The morning call., 1893-08-29
The South Swept by a
Cyclone.
WIND FROM THE INDIES.
Houses Were Blown Down and Great
Damage Done to Shipping on the
South Atlantic Shore.

clone swept" Those two words only par
TALLY stated the condition of Tybee Island,
which is that section of this city lying at
the mouth of the Savannah River. To-
night it was struck by the most terrific
cyclone that ever visited this part of the
country.
The quaran tine station, one of the finest
in the South Atlantic States twenty-four
hours ago. is now a total ruin, with the
exception of the doctors residence. The
wharves are gone, the new fumigaling
plant which cost the city so much money
is in the bottom of the sea and nine ves-
sells which we're waiting there for release
to come to the city are high and dry on
the marsh and DO doubt will be total
wrecks. The Conshine was the only YES
sci which managed to keep afiOat
The tug Paulson arrived in the city at 5
this afternoon. She brought up about
sixty passengers from Tybee. and man
named Revers, one of them, stated that
four negroes engaged in clearing the rail-
road tracks had been drowned, as were
also a sailor and the cabir-boy on the
schooner Harold, which was lying on her
side near the beach. 1t is reported that
eight Of the crew of terrapin sloop, which
drowned
1t is impossible to vet learn all the de-
tails of the disaster, but there are many
stories a1oat OF numerous other dead, and
while no doubt many of them are true, yet
they cannot be verified tonight. The
property damaged on the island is of
enormous value.
The Hotel Tybee was considerably dam
aged, the bath-houses destroyed, the
Knights of Pythias clubhouse and two
cottages washed away. the Ranch
and Rambler club houses wrecked, the
Butler House completely destroyed and
the Nailor House slightly damaged,
Henry Green's house was burned, George
Boswelps cottage was swept out to sea,
and the residence of Mr.. Star washed Into
the woods. The railroad track was cleaned
ont.
The storm swept with tremendous fury
over the north part of the island, and The
railroad tracks were carried 800 to 500 feet
by the force of the water.
The Chatham Clubs house was practi-
cally ruined, the pavilions on the beach
are gone aud an empty train is lying in
the words.
Trains on all the roads are coming in
irregularly and some of them are stopped
to repair washouts.
The church steeples were demolished
and at least 500 large trees were blown
down all over the city. The Tybee road
Is under water for the entire distance, and
in many places is entirely washed out.
There is no communication whatever
with Tybee except by boat, and nothing
definite can be learned from Tybee Island
till morning. as all wire and rail communi-
cation is interrupted.
It Is believed that the first bulletins of
the cyclones destructiveness have not
been exaggerated. and while thus far only
sixteen lives are known to have been lost
yet the loss of life must have certainly
been twice that number
The property loss it is already known
will exceed 81, ,000. 600, and there is 10 tell
ing where the figures will end when the
full details of the damage are known.
The only list Of dead obtainable up to
this hour is as follows:
John Holmes (colored) crushed in a
house en- Hntchinsons Island.
-Four unknown negroes drowned on tne
Brampton plantation, four miles from tn
city.
Lewis Gagnett (colored) ran into live
trolley wire and was killed.
Taller Squire. a six-year-old colored boy,
drowned on Hutchinsons Island.
John Williams, Mary Butler and Sarah
Green, all drowned on rice plantation,
south of the city.
Two unknown sailors drowned on Tybee
Island
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. 28.-This
city has been cut off from communication
with the outside world since o'clock on
Sunday morning. The cyclone which the
Weather Bureau foretold last Saturday
struck Jacksonville about daybreak yes
terday morning and rapidly increased in
fury up to o'clock p. NJ.
1t travelled in a northwest direction
from the West Indies. 1t 6rst struck the
Florida coast at point south Of Jupiter
Inlet, and In its course norlhWes.erly
IL traversed the whole eastern portion
of the peninsula. damaging property more
or less In path forty to fifty miles w ide
from the coast line westward. Hundreds
of trees were blown down and scores of
dwellings and public buildings were en- i.
tlrely or partly unroofed, causing great
damage from rain. which fell IN torrents.
At Mayport, at the mouth of the ST.
Johns River. all the buildings suffered
more or less and the old Atlantic House
was completely demolished.
at Pablo beach the sea eneroached upon
the railroad track and the premises of the
cottages, and the wind played havoc
among them. After 10 o'clock A. NJ. there
were no trains to or from Mayport and
Pablo, and the telegraph and telephone
lines were all down.
ST. Augustine reports the waters coming
in over the seawall and damaged business
blocks. The Linn Hotel was unroofed and
badly drenched and about thirty or forty
yachts and small craft are badly damaged
or completely destroyed.
The fate of other localities in Florida,
as we'll as of the South Side territory, in
vaded by the storm is still unknown
Wires are down in every d rection from
jacksonville and communicat on with the
outside world is absolutely cut Of Last
night and up to o'clock tonight the only
points heard from were st. Augustine and
Be rnandine.
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