The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-30
RUIN and DEATH.
Another Terrible Gale Sweeps
Along the Coast.
OVER A HUNDRED DEAD.
Savannah and Charleston Suffer
Very Severely.
DESTRUCTION AT OTHER POINTS

rafho Suspended and TeIegraphic Com
munication Badly Interfered with.
Vessels Wrecked Along the Const-Hany
Buildings Demolished. Trees Uprooted
and Crops Destroyed.
SAVANNAH. Aug. 9o-Almost on the an.
,niveFsary OF the great hurricane of 1881
savannah was swept Sunday night by one
" the severest storms il has ever known
fhe storm, which had been predicted by
the weather burean for several days be-
gan early In the afternoon, and increased
from then until it reached the climax be-
tween II and 10 o'clock Monday night,
having blown for eight hours in terrific
hurricane
II began raining early in the morning,
but only in gusts. After the first fall it
ceased entirely for several hours and did
pot begin agnin until after noon. Then
the work of destruction began, and lasted
nntil the storm had spent its force at mid
hight. All the wharves along the river
'front.' and the Ocean Steamship company
and Savannah, Florida and Western rail
epad wharves were under water and the
Alde Yas still rising rapidly. A view of
the city at daylight reveals n scene OF
wreck and ruin tnat surpassed that of the
great hurricane of 1881
The ruin at Quarantine is immeasurble.
Nothing is standing where one of the
unost stations on the South Atlantic WAS
twentyfour hours ago except the doctors
house, and how this weathered the fear
ful gale is miraculous The wharvcs are
gone, the new fumigation plant, which
mas cost the city SO much money, is in the
bpttom OF the sea, and nine vessels, which
were waiting for release to come to the
city, are high and dry in the marsh and no
doubt viii be totally wrecked. The Cos
nine was the only vessel which managed
10 keep ahoat.
The tug Paulsen brought up about sixty
passengers from Tybee Mr. Revers, one
of them, stated that four negroes engaged
In clearing the railroad tn k were
drowned A sailor and the cabin boy ON
tbe schooner Harsl, which is on her side on
North Beach, are drowned. 1t is reported
shat eight of the crew u the terrapin sloop
which went ashore OH South Beach were
drowned The water swept with tremen-
1ous force over this part Of the island,
railroad tracks being carried from 200 to
700 feet. The Chatham club house is badly
Managed. The pavlions on the beach ure
gons; so Is the switchback. An empty
tsaifi is in the woods. Trains on all roads
are coming in irreGularly, and some have
sntirely stopped to repair washouts The
church steeples are demolished, and at
lssst 800 large tr~as are blown down.
The list OF fatalities is growing, and it
p impossible to tell to what extent it will
4fow. Several bodies Of drowned persons
Ave been pifked up, and search is now
being made for others who are missing.
Hyefy hour seems to bring some new
btoFy of death as a result of the storm.
The drowning of Mr. a, g. Timer rs.
bistant cashier Of the Central Railroad
bank, was very sad occurrence Mr..
plmer owns farm en- Hutchinson Island,
ppposite the city, and had gone over to
pay OF his hands and attend to other du-
nep. There were bruises on his faco, and
bis supposed that he struck against an
pptshed when be jumped from his barn ms
u WAS about 10 blow Gown. Miller, his
Aairyman, has not been found and it is
= 'Mpposed that be was al. 0 drowned.
- The other fatalities so far reported are
% follows: Tony Holiness coored, crushed
10 house on Hutchinson's Island. Four
unknown negroes drowned on Brampton's
plantation, four miles from the city. Louis
aarnot, colored, ran into \ live trolly wire
a 6-year-old colored boy, drowned On
Hutchinson's Island John Williams,
Mary Butler and Sarah Green, drowned on
rice plantation south of the city Two
apknown sailors were drowned at Tyhee
Inland Forty to fifty other persons are
reported missing, ael 1t is supposed, as
nothing has been hesrd Of them, that their
bodies will be found later.
AUGUSTA. Ga, Aug 3l.-A special from
Port Royal, s. O.. brings information Tint
fully 100 lives have been lost at Port Royal
Beaufort and neghhoring points by
drowning during the storm. OF the 100
psrsops killed and drowned only six were
white, the otbars being negroes Twenty
were drown on Paris Island No news
has been reGsN sd from Helena, four miles
from Beaufort 1t Is believed fully twenLy-
i've lives were lost batYeen PORT Royal
and Seabrook, all negroes.
CHARLESTON, S. C.. Aug. 30-While the
record Of terror and ruin wrought by the
great disaster Of 1853 remains unbrokun,
ChaTleston has again stood in the truck of
cyclone which has shaken tho old city to
her foundation stones. The damage to
property cannot bR told aad The loss Of life
IL unknown. The citizens awoke Monday
morning and gaEed upon innumernble
evidences OF the hurricane which swept
over the oity Sunday afternoon and night
Uprooted trees, fallen roofs, broken fences
anu In tno less substantial parts OF the
sswn wrecked sheds and slantics were
found everywhere. The cyclone, with all
Ehe terrors which the word has for the
people Of this section, swept up the coast
snd across Charleston. Early Saturday
, morning the dreaded signal was run up
, hnd the city held its breath, hoping that
the storm might pass us hy.
RltHMoEo Aug. s0-Passengsr train
No. rs, Of the Atlantic Coast line, with
Pullman sleeper attached reached here
iast evening at ESQ from Charleston, S. c..
having been delayed twenty four hours b.
che destructive storm which swept over
the south Atlantic coast Sunday and Mon.
day. ]. B. Beddingfcld, southern express
messenger, who was In Charlestown dur.
fhs the storm says that the battle Of wind
snd rain com nhspccd with terrific furce at
NJ O'Clock Sunday afternoon AID continued
Nithout cessation until Monday morning
a. o'clock
There was not f1tty yards space In the
Rt?oets that did not contain debris, such as
Fp9fs OF houses, signs, awnings, telegraph
fslas, ebo., which were scattered In all
aireotonn Tho roof Of the ST. Charles
notel was blown of and the streets were
Nodded with water ALMOST TO its doors
He faw loqrtean box cars ;l.at mad been
blown fsotn tto rnifrbad tracks and turned
over. All the phosphate works In the city
were blown down or badly damaged.
Thafe wis a schooner lying high In the
streets, having been driven from Its an
dhofsgs. There was no ecpmunlcation
with Savannah, all telegraph lines having
been pfostrated. While he saw no one
killsd or Intnred IL was currently rrnortea