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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-29
CHURCHES DIDN'T ESCAPE.
The Wind and Storm Damaged Many
of Them

The churches did not escape the storm.
The copper covering of the Independent
Presbyterian church was loosened all
around the belfry, and the weather vane
was bent. The tower and steepleare of
stone and iron, and built very strong
otherwise it would undoubtedly have
been in the street.
The northeast turret of st. Johns
church was blown down and fell into the
street during the early part of the storm.
St. Patrick's Roman Catho-
lie church was damaged by
the breaking in of one
of the walls and the cracking of the
ceiling. A portion of the tower was also
blown of
Sacred Heart church on Habersham
street was heavily damaged. The
church is frame structure and was una
BILE to Withstand the storm as if had been
of solid brick.
The Duffy street Baptist church
was damaged by the crushing in of an
oriel window on the north front of the
building.
n POiAoh VI INC OO"eI VI GuS lfSG
Presbyterian church was carried away
and landed in the street some distance
from the church.
The Exley Mission, a new chapel south
of the city, was completely demolished.
The structure was a small one, nearly
finished and ready to be dedicated in a
short time.
The cathedral was uninjured in spite of
the fact that its roof was surrounded by
the tall scaffolding for the erection of the
new spires. The roof was uninjured and
not timber of the scaffolding fell.
The falling of the tower of the first
African Baptist church, reported in yes
terday's MORNING News, will involve a
heavy loss
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-29

was lifted and considerable damage was
done.
The roof Of w d. Simkins & Co.'S.
warehouse was torn OF and upwards OF
81 900 damage was done. A dozen other
buildings on the Bay were more or less
damaged by the blowing away OF sky
lights, crushing in Of windows and loosen
ing Of chimneys and walls.
Nelson Morris & Cos. beef packing
house No. M West Broad street was
badly damaged.
The board Of trade building was only
slightly damaged, some OF the skylights
being broken In.
McBride's store on Bay and Houston
streets is badly damaged.
Seymour Stewart, Gwinnett street, had
his stable completely blown away and al
so the fences. Mrs. Cecilia Abrahams,
next door, had the fences of her house
torn down.
Daniel Hogan's large show window on
Broughton and Barnard streets was
smashed in and considerable damage was
done to his stock
Considerable damage was reported at
White Bluff from falling trees and flooded
houses. The banks were badly washed
Mr.. George Leedeman, who came in
from Montgomery, reports that although
the storm was dangerously severe at that
place, there was no unusual damage.
The Masonic hall at Pooler, the lower
part Of which is used as the public school
house, was completely demolished Hun
dreds of panels of fence were laid fat,
and the houses of Mr.. Armstrong and
VIM. Harrison were badly damaged.
NEAR THE CITY.
West of the city on the Springfield
plantation the damage was heavy Major
Ryals' barn was completely demolished
and his truck crop, as are that of many
farmers, is heavily damaged The city
scavenger department barn and stables
were pretty nearly wrecked, and twenty
three head of horses and
mules were in the stables
but escaped uniniured Superintendent
Cheatham took charge of matters at once
and will repair the stables temporarily at
least
1.-THE damage in the Laurel Grove Gene
terry and vicinity was equally as heavy
as it was further out in the country.
Bonaventure Cemetery also suffered
severely. None Of the oaks are gone, but
the moss was stripped from their branches
as though it had never grown there.
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IN THE PATH OF THE STORM.
Damage Everywhere in the City anC
in Adjoining Places.

