The sun., 1893-08-29
WRECK AT SAVANNAH.
The Cyclone Strikes Il and Leaves
Fourteen or More Dead.
A MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE
Wires Down On All Lines and
Only This Bulletin Received.

One by oue tho West Indinn storm
Speeds to the North-Chariotte, Lynch
burg, R;chu,ond, Washington Gradually
Cut on from New York, aud Next tho
southwestern Wires Arc Troubled
II Is Predicted that the Cycione wan
He Here This Morning On Land These
Storms Are Not SO vioiest Usually "a. at
sea-Thi- One Is Travelling Inland and
May Pass West OF Us, n Which Case
the soathen.t Wind Will sMn to south
and Southwe-.-lc 1t soe. East of Us tho
Wind viii Rnck to the East and North
lrthe Ccntret Comes Over Us the shit WIN
he sharp from, southeast to Northwest.
Attwcnty-fve minutes past II o'clock last
night an inquiry was sent to TIE SrN from
lhiladnlphl for Information of the alleged
wrechins ot Savannah by the West Indian
cyclone Of which the Government Weather
bureau has Leen sending out warnings for
two days.
Within avo minutes tho United Press sent
'o"t this buioair:
:np,>,ur,, EN.. Aus. 2s-rorty persons reported
AIDED ny cyrinne a, savannah. ia
Ten m.Iinns dE lArs damage done.
After strenuous efforts. THE Sun managed
to establish communication with Savannah
Ly way OF pittsburgh and st. Louis. and
received in Fragments the following de-
tptch. which was not completed until az
4. N.
"SAvANHAH-AuG. 2S--Almost upon the an
aiversary OF the great hurricane OF 1881.
Sny swaDt tp-nfpht nv Of the
severest storms 1t has ever known.
Tho storm which has been predicted by tho
Weather Bureau for several days began early
in tho afternoon and increased from then until
II reached tho climax.at between IL and IL
o'clock tonight.
"All the wharves along the river front and
ocean steamship properties of Savannah. the
Florida and Western Railroad wharve are un-
der water.
1.-The stormwas on Tybee Island. an hour
and half BY boat from the city proper. Tybee
Is at tho mouth Of tho Savannah River. and Is
the port OF the city. All railroad and wire
communication is interrupted.
"The property loss is known to be moro than
sl,Oou.OO0."
a. c. Timer. assis tant cashier OF the Gen.
trail nailroad Bank. was drowned on Hutch
ing Island. Several bodies have been recov-
cred. and Searches arc looking for others.
SAVANNAH. Aug. cS.-The ruin atQuarantine
is immeasurable. Nothing is standing. Where
one OF the finest stations OF the south Atlantic
vas twenty-four hours ago nothing remains
except the baptist house. How that weathered
the fearful gale is ncomprehe hensible.
The walls are gone. The new fumIgating
plant. which has cost the city SO much money.
is In the bottom OF tho sea, and nine vessels
which were waiting at Quarantine for release
are ashore In the marsh and will be totally
wrecked.
THE Costume was the onlyvessel which man
aged to keep aaoat. The tug Paulsen arrived
In the city at o'clock this P. NJ.
she brought uptabout sixty pass gers from
Tybee. Mr.. Revere. one OF them. said that
four negroes who were clearing the railroad
track were drowned. and q sailor and cabin
boy oil the schooner Herald. which is ON her
side on the beach. are also drowned.
Interpreted that eight OF the crew OF ter
rapin s!oop that went ashore on the south end
were drowned. Tybes is considerably dam
aged In front and the yeranda Is gone. All
the bath houses have been swept away. The
n. OF +. Ciuo House was washed away. Two
Of the cottages of the Cottage Club are gone
tls known definitely that fourteen lives
were lost"
HARD WORK TRY,SG'ro GET SAVANNAH.
At u r. NJ. the wires nt tho United Press
running through the South began to weaken,
ana hhaily gave out Superintendent Naeder
kept an operator at each instrument waiting
lsr any few words that might come In.
AS the time passed tho Instruments. ono
after another. became silent, Savannah closed
early in the night. Augusta Georgia. Char
lotte. Bristol. LynchburS, and finally Rich.
mond failed to answer. Occasionally a few
words would click In. but thoywere unIntelli.
gible.
Mr. Naeder tried to open up communication
with the South through tho West and south
west He first asked tho Western Union n
they had any Southern wires. IIe was told
that they had not.
Next Cincinnati was called by way of Harris
burg. and Chicago was tried via Pittsburgh.
Both answered but Just as the operators were
getting TO work the wires gaye out
Alter half an hours wait Chicago was
caught again, but lost at once and was not got
again via Pittsburgh through the evening. A
second try for Harrisburg brought tho news
that tho switch board in the Pittsburgh oflic,
mad been burned out by lightning thus cut
ung OF all hope OF communication to Chicago
by that route.
Superintendent Naedsr managed to op,n nm
one wire to Chicago by way OF Buffalo. The first
news Chicago sent was bulletin to the effect
mat Louisville had telegraphed Chicago that n
"aterspout had burst over Savannah and forty
people had been killed. Tho local Office Mt
once asked Chicago 10 got further particulars.
he'ore Chicago could reply tho wire broke
down
mat left only tho wires between New York
ano Philadelphia open. Philadelphia could
sel nothing more than New York.
wire was opened to Washington. Wash |
'ug'on began TO pour In silver stun New
i"fk broke N aud scns tho bulletin about
.aHahhah which Chicago got from Louisyils
Washington.
washington agkal far furtbar