The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-14
AFTER THE STORM IS OVER.
Few Signs Of Damage Found Around
the City.

at Tybes - An Inspection of the
Independent Presbyterian Church
Tower Proves It to Be All Right.
The City Of Augusta Expected This
Morning Some Trouble With the
Wires Yesterday - The Storm In
creasing in Energy as 1t Moves
North.
The city presented its usual appearance
yesterday after having been storm swept
for 20 hours or more.
Not a roof seems to have been shaken
from its mornings. Scarcely a tree was
blown down and but few branches were
shaken from them. Even the signs along
the Bay, which gave way so readily to the
former blow, swung merrily on their
hinges during the 3S-mile gale and
refused to fall, and the death and des-
truction that Aug. "a left in its wake
were totally unknown.
People who were away from Savannah
on Aug q, and read of million-dollar
loss in and around the city, thought they
were going TO be treated to a similar ex-
perience; but before the night was over
the wind moderated, the waiting became
weary, and they refused to stand vigil for
it any longer.
Those who rushed madly to the insur-
ance agents Office on the morning of the
storm and asked for policies at once are by
this time sorry they spoke One agent
wrote Sl75,0 600 of storm insurance on ac-
count of this blow, and since the rate has
been advanced the storm insurance is
something enormous
AMARK HERE AND THERE.
The storm king could not pass, how
ever, without leaving a mark of some
kind here and there to note his passage
Where be found an exposed frail and
slender tree he toppled it over; where a
weak limb lay in his way it was blown
on +; the water, dashed into fury, beat
against the wharves and the vessels in
the harbor in vain endeavOr to wash
something away, but its attacks were
useless. Not vessel, sloop or craft of
any kind burst its moorings, and those
which had intended to put out to sea took
warning when the storm was reported
of the South Florida coast and waited
until it had passed.
The eight banks which were anchored
in the Iybee roads during Thursday
night weathered the gale beautifully and
not one of them sustained any material
were anchored at the quarantine station
The schooner Flora Rogers, which sailed
for Boston Wednesday, wisely put back
and anchored in Tybee roads until after
the blow.
THE BLOW AT TYBEE.
The severest injury sustained at Tybee
roads. and perhaps anywhere for that
matter, was the loss of an anchor and
part of a chain by the Norwegian bark
Henriette. The bark is from Barrow,
consigned to j. +. Minis & Co. and Capt
Bull had Der brought up to tho city yes
terday.
The water in some places was blown up
on the land, and quite a high tide was
the result Hutchinson's Island was par
italy covered, but not to amount to any
thing Only the land which was exposed
TO northeast gale was covered with
water, and as the storm center passed
east of Savannah the blow in the opposite
direction did not come. For this reason
the water was not blown in the opposite
direction, as was the case during the last
storm.
THAT CHURCH sTEEPLE.
To ali accounts the story about the
steeple on the Independent Presbyterian
church swaying seems to have been
somewhat exaggerated, and there was
little reason for any fear that it would
fall.
The city authorities, however. thought
that it was dangerous and put guards
around II. Yesterday they ordered the
church authorities to have it made secure
at once, as it was thought there
was danger of its falling in
heavy wind. The church board held
a meeting yesterday afternoon and had
=. the steeple inspected. 1t was found that
IL was as secure as when first put up, and
that the only DAMAGE 6DDp N-ac tho blcv-
ing OF of some of the sheathing, and the
bending OF the weather vane. They de-
cided to have it repaired at once, and
workmeq will be put there to-day TO be-
gin the work OF putting back the sheath
ing
THE WORK INSPECTED.
Architect Urban, who inspected the
steeple, said yesterday that il is a frame
work of iron constructed in the most sub
stantial manner and strong iron corner
pieces The part loosened by the cy-
clones is the copper covering of the spire
and has nothing TO do with the construc-
tion except TO keep the water out To
stay the high structure, which by the
way represents a weight that could hard
~ be moved out Of place, says Mr. Urban,
IL is anchored by eight %
inch iron rods, two at each corner. These
rods are anchored TO iron beams built di-
agonally in each of the corners of the
stone and brick wall at the level
Of the semi-circulsr. windows
below the clock face The tower
therefore could not be thrown over unless
all the brick and stone work down TO This
level were torn away with it, AS far as
the swaying to and fro is concerned, Mr.
Urban says this is only an optical illu-
sion. He SAYS it can be clearly demon
strated by bending a stick and revolving
it between the fingers. In the case of the
spire the stick would represent the rod of
the weather vane, which has been bent
and which revolves with every change of
the wind.
The work Of repairing and replacing
the damaged sheathing will begin at once.
and when the agents of Lane Bros of
Newark, o who built the spire, arrive
TO work on the cathedral towers the
weather vane viii be repaired by them.
No DAMAGE.To QUARANTINE.
DR.. Graham, physician in charge of the
Quarantine station, returned to the sta
ton yesterday morning with Mrs Ora
ham on the tug Iheckla. Dr. Brunner's
instructions 10 DR.. Graham were 10 send
the tug back in the afternoon with a full
report of the damage done at quarantine
The tug returned with a brief report
from DR.. Graham, IN which he said. i
am happy to report that there has been
absolutely no damage done 70 the wharyes.
the station, and the mems quarters or