The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-13
ONLY A BABY BLOW.
No Damage Done by the Wind at
Jacksonville or Charleston.

Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 12.-The storm
reached its highest velocity in this city
this afternoon at 2:15 o'clock, 3S miles an
hour. Little or no damage was done.
THE BLOW AT CHARLESTON.
Charleston, S. c., Oct. 12.-The West
Indian cyclone is on here Wires are
| going down to the southwark and are in
trouble to the northward. At this writing
the wind is blowing in great gusts at from
! forty to forty-fve miles an hour There
is as yet no damage except the wrecking
of telephone and electric light wires.
| Three tides have been banked up, and at
midnight it is expected that unless the
wind shifts around to the southwest, the
| eastern, southern and western portions of
the city will be under water.
Neither of the Clyde steamers due to-
| day has arrived.
AT O'Clock tonight it looks like repe-
tition of the cyclone of August last.
RAINING AT AUGUSTA.
Augusta, Ca, Oct IA heavy rain
! fell in Augusta this afternoon and cOntiu-
ues tonight. The signal service predicts
| that the storm will not reach Augusta
until morning.
WENT TO GA MILES.
Charleston, S. c., Oct. 10, II p. M
J The worst of the storm is over. The
maximum velocity of the wind was sixty
| four miles at p. m. The damage to this
| city is comparatively slight as near as
known. All the telegraph, telephone and
electric wires are down.
FAKE STORY OF THE BLOW.
Louisville, Oct 12.-A Courier journal
dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla, says
"One of the most terrible wind and rain
storms ever known is raging along the
| Florida coast, extending inland about
| fifty miles. The storm is regular West
| Indian cyclone, aud has been felt in this
vicinity during the last two days, but
| gradually increased in severity.
"Reports received to-day from Key
| West state that the storm passed over the
city Tuesday and Wednesday,, doing
much damage.
Reports from Titusville say the storm
passed over that place in a north
| westerly direction, blowing 60 miles
an hour. All communication with
places south of here has been cut
off by the wires having blown down.
| Fears are entertained that Iitusville
and many other places on the coast will
suffer greatly from loss of life.
"Reports from St. Augustine are to the
effect that the city is partly submerged
| by the water backing over the sea wall.
Full particulars cannot be ascertained.
pablo Beach Mayport and other places
near are in great peril, and especially the
first two, which are most exposed to the
sea.
Trains on the Jacksonville, Mayport
and Paflo and Jacksonville and Atlantic
railroads have been stopped by the heavy
rains.
''In this city the wind was blowing forty
miles an hour all day, and is gaining in
severity at intervals at the rate of fifty to
sixty miles an hour. Telegraph wires are
down in all directions.
"a heavy rain has accompanied the wind
and it is feared the orange crop will suffer
greatly, as the fruit is in condition to be
easily shaken off the trees
wAYCRoss APPREHENsIvE.
Waycross, Ga, Oct. 12-There are in
dications here of an approaching storm.
The velocity of the wind is about twenty
six miles per hour. with a driving rain.
The indications here seem to forebode
disaster The railroad authorities here
are on the quiViVe and expect trouble if
the storm center passes this section.
MILLEDGEyILLE AROUSED AGAIN.
Milledgeville, Ga, Oct. 12.-At a mass
meeting here tonight $500 was contribu-
| ted for Brunswick and the amount will go
| to $500 by Saturday night. Two hun
dred dollars had been sent before.