The morning call., 1893-10-15

OF disease that cost Roscoe Conkling his
life. The blizzard, however, only affected
comparatively small stretch of territory.
To-day almost the entire Atlantic coast is
cut of and the effects of the storm are felt
over thousand miles inland.
The entire chain of lakes was swept to-
day and last night by the northwest gale,
which has not been exeelled for the past
seventeen years. The lists of wrecks in
proportion to the number of vessels out
is larger than any in the history of inter-
ocean marine. That there has been a
large loss of life seems certain. but 1t will
be several days before full particulars can
be learned.
The following is the list of wrecks so
+, far reported. The yacht Enterprise,
ashore on Lions Head; the steamer Curtis,
ashore; also the schooners Nelson Hol-
land and Isabella Reed and the barges
Sweepstakes and knight Templar The
tug Acme foundered. The schoonerV Volun-
teer is ashore, ana there is a schooner near
Manistee also ashore. The schooner John
Mott sank off Fair Port. The schooner
EmbOy is ashore. The Buffalo schooner
Mount Blanc is water logged. The
steamers Schuylkill and Maritana are
stranded and the schooner Ironton is
ashore.
MANIsTEE. Mich., Oct. IA large
three-masted schooner is ashore three
miles north Of here. The crew have taken
to the rigging. and as the vessel is pound
ing heavily and a tremendous gale is blow
ing they are in great danger. The life
saving crew is out.
COLUMBIA. S. c., Oct. IA special to
the States from GEORGETOWN. S. c.. tells
terrible story of devastation and death
wrought by the hurricane in and around
that city and on the adjacent sea islands.
The entire water front of Georgetown
was flooded, and much damage
done TO merchandise stored in ware
houses. At Magnolia Beach almost
every house was washed away,
and thirteen white and six colOred people
were drowned. A number escaped a
watery grave by taking refuge in the
trees. The white people drowned at Mag
n0Iia Reach are: DR.. Arthur B. Fsgg
aud wife, his son. DR.. Arthur B. Flagg Jr..
his wife and five children, Miss Bette la
Bruce, Miss Alice la Bruce and the two
Misses Weston. The tide rose three feet in
u u.
well-known resort. Thelresidenees of DR..
H. 81 Tucker. B. P. Fraser and l.. c. La
Chicotte wers washed entirely away, the
inmates only saving the clothes they had
on. No lives were lost on this island.
BALTIMORE. Oct. 1.-THE gale Inst
night carried the waters of the bay and
rivers over the piers, doing immense DAM
age. Tie food extends a mile from the
river front There are no mails since last
evening. Washouts are reported. The
southern part of the city was flooded and
the water at the docks was even with the
surface of the street.
At 10 o'clock last night. while the wind
was blowing a gale. the Brush Electric
Light Works took fire and bGrne1. As the
works supply the city and nearly all the
stores and other buildings in the city with
light. the city is in partial darkness. At the
Holiday-street Theater panic was only
averted by the presence of mind OF the
attaches.
Sparks from the Brush Electric Light
Works set fire to the city jail. The pris-
oners we're hurriedly collected and marched
into the yard. Quite number, however,
were overcome by the smoke and dragged
out. AT midnight the jail was completely
destroyed. A Gordon of police was
formed about the Jail. The doctors are
working on the prisoners. Seventy-fve
were taken to the city hospital. None of
them is believed 10 be fatally Injured.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Oct. 14.-Tidings
of damage by the storm along the coast of
Florida are just beginning to come in. All
along the lire of Indian and Hillsboro rivers
towns have been flooded, wha1ves swept
away and houses unroofed, and from 10 to
Is per cent of the oranges blown from the
trees. So far no loss of life is reported.
The wires are all down.
WILMINGTON, \. c., Oct 1.-THE old
est inhabitant is forced to admit that the
terrific ouiburst Of wind and wave that
swept through this city surpassed any,
thing in his day or generation. The tide
was the highest ever known here. On the
river the waves dashed with tremendous
force against warehouses and vessels, and
the tide, quickly covering the low lands
opposite the city, stretched in an unbroken
sea across The rice fields as far as the eye
could reach. The troubled stream bore
an immense quantity of wreckage. The
high water did considerable damage at
Water street. All the wbarves are under
water. and the flood swept through the
lower floors of the warehouses. The city
wharves we're washed up ana landed bodily
on Water street and the fire wbarves were
also badly damaged. The food was deep
enough from Chestnut to Mulberry streets
for rewboats.
At Cape Bear the Hadken Valley Rail-
road wharf was washed away and the
flood covered everything. The Whining
ton compress warehouse was also flooded,
5000 bales of cotton In the warehouse be-
ing damaged to some extent.
The telephone, telegraph and electric
light wires are all in tangle. One of the
spires of the Fist Presbyterian Church
was blown down, bat nobody was hurt.
At Southport the custom-house building
and nearly all the wharves were washed
away and many residences, warehouses and
other buildings were badly damaged. The
foundations Of the Oak Island lighthouse
were undermined and the house is settling
down in the sand. AT Ocean View all the
large payilions and many cottages were
swept away or more or less damaged. No
serious disasters to shipping are yet re-
ported, and the only loss OF life vet known