The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-09-07

THE STORM AT SAVANNAH.

Torr ible Rt tcoId OF Marine DIsastcrs ant
LOSS of Life
, SANANNAH, GA, August 29.-Sun-
days storm injured many buildings
and did great damage to the trees
Only four buildings sustained serious
damage. Fifteen people are known tC
have been drowned and more missing
, IT is impossible to estimate the amount
OF property destroyed. The dead are
as follows:
, \. G. Timer, drowned on Hutchinson
Island.
Fred Stewart, drowned with Mr.. Ul-
mrr.
Tony Holmes, colorrd child crushed
} by railing roof on Hutchinson Island.
layior squire, cot0red, six years old,
, thrown from roof Of ilOating house on
Hutchinson Island and drowned
-Four nrgr ocS drowned on brampton
plantation, four miles west Of the city.
John Williams and the wives Of Ed
l'utl"r ana Thomas Green, all colOred,
drowned on the ravIor plantation.
scott liacOn and SJU, colOrcd drown
= eel at 1yber.
An unknown sailor from the bark
Harold, drowned at Tyhrp
Lewis Garrett, killed by a live wire
More than thirty wrecks have been
reported SO far. Fifteen vessels in the
llarhor and or Tyh"c were wrecked or
, badly damaged MOre than that mum.
Der OF smaller crafts are missing and
are behrved tD have baen lost. The
f. schooner Leila Smith, reported ashore
lies high up on Tyher beach lust west
/, ol the wharf. Six unknown vessels are
a reported ashore on Tybne beach from
= the outside. The other disasters which
occurred to the shipping between the
quarantine station and Tybec roads
y. are:
q The Norwegian bark Harold, whicl,
r. is lying on Eyb"r beach.
- The Norwegian bark Linden IS at
y. Iile quarantine station llgh and dry in
- Tn" marsh and her iO"rmlSt gone.
* The Norwegian bark Elma is also NJ
# IN the marsh AT quarantine.
# The NorwtGi Al bark Loyal is in the
marsh near tn" quarantine station
&c with all Of her m,tStS gone.
/ The Portuguese bark .Andira is higl
"a AID dry, ana Is considered TO be Il tota
y wreck.
r. The bark Mexico, which was lying a
.s the upper quarantine Wharves, IS now
"a in between the lateral row of pilinp,
70 Of the wharf. How she got there is !;
/ wonder. Apparently she must have
/ becn llltrd over the outside pilings
I The British Darkcntinc Genpsta IS
nigh and dry on McQucen's Island lust
abreast OF Venus point.
Two of six Sanford Ross drcdgps,
, Nos. and I, are on Queens island,
about halt way between st. Auru slime
, Creek and l.aZareLto Creek.
Tn" drcdge Tommachici is over in
. the marsh high and dry, having been
+ blown from Venus Point across Long
Island.
The bark Armus was blown from
her dock across the rive: TO the Savau.
nah side, and afterwards WAS blown
over the river again. She is now high
. ana dry on SlIoal opposite Jefferson
street.
, The steamer Bannan, from New York
,, To CardenaS Cuba, Capt. IIcnscn, came
f IN lybee harbor very badly damaged.
IN" revenue cutter RoutwelI arrived
M0nday afternoon, bringing Capt. Ra-
n"rH and family from st. Catherine Is
land. Much damage on the island.
Ihr three naSted schooner beatrice
r Mcl."an, OF st John, n. b. recently
ordered to Stapcld by the quarantine
authorities Of Savannah, had put into
-. GATHERINGS for Il harbOr and was
drawn high mp in the woods on the
west side of st. Cathcrine's Island. and
me Schooncr3 Mary and Maid Of the
, Ml3l near the Florida passage. No
loss OF life was reported.
Tyhce Island about wrecked Had
the island been washed away the demo
, IItion and destruction could not have
, been much worse than it was. Houses
y there Were blown down, burned. wash
: cd away and otherwise demolished
The ralirOad track was blown from the
ground and parts of il stood up along
, tn" lirc like Il fence. Rats were twiS
=. ted and spikes were pulird from the
""OSStlcS. The railroad track was Il
{, complete wreck, part of 1t being blown
' several hundred feet from where it
:, was lying over into the woods. TO get
Il tram mp from Tybcc, IN entirely new
:, track VIII have to be built over almost
the entire distance. WaShoultS are not
:, Il circumstance, the Wretchrd condition
INTO which the tracks were twisted by
:, the winds HS If they were wlSpS Of
, straw. At least Eali Oi rhh houses on
the island have been blown down or
; badly damaged. Dhmaf,rS to buildings
in Savannah are being rapidly repaired
II IS difficult to give the estimate Of
the damages don" by the lOrm To
bindings, SluDlDD would cover the in
jury done; vessels wrecked, SI5ONDD:
damage I" railroads leading out OF the
cItv, SID,WD, damage to rice crop,
$2DWU. In the interior tributary to
savannah the damage will probably
, amount To Sl,OOO,UUD or more, as the
cotton crop over wide territory has
; suffered severely, and in many turpen-
tine districts at least one fourth of the
= trees have been DESTROYED.
: Houses Wrecked.
kEENEENNILLE, n. c., Aug. 3O.-A
terrific cyclone struck here at ) O'Clock
. Monday morning. a hundred house,
were wrecked and Il woman was killed
: Many were Injured. The Baptist bricl
church was iazed to the ground. Fac
e tories, stores and residences were un
- rooted and some were blown entirel
= away.
L EALEIGII. n. g., Aug. 3O.-Storm di
great IHm1Vn tn prnnc oil