The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-28


The doors of Fretwell & Nichols build
ing, opposite the exchange, were smashed
in and the stock evidently damaged.
The awning in front of D. B. Testers
grocery, at Bull and York streets,
which had been carelessly left
rolled down was blown entirely down,
iron frame work and all, into the middle
of Bull street.
The smoke stack of the Savannah
Brewing Co., was blown down and the
engine house damaged. The smoke stacks
Brush Electric Light Co., are also down.
The naval stores sheds near
the cotton warehouse at the Central
railroad wharves are down and the en-
tire Vale Royal tract covered with wa
ter.
The doors of Smith Bros, and James
M. Dixon & Co.'s places of business on
Bay street were blown open. One of the
large windows of Ludden & Bates estab-
lshment on Broughton street was smashed
in. The doors of the Falk Clothing Com
pany on Broughton street were forced in
and considerable damage done. The
members of the company were notified by
the police and the work of repairing tho
damage as far as possible was begun last
night.
THE MARKET ROOF LIFTED.
At the height of the storm at II o'clock
the tin roofing at the southwestern cor
ner of the market was
torn of. Those who had taken refuge in
the market thought the whole market
was coming down.
About the same time the roofing was
torn from the Palmetto house on Bryan
street A little later the steeple of the
First African Baptist church at Bryan
and Montgomery streets fell with a loud
crash.
M. J. Solomon's, Max Stern's and s.
Binswanger's residence, on Charlton
street, between Whitaker and Bull,
were unroofed and flooded with
water.
The doors of Drytus & Rich's liquor
store, opposite the market, were driven
in
The police reported that a great num-
ber of the business houses all throughout
the city had doors and windows smashed
in. 1t was great opportunity
for thieves, if any were willing
to brave the storm.
The gable end and chimneys of the
brick residence northwest corner of Hab-
ersham and Abercorn streets were blown
down.
Part of the roof of Col. .EstilI's residence,
5S State street, was blown off, and the
iron fence and Gaping toppled over. In
the hight of the hurricane, the telephone
wire got crossed with an electric wire
and for half an hour there was a dan
gerous display of fireworks about the
house
THE MORNING NEWS DAMAGED.
Work was conducted with the greatest
difficulty at the MORNING News last night.
The windows of the cupola upon the TOP
of the building were broken in
the afternoon and the water
poured in in steady stream
as long as the storm lasted, deluging the
floor of the composing room, and penetra-
ting to the lower floors At midnight ev-
cry floor of the building had more or less
water on it, and the stock of
paper and machinery is considera-
bly, damaged. 1t was almost impos-
sible for the printers to work,
with the water pouring in on
them and the floor shaking with the wind.
The electric lights went out at 10 O'Clock
and the printers had only the gas to de-
pend upon.
At the height of the storm, between 10
and II, the situation became so threaten
ing that the printers were compelled to
leave the composing room. They re.
turned again shortly after IL o'clock.
The storm began again after midnight
and made work almost impossible It
was only under the greatest difficulties
that to-day's paper was gotten out.
The large slylight which gives light to
the newspaper composing room was blown
away, and through it the rain poured
in torrents, and flooded the building to
the business Office. To add to the trouble
the electric lights were shut off and the
place left in darkness until the gas lights
could be brought into use.
The motors that ran the presses were
burnt out and recourse had to be had to
the old boilders and engines. 1t was an
hour after midnight before matters got
straight so that the force could get to
work.
BAY STREET SWEPT.
Bay street got the worst part Of the
storm in the city, and the few who ven
tured there during the day and night
were blown almost off their feet In
passing the custom house, where the side
walk, when wet, is extremely slippery,
passers-by got down on their hands and
knees and crawled the entire distance.
Guests Of wind came up the street of
sufficient force, it seemed, to blow away
almost any obstacle. Signs were blown
down, and the watchman on guard around
the banks piled them up in one of the
stairways. The windows on the north
east corner of the Savannah Bank and
Trust Company's building were battered
in and the glass was shattered.
Other glass windows all along the
Bay were similarly destroyed, and break
ing glass could be heard falling in up to
the time the storm abated.
VIVID WITH LIGHTNING.
About Q o'clock the storm assumed pro-
portions betokening the approach of