The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-30
so into the hundreds Of thousands The
entire coast is covered with wrecks.
eRANE FEARs ron TIE sANANNAH.

+ entire coast Is covered with wrecks
GRAVE YEARS FOR rHE SAVANNAH.
AS the hours glide by and no tidiugs are
/ received from the City Of savannah,
which will be more than fifty hours over
/ due this morning the anxiety increases
and fears that she will come to port no
more are gaining ground.
/ Capt Savage left Boston with the
/ City of Savannah last Thursday after
/ afternoon, and with fair weather was ex-
/ pected to arrive here late Sunday night
4 With stormy weather, however, the ships
/ from Boston usually take few hours
/ longer, coming in about . o'clock on Mon
day morning. But it is now Wednesday,
and where the Savannah is no one knows.
ONLY ONE DAY LATE IN 1885.
Mr. w. p. Bailey, clerk of the city
court, was aboard the City of Savannah
in 1855, coming from New York when she
struck the terrific gale of the South Car
DINA coast. Capt. Daggett was then in
command of her, and he steered her direct
~ out to sea. At that time the Savannah
came in the next day after she was
due being only twelve or fourteen hours
behind.
The trip of the Tallahassee in 1889, how
ever, is an instance which gives q hopeful
side to the voyage of the Savannah. The
Tallahassee struck gale of Hatteras,
went TO sea and was six days out from Sa-
vannah before she reached New York.
he HAD GIVEN UP HOPE.
An old sea captain, who knows some
thing about the City of Savannah, in
speaking of her last night, said ifshe did
not come in on that tide he feared that
she had gone down. Last nights tide
came and went but still she did not APP
pear Capt. Foster Of the William Grain
said he was of the opinion that the
Savannah had either gone down or was
disabled as a result of her contact with
the storm. The Savannah, although a
staun h vessel, is not the strongest on the
line being one Of the older ships. and on
this account there seems to be some rea-
son for the fears with regard to her
safety.
1t is possible, however, that she put
out TO sea and went a considerable dis
lance, in which case if she were only
disabled it would be some time before
any tidings of her were received. But
these steamers are provisioned for only
a few days and if she cannot signal some
other vessel CT get into port in some way
there might be serious trouble on this ac-
count.
AGENT ANDERSON NOT UNEASY.
Mr.. c. c. Anderson, agent of the Ocean
Steamship Company, said yesterday that
he felt no uneasiness whatever with re-
gard to the safety of the ship, and he
fully expected both her and the Birming-
ham to come up the river either last
night or this morning towing in some
wreck that they had picked up at sea-
He said they were both staunch ships
and fully able to weather the storm.
The severity of the storm made it hard
for any vessel to live. for il any of them
showed a weak spot the wind and waves
were sure to find it and break through.
People who were talking about the Savan-
nah last night said they had almost given
up hope Of ever seeing her again.
NO FEARS FOR THE BIRMINGHAM
No fears, however, are entertained for
the Birmingham, which left New York
Saturday afternoon at o'clock, although
she, too is overdue by about twenty hours.
She should have been in port on yester-
day mornings tide. The Birmingham,
however, is one of the strongest and
staunchest ships on the line, and it is
probable that she is the strongest fthem
all. On this account and further, be-
cause she is not much behind time, under
the circumstances, very little anxiety is
entertained for her
Mr.. Anderson does not think that the
Birmingham struck the storm at all, as
she was not due at Hatteras until Monday
morning, and he thinks the gale had
passed by that time. He accounts for
the delay of the ship by the fact that she
stopped to pick up or render aid to some
of the many wrecks which the storm left
behind IT,
These two steamships represent about
100000 worth of property. Who were
on board of them is unknown, as it was
impossible to obtain the passenger list of
either last night.
The steamer Edith which came over
from Button at ! O'Clock last night re-
ports that there was no sign whatever of
either the City of Savannah or the Biz
mingham at Tybee or outside so far as
they could see.