Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-08-31
THE GREAT STORM.
List of Fatalities Increasing at
Savannah, Ga.
ABOUT FIFTY PERSONS YET MISSING.
More Than Thirty Wrecks Reported
Wires stul Down and Information
Hard TO Obtain-Mr. III
mer's Death.


fatalities is gradually increasing and IL
is impossible TO tell to what extent 1t
will grow. Several bodies of drowned
people have been picked up and search
is now being made for others who are
missing. Every hour seems To bring
some new story of II death as u result
of the storm The drowning of a. {.
Ullmer, assistant cashier of
the Central Railroad bank was
one of the most unfortunate
fatalities Of tho storm. Mr. Ullmcr
owns n farm on Hutchinson island, OPP
positc the city and had gone over TO
pay or his hands aud attend To other
duties. There were bruises on the face
and it is supposed he struck against an
out-shcd when he jumped from his
barn as It was about 10 blow down.
Miller, his dairy man, has not been
found, and IL b. supposed that he was
also drowned. The other fatalities 30
far rs reported are:
Tony HHIurs. .lurul, crushed In a house on
Hutchinson island
-Four unkUoau negroes, drowned on Bramp.
toms plantation. -FOUR miles from the city
Lewis Sdgnott gu.orud, ran into u live trolley
wire
"
John william,
Mary Butler and sarah uroon drowned on
rico plautaliou south Of the city
Two unknuau Sailors drowned AZ Tybco
island
Forty TO fifty other persons are re-
ported missing and IL is supposed, ns
nothing has been heard from them,
that their bodies will be found later
Twelve barl,- and barlScntincs which
were anchored at quarantine were
blown high and dry upon the marsh
and some of them were carried by the
storm across the marshes ON an island
two miles distant from the station.
One of the vessels was completely cap
sized and three club houses ON the
island were blown entirely down.
| Others were Hooded aud the people
sought shcltcrDyor they could Gnd II
The wires arc all down and Sayan-
nah is almost entirely shut of from
telegraphic communication.
More than thirty wrecks have been
reported 50 far Fifteen vessels in the
harbor and on Tybee were wrecked 90
badly damaged. More than that mum
Der of smaller craft are missing aud
are believed 90 have been lost The
schooner Lens smith, reported ashore,
lies high upon lyDce beach just west Of
the city. Six unknown vessels are re-
ported ashore ON lybee beach on the
inside. Other disasters which occurred
to shining between the quarantine
station and Twice roads are the Nor
wcgian bari. Harold, which rs
lying on tb. Tyhee bVaGh. The
Norwegian wrh Linden 10 at the
quarantine station high and dry
in the marsh, with her foremost gone.
The Norwegian Loyal Is In the march
near the quarantine station with all
her masts gone. The Portuguese pan 4
Is high aud dry and Is yoHaiderod tp be
a total grpyA The bark Mexico, which
was lying ut the upper quarantine
wharyes, rs now In between the lateral
rows of pIliug Of the wharf. How She
got there T. wonder. Apparently she
must have been lifted over the outside
oilinqs. The British barkentine Genes
Ia is high and dry mp above Venue
point. She g. lpparently In good shape
with everything standing, The on
ly vessel that rode the bay a.
her anchors during the storm wa
the bark Cuaniue. Two Of SIX N sand
/ ford Ross dredgrs, Nos. and z are on
MoQueen's island, half way between
I ST. Augustine creek aud Luaarett'
! creek. THIS steru-whecl htclmboa
8 Abbeyllle, AN oyster boat belonging /,
g the Oyster Canning & Cultivation Co.
3 OF RrunswicE, ran lahore at Smart
o wharf The Abbeyille is o complete
o wreck. The oyster boat Fred r. Brown
, can be gotten OIL. She has two hole
In her bottom.