The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-04

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CASUALTIES TO SHIPPING.
Among the casualties to shipping, the
following are all that are known up to the
present time:
The eastern shore steamer Crescent
City, beached on the western shore Of
the bay, two miles below the city.
The river steamers Lee and Lotus were
driven on the marshes, high and dry,
about two miles above the city, and will
probably both be total loss.
The sloop yacht Annie L., owned by A.
NJ Marshall, is almost bottom up rear
the mouth of Chickasabogui creek, and
may possibly be saved in damaged con-
dition.
In addition to these vessels, quite a
number of bargeS were blown in the
marshes that line both banks of the river
north of the city, and one of the barges
used in the dredging work on the chan
mel was also blown high and dry on the
eastern shore, quarter of mile below
the city.
The beautiful shell road which wound
along the western shore of Mobile bay for
distance of nine miles through glades of
moss-festooned magnolias, is almost a
total wreck, involving a loss that, if it
can be replaced at all, which is extremely
doubtful, will involve an outlay of between
10000 and $4,000. To-day it is washed,
and where the road once wound around
the bend of the shore are nothing but
masses of logs and driftwood piled in
almost ineXtricable confusion, while
across that portion of the road which the
storm has left intact trees have been
blown down in a tangled network of
foliage that makes passing even on foot
very difficult.
NEW ORLEANS CUT OFF.
Communication direct between Mobile
and New Orleans by rail has been totally
cut off and will probably not be resumed
for weeks to come.
Between this city and Scranton the
Western Union has barely pole left stand
ing, though the Postal Jared somewhat
better.
Between Venitia and Scranton, thirty
or forty houses were blown down, but no
lives have been reported lost
AT various towns along the route
twelve churches were wrecked, five of
them being located at Grand bay.
In Scranton and at East Pascagoula,
four miles distant on the sound, houses
were blown down, stores flooded and
stocks damaged, while at East Pasca-
goCla, which is the port of entry, the
entire beach is said to have been wreck
ed. The losses at the two points are said
to reach 100000.
The Louisville and Nashville bridge
across the Pascagoula is slightly
damaged, two or three spans having been
loosened and badly washed. Between
Scranton and West Pascagoula, a dis
tance of about forty-fve miles, three
miles of the track and road bed has been
washed away There is a three masted
schooner across the track at West Pas
cagoula.
There are no authentic reports from
points south of Mobile on the Louisville
and Nashville, except that two spans of
the Biloxi bridge are washed away.
The damage to the Louisville and Nash
vile is beyond computation at this
time.
Reports from Montgomery are to the
effect that the bridge across Three Mile
creek is damaged, and that a portion of
the Tensas bridge is washed away There
are 400 trees across the track between
Bay Minette and Dyas creek, distance
of about ten miles. No trains can get
any further south than Bay Minette, and
several washouts are reported.
FEARFUL Loss OF LIFE.
A row boat trip of the marshes made
to-day by an experienced newspaper re-
porter reveals a tale of desolation and
death that will almost equal those sent
out month ago from Savannah and the
sea islands.
At every point touched, houses were
completely gone, while The upper eastern
shore was swept as if by a western
cyclone. From Blakely as far southeast
as reports could be had the natives report
only death and destruction. For
miles inland, the trees are
laid low and much loss of life
is reported all along the shore The
rumors over there would place the loss of
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twenty-five perished. This side of
Blakely, in the marsh, whole families
have been swept away, and the actual
loss of life will probably never be known.
The reporter who made the trip rescued
several children and tied up two un-
known bodies, one of girl aged II, the
other of man aged about 30, both ap-
parently Germans
SEVEN CHILDREN RESCUED.
Five children, the eldest not over
years of age, were found tied together in
the marsh opposite the mouth of Marshall
river They said their father and mother
had gone in boat after the house. They
could give no ineligible account Of them
selves, being evidently German.
A little farther up the river two more
children we're rescued. Where those
children came from could not be learned,
as the only family known to reside on the
point where they were found was that of
Mr.. Desson. whose wife was drowned.
There was a Manila man and
his family who lived little
distance up the shore who were reported
drowned, and the children are probably
theirs, but, speaking no English, the
children could not make themselves
understood. The children were taken to
the house of q widow on Pole Cat bay,
whose house remained intact
In the upper delta of the rivers, run
ming into Mobile Bay the streams are re-
ported to be full of floating bedding, fur
niture and household effects, showing
that the reports of suffering and death
from this quarter are not Overstated
Owing to the sparseness of the settlement
of these marshes and their inaccessible
ity except by means of small sail or row
boats, it is probably that many have per-
ished whose identity will never be re-
vealed.
FATE OF THE MARSH GARDENERS.
The spots inhabited by the marsh gar
deners are only few feet above mean
low water and the houses are generally
built on piling as a precaution against
high tides. So far only one family, the
Bangles, are known to have escaped
death. Their continued absence from
their accustomed places in the market
house will probably be the only way in
which their fate will ever be ascer-
tanned.
In this city, there was great damage
done TO the shades trees and many valu-
able trees were blown down and many