Damage Everywhere in the City and
in Adjoining Places.
Everywhere over the city and within
the path of the storm it's work is visible
Along the Bay ami on the streets north
of Broughton the damage was greatest
Roofs hung from the walls OF buildings
or were piled in the streets and on the
sidewalks. The roof of the Savannah
Grocery Company's building and of Ferst's
Sons s. Co.'S. building lay in great piles
on the Bay. Even the solid granite custom
house did not escape. Portions of the roof
were lifted off and carried some distance
away. The roof of the northeastern
part of the city exchange was torn of
and the rain poured in on the office of the
water department and the clerk of coun-
ellis office, damaging the records to some
extent, though not seriously All along
the Bay the work of the storm was visi-
BILE in the pilesof wreckage.
The roof and front parapet walls of
Daffin & Sons Office building, at the foot
of Habersham, were taken of, apparently
by the second blow.
The roof and walls of the stores and
warehouses on Bay street Just west of
the MORNING News building were
crushed in and the building is
nearly total wreck. The
building is one Of the oldest in the city
and was formerly occupied by Quicken
heimer & Sons 1t was occupied before
the storm by Moore & Johnson and L.
Arthur O'Neill, whose Offices adjoined
each other. Moore & johnson are only
slightly damaged, while Mr.. O'Neill suf-
fers considerably.
PARTLY COVERED BY INSURANCE.
M. Ferst's Sons 81 Co. are engaged in re-
moving the most valuable portion of their
stock to the building at the corner
of Bay and Whitaker streets,
formerly occupied by the firm.
The northern half of the roof Of the
Ferst building was torn completely OF
and landed in the street below. Heavy
damage was caused to the stock by
water. Mr.. Jos. Ferst estimates the
damage at over $50, 600 The firm
has storm policy for $4,000
The roof of the Savannah Grocery Com
pany was only slightly injured, and the
damage by leakage was small.
The large Guckenheimer building was
unhurt
c. NJ. Gilbert & Co. suffered a loss of
about $1,000 by the damage to
silt stored in the Duckworth ware
house and by the falling of the
front Of the Lathrop warehouse.
The roof of Ehrlich a. Bros. building
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RUIN ON THE wHARvEs.
A Scene of Devastation Above an,


A Scene of Devastation Above and
Below the City.
The scene along the water front pre-
sented much better appearance than
was expected after the terrific wave that
swept up the river. The water has fallen
about five feet, and the wreckage which
was strewn along the wharves foated
out with The tide
Hutchinson's Island presents a scene of
devastation. The entire island is still COW
cred with water, and several houses which
were on the little farms across the river
have disappeared from view. The bank
opposite the city is strewn with the
wrecks of dwellings,, sheds, and old boats.
Capt. H, C. M. Smith of the Propeller
Tow Boat Company was out early yester-
day morning and had all the tug boats re-
port for charity service. The Cambria and
Forest City departed early, and went
down the river to render any assistance
necessary among the distressed vessels
at quarantine.
AT THE CENTRAL wHARvEs.
The Central Railroad wharves and
warehouses, above the city, did not suffer
near so severely as the other wharves be-
low the city. The water covered the
wharves almost everywhere during Sun
day night On account of the weight of
the Ocean Steamship Company's wharves
almost no damage was done there. Being
at the height of the dull season, the
amount of goods stored was small and
consequently damage from this source
was slight
AT the lumber wharves near Vale Royal
considerable lumber was foated off, but
most of this can be recovered.
The great damage at the Central Rail
road occurred along the old bed of Mus
grove creek. The water poured in there
in torrent both under and on top of the
wharves. A considerable quantity of
fertilizers in the guano sheds was
washed away by the food.
ROCKS UNDERMINED.
The food struck the main line tracks
from the yards to the wharf just beyond
the Central's police station. There are six
Of these tracks paralleling each other and
there was line of heavily loaded cars on
each track.
The food undermined the tracks for a
space of about fifty yards, leaving the
tracks rising one way and going down an
other like a country road. Most of the
cars remained on the track, however, and
were moved with little trouble yesterday
morning. There were score of
cars still on the tracks yesterday
afternoon, but Superintendent McNeely
was at work with a force of men and said
that he would have all the cars of in a
few hours. The work of repairing the
tracks will commence at once and will be
completed within twenty-four hours after
the waters recede. About 200 yards fur
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-29
TRAINS GETTING IN.
All Roads Running Except the
Charleston and Savannah.

