The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-30
Storm Notes.

The Georgia HussarS, in returning from
BOnaventure cemetery yesterday after
noon, had to jump their horses onto one
end of the bridge and jump them off the
other. The Shell Road Company should
have TIE bridge put back in its position
without further delay, or stop taking toll
until it does.
Henry Ambos of Thunderbolt, who
was injured the night Of the storm, is out
again.
A schooner is up ON the Warsaw wharf
at Thunderbolt
The dance shed in Bonaventure Grove
is wrecked.
Capt w. T. Daniels. Jr., and 7. H.
Brown, contractor, went down the river
yesterday tocXamine the pilot boat Belle
TO see how she can be gotten Of A1cQueens
island.
The county commissioners should re
pair the bridge across Isle Of Hope cause
way at once. People are getting tired Of
bridge Don't wait, Messrs Commission
ers. until plans are drawn for "a new
bridge; the OLD one is better than none.
At Wilmington Island not single
building was harmed by the storm. The
only damage done was "A small portion of
fence blown down. The wharf was in
lured by the heavy sea.
The weather bureau reports of the
storm at Charleston put the maximum
velocity of the wind at - miles per hour
from the northeast Sunday, and Sunday
night SO miles per hour from the east.
Monday morning a maximum velocity of
Is miles per hour from the south was re
corded. The total rainfall for the twenty
four hours ending at O'Clock Monday
morning was $50 inches.
The British steamship Mara, Captain
Jenkins, and the Spanish steamship Pc
layo, Captain BaldO. arrived at quaran-
tine last night. They were released from
the national quarantine station at SapelO
on Sunday, but We're detained on account
Of the storm. The Pelayo is from Sagua.
from whence she sailed on Aug. 3, ar
irving at Tybee about two weeks ago, and
was sent to SapelO to be detained and
disinfected. The Mara arrived at the
quarantine station from Damerara, on
Aug Is and after remaining several
days was sent to Sapelo, a case of small
pOx having developed on board. The pa
tient has recovered and the vessel was
inspected and thoroughly disinfected be-
fore being released from SapelO quaran-
tine.
The "fots ans and jetsams" of the
storm continue to float in. II all the per
sonal experiences of that eventful night
could be gathered, it would fill a library
full of books. There is no place that has
not had its haps and mishaps but princi-
pally the latter.
The occupants Of Mr. J. G. Buffers
house at Tybee were rescued by Messrs.
Henry and Charles Green during the
storm. Their own house was burning,
but they saw the danger threatening
Mr.. Buffers residence, as it was more
exposed than any house in Beacon pond.
and went to the rescue, swimming part
of the way, and carried Mrs Butler and
others TO places of safety The house
soon after collapsed and was swept away.
The entire population living in the
lower part of Beaufort county, $. c., has
been ordered out to repair roads and
| bridges, and in few days the country
will be open to travel. just now no one
| can go very far from home unless they go
| in boats.
The steamship City of Augusta did not
| leave last night, but will this morning.
| Capt. Daggett, in view of the fact that
| the river and bar buOys are out of place
! and a number of the lights gone, thought
| it best to go out in daylight,