Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-08-31
MANY PERSONS KILLED.
Savannah, Ca, Visited by a Destructive
CyCl0nC Wind.


SAVANNAH, Ga, Aug. ga hurri-
cane struck Savannah yesterday, the
wind blowing tifty-four miles an hour
during the day. Sunday night at
o'clock seventy miles an hour was
reached. A large number of buildings
were unroofed. Seventeen lives were
lost on the river, Hutchinson Island
and Tybee, so far as heard from. 1t Is
believed that there are more killed.
Eleven vessels are ashore IN savannah
harbor, eight being barks, one schooner,
one steamboat and one oyster BOAT.
six vessels were wrecked outside the
harbOr.
The property damaged on the island
is enormous. The Hotel lybee Is
wrecked, all it's verandas and the Whoie
front being carried away. The bath
houses are destroyed, the knights OF
Pythias club house washed away; two
cottages of the Cottage Club demol-
ished and the ruins washed away; the
Ranch and Rambler club houses both.are.
wrecked the Butler House is completely
DESTROYED and the Mayor House slightly
damaged. Henry Green's house was
burned, George kosweil's cottage swept
out to sea ana the residence OF Mr.. Star
washed into the woods. The railroad
track is cleaned out. The storm swept
with tremendous force over the norm
part of the island. Railroad tracks were
carried 300 to 800 feet by the force OF
the water. :,
The Chatham Club house is practically
ruined. the pavilions on the beach are
gone and an empty train Is lying III the
woods. Trains on all roads are coming
in irreguarly and some of them have
entirely stopped to repair Washouts:
The church steeples are demolished
and 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 out. mere is
no communication whatever with 1ypee
except by boat Nothing definite can
be learned from Iybee Island until
morning, as all wire and rail communl-
cation is interrupted. 1t is believed
that the first bulletins of the cyclones
destructtveness have not been eNagger-
ated. While thus far only sixteen nVes
are known to have been lost, yet the
loss of life must certainly have been
twice that.
The property loss already known eN-
ceeds Sl 900 900 and there Is no telling
where the figures will end when the
full details OF the damage are known:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. 29.-Thls city
mas been cut off from all communlca-
ton with the outside world since )
o'clock Sunday morning. The cyclone
struck the Florida coast at Il point south
of Jupiter Inlet Its course was north
westerly and it traversed the whole east
ern portion of the peninsula, damaging
PROPERTY in a path forty to fifty
miles wide. In the city the velocity OF
the wind was thirty eight miles per
hour. Hundreds of trees and signs
we're blown down. Scores Of dwellings
and public buildings were entirely or
partly unroofed. The most serious uam-
aye was to the Park Opera House
and the Ocean Street Presbyterian
Church At Mayport, (mouth OF
st. Johns River) all the Dulld-
ings suffered and the old AtI'h,lc
House was completely demolished. AT
Pablo Beach the sea encroached upon
the railroad track and the premises OF
cottarers and the wind played havoc
among them. After 10 O'Clock there
we're no trains to Mayport, and the
telegraph and telephone wires We're
all down. st. Augustine reports the
water coming over the sea wall
and damaging business blocks. The
Lynn hotel was unrooted and
badly drenched About thirty or forty
Yachts and small craft were datilaSeuol
DESTROYED. The fate of other localities
in Florida as well as of the south SIDE
territory invaded by the storm is stlil q
sealed book. The wires are down III
every direction from Jacksonville.
CHARLESTON, 5. c., Aug. 29.-N hlle
the record of terror and ruin wrought
hv the great disaster of 1880 remains un-
kroken, Charleston has again stood IN
the track of Il cyclone which has shaken
the old city to her foundation stones.
The damage to property cannot De
told and the loss of life is unknown
Citizens awoke this morning and
gazed upon innumerablc evidences
of the hurricane which swept over the
city Yesterday afternoon and last night.
Tprooted trees had fallen, roofs, broken
fences and in the less substantial parts
of the town wrecked sheds and shanties
were found everywhere. The cyclone
swept up the coast and across Charles
ton Yesterday. None of the business
houses are open this morning
Half of the streets are lmpass-
able on account of the fallen trees, tele-
graph poles and timbers. Serious Tears
are entertained for the inhabitants OF
Sullivan's Island and coast The
former place was last heard from at ) p.
NJ. Sunday Several casualties to per-
sons and much serious damage are re-
ported, and complete inventory
places the extent of the damage al
ST 100000.