Charleston and Savannah.
The railroads appear to be getting in
shape again, with the exception of the
Charleston and Savannah railway. No
through trains came in on that road yes
terday. The train that left the city at
$50 O'Clock yesterday morning for
Charleston returned last night at 8
o'clock, having gone about forty miles
The track was so badly washed that it.
could proceed no farther. All the wires
being down, nothing could be learned at
this end of the line of the condition of the
road.
No trains came in or went out on the
South Bound railroad yesterday except
the local passenger from Denmark. The
northern mail which should have gone by
the South Bound was still in the post
Office last night. There seems to have
been less damage along the line of the
Savannah Florida and Western railway
than on any of the roads leading into the
city. The trains arrived and departed
very nearly on time yesterday, the train
men reporting only few distractions.
The only point with which
the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway dispatchers could
communicate yesterday was Jacksonville,
all other wires being down. Jacksonville
reported the storm very slight there and
little damage done.
REACHED 100 MILES WEST
The through night train on the Central
railroad from Atlanta arrived yesterday
morning about II o'clock. The trainmen
reported that the storm showed its effects
first about Tennille and increased as they
approached Savannah. Eighteen trees
were removed from the track within
distance of one mile near Ogeechee.
Similar distractions were en-
countered all the way down. The
engine ran into tree across the track at
Wadley and broke of the pilot.
Train No. 2S from Lyons, which was
due at Savannah at 5:45 o'clock yester-
day morning, did not arrive until 2:O5 in
the afternoon. The trainmen reported
that they removed los trees from the
track between Savannah and Lyons
This shows that the storm extended with
severity for at least 100 miles into the
interior.
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Storm Insurance.

Yesterdays experience demonstrates
that storm insurance in this vicinity is
just as necessary as fire insurance.
Messrs. M. Ferst's Sons & Co. are to-day
rewarded for their prudent foresight in
carrying storm policies on their valuable
stock, while many owners of dwellings
and other property are congratulating
themselves upon the exercise of like sa-
gacity. For ten years past insurance
against damage by storms has been an
important feature in the business of Mr..
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-29
A NIGHT ON WARSAW.
The Bellevue's ExcUrsionists Have a
Thrilling Experience.

Thrilling Experience.
The passengers on the steamer Bellevue
which went down TO Warsaw Sunday
had an experience which they do not care
to repeat. The Bellevue left the city
about 30 o'clock Sunday morning with
about 100 passengers aboard, including a
number of women and children. She
stopped at ThWderbot about 10 o'clock,
where a few Of the passengers, who be-
came frightened at the threatening APP
pearance Of the, weather went ashore.
There were many who were sorry later
that they did not follow the example of
OF the others.
The steamer had q rough trip down,
but reached Warsaw about . o'clock
without accident. The weather had be-
come so rough by this time that only a
few Of the passengers ventured across to
the pavilion, and they soon returned
There was a brass band aboard and the
excursionists spent the day in as lively a
manner as possible under the circum-
stances.
ORDERED BIS PASSENGERS ASHORE.
There was not much to complain of
until $3.50 o'clock at night, when Capt
Garrett, noticing the increasing strength
of the storm, ordered all his
passengers ashore, fearing the boat
would sink at her wharf When the pas
sengers stepped from the gang plank to
the wharf they found themselves in two
feet of water, aud when they left the
wharf for the pavilion they found the
water waist deep. The women and chill
dren were taken across to higher ground
by the men.
The trip to the pavilion in the darkness,
with the storm bowling around them, was
by no means pleasant. The plank walk
leading to the pavilion is very narrow,
and many an unlucky member of the party
stepped of in the darkness into water
waist deep.
NIGHT NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN.
The night at the pavilion was by no
means a pleasant one with the water all
around, the wind bowling through
and the waves dashing their spray over
the building.
Cat O'Clock yesterday morning Capt
Garrett concluded that the storm was
over and gathering his passenRers'started
for home. A quick and easy return trip
was made. The Bellevue passed Thun-
derbolt at o'clock on her
way to the city. At Lazaretto
creek the Tybee railroad bridge
was found to be a wreck and the steamer
was compelled to retrace her course to
Thunderbolt, where she landed her pas
sengers about 10 O'Clock
The passengers were so eager to get
back home that they did not wait for the
electric railroads to open up communica-
tion, but started for home on foot, some
taking the railroad tracks and some the
shell road. Men, women and children
footed the distance to Savannah with as
much alacrity as if they had not spent a
sleepless and trying night. They were
as glad to get back home again as their
relatives were to have them back.
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THE RUIN ON THE SALTS.
Isle of Hope and Thunderbolt Badly
Damaged.

