The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-13
PREPARING FOR TIE BLOW.
Everything Got shipshape Early in
the Day.

PREPARING FOR THE BLOW.
Everything Got shipshape Early in
the Day.
During the afternoon and evening the
wind ranged from thirty-eight to forty
miles an hour, the maximum velocity
during that time being forty-two miles,
which was blow for only FIVE minutes
II caused great alarm on the wharves
however, and preparations were made for
getting everything out of the way of the
tides, should they rise up over them. At
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way and Central railroad wharves every
| preparation was made to protect the
freight which was lying at those places
waiting to be shipped or to be delivered.
Extra forces of men were put to work
early in the day moving it back out Of the
way of any water which might be blown
up over the wharves and protecting it
from any tide that might rise. In this
way great deal Of property was saved
| from damage and some of it from total
loss which might have befallen it even
though the wind blew no harder than it
did during the afternoon
/ HUTCHINSON ISLAND DESERTED.
The people on Hutchinson's Island, or
at least those Of them who passed through
the last storm, did not care to repeat
their experiences, and many of them
came over to the city early in the day
They left the island in boat loads and by
! night there was no one left.
Those of them that could, however,
made all their property secure
before leaving and left the island
in hurry Those who had not passed
through the gale there had warning
enough OF what to expect from what had
happened before and they left early.
| The island last night was totally de-
serted.
People from the other resorts around
the city, who had experienced the last
| storm, were not anxious to repeat the
sensations in an insecure locality, and
many of them made haste to get into the
| city yesterday afternoon. A large num-
| Der of people from the Isle of Hope came
| in, and some of them stopped last night
| at the De Soto There were not more
than half dozen people left on Tybee
GUARDING THE cITY's PROPERTY.
City Marshal Wade was on the lookout
last night for the safety of the city's
property, and the safety of pedestrians
wherever anything was expected to fall
which might be a menace to those passing
! by. He was accompanied by corps of
/ men, headed by the mayors mes
| senger, John Savage Everything that
could be protected was ready for the
| blow
The weather bureaus prediction yes
| terday and the day before put everybody
on the alert, and yesterday morning be
fore the blow started in everybody who
had any property to protect was anchor
ing it down.
INSURANCE MEN BUSY
| In the early morning hours before the
wind had begun to blow applications
poured into the insurance agents Offices
| for storm insurance, but nearly every
agent refused to write any policies. The
consequence was that one agency did
big business for a while, as it was willing
to take the risk that this storm would
not be as bad as that of Aug 27. Others
| had prepared themselves for any emer-
| gency by taking out storm policies just
after the August blow, and they are fixed
if they are damaged in any way by this
one
Those who were not so for
tunate and didn't want to
suffer any loss, went to work to
protect their property the best way they
could. Signs were made fast, shaky
buildings were propped up, and every
thing that gave any sign of yielding to the
force of the wind was made as secure as
! possible for the time.
| LITTLE THAT COULD BE DESTROYED.
Even in case the storm should have
been as severe as that of August it could
not have done as much damage in the
| city, on account of the fact that every
thing that was in the least shaky or IL
/ able to give under the force of the ele-
ments had been blown down and de-
stroyed by the last storm. All the trees
that would have given way to strong
wind were blown down by the last storm,
and the only loss to be feared in that di-
rection was from the limbs which had
been broken and left hanging. A number
of these were blown off in different places
! throughout the city, and some few trees
in exposed places went down
THE sTEEPLE swAYED.
Looked as if the Tower on the Inde-
! pendent Presbyterian Was CHING fo