The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-02

THE HEAVIER LOSERS.
J.. W. Scheper lost two wnaryes ana
three warehouses. Alta rough guess s5O,-
COO is considered conservative estimate
of his loss HIS two Pilot boats, the z.
". Echeper, Jr.. and John ~toddard, are
ashore on the 1luf The Schepcr Is not
DAMAGED much The StodGard is buried
IN the sand and full Of water Both boats
are above high water mark, and Will cost
considerable 10 float them. The stock IN
Mr.. Scheper's store is badly damaged,
the tidal wave rising In the store and NIL
ing the cellar His manager, MIR. Mar
sher. had narrow escape IA getting ms
wife from the building. The steps were
blown away and they had TO wade four
feet of water TO place OF safety during
the height of the storm. Mr., Scheper
owns ten or fifteen residences in town,
and the damage to them viii be about
$4,000. He also owns COnsldera bic prop
ertv al Port Royal and hean's Neck,
which has been ruined.
BUILDINGS BLOWN AWAY.
The two warehouses Of Messrs. Water
house x Banner were blown away and
nothing but q pile of debris remains The
roof to their storehoGse was carried
away and rain falls into the store Their
loss is $4,000 and upward. George
Waterhouscs wharf. cotton gin and ware
house were destroyed and nothing re-
damage is not overestiuatcd at $4,000.
His residence was unrOOfed and badly
wrecked; damage about $1,000. Mr..
banners two residences were badly
wrecked; value s. 600. The books and
papers of both firms were saved. They
took their safe from out the river.
A NJ Greenfield, leWelcr. lost the rear
Of building: loss 10 furniture, etc, 5000.
w. r. Roberts loss TO stock is $1,000.
The Bank Of Beaufort escaped Uniniurod,
and is open for business. DIR. II. NJ. STU
arts beautiful residence and garden are
badly damaged. The glass front OF his
drug store was destroyed Col William
II. Elliott's lexicon gressman) beautiful
residence badly damaged, fences down
and garden ruined
OTHER LOSSES.
THE Point. where so many beautiful
residences, built before the war, and
which has always been considered, the
pride of the town, is completely demOl-
ished. Many of the houses are badly
wrecked Two old time servants named
Lantay were drowned.
Messrs. Crocker & Mabie sustained
slight damage tOtheir stock NJ. POllltIer's
cotton warehouse escaped, but his resi-
dence was damaged 81 600. DR.. Prioleau's
losses are, to residence $1,000. TO drug
store $500 r. A. Scheper's dry goods
store is badly damaged. The roof is of
his three-story brick building and the
rain pouring down on an immense stock
of goods. The loss IS estimated at $4,000,
W. r. BristOl's stock is damaged with
salt water about $500.
The Beaufort rolling mills Or. A.
Long, warehouse and mill completely
wrecked; loss estimated at So 600 n.
Christensen's paint and hardware store
was badly damaged. The water rose
thirteen inches in his store His lumber
rs,4 1or,~
residence and beautiful flower garden are
completely wrecked He also lost a
valuable horse G. Bero, fancy
grocer and baker, lost about 5000.
The warehouse Of Thomas +. Walsh is
gone, and other buildings badly damaged.
His loss is not less than 81 800 The
Southern Express Company lost their
wagons. The telephone exchange Is
badly damaged, and the entire circuit
will have TO be rebuilt
CITIZENS RELIEF COMMITTEE.
The citizens of Beaufort had a meeting
yesterday Mai. w. H. Lockwood was
chairman and T. T. Walsh secretary. A
committee consisting of w. II. Lockwood.
c. +. Danner, n Christensen Robert
Smalls, T. F. Walsh, Hon. George Holmes,
mayorsof the city, chairman ex-of1cio,
were appointed to solicit aid for the suf-
ferers in this district, covering the sur
rounding sea islands. A committee of
three was appointed, with the mayor as
chairman, to select a sanitary Inspector
for each block in the city and the town
will at once be put in sanitary condi-
ton. The meeting indorsed the appeal of
Robert Smalls, to the public, published In
the MORNING News yesterday.
AT PORT ROYAL.
At Port Royal the wharves and ware
houses are badly damaged It is irnpos-
a. -, 10 al n-fs 70 nf
Mr. Campbell, merchant,at Port ROYAL,
says his loss viii be $1,000. He states
that II one time the entire town of Port
Royal was five feet under water
The bark Clara McGilverv, which was
loaded at the Pacific Phosphate Com
pany's work, for Carteret, n j., and
ready to sail, is now high and dry in the
marsh. She viii no doubt be wrecked.
Captain Gilkey and all hands are well
The schooner George Soul rode the
tempest and is safe. The tug Stone is in
q rice deld, about 400 yards from the wa
ter. The dredge Wimpy was found bot
tom up. No lives were lost on her.
Thirty-two bodies, all colored, were
found between ST Helena Island bridge
and Beaufort ferry 1t is estimated that
between 700 TO 800 lives were lost. At
Spann's plantation, Kean's Neck, thirty
seven We're killed. II is estimated that
between 5000 and 10000 inhabitants of
the sea Islands are entirely destitute
The cotton crop Is ruined, and the
phosphate industry so badly crippled
that work viii be suspended There is
talk of appealing to the governor of the
state, asking the suspension of the roy
atty on phosphate rock
PILOT BOATS ASHORE.
All the pilot boats, five in number, are
ashore. One. the Leo, will have to be
abandoned, being one-half mile from wa
ter II is estimated that it will cost
5000 70 float the other four boats. The
Palmetto sank al the dock at Port ROYAL.
The pilots had narrow escapes Of their
lives in leaving her.
AT THE NAVAL STATION.
The damage and loss Of life at the ma
val station was much greater than at
first thought. Up to yesterday twenty
tye bodies had been recovered. Twenty
four OF them were Colored and one white
that Of DR.. Hazel, the new quarantine
officer.
The new dry dock is filled with water
anu mud. II will require some time to
clear II, and until that is done nothing
can be told of any other damage that it
may have sustained. All the boats about
the naval docks were badly damaged
ON THE coosAw RIVER.
The dredge John Kennedy. costing