The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-15

There were ftful showers and violent
guests of wind that fOretokened the furi-
Gus gale that followed with the early
morning, and that increased as the day
wore on until the climax of the big blow
was reached near midday
The wind is from the southeast and
held in this quarter until about o'clock
p. m, when it gradually veered around to
the southwest and the rest of the gale
was from this direction, the wind blow
| ing with diminishing force after night
fall until about 10 o'clock, when it sub
sided to almost perfect calm and the
big blow' of 1898 passed into history.
THE TIDE.
The tide was the highest known even
in the memory of the most antiquated
| resident, being 16 inches above the high
water mark registered and recorded in
| 1853, which had surpassed all previous
known records, it is believed, since the
deluge. On the river the scene was
almost terrible in its grandeur. The
waves dashed with tremendous force
against the warehouses and the sides of
vessels, throwing clouds of spray high into
| the air. The tide came in with mighty force
and swlftness, covering the lOwlauds Oppo-
| site the city and stretching in an unbroken
| sea across the rice fields as far as the eye
| could reach. The troubled stream, as it
| swept by the city, bore on its broad bosom
| an immense quantity of wreckage, broken
gangways, trunks of trees, drifting boats
| and thousands of sticks of timber washed
! from the timber pens at the saw mills.
| There was little shipping in port, and
nearly all rode through the gale in safety.
THE DAMAGE ON THE STREET.
| The high water did considerable dam
! age on Water street All of the wharves
were under water and the food swept
| through the lower floors of the ware
| houses. The city wharves at the foot of
| Water street were washed up, and the
| wharf on the north side of the dock was
| landed bodily on Water street. The fire
wharves at the foot of Princess and of
| Chestnut streets were also badly dam
| aged and will cost the city a considerable
| sum to rebuild. The tide swept over
! Water street at many places, and the
| flood was deep enough on this and from
! Chestnut to Mulberry street for row
| boats to swim in. At the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railroad wharf the food
| covered everything and some damage re-
suited to goods belonging to merchants,
| and awaiting removal,
The Wilmington compress warehouse
was also flooded, the water standing from
to inches on the floor. There were
about 8, 900 bales of cotton in the ware
house, all of which is damaged to some
CAbCuU By NdINIs L1G IAC Ali41l pun
compress the damage was comparatively
slight, only few bales of cotton being in
| the water
Telephone, telegraph and electric
light wires were all in a tangle and the
superintendents of each of the lines were
out with large forces of linemen trying TO
straighten out matters and get things in
working order.
CHURCH SPIRE BLOWN DOWN.
| One of the smalL-spipes- Of the First
| Presbyterian church was blown down
about 8 o'clock. People were passing
| when it fell and some persons barely
| missed being crushed.
At South Port the storm was much
| more severe than here. The custom
| house building and nearly all the wharves
were washed away Many residences,
warehouses and other buildings were
badly damaged. The brick foundation
| of the Oak Island lighthouse was under
mined and the house settled down in the
sand.
At Ocean View all the large payilions
and many cottages were either swept
away or were more or less damaged. The
! loss there will probably reach $4,000.
No serious disaster to shipping is yet
reported, but il is feared some sad stories
| will be received tomorrow. The only
| loss of life yet known here was reported
| lLOm CdHpSOu, Wu6E6 Tree Icll On inc
| house of a farmer named Lane and
crushed two of his children to death.
| The total loss in this immediate section
will probably reach $l50,000.
| The three-masteG schooner M. E. Nor
ris, Smith master, from Charleston for
| Richmond, with a cargo of phosphate
rock, went ashore yesterday nine miles
west of South Port She is a total wreck.
All the crew were saved.
THE BLOW ON THE EAST COAST.
jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 14.-Tidings of
damage by the storm along the east coast
of Florida are just beginning to come in.
All along Indian and Hillsboro rivers, the
wind reached velocity of sixty miles an
| hour Towds along the banks were
! flooded, wharves swept away and houses
unrOofed and from 10 to 10 per cent of
the oranges were blown from the trees.
| Between New Smyrna and the ocean is
! a stretch OF two miles Of marsh, through
which the HillsbOro river winds its tor
! tuous length. Between this marsh valley
J and the ocean is a barrier of sand hills.
+ The ocean swept over the hills and
marshes and the water invaded the towns.
( Three small houses were washed away.
/ and the Sportsman's hotel was unroofed
/ The wind blew the water in Indian river
/ southwark, backing it up at thesouth end,
! leaving almost dry ground at the north
! end Steamboats, went along with the
| high water No tidings from the south
end of the river have been re-
ceived. 1t is thought that thew
aters were unusually high. So
far no loss of life has been reported. The
wires are all down, and this report was
secured from belated passengers coming
into Jacksonville.