocks up into piles,
and Ia some instances carrying them down
nearly to the wharves.
BAY STREET IMPAssABLE.
Bay street from Pine to Market is mass
of dislodged paving blocks and is impassa-
bic. The police and tremen have roped it
off to prevent accidents The street car
travel on Bay street. Is suspended. Many
stores were flooded and unpaved thorough
fares have been quilted out in many places
so as to be temporarily impassable. The
damage will reach several Thousand dol
lars.
A TREMENDOUS DowNPoUR.
Sergt. Townsend of the United States
signal station reports the rainfall the great
est on record here for a like duration. Up
to noon it had reached only half an inch,
but at $3.50 o'clock it had increased to Az
inches. The only record approaching it is
that of Sept. 26, 1885, when from the pre-
vious midnight to IL O'Clock D. m. ,--twentv-
three hours-the rainfall amounted to 1-5
inches on a level. To-day's average, how
ever, is much in excess Of that. Men viii
be set to work early in the morniag, and
travel will probably be resumed during the
day.
A TORNADO AT JACKSONVILLE.
A tornado Of great violence passed over
Pablo Beach, sixteen miles fro!a hero on
the Atlantic coast, at 6 O'Clock to-aigaS It
arose in tie southwest and withcnb any
warning, except the baackening of the sky,
it struck Marray hall, an imnssnas beach
hotel. twisted the tin roof from tae main
Sbt ANbli0 dUtt JOW0(b, DuESb Ia H4hN WlEuD HS
and doors Oh the west side and left it in a
generally shattered condi.ion. The bowling
alley, servsnts' quartsss and carpenter
shop west Of the hotel are completely de-
molished. as is also the greater portion Of
beach pavilion.
A BOY KILLED.
Prince O'Neill, a boy of 13 years, was
standing by the horse and buggy of Lawr-
ence Haynes near the dancing pavilion
awaiting the arrival OF the evening train.
The horse, vehicls and boy were Heted iato
the air and blown nearly 200 feet TO the
beach, whore they wssrs found ton minutes
lister ell in a heap. The boy was killed
outright, his body being terribly bIlIieed
aud Enangled. A freight car on the side
track was lifted in the air, turned over
twice and landed on the north side
of the main track sixty feet distant.
PASSENGERS ESCAPE DEATH.
The passenger train due at o'clock was
half en- hour late, owing to obstructions on
the track Had it arrived ON time 100 cot
tagers from this city would doubtless have
all been killed or seriously injured. The
force Of the wind was such that pieces Of
timber we're driven through the two-iach
plank flooringi Of the railroad staSioE and
were with great difficulty extracted for the
passage Of the train.
ESCAPE OF THE COTTAGES.
The cottages escaped with little or no
damage and no serious injury to persons Is
reported beyond the death of the O'Nelll
boy. The damage TO Murray hall and It's
surroundings is roughly estimated at
$4,000. 1t closed for the season last
Wednesday. 1t was built in 1855 at a
cost of s20O, 900. and is owned and managed
by John G, Christopher Of this city, who Is
at present in Cincin ati.
COMMUNICATION CUT OFF.
The telegraph wires are down and all
communication is cut off. Ten minutes
before the tornado swept over the place the
Cd arator in the Office at Marry hall was
warned by wire from Jacksonville of the
cloudburst in this city, and at that very
moment anslectric charge on the wire
burned a cash in the operator, shaad. At
8:15 o'clock Supt Hayden Of the JACK
scnville and Allan ie railroad
put on a special for this city with four
passengers beside himself. The train pro-
ceeded cautiously owing to the danger from
here at 1915 o'clock. Mr.. Christopher was
notified by wire.
BACK TO THE SCENE.
The casket required for the dead boy and
a newspaper representative were taken to
prevails even now among the cottagers, but
a perfect calm in the weather prevails The
tornado covered an area of not over IS feet
in it's revolutions. People and buildings
outside of this circle were uninjured. It
passed off toward the north west and was
less than three minutes in duration. Aside
from the demolished roof and broken glass
Murray hall stood the attack Of the tor
nado remarkably well.
A FATAL FLASH.
WINoNA, MINI, Sept. 23 3--Lightning
struck the house Of Mr.. Spalding at
Pleasant Hill at $3.50 o'clock last night. One
bolt went down the stove pipe and into the
cellar, The other went Off the stove and
killed q girl, years old, in her mothers
lap. The father was knocked senseless
but not seriously hurt. Lightning struck
the mothers shoulder and ran down the leg
and across the body Of girl l3 years old.
The mother is not expected to live.
SNOW ON Mt. WASHINGTON.
FABYAN HOUSE. n H., Sept. 23.-Snow
has fallen on Mt. Washington for tho last
few days, and this morning It was Is inches
deep.