Evening journal., 1893-08-29
Great Uneasiness for tho south.


Great Uneasiness for the South.
NEW YORK, Aug. 90 The news of
the falling Of the wires and the reports
of the prevalence of hurricane along
The South Atlantic coast may well
occasion uneasiness for the safety of
that section.
Twice before in recent years. says the
New York Herald to-day, have these
same wires gone down, and twice have
they had direful tales to tell when they
were restrung. 1t was so when the
earthquake shook Charlestown down
August 20, 1SS6-and it was 50 in
August, 1881, when Savannah and almost
the whole southern coast was devastated
by storm.
savannah's Former Storm.
That storm began to gather over
Savannah on August 20, 1881. During
the day it was clustering and very
threatening The barometer fell rapidly,
and the wind was northeast. Through
the night the velocity and violence Of
the wind increased, the direction of the
wind was east.northeast, and the tide
was extremely high. At Tybee Island.
down at the ocean front near the mouth
of the Savannah river, there was a
/ frightful gale from the northeast veering
to the southeast.
The storm steadily increased in vio-
lence the next day. August 81. The
barometer at 2 o'clock In the morning
stood at 2970 at II o'clock 80 81 and al
/ 3 o'clock in the afternoon 29.49.
The wind blew first thirty-three miles
an hour north northwest, then thirty.
| FIVE miles an hour from the northeast,
! then fierce gusts came from the north
east, travelling from sixty to eighty
miles an hour.
The storm by o'clock that evening
was at its height. The rain fell il
sheets. 1t blew the tide high over al
the vast expanse of marsh land between
the higher portion of the city and the
sea.
Carried People Away.
The roar of the tempest was deafen
ing. It was accompanied by the crasl
of falling buildings all over the city. L
was unsafe for people to venture out
Men who tried to face the storm wer
caught up by it and hurled like leave
by an autumn gust.
The barometer reached its minimum
of 20 0S at twenty minutes past o'clocl
that night and there it remained TO
twenty minutes, while all East Georgi
was pandemonium.
Such night city has seldom passei
through. Unlike the Western cyclon
which comes and goes quickly leaving
4 track Of ruin, this storm hung on 70
a hours. 1t battered the buildings lik
s steady cannonading. The wind at i
p, o'clock was blowing steadily fifty mile
an hour, at midnight it abated to thirty
six miles and at 2 o'clock in the morn
: ing it had fallen to twenty-eight miles
T and the barometer was 30 49, Tn
wind all the night Of the storm bleN
from the southeast.
n Hundreds of Lives Lost.
s This is the meteorological record of th
L storm. The record Of what it actual
4 did is appalling.
a There was revealed on the next morr
ing a scene of desolation never to /
IS forgotten.
:. Savannah proper stands twelve mile
It back from the sea and brief descriptio
g Of the city will enable the reader to VI
# derstand more clearly what had hsl
70 pened The city is on plateau back {
le a high bluff which runs along the rive
IS Before it, the lowlands through whiC
IS the river winds stretch. to the.sea and
II Ty bee Beach, which is famous loc
or watering place The cost is lined Wi
IA islands, which are plantations and I
IL which many people live
In the city the river is lined wi
warehouses and docks, but beneath q
bluh are many dwelling houses. ~
as plateau stretches back for several mil
aud on this the residence portion of q
or city stands. There are a number
beautiful parks and squares whic
before the storm, had contained ma
10 huge and handsome trees. These oD
Oh spaces had given the wind q beti
of chance at the houses.
he The Alarm at Asbury Park.
AsBURY PARK, Aug 60 Consideral
m excitement was caused here yesterd
of by the posting of a United Sta
"a Government weather bulletin givi
!. notice that severe eastern gales, hea
," rains and unusually high tides w
10 predicted for the night along 4
of coast.
i'll One of the evening papers immedist
nd issued an extra, and this only tended
ms add still more alarm. Many of
Ocean Grove tenters became alarm
packed their grips and boarded the f
train for New York Others of
tenters sought quarters in the hot
&c and cottages.