The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-03
SAVANNAH. GA, MONDAY. JUNE 3, 1889.

she raised her head and haggard
face and remarked: "Thev are
a gone. On, God, be merciful to them.
My husband and my seven dear little chill
dren have beeh swept dowl with the a I'D
and | II left one. We were drive by
the raging hood into the garret, but the
water followed US there. | ca by Inca il
kept rising until our heads were crusaed
agai st the roof 1t vas dea n { remain. 81
raised a window. and one by one ii ced
my darlings on some driftwood to the
mercy of the great creator. AS Ii Grated
my Swe { little bog, he boxed at me d
sal 1: Mamma, you al avs III me that
the Lord would care for me; will he lak
after me nOwW | saw him drift away With
his loving face toward me, and with a
prayer on my lips for his deliverance.
he passed from sight forever The next
momel the roof c sshed in and fioated
outside to be rescued fifteen hours later
from the roof of house in Kirnvile. II
could OILY fild one of my darlings could
bow TO the yill of God, nut they all are
gone. have lost everything on earth now
brit my life and / will return to my old
Virginia home and ] I me down for my
last great sleep"
SISTERS GRIEF
A ha dsome woman, with hair as black as
d ravens wing, walked through the depot,
where dozen or more bodies we're await
ing burial. Passing from o 10 to another,
she finally lifted the paper covering the
form and face of a woman, young, and with
traces of beauty showing through the stains
OF muddy water. With cry # anguish shs
reeled backward to be caught by rugged
MAJ who CHANGED to be passing. In a mu-
mont or so she had calmOd herself suffi-
clenly to take one m re 10 Ik at the features
or her dead. She st oil & zing at the un-
fortunate as if dumb. Finally turning away,
wi another wild burst of grief, she said,
land he beautiful hair all matted aud her
sweet face so bruised a d stat cd wi mud
and water" The dead woman was 9 sis
ter of I o mourBer. The body was placed
a colin few minutes later a ID sent
away to its narrow ho ne. I .ese incidents
are but fair sam les of scenes familiar to
every turn in this stricken city.
NOT LESS THAN 5000 DEAD.
The loss of life is simply dreadful. The
most conservative peo. le declare that the
number will reach 5000 The streets have
bsen full of mea carrying bodies to various
places where they await de tihcati IN sfnce
morning, and the rk mas only begun.
Every hour or so forces Of men working
on various heaps of debris find numbers
of bo1ies buried in the wreck 1t is be-
lieved that when the fam are exCin-
the same is removed tnat hundreds and
hu idreis of victi rs will be discovered. Il
fact, this seems c rtain, as doz ms OF b dies
have already bsen found on the outskirts of
the huge mass Of br ken timbers. Re or 3
from outside points are also appallin1.
Up to 8 o'cl)c 1870 bodies ad been en-
balmed at Niuevah, and there is report
that 200 mors have been discovered half
burned IL the mud on an island between
New Florence and the pace named. At
the Fourth ward schojl House over 100 vic
tins have bsel laid out for iientidc4ti n.
In maAy cases they have been recognized,
while IN ma y IA le the b ,di s
bear the simple word 'unkno~n
Shocking sig is have become so common
that they have lost their terror, and the
finding Of bod he. and there, attracts
little o. no attention from the gre Gro DIS
thas constantly line the river banks, and
crowd all other accessible places.