The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-29

house, which was undermined and car
ried away by the storm. The cot
tage to which they went was
fortunately sheltered from the
storm by the few rafters of the club house
which were left standing and they es-
capped unhurt. Yesterday morning Miss
Butler, in viewing the remains, found her
bureau over in the woods half mile from
where her home once stood.
The water on the point came up to the
hight of three or four feet. and dashed
against all the buildings with sufficient
force to have carried any of them down
before it,
The station in front of Mr.. Henry
Green's house was blown away and no
mark of where it once stood was left be-
hind to tell the story
A FIRE IN THE STORM.
Mr.. Green's house withstood the storm
well, and had it not been for an unfortu-
nate accident would have been left
standing still. The house sprung q leak
and Messrs. Henry and Chas Green who
were the only ones on the place, the
family being in town, went to look
for it with the intention of stopping it if
they could. They carried a lamp with
them. 1t was found that the plasUering
in one of the rooms in the upper story
had fallen entirely away and the water
was pouring in rapidly. A sudden gust Of
wind through one of the openings caused
Mr.. Green to lose his bal
ance and he dropped the lamp,
which fell down between the lath
work and the outer partition. The lamp
at once exploded and there was no way
whatever to quench the flames from the
burning oil. 1t soon had the house in a
blaze, which with the wind blowing upon
it through every crevice it was impossl-
BILE to control. The wind fed the flames
and the house was soon complete ruin.
Mr. Green's loss was partially covered by
insurance.
AN OLD MAN AND his SON DROWNED.
Scott Baker was the next unfortunate
at the point. He was an old negro who
with his son lived in box car at the
northern end. He was somewhat isolated
from the other inhabitants of the island,
and it seems that he and his son made no
attempt to leave their quarters during
the storm. His box car habitation
was blown away from its mornings, and
people who were out yesterday morning
to see what the storm had done for the
island found the bodies of himselfrand his
son lying about 100 yards farther inland
from his cabin. They had evidently been
drowned. The bodies will be given over
to the coroner as soon as possible.
The Y and switches Of the railroad were
taken completely off and carried back
into the woods.
Solomon's house, little further up on
the point, was lifted completely off its
foundations and turned exactly at right
angles to the position in which it form
erly stood. The house was blown off the
foundation into the sand and lodged there
about forty feet back of it.
The switch-back was completely blown
away and not sign of it was to be found.
The bath houses likewise floated off in
the tide, and for all those on the island
knew when they went out to view the re-
mains, they had foated out to sea
MOVED DOWN IN A swATH.
Along the railroad track the wind and
water impelled by the winds force cut
regular swaths in the line of houses and
small buildings that stood in that row.
The police barracks was partially demol-
ished, and the pavilion was almost wholly
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learned, however, it remained intact At
least the roof could be seen and it had not
blown away.
The wind mill was gone and the water
tank was gone but the Naylor house near
at hand was apparently undisturbed. The
Ranch club was washed entirely off its
foundation and was left standing out in
the sand hills. 1t was otherwise de-
molished and its windows and shutters
were battered to pieces. The Atlantic
club stood the storm well. A few panes
and shutters in the building
were broken and the entire damage
to the club house was perhaps $3.50.
1t was covered lby storm insurance, as
were number of the other buildings
which had dealings with the storm.
Mr.. Wortham's house stood intact so
far as physical damage was concerned,
but during a gale the water stood in it to
q depth of two to three feet.
THE HOTEL TYBEE SAFE.
Very little could be heard from the
Hotel Tybee, as there were onlya few peo-
pie who had seen it. The wind and waves
got in their work there however, as well
as elsewhere. The kitchen and din
ingroom got the full force OF the north
east gale, and they were battered in
from front TO rear.
Upon one little house, or what used to
be a house, some real estate agent had
tackled the sign For Sale" This house
had been blown away and was found yes
terday morning some distance from where
it formerly stood. The sign was still
there and some wag went over and en-
deavored to make it read For Sail"
A great deal of anxiety was manifested
before any news was received from Tybee
with regard to the condition of the Cot
tage Club. 1t is well insured in case of
storm, however, and its owners were not
fearing on that score. Those who
have seen the building say that it is
still standing and that it is ap-