The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-30
blown entirely away. High winds and
heavy rains are ssill raging.
COVERED MUCH TERRITORY.

Mondays storm General Throughout the
SouIheast-Damage at Various Points
WASHINGTON. Aug. 29.-Reports received
from the South to-day show that the hur-
rioane yesterday was unusually severe.
but the loss of life is not thought to be so
great as first feared. Florida. Georgia and
South Carolina suffered most heavily. the
greatest damage being to shipping and
crops. Several towns report buildings
wrecked or partially demolished. Sulli-
vans island. South Carolina. was almost
devastated. A. Bryan and wife were
drowned and Mre. 4. Poland was killed by
falling wall.
In Washington immense damage was
done to shade trees. telegraph and tele-
phone wires. Communication with the
West was broken of at 7:50 last night A
few wires were patched up. but they were
unreliable and had TO be abandoned. News.
papers were the chief sufferers, many
columns OF dispatches were left on the files
OF the offices here. Sometimes wire would
60 down when the operator had a special
half sent The telegraph editors had either
to supply the missing part by guesswork or
throw the first part into the waste basket.
kept guessing all night Mt what the wires
were trying to say, and blunders were
numerous in consequences.
Baltimore reports that not since the big
flood of 1868 has such deiuge of water in
vaded that city as that of last night. The
wind blew gale all afternoon. wnlrling
around corners and damaging all movable
property. Early in the evening sheets OF
driving rain began to fall. and continued
morning. Roofs and chimneys were torn
off. shutters and window panes were
smashed and trees uprooted. Telegraph
and telephone wires were soon wrecked,
and the electric lights went out. leaving
ness. On the bay mountainous seas
were rolled high in the basin. The waves
spread over the wharves and flooded the
streets and adjacent buildings. From mid
sixty miles an hour. Tho ram fell in t,r
rents. lt was almost o cloud burst. Men
rowed Ground in boats from store TO store
In the lower part of the city, carrying
merchants and clerks to their places 90
business to remove valuables and books.
The streets resembled lagoons instead o.
business thoroughfares. The wharves were
completely submerged. If not destroy ed.
street oars moved along Pratt street with
water running over their floors. Several
punsies and scbooners W ere washed ont on
tho basin. and to-day lie high and dry OF
the street beds.
Tho storm hardly left whole tree in
Annapolis. Streets are blocked and yards
are literally filled with large limbs. and.
in some instances, whole trees. The dam
age around the wharves is also great. Small
boats were blown ashore and bottoms and
sides driven in. All of the oyster houses
are damaged. The lower etraets of the
town are flooded and people are going IN
and out OF their houses in boats. The Con-
stellation. with the naval cadets on board.
which has been cruising about the bay for
several days. came into the harbor and
anchored of the academy. It was found
necessary TO throw out three anchors dur
ing the night to keep her from dragging.