Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-30
Terrible Less of Life and Property
at Savannah.
CHARLESTON SUBMERGED.
4 Lars. Fart Of II, Il Least, al One Time
Under Water,
NORTH CAROLINA SWEPT.
Many Vessels wrecked I'm tho Neighbor-
hood Of wilmington-tiow Virginia
Fared-DAmage - Crops.
fRy telegraph 10 the Dispatch.l

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fatalities Is gradually growing. and 1t IS
,,.ossible to:,ell to what extent it will go.
several bodies Of drowned persons have
,e.r picked up, and search is now being
..o3a for Others who are missing. Every
l..,r seems 10 bring some new story Of
10th az "A result Of the storm. Tho
r-.Wulag Of Mr.. A. G.. Ulmer, assistant
cashier of the Central Railroad Bank. was
one ai the most unfortunate fatalities of
.e storm Mr.. Ulumer owns farm on
U.trhius1us Island opposite tho city.
and had gone over 20 pay on his hand
ga attend TO other duties. There were
s.v.ra bruises on his tace, and II is sup
t,-ei that ne struck against an outshed
o.reu ha iumped from his barn as 1t was
s,.ut 90 blow down. Miller. his dairy
r.u. has not been found. and 1t Is sup
,.-.I be also drowned.
Tsveu other fatalities are reported and
f-rr 90 6ftv other persons are reported
,....-,r.,. and II is supposed. as nothing has
i... heard of them. that their bodies will
i. found later.
Twelve harks and barkentines which
Gaze. anchored NJ the quarantine station
,..-. blown high and dry upon the marsh,
I'd some If them were carried by the
...-t ao-oss the marshes on an island two
,..... distant from the station. One of the
,....r.at Iybee was completely cOpHzed,
...t, ,rr.a club houses on the island were
t....r entirely down. Others were flooded
,,l th. people sought shelter wherever
.a.y could.
d.. v.rcs are all down. and Savannah
... almost entirely shut Of from telegraphic
mrau,cauon. Trains on all the roads
s,.. coming in irregularly, and some have
.,.relv stopped TO repair washouts.
g.-reb ,trsples are demolished, and at
..... large trees are blown down all
oy.rtto city.
f.. storm injured: many buildings IN
Savannah aud did great damage to the
.r..- only four buildings, however.
t.,. .-,tainel serious damage. Fifteen
,...... are known TO have been drowned
an r.re are missing. 1t Is impossible
,..-rrate the amount of property de-
s.-.,.l
.f' Alf a ASlA'NN
Al. Timer. assistant cashier Central
E.-l.d Bank. drowned on Hutchinson's
I-.,L
frI Stuart. drowned with Mr.. Ulman.
I.v Holmes, colored child. crushed
tr.i..a.r,af on Hutchinson's Island.
Ia. squire. colored six years old
.t..ya from roof of floating house on
bur- uu-la', Island and drowned.
i.r negroes drowned on Brampton
plantation. four miles west OF the city.
John Williams and the wives Of Ed.
Butler ana Thomas Green. all colored,
4rvaal ou la,lor's plantation.
S0tt Bacon aud son. colored, drowned
o. lstce.
Al unknown sailor from the bark Har-
o.I drowned a. Tybee.
1871 Ga.uette, killed by live wire.
NJ r- than thirty wrecks have been re-
ported SD tar Fifteen vessels IN the har-
i.r 0le od Iybee were wrecked or badly
damaged More than that number of
smaller .rait are missing, and are believed
O.. l,,e been lost. Nothing has been heard
i-u tne -te4mship City of Savannah,
I.V many hours overdue.
Iylre Island il about wrecked. Had
tl, island been washed away the demo-
u-.a aal destruction could not have
Pee. much worse than 1t was. Houses
there were blown down, burned. washed
away and otherwise demolished. The
railroad track was blown from the ground,
arl parts of II stood up along the line
Ia-a fence. Rails were twisted; spikes
v..e pulled from the cross-ties. The rail
r.lt track was completely wrecked part
of 70 beng blown several hundred feet
i-.u whete 1t was lying over into the
woods. To get from 1ybee train that
Va, caught there an entirely new track
W. have 70 be builti over almost the en-
rge distance.
80 least half the houses on the island
have been blown down or badly damaged.
l,r damages TO buildings III Savannah
are beng rapidly repaired.
IL NORTH CAROLINA.
WU,GV1IoS. n. c., Aug. pa severe
storm ~ wind and RAIN prevailed here yes
t.tIay aud to-day. but caused no damage
beyond blowing down few trees and fen
c-- ana overturuing two unfinished franc
buildings. The tide was the highest
known ~ wears. At Southport the wind
velocity was 73 miles. The Norwegian
bars Bonita was blown ashore III the river,
t.tlo other damage was done.
The schooner b. |. Hazard, Rafrord.
teIrGetown for EhzabethpOrt, n. j., put
'. % southport this morning IN distress,
.A.nc. aud with a spanker and mainsail
j '. = be three-masted schooner Three
SISTERS. from Savannah for Philadelphia,
N.- wrecked aud abandoned of Cape Fear
Dt ,he night Of August 2Sth. her comman-
..-. l,lac simpson, of Market Hook. Pa,
l.l mate, Johnson Heedo, Of Park Ave-
i.e. Baltimore. having been washed over
board and drowned The brigantlne
"t-trow German, from Liverpool for
o., port, wentto pieces on Casweli beach.
Grow a.I saved.
EuuaH. \. c., August 29.-The storm
l.a great damage 70 crops all through
North Carolina. Tobacco, corn and cot
tyu We're severely injured IN this State.
soUTn cARoLINA's EXPERIENCE.
CoirNIIA. :. C., August 20. Reports of
ta0 storm from various towns in South
C4rpina show considerable damage TO
h..'dugs. trees and fences. Cora was
h1N blown down aud .be damage 10 the
cotton crop cannot be estimated AZ this
tine, but n Is very heavy. The streams
a. much swollen aud mill-dams are wash
81 away. The unharvested tobacco crop ~
totally destroyed IN places. Travel. which
IA, been very much impeded, is being re-
samed. Trans came through FROM Charles
ton today. The damage IN this city IS
sHght. outside Of the trees. No loss OF life
reported. except at Charleston Weather
Clear and hot
buLLVASs ISLAND WISHED AWAY!
SPECIAL telegraph 20 the Dispatch.
RAlIiGH \. c.. Aug. 29.--Your cores
londent has Just received special from
layettevilie, sent upcn the arrival OF "a
ifain there from the South on the Atlantic
Coast Line. hIch saws Sullyan's Island
is washed away entirely. King street is
sF feet under water. Several persons
were drowned. The Atlantic Coast Line
ros,sbed is washed away for several
miles.
STORM IN TWO STATES.