The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-29


Central railroad that the waters
got in their great cork above
the city, The twenty acres COM
prising the yard looked as if
a crowd OF giants had been playing ten
pins with the $4,000 barrels of naval
stores in stock there.
The barrels were piled about in every
shape, for the most part in the utmost
confusion, but frequently headed upon top
of each other as neatly as any stevedore's
gang could have done it.
The yard clerks were in despair when
they saw the sight yesterday morning.
The rosin yard was turned into pond
with the tops of the barrels
only, showing above the water.
About half of the several
thousand barrels of spirits stored under
the sheds had been washed out into the
yard and fioated off in every direction.
CARRIED INTO THE FIELDS.
Barrels of spirits and rosin had foated
out into the large pasture south of the
yards. Several hundred barrels we're
scattered along the Augusta and Louis
vile roads and even as far as Laurel
Grove cemetery.
This gives some idea of the extent of
the flood in that direction.
Wagons were put to work in the morn
ing hauling the scattered barrels back to
the wharves. AS soon as the water went
down little in the yards gangs of men
were put to work fishing the barrels of
spirits out and placing them on the plat
forms. There is no danger to the rosin
from the water.
At Conner, Hull & Co. IS works the first
section Of the roof of the acid chamber
was carried away, and also the roof of
section Of the mill building, known as the
Georgia Fertilizer Company's works.
The acid chamber is covered by $40, 600
cyclone insurance in the agency of De ar
ing and Hull.
Tho Commercial Guano Company also
suffered considerable damage
EAST OF THE CITY.
The whole of the lower wharves from
East Boundary street to the Savanna h,
Florida and Western wharves is one gem
eral scene of wrecks and devastatation.
The Lamar and Jones fields were
covered with water to feet deep and
from the wharves to the Savannah cotton
factory was one vast lake, filled with de-
bris of every character, and hundreds of
barrels of rosin scattered over its surface.
The Savannah cotton press wharf was
badly wrecked. Otherwise there was lit
tie damage done
The upper sheds of the Gordon wharf
look as if they had been struck by a cy-
clone. The whole wharf is
generally torn up. There were several
thousand barrels of rosin in the yards,
over half of which have been carried back
into the Lamar field, some even being
carried as far as the cotton factory.
The brokers will have great difficulty
in recognizing the marks upon the bar
rels even when they are recovered. The
Waterman on the wharf spent the night
in the Office with the wa
ter up to his neck and
the Office floating like a boat The
wharf was to feet deep
in water. It is covered now
with marsh grass wreckage.
The large 3-story acid chamber of tho
Savannah Guano Company's works, 400
feet long by 60 feet wide, was leveled to
the ground. All the rest of the buildings
were untouched. A peculiar feature of
the loss is that the acid chamber building
was co nsidered the strongest and best of
their buildings. The frame buildings
suffered no damage. Mr.. Wilcox thinks
the acid chamber must have been in the
centre of the cyclone. A boy left in the
office Sunday night found it necessary to
take to the desk to escape drowning and a
horse had rather narrow escape. The
water at the works was four feet deep
The damaged building was fully covered
by cyclone insurance to the amount of
$4,000
The cost of the building was double
that amount, but the immense acid cham
ber which was of lead, can be
recovered and also the greater
part of the acid it contained.
THE SHEDS ESCAPED.
The Savannah Florida and Western
spirits shed suffered very little damage.
though covered by water during
the storm. The rosin wharf also came
out remarkably well. There were over
100, 900 barrels of rosiu on the wharves,
and hardly any was lost.
The barrels were piled upon top of each
other promiscuously where they had been
left by the flood, but there was little loss.
Savannah Florida and Western
wharf Office is a complete wreck. Tim
bers were driven through the walls of
the Office by the food, showing what
strength itmust have exerted
At the lumber wharf great damage was
done, the timber being much
thrown about and great deal
foated OF in other directions.
The shed of the Savannah Guano Com
pany was demolished and only the chin
ney stands to mark the site.
Further down the river at Cohen Bros,
pasture, all the fences were blown down
and large number of cattle scattered
around the country.
ROADS AND BRIDGES GONE.