The Forrest City times., 1893-09-01
A TERRIBLE CYCLONE

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 LOUISVILLE, Ky, Aug. 20.-A special to the Courier-Journal from Savannah. ua., says: Almost on the anniversary of the great hurricane of 1881 Savan. nan was swept last night by one of Ine severest storms it has ever known. The storm, which had been predicted oy the weather bureau for several uays, began early in the afternoon and increased from then on until it reached the climax between II and l2 o'clock last night, having blown for eight hours In terrific hurricane. It began ralnlng in the morning, but only in gusts. After the first fall it ceased en- tirely for several hours, and did not begin again till after noon. Then the work of destruction began and lasted until the storm had spent it's force at midnight. All the wharves along the river front and ocean steamships and the Savannah, Florida & Western rail- way wharves were under water and the tide was still rising rapidly.
 view of the city at daylight re- vealed scene of wreck and ruin that surpassed that of the great hurricane of 1881. The ruin at quarantine is inn measurable. Nothing is standing where one of the finest stations on the Atlantic was twenty-four hours ago | except the doctors house. and that this weathered the fearful gale is miraculous The wharves, and the new fumiga tion plant, which has cost the city so much money is al a bot tom of the sea; and nincaEeS mich were waiting there for relea-. come to the city are high and dry in the marsh and will no doubt be totally wrecked The Cosnine was the only vessel which managed to keep afoat
 The tug Paulson arrived in the city at , o'clock yesterday afternoon. She brought up about sixty passengers from Tybee. Mir. Revers, one of them stated that four negroes engs ged in clearing the railroad track were drowned. A sailor and the cabin boy on the schooner Haral, which is on her side on North Beach, were drowned. It is reported that eight of the crew of the terrapin sloop which went ashore on the south side were drowned.
 The hotel Ty bee is considerably dam aged in front. It's veranda and all the bath houses are gone. The Knights ofPythias clubhouse was washed away Two of the cottages of the Cottage club are gone. The railroad pavilion is all right. So is Capt. Blun's house. The Naylor house is damaged slightly. The Butler house is gone. Mir. Starr's house was washed into the woods. The Atlantic clubhouse is all right. The Rancor and Rambler ciubhouses were wrecked. Henry Greens house was burned. George Bosselfs cottage was swept out to sea
 The north end is practically cleaned out. The water swept with tremend- ous force over this part of the island. Railroad tracks were carried from 200 to 800 feet. The Chatham's clubhouse is badly damaged. The pavilions on the beach are gone, so is the switch backs. An empty train is in the woods.
 Trains on all roads are coming in irregularly and some of them have stopped to repair wasbouts.
 At least 300 large trees are blown down all over the city. The Tybee road is under water for the entire distance and in many places is entirely washed away. There is no communication whatever with Tybee except by water.
 In this city yesterday morning the streets were impossible from the de- bris: fallen trees, twisted roofs. masses of brick. fences and broken limbs and branches of trees were piled across the sidewalks and in the square and broken wires swinging in every direction.
 It is impossible at this time to estl- mate the damage, as the result of the storm. but it was very general, and IL is safe to say that it will go up into the hundreds of thousands and per hans more. Nearly everyone. ii not quite all, of the property owners In the city have been damaged to some ex- tent. and some to the extent of thou- sands.
 The list of fatalities is growing. It IS impossible to tell to what extent IL Will %. Several bodies of drowned people were picked up during the morning. and searches are now being made Tor others who are missing. Every hour seems to bring some new story of death as result of the storm.
 The drowning of MT. A. C. timer assistant cashier of the Central RalI- road bank on Hutchinson s island. was one of the most unfortunate fatalities a