The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-01

dead men, with life preservers on, twenty
miles east of Savannah. They were sur
rounded by wreckage, a part of which
was mattresses.
THE report that Capt. Haskell passed
six men floating, almost lifeless, was iu-
correct. He rescued the captain and
crew Of the schooner Harold G. Beecher.
The captain of the Beecher also saw the
six dead bodies floating.
THE FORCE OF THE WIND.
"T'he gentlemen who went down to Kia-
wah on the cutter Morrill, reported that
along the whole line of the beach which
they covered in their search for the dead
from the steamship City of Savannah
they had found numberless dead sea
gulls The birds had been washed upon the
shore with the other wreckage from the
storm. They brought back to the city
with them many of the articles which
they found on the beach-saloon chairs,
life preservers and other fixtures, which
had once belonged to the Inflated
steamer"
DAMAGE AT FORT PULASKI
DR.. L. E. Golfer, United States marine
hospital surgeon, reports that consider
able damage was done at Fort Pulaski
in the quarantine quarters by the storm.
The water poured in through the ports
and was knee deep In the rooms and on
the parade. Everything was set afloat,
bedding, furniture, cooking utensils and
other supplies provided by the govern
ment for the equipment of the detention
hospital at the fort. The keepers waded
about all night trying to keep the most
valuable articles out of water. They
were in no danger of their lives, but had
a very unpleasant time of it.
DR.. Golfer tried to get a tug Tuesday
TA tor d. 81.
supplies, Sbut was not bile to secure one.
He finally secured Capt. Carriers tug, the
Angler, and sent her down Wednesday
with a force of men to clean up the fort
and save the stock of supplies from
further damage. There was only small
supply of provisions in the fort and the
loss on this score did not amount to much.
The fort will be put in order at once.
THE DAMAGE AT sAPELo.
The captain of the Bellevue, which ar
rived. yesterday from Darien, reported to
DR.. Drummer that considerable damage
had been done at the government quaran-
tine station at Sapelo, amounting proba-
bly, TO several thousand dollars. The
magnificent boat house, the pride of the
station, was entirely swept away. The
wharves of the disinfecting plant were
left intact, but the ballast lighter was
carried away. There was some
udLuaB6 70 lL6 uOuSGS, Dub
the quarantine officers are all safe.
VESSELS ASHORE AT sAPELo.
Capt Garnett reported several wrecks.
The bark Mary q. Reed, from Cienfue-
goS, for Brunswick, which was ordered to
Sapelo from Brunswick, parted her
cables during the gale and
went ashore in the marsh between
Sapelo and Black Beard Islands in Sap
elo sound. Her master came to Savan-
nah yesterday. He expects the vessel
can be saved.
The stern wheel steamer Mascot of
Brunswick was washed several miles up
into the marsh, and it is hardly possible
that she can be gotten out.
Two unknown Norwegian banks were
lying wrecked in the marsh near Sapelo,
The Portuguese bark Sofola was ashore
near Doboy.
The two-masted schooner Ferreta is in
the marsh at Doboy.
AT THE BLOODY POINT LIGHT.
The keeper of the Bloody Point ulight-
ship on Daufuslzie Island says that the
station is almost a total wreck. The oil
room, kitchen and boathouse were torn
from their foundations. The brick piers
were torn out and two of the buildings
were washed 500 yards up on the island.
The oil cans and all the property of the
station were washed away and the
dwelling came near going. The seas
dashed clean through the house. At 2
o'clock Monday morning the keeper, car
rying his his children and leading his
wife, waded waist deep three-quarters of
a mile to house. The rear light keeper
lost all his quarters and other things, but
was able to keep his lights going all right.
Not single white person on the island
came near or offered to render any assist
ance to the keeper or his family. The
keeper picked up ten cans of oil on the
beach after the storm.
HEAVY LOSS AT QUARANTINE.
Mayor McDonough estimates that the
damage to the Savannah quarantine sta
ton by the storm will amount to $4,000.
Both the upper and lower quar-
antine stations are total wrecks
upper station except the piling on which
the wharves stood and at the lower sta
ton only the quarantine officers house
remains and that is in a damaged condi-
ton. The new fumigating plant
is unhurt. The plant was
placed upon very strong foundations
when built which withstood the storm
splendidly.
The city is advertising for bids for rails
ing the three hosting engines sunk at
the quarantine station. Temporary en-
gines will be sent down to do the work
until the sunken engines are replaced.
NOT LIKELY TO BE REBUILT.
Mayor McDonough does not think that
the upper quarantine station will be re-
built. He thinks that it viii be better in
rebuilding to locate all the wharves at
the lower station This will be much
more convenient than having two
stations half mile apart max
ing it necessary for the
quarantine officer to make frequent trips
between them. The quarantine officers
house is at the lower station. 1t will also
cost less to build a single large station
than to build two separate stations.
There is ample room for a number of
ships to swing at anchor at the lower
quarantine, and it is considered much
the better location for many reasons.
CLEARING THE STREETS.
The city has been dense with smoke
for the last two days from the hundreds
of brush fires in the streets and squares.
Two hundred men have been at work
cutting away the broken branches of
trees and clearing the streets, All the
scavenger wagons were loaded with the
heavy brush, and since Monday
have been hauling it away The
leaves are raked into piles
and burned on the streets. BY the end of
the week the wreclzage of the storm will
have been entirely removed.
The park is still filled with broken
trees and branches The walks have been