The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-08-31
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A TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
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1cssiy swept by Terrific storm-A
Large Number Of Lives Lost. and Prop isr' ipH
| erty to at Present IneaIcfsIabie, ,eI1agv
| Amount, Both on Land and wster, Ds~ i.rs; Man
stroyed -seuerni Bodies Of Victims Res gmnr.,
soVered. % ~. ~. 49, p, wa, ,',o
| LottsvIL,R. KY, Aug. ga special ax., ,Isjl
to the CouricrJournal from Savannair, oy ro ,,l,
Ca, says: Almost on tI,e anniversary ,n,, s,
| 81 tbs great hurricane OF 1881 Savau-
nah was swept last night by one Of jo,,ojy
The sto,, ,,hic,, ha 4 ifse,, nred,ctsdl yGhs1i
| by tie weather bureau fofu several slniich
days, began early In the afterBeen and
increased from then on until II reached; ,,,,o; ~
| the climax between II and 10 o'clock
! last night having blown Tor eight '4'nins
hours IN terrific hurricane ItbegnHs adt i9y
raining in tho morning, but only In
gusts After the first fail II ceased -ens~
\ tirely for several hours and did not ,,,uroz
,vr,d. of Observation-Disclosures and Iaste6 fob nui
until the storm had spent its force at b,auu1
midnight. All the wharves along the, amt car
river front and ocean steamships and
the Savannah, Florida & Western rail-
way wharves were under yatex, and anri> 4,
the tide still rising rapidly
view Of the city at daylight re- 7''' "'
vealed a scene of wreck and ruin that a 3
surpassed that of the great hurricane ., .,.,.
| Of 1891. The ruin at quarantine is Inn
measurable Nothing is standing tti "'i
where one Of the finest stations on tho
1n tbs was doctor bomse ans thss ua
| this weathered the fearful gale Is {.,u
miraculous mi ing wharyes, anu Ms hnr -lt
! the city SO much money is At the bot i-. ''h
| tom of the sea- and nine vessels which Al
we're Waiting there for release to come
| to the city are high and dry in the
marsh and will Bd doubt be totally r 100
wrecked. The Cosniue was the, only t,.,. e.. u
/ vessel which managed to keep afoat
The tug Paulsou arrived in tho city ''"t''
at o'clock yesterday afternoon: Sbo i,r.i-.
brought up about sixty passengers ',
from Tybee. Mr.. Revers, one Of them .''
stated that four negroes sngtged II"
clearing the railroad track were .,y
drowned. A sailor and the cabin boy 'I'''0- ~
! on the schooner Haral, which is on her iaril,i
side On North Beach, were drowned. .-y I.
| 1t is reported that eight OF the crew OF
| the terrapiu sloop which went ashore ."I n ~
4 ON the south side drowned. ,.r,.i , tj;,i
The hotel Tybee is considerably dam
| aged in front. Its veranda and all
the bath houses are gone. The Knights L +
ofPythias clubhouse was washed away.
Two of the cottages Of the Cottage 'fr"'in'
club are gone. The railroad pavilion ...t g.
is all right. So is Capt. BUNS house. ,..
The Naylor house is damaged slightly. ''' '"
The Butler house Is gone. Mr.. Starr'st' 1Gj'
house was washed into the woods. The a,,d
Atlantic clubhouse is all right The
Rancor and Rambler clubhouses were
wrecked Henry Green's house was ri III
burned George Bosselrs cottage wss -I
swept out to sea.
The north end is practically cleaned .huol
out. The water swept with tremend- .,..,,,,
GUS force over this part of the island.
Railroad tracks were carried from 200 70 ''''
to 500 feet. The Chatham's clubhouse t,,rhau
is badly damaged. The pavilions ON
the beach are gone, SO is the switch
backs. An empty train Is in the woods ,nI
| Trains on all roads are coming in .5,.'l ,
stonnsd e. u nair ,ya 3,,ts i'i''Hs.11 HI qpn5
At least ib0O large trees arc blown rlt'urI
Gown @ an over the Guy. me ,hy9ee roao odj ahri
and in many places is entirely washed nl uihe
away. There is communications
whatever with Tybee except by water.
In this city yesterday morning the r4"5r'
streets were impossible from the de- ,., ....
Of brics fences and broken limbs and i,,tpii
branches of trees were piled across the Fl -fd
sidewalks and in the square and broken f.,.
wires swinging in every direction.
1t is impossible at this time to esti- 70, 10
mate the damage, the result of the n eu!
storm, but it very general, and 1t
is safe to say that it will go up into
the hundreds of thousands and per- '"'
haps more. Nearly everyone, II not | 10.
quite all, of the property owners in the . .
city have been damaged to some ex-
tent, and some to the extent Of thou" '.
sands. .... ........ ...., .f... lad ..,I
The list of fatalities is growing. 1t is ...
I impossible to tell to what extent it will o.
= po. Several bodies of drowned people a.,u.'t.
= were picked up during the morning, ...er
; and searches are now being made for
: others who are missing. Every hour 20
/ seems to bring some new story of death ;.",li
as result of the storm. ... ... ....,,-,.,
} The drowning of Mr.. A. C. Ulmer,
' assistant cashier of the Central Rail- II "'f
road bank on Hutchinson's S island. was rcd, vt
. one of the most unfortunate fatalities
of the storm. Mr.. Ulmer owns farm - u '''''
on the island, and had gone over to pay ''.,.Glr
i off his hands and attend to other du- .,. ,
; ties. There are bruises on his face,
and 1t is supposed he fell against an +hi 1-
outshed when he jumped from his rif iu
: barn as it was about to be blown
: down. The steward bruised
: the back, and Miller, his dairyman, '-.N
= has not been found, and it is expected :.s, -r
' he has perished. Other fatalities SO
l. far reported are follows:
[ There are fifty to sixty other per- ''n
sons who reported missing, and il ,.,,i'
n n is supposed, as nothing has been heard .;..
i. from them that their bodies will be
!, found later t'ht 80 i',' h' t""''ii II
Twelve barlss and ,barkentines, 4 :. t,,
: which were anchored at quarantine
\ ! station, were blown upon the marsh ~ '''
a and some of them carried by the. ..i} u
!. storm across the marshes on TO; an .,t
q island, two miles distant from the sta
tion. '''s '''i''" - ~
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