New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-13
ANOTHER CYCLONE RAGING.
RI COMES FROM THE WEST INDIES AND
STRIKES THE SOUTHERN COAST.
SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON CATCH THE FULL
FURY or THE GALE-wARNED BY THE
WEATHER BUREAU. PREPARATIONS HAD
BEEN MADE FOR ITS RECEPTION
SOME NE>>ELS At TTEF.E IN
DANGER. HOWEVER
WIRES BLOWN DOWN.

DANGER. HOWEVER
WIRES BLOWN DOWN
Savannah. Ga oct 12-Savannah is in the
teeth of a storm which threatens in few hours
to equal in intensity that Of August q, which
swept the entire Georgia and South Carolina
coast. The predictions of the Weather Bureau
| gave ample warning. and all day preparations
have been in progress in the city. on river and
harbor. to protect property from its ravages
The wind is now blowing forty miles an hour
and is steadily Increasing. All vessels in the
harbor have sought shelter and safe anchor
ages. The smaller craft towboats pot-boats
and yachts have been massed in slips and tied
fast. No vessels have left port to-day.
The Boston steamship Gate CITY, which was
To- have sailed tonight has been made fast to
her dock and will remain until the storm has
passed The Ncw-York steamer City Of Augusta.
which left Ncw-York Wednesday. is due to-
morrow. and it is feared will be caught in the
storm. 4 number OF vessels are due from do
mestic and foreign ports. and one or two are
believed to be off the bar. In the city little
damage has yet been done The full force Of
the storm is expected To reach here about mid
night heavy rain is now falling.
The following vessels anchored at Tybee are
in great danger Norwegian barks Henrietta.
Sign Orion. Orala Kineira and IIarmonos;
Italian barks Maria. Adelaide. ard the Rus
sian bark vcstoval The following vessels are
at Quarantine station exposed to the fury of
the storm British bark Bruckley Castle.
cgin hnr l. orf, I.effI
trian bark Leandio and British bark Janet
Ferguson All vessels in port are securely tied
up. and anticipate no great damage
Charleston. $. c.. oct L. (SpecaD-Thc West
Indian cyclone has struck this city. Wires are
going down to thr southwark and are In trouble
To the northward AT this writing the wind
is blowing in great gusts at from forty to forty
five miles nm hour. No damage except the
vrcckinE OF telephone wires and electric light
wires has been done as yet. Three tides hav,
been banked mp and a. midnight It is expected
unless the wind shifts around To tho southwest.
that the EASTERN southern and western portions
~ the city VIII be under water Neither OF the |
Clvle steamers due today has arrived At this !
hour & p. M IT looks like "A repetition OF the /
cyclone IL August last.
The hurricane reached here about ; II had |
given indications Of It's coming since carly dawn |
would not be severe and it WAS not until nearly
da rk that they undcceivei From D. m tn |
midnight 1t ragged with fury almost equal
to that OF the August cyclone. but the maximum |
velocity of the wind was only sixty-four miles
Most Of the houses unroofed in August had been
covered but many were still exposed. and some
la mage caused thereby
The damage 10 the water front in August
was great that the work OF repairing had
not made any considerable progress The
damage by to-nights storm cannot be now es-
tlmated There arc number Of big cotton
steamships al the piers. These. il is though
will escape serious damage Warned by thel
> experience in the August cyclone. most Of the
hOuseholders along the river front OF the city
moved their household goods out Of the first
floor. and thus escaped damage by the tide.
water which at this time covers nearly all the
streets within two blocks Of the rivers on
three sides or the CITY
Atlanta. Ga. Oct. "a big storm is rag
ng the Florida coast. and reached Savan-
,ah and Charleston this aftcrroor The wind
s blowing perfect gal" Reports from Sa-
'annah indicate that the damage VIII be
greater there than in the August storm. No
hips are leaving port. and extra men arc pre-
,aring for the storm.
The Weather Bureau says it will be the most
evcrc storm the South Atlantic coast has ever
cen. and will he at its heIgho at midnight
4 dispatch To THE Morning News from Jack
onvllc. Fla, received at 9:3O O'Clock tonight ,
tates that the storm reached its height at 2I5
clock this afternoon. the velocity of the wind
cing forty eight miles an hour This indicates
hat the storm here will prove less severe than
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