oAAGbC0s
The reports from the suburban places
were meager. People who came in early
had to walk, as the roads were impassa-
BILE.
The destruction of bridges made any but
pedestrianism impossible, and those who
had business in town stood not on the
order ofstheir coming, but started at once.
Bankers, brokers, lawyers, merchants,
mechanics, clerks and others made good
time. The roads We're lined with people
footing it to town. Electric railways,
fast horses and other means of speedy
locomotion, had not made suburbanites
forget how to walk Possibly when some
of the walkers got half way a lift from
the whilom 'Bonaventure limited" would
have been gratefully appreciated.
NIGHT OF ANXIETY.
Mr.. r. S Siday, Of Isle of Hope, walked
in on the City and Suburban Rail-
way track. He says that place felt the
full effect of the storm and the inhab-
itants were up all night, many of them
out in the blur up to their arm pits in
water trying to secure their boats. fenc-
ing and other belongings that were liable
TO float away. The waves rolled up to
the freight depot.
The roof of Gailmard's house and
bakery was blown of; Mr. Scott's new
house was lifted Off its foundation and
literally dashed into shapeless mass of
stick wood. These places are near to Mr..
Sidays house. He did not know how
much damage was done elsewhere, but
bar ic r
fences and trees. AT midnight the bath
houses he saw were nearly submerged by
the food, but how many were swept
away Mr.. Siday could not say
THE TRACKS PILED WITH TREES.
Mr.. Siday makes the same statement
of the Herb river bridge as Mr.. Barbee.
He also reports the track from Sandfy to
Second avenue INSTRUCTED by trees;
about fifty trolley wire arms broken of,
rails bent by fallen timbers, and the
wires generally broken and out of shape.
Later advices from Isle Of Hope report
the demolation Of nearly every bath house
south of the rail depot, Lilly's, Askews,
Reynolds, Wards Lafar's, Guerrard's
and Estills.
The combination wharf, dancing plat
form and bathing houses belonging to the
railroad company was swept away
part of the roof of the residence
Of Maj. c. S. Hardee was blown off.
THE WRECK AT THUNDERBoLT.
Parties from Thunderbolt reported
heavy damages along the bluff. Every bath
house and Ambos' and Sawyer's wharves
We're destroyed, Ambos' wharf was a
substantial structure.
The steamer Camusi which left Thun-
derbolt Sunday for Warsaw had not re-
turned, and was reported to be ashore be-
low Wilmington Island.
The railroad bridge and the shell road
bridge over Timber Landing creek were
badly damaged. The latter was rendered
impossible
The storm at Bonabella and Cattle
PARK was particularly severe. Massive
oaks and other trees were uprooted and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-29

