Huntsville gazette., 1893-09-02
A TERRIBLE CYCLONE,

erty to at Present IncaIculsbIa
Amount, Both on Land and Water De-
stroyed-Seueral Bodies Of Victims Re-
covered.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. ga special
to the Courier-Journal from Savannah,
Ga, says: Almost on the anniversary
| OF the great hurricane of 1881 Savan-
nah was swept last night by one Of
the severest storms it has ever known.
The storm, which had been predicted
by the weather bureau for several
days, began early in the afternoon and
increased from then on until it reached
the climax between IL and 12 o'clock
last night having blown for eight
hours in a terrific hurricane. 1t began
raining 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 its force at
midnight. All the wharvcs 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
| A view of the city at daylight re-
vealed a scene of wreck and ruin that
surpassed that of the great hurricane
of 1881 Ths 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 at the bot
tom Of the sea; and nine vessels which
were waiting there for release to 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. Mr.. Revers, one of them
stated that four negroes engs Red 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.
1t 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. Mr.. Starts
house was washed into the woods. The
Atlantic clubhouse is all right The
Rancor and Rambler clubhouses were
wrecked. Henry Green's house was
burned. George Bosselps cottage was
swept out to sea.
The north end is practically cleaned
out. The water swept with tremend-
Gus force over this part of the island.
Railroad tracks were carried from 200
to 500 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 washouts.
At least 500 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.
1t is impossible at this time to esti
mate the damage, as the result of the
storm, but it was very general, and it
is safe to say that it will 60 up into
the hundreds Of thousands and per-
haps more. Nearly everyone, If not
quite all, of the property owners in tho
city have been damaged to some ex-
tent, and some to the extent of thou
sands.
The list of fatalities is growing. 1t is
impossible to tell to what extent il will
go. Several bodies of drowned people
were picked up during the morning,
and searches are now being made for
|
seems to bring some new story of death
as result of the storm.
The drowning of Mr.. A. G. Ulmer,
assistant cashier Of the Central Rail-
road bank on Hutchinson s island. was
one of the most unfortunate fatalities
of the storm. Mr.. Ulmer owns farm
on the island, and had gone over to pay
off his hands and attend to other du-
ties. There are bruises on his face,
and it is supposed he fell against an
outshed when he jumped from his
barn as it was about to be blown
down The steward was bruised on
the back, and Miller, his dairyman,
has not been found, and it i expected
he has perished. Other fatalities so
far reported are as follows:
There are fifty to sixty other per-
sons who are reported missing, and it
is supposed, as nothing has been heard
from them, that their bodies will be
found later.
Twelve barlss and barkentineS,