Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-31
thias club house to the pavilion there is
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| destroyed. a cottage owned by George
Wor,ham, next TO the post-office. is gone
I Mr. Henry Solomon's house is turned three
quarters around. but appears 10 be sound.
| The residence OF the late Mayor Ulmer IS
In bad fix. The smaller town water tank
and both the wind mills are gone. Ryan
and Peter Smiths houses are badly dam
aged. The front OF Smiths house is
gone. The Demartin cottage Is only slight
ly damaged Captain Blun's house. which
has stood two storms is all right The
rancho is now resting on the sand hills.
IL IS a total wreck The Atlantic club
house Is damaged by large quantities OF
sand which blew into IT, The Archery
club house is stll standing The four
cottages surrounding the main build
ink are blown away.
The Hotel Tybee IS damaged but little;
the pavilion is the worst damaged portion
OF 1t. The wind mill Is a wreck and many
windows are broken. The Chatham club
house is intact Some OF the cottages OF
the Chatham club are damaged.
The Casino is stlll standing The big sand
drives along the beach were swept away.
The only bath houses now on the is
land are those Of the Atlantic club.
II is now estimated that the loss Of the
planters viii be much greater than was at
first supposed. Nearly the whole crop 4
destroyed. The loss is estimated at Si00.-
O0O. WV
The Norwegian brig Medea came in Tv-
bee roads to-day, having on board eIgh-
teen OF the crew Of the British ship Nettie
Murphy from Pensacola TO Dundee
wrecked in the gulf. No lives were lost
The Medea was from Belize anu on her
way to Hun.
SAVANNAH, = Ga. August. sp.-The
gfgn (FiyN ar
day and reports passing, off GEORGETOWN
:. C.. the schooner James Rovcc vim
mainmast and rail gone; passed also A
capsized schooner with painted conner
bottom. The birmingham picked up tne
captain and crew of six of the schooner
Joseph Southern. or Cane Fear. from
Darien Ga, for Boston. with LUMBER.
The following is just received 10y the
Morning News from Beaufort. n. C..
The shipping al Beaufort and Port Royal
suffered almost total destruction in sun
days storm. The following vessels are
either sunk or ashore: Clara McGllvcy.
Rcgame Alma Cumming. and W. II. Sum
mcr. Thetugs Reliance. Juno, Weymouth.
Kinkoro. Kent Stono. Dove. Ida and
Ivanhoe and the steamer Pilot Boy.
The tugs Bessie Bristol and Celia the
steamer Rydal Water. and the schooners
c. IL. Shucl and Florence Shay are safe
The schooner Messenger was blown up
Broad river but sustained no damage
except the loss Of anchor and cable
an unknown schooner IS ashore and
another bottom up in Port Royal sound.
SAVANNAH, Ga, August 30.-The
steamship Birmingham, of the Ocean
Steamship Company. two days overdue.
arrived in Savannah at J.. NJ, bringing
portion OF the passengers and crew Of
the GTfufneliu 'ftN # savanna rs-rlpty A
Monday morning on shoals six miles from
50 Helena lighthouse. South Carolina,
at six o'clock. Following is list of the
passengers on the City of Savannah:
y. A. Hooker. Mary S Hooker. +. p
Hooker. VIM. Cornell. Or. G. w. Lamar
Mrs. G.. W. Lamar Helen A. Norman,
Edward Peron Mrs. G. Cooper. Mrs. FL
len Wade. T.. ~ Todd. Nathan Darrows.
Mrs Darrows. J. NJ. Donald John Nor
man. Annie Love. Geo. Dorlow, John w.
Armstrong. John Wade.
Not a soul was lost from the ship. The
women and children were sent ashore in
the ships last two boats. and were safely
landed. The ship is a total loss.
AUGUSTA Ga, August 30.-The fearful
storm OF Sunday and Monday was ac-
companied by terriicaily heavy rains, de-
laying the railroad traffic The South
Carolina road, running from Augusta to
Charleston. is the heaviest sufferer.
Cloud-bursts this afternoon washed away
three trestlcs between Branchville and
this city. No loss OF life is reported, but
the damage to crops, cotton, corn and
freight is very great.
WILMINGTON, y. G., August, SO-The
three-masted shooner Carrie l.. Godfrey,
of Philadelphia. Captain Frank Somers.
Of Somcr's Point. y. J., from Charleston
for Wilmington Del. with cargo ACID
phosphate and nitrate of soda, put in
at Southport this morning leaking slight
~ and having lost her sails. Two men.
names not given, had been washed over
board and drowned.
The threo-mastcd schooner Harry ana
Grace Reynolds, Of New Haven, Conn,
Captain y. A. Mills. cargo Of lumber,
paricn. Ca, for New York, was toWed
into Southport to-day. Lost jib foresaii,
mainsail. main and mizzcn masts. yaWl
boat. forecastle and deck board. Vessel
full Of water.
Rarque Anna, JueI. is reported of the
bar at Beaufort. y. c.. the vessel leaking
and all spars gone. VIII probably prove
a total loss.
The barquentine Najaden, from Queens
Queenstown. with logwood lost bowsprit'
hoth anchors. foremast and rudder Nes-
sci beached near Topsail Sound about
fifteen miles from here. A total loss.
Captain came here to report 70 consul.