The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-30
RUIN In ITS WAKE
For Ten Hours a Terrible Tornado
Ragged Along the Atlantic
Coast.
IL Was Most Severe at Savannah, Ga,
Where Inestimable Damage Was
Done.
Over n Dozen Persons Known to Have
Been Killed and Many Are
Missing.

DANANNAu, va, aug. Ahc SEcdt
storm which had been predicted by the
weather bureau for several days. began
early In the afternoon and increased
from then until it reached the climax
at about midnight. having blown for
eight hours - a terrific hurricane. 1t
began raining early in the morning,
but only in gusts. After the first fall
it ceased entirely for several hours and
did not begin until afternoon. Then
the work of destruction began and last
ed until the storm had spent its fury at
midnight.
All the wharves along the river front
and the warehouses Of the Ocean Steam
ship company and Savannah, Florida
and Western railway are under water.
and the tide is still rising rapidly. A
view of the city in the morning
Revealed q Scene OF Wreck
surprising that Of the great hurricane
of 1881. The streets are impossible
from the fallen trees, twisted roofs,
masses of brick, fences. broken timber
and branches of trees lying across them.
Trees are piled across the sidewalks
and in the square and broken limbs are
swinging in every direction.
The List OF Fatalities
is gradually growing and it is impossi-
BILE to tell to what extent it will go.
Several bodies of drowned people Were
picked up during the morning and
searches are now being made for others
who are missing. Every hour seems to
bring some new story of a death as a
result of the storm. The drowning of
Mr.. A. c. Ulmer, assistant cashier of
sons Island, was n of the most I'M
fortunate fatalities of the storm. Mr..
Ulmer owns a farm on the island and
had gone over to pay off his hands and
attend to other duties. Miller, his
dairyman, has not been found and
it is presumed he was drowned. The
other fatalities so far as reported are as
follows: Tony Halmes, uolored; four
unknown negroes, drowned on the
Brampton plantation four miles from
the city: Lewis Gaggnett, colored; The
Squire, a 6-year-old colored boy.
drowned on Hutchinson's Island; John
Williams, Mary Butler and Sarah
Green, drowned on a rice plantation
south of the city; two unknown sailors,
drowned at Tybee island.
Fifty Persons Missing.
There are 40 or 80 other persons who
a~re>reported missing and, as nothing
has been heard from them, it is sup.
that their bodies will be found later.
The ruin at quarantine is immeasur-
able. The wharves are gone, the new
fumigation plant, which has cost the
city SO much, is at the bottom of the
sea-, and nine vessels which were wait
ing for release to come to the city are
high and dry on the marsh, and nc
doubt will be totally wrecked. The
tug Paulsen arrived in the city at s D.
m. She brought up about 20 passen-
gers from Tybee. MI. Revers, one OF
them, stated that four negroes engaged
in clearing the railroad track were
drowned. A sailor and cabin boy on
the schooner Harsl, which is on he,
side on North beach. are drowned. I,
is reported that eight of the crew of
terrapin sloop which went ashore on
the South beach We're drowned.
Destruction on the Island.
The Hotel Tybee is considerably dam.
aged in front and the verandas are
gone. All the bath houses are gone.
The Knights of Pythias clubhouse i,
washed away, and two of the cottages
of the Cottage club are gone. The
Butler house is gone. Mr.. STAIRS house
was washed into the woods. The At
lantic clubhouse is all right. TIL,
I Rancho and Rambler club houses were
wrecked. The railroad track is cleaned
; out. Henry Green's house was burned
George Bossel's cottage was swept on
to sea.
The north end is practically cleanet
out. The water swept with tremendouI
force over this part of the island. rail
: road tracks being carried from 800 Il
500 feet. The Chatham Club house Ii
badly damaged. The pavilions on tn,
o beach are gone. So is the Switchback
An empty train stands in the woods
Trains on all roads are coming in ir
regularly, and some OF them hav
stopped to repair washouts. The churcl
. steeples are demolished, and at leas
] 500 large trees are blown down all owe
: the city. The Tybee road is all unde
. water for the entire distance, and ii
many places is entirely washed away
q There is no communication whateve
p with Tybee. except by boat.
WIRES IN A TANGLE.
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