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

The new iron and steel drawbridge
across Ashley river at the foot of Spring
street was wrecked. 1t led to the truck
farming section of st. Andrews Parish.
The estimated loss is given elsewhere.
The railroads were literally knocked
out. No trains left for Savannah from
Sunday noon up to TONIGHT 1t is said to-
night that a train for Savannah will go
out ever the South Carolina railway, to
take the South Bound at Denmark
Both Of the telegraph companies lost
all of their wires, and the telephone syS-
tenn was Frustrated.
The Grimball mansion had portions of
the piazza carried away, and every out
building, together with ali the fencing, is
| entirely obliterated
The Werner, Kershaw and AllstOn
houses suffered in a like manner, and the
occupants were compelled to seek shelter
elsewhere.
The lower portion Of Savage street,
west end of Tradd, the lower part of New
and Logan streets were all under water,
ard all the residents in this neighborhOod
| suffered great loss from the overflow
The first floor of almost every house was
from four to seven inches under water.
Mr.. Losse ana family were rescued
with dificulty from his residence in
Council street
The residents of Council street suffered
great loss, the street being low and the
houses mostly one-story cottages. One
house, occupied by Mr. Deneaux, was
entirely washed away.
ON sULIvAN's ISLAND.
| The inhabitants say that every foot of
| Sullivans Island was under water at
midnight Sunday. Down by the fort and
| lower down it was as much as seven feet
! deep. Higher up it graded off, and at the
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| Of about four feet The waters from the
! front and back beaches met, and per
| feet ocean was formed.
The force of the wind was so great as
to carry the heavy pile-driver of Mr.
Crouch up on the island az far as Alder
man Johnson's home, which it wrecked.
Fort Moultrie was the haven of very
many of the islanders. 1t was not dam
! aged by the waves although the water
came in through the entrance. The peO-
pie out of the neighbOring cottages all
sought refuge In the old castle and made
themselves as comfortable as possible
! under the circumstances. Children were
carried closely wrapped in blankets and
made comfortable in the bomb-proofs
Not many were free from water, but those
that were held as many as could possibly
be crowded into them. The men carried
lanterns and few had the precautIon To
take coffee pots.
Thirty-two houses are known to have
been more or less badly damaged, most of
them wrecked completely. Among the
wrecks is the Presbyterian church The
Catholic chapel was damaged The total
of wrecks will be larger when the returns
are all in. The New Brighton hotel was
badly damaged. Three lives were lost on
the island, as told elsewhere.
On the island the storm was unevent-
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reached a high velocity, some say to a We.
locity Of l25 miles an hour. 1t was from
the northeast. Before midnight it shifted
to the east, by daylighp il was southwest
1t rained during the whole night II
poured in torrents and nothing could
protect the people. The worst of the
storm was between IL and / o'clock, il
was said.
Yesterday the wind was strong and the
sand as it blew in the face pricked like
pins. How the wind blew on Sunday
might may be estimated when it is said
that there is not to-day q sand hill OF
Sullivans s Island. Mounds that were ten
twenty and twenty-five feet high are as
level as ever was any part of Middle
street. Not sand hill is left Every
thing is swept clean. The car tracks are
| covered.
NOT AS BAD AS 'S5.
The News and Courier says editorialiy
"It will require several days of investiga
tion and collection of details of the loss
and injury which has been distributed
over so large field before a fairly ap
proXimate estimate can be made of the
damage inflicted on property in Charles
ton by the severe storm which swept thc
city during the twentyfour hours from
about | O'Clock p. m. Sunday until tn,
same hour yesterday. Enough is known
however, to warrant the statement thar
! the aggregate OF damages W i'll hardly fal
short Of that Of the storm of August, 1885
which was about 100000 in rount
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