county works during the early morning
rains
The roads throughout the entire county
are badly washed and in some places gap
ing holes bespeak the destruction of the
pounding rain. The damage to the canals
is not quite so heavy but in some places
large holes are washed in the banks. The
county has lost more than half its bridges,
and upon those left standing many re-
pairs will have to be made.
OF the three county convict camps all
were in a fair condition after the gale
with the exception of Camp No. which is
made up of tents. That camp was located
IN the woods about three miles to the
south of the city just off the Waters
road, but it was blown entirely away and
now it Is not to be found Mai Bland
ford's report tells the story of the de-
struction to the works throughout the
county.
DAMAGE TO THE COUNTY WORKS.
On Schwartz avenue, or the water
works road, the bridge over the Vale
Royal canal is gone.
At Dundee the heavy northeast gale
struck the river broadside, driving the
waves over the river dyke, breaking it in
two places. Dundee suffered perhaps
more than any other swamp, as the wa
tiers from several swamps to the west
were discharged into it by the Ogeechee
canal, not only through the trunk which
had been placed in the bank by the city,
but by the water flowing over the canal
bank in several places.
THE LOUISVILLE ROAD COVERED.
At11:30 clock yesterday morning there
was a stream 300 feet wide, and in some
places above the knees of horse, flowing
across the Louisville road where it passes
over this swamp and another across the
Augusta road just west of the Dundee
bridge about seventy-fve feet wide This
great quantity Of water coming down the
swamp, together with that blown in from
the river, has caused considerable dam
age to the county's work and more to the
property holders, and this damage would
have been much greater but for the for
tunate breaking of the dam which had
been built across the Ogeechee canal be-
tween the brickyard and Telfair bridges
some two months ago. Asst is theswamp
is lake from the river to the Ogeechee
canal.
AT THE CONVICT CAMPS.
At convict camp No. 2 the greater part
of the stockade wall was blown down, but
the buildings were not injured, and there
were no casualties.
AT Camp No. 8, at Sackville, about IL
O'Clock in the night the tents were blown
into ribbons, and the guards and prison
ers spent the remainder of the night in
the rain. There were no casualties.
Cuyler swamp there is a lake, and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-29
Timely Insurance.

Messrs. bearing & Hull call especial at
tention to the Importance, just now and
for future use as well, of cyclone and
storm insurance. The necessity of this
protection is made clear by the events of
the past few days, and as the cost is
very small largo number of policies will
be issued. See the special notice else
where
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-29
ROADS AND BRIDGES GONE.
The County's Works Badly Injured BY
Wind and Rain.

County Engineer Blandford was busy
all day looking after the damage to the
convict camps, the county roads and
drains, all Of which are under his charge.
The damage, he said, could not be es-
timated, when he returned from his last
trip last night. He was drenched through
and through, having been out on the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-29
Teutonia Picnic at Thu nderbolt.

The picnic of Teutonia Division which
was to have taken place at Tybee-will
on account of the washout be held at
Tivoli Park, Thunderbolt, on Wednesday.
The same tickets may be used and will
be accepted on the lines of the City &
Suburban and Broughton & Habersham
lines
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-29
september ct Tate's.

Special rates at Tate's Springs for
month of September. Orchestra retained.
One hundred rooms heated with open
CRATES. Everything frst-class. Finest
climate, best water on earth.
THOMAS ToMLINsoN,
-ad. Tate Springs, Tenn,
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Results Of the storm.

The Falk Clothing Company, as we
stated in yesterdays paper, were dam
aged by the storm. AS result, they
have placed on sale at greatly reduced
prices every article that was damaged in
the least. We have seen these goods, and
there are great bargains to be had, par
ticularlY by the early callers-ad.
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Fair Rate Reduced

From Savannah via Central railroad to
$34 20 round trip, limit fifteen days. w.
G. Brewer, G. T. A, No. 10 Bull street.
Old
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-29
LUDDEN & BATES sMH
A GREAT bargain.

Figg-There's a piano had AT a
bargain. They asked me $500 for IL
ana l beat them down to So,
What do you think OF thatY
Fogg-Think you did pretty we'll
for a green hand. I had that same
instrument offered to me for am
and they wouldn't take of a cent
But, by George, just think of It'll
They took OF $3.50 for you.-Boston
Transcript.
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EXACTLY.

A good many people have inves.
ted as much as $500 in a piano onlv
to know that they have paid at
least $3.50 for their experience.
There is only one fair way to sell
anything. That is-at ONE
PRICE to every one, and that's
OUR PLAN. One thing it is well
to remember If you pay $500 for a
piano it ought to buy one of estab.
lished reputation. No unknown
instrument is worth such a price.
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| CYCLONE OF DEATH.

OF Broad river Saturday night He re
ported that DE had a terrible time during
the storm. and il was all he could do,
pumping and battling with all his might,
70 keen afoat.
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Continued on Fifth Page.

Nervous headaches and
Mental exhaustion or brain fatigue
promptly cured by Bromo-Seltzer.- aC