The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-27

II tne Storm went much nlgner Lhan IL
was when they were there, the station
could not stand. The wharves are not
strong and a steady gale at fifty or sixty
miles an hour could damage them ma
terially. The quarantine station is
valued at $50, 900.
Fortunately there are no vessels an
chored at the station The only vessel Of
any consequence in the river is the
schooner Gen. Adelbert Ames, which was
anchored just this side Of the station.
She has a cargo, and was waiting
TO 60 to sea, but came back up
the river to get a safe harbor.
She had out two anchors, but the chains
became crossed early in the day and they
began to drag. II seemed that she was
in danger Of being carried over onto the
island
/ LITTLE DAMAGE IN THE CITY.
In the city the damage is almost nothing.
A few trees were uprooted some win
dows broken in, signs blown away,
leaks were started in roofs,
and telegraph, telephone and electric
light wires slightly damaged, was the
principal damage. Some further losses
may develop to-day, but no serious loss
OF any kind was apparent last night
With the exception of a washout on the
Savannah Florida and Western railway
at the 64-nile post, the railroads appear
to have suffered very little Some of
their telegraph lines were down, but the
breaks did not appear to be of any
great extent, Passenger trains
were operated regularly through the
day. with the exception Of the north
bound trains from Jacksonville on the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad,
none of which had arrived at midnight
and No. IS on the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway, which was detained by
the washout. The Savannah, Florida
and Western railway sent out no freight
trains during the day on account of the
storm The Central railroad operated
all its trains on regular schedule time.
but some slight difhculty was experienced
with the wires.
THE WIRES IN TANGLE.
Wind and water got in their work on
the wires perhaps to better advantage
than on any other property, as they seem
most susceptible to these attacks. Much
trouble was experienced with the wires
of the Western Union and Postal tele-
graph lines. The wires going northeast
would not work at all, and the only way
In which press reports could be OBJ
tanned was via Augusta, and con
siderable trouble was occasioned in get
ting them in this way The wires to
many places south of Savannah were
down and n yras i'm r,OesiI ,la - cot 4, o-ooa
many points, though the Western Union
managed to rig up a roundabout wire to
Jacksonville. Beside the trouble from
wires that were down, the Western
Union had much trouble with crossed
wires, which made them work very badly.
The telephone system was in bad work
ing order last night, though very few of
the wires had been blown down. The
great trouble with the telephones re-
suited from a crossing of wires, and
about third of the wires were out of or
der on this account. Very few of the
wires were broken.
TYBEE CUT OFF.
The line to 1'ybee kept pretty well un-
til about s or O'Clock, when it became
grounded and no connection could be
made. Reports from Fort Pulaski stated
that there was no trouble there from the
water, but the wind was pretty high.
The wires of the Brush Electric Light
Company were in trouble between and s
O'Clock last night, and for about two
hours there were no lights on the street.
They were Strengthened out, however, and
after O'Clock the lights were burning
all right. Fortunately there were no
live wires down or they might have
proved death traps in the dark.
The street cars ran pretty well during
the entire day. Now and then car got
of the track in some manner or other,
and difficulties with wires and motors
stopped them here and there until tenn
porary repairs could be made, but other
wise there was no cessation of the street
car business.
THE TUGS TIED UP.
The Propeller Towboat Company sent
all of its tugs, with the exception of the
I Cynthia, TO the Central railroad slip
early in the day. The Cynthia went
( down the river to tow p. Sanford Ross
dredge No. and two lighters to a safe
barbor in Back river. between Screven's
Ferry and the letties. She finished her
work and went into the slip about
o'clock.
The vessels along the wharves were
securely fastened with extra hawsers,
and all preparations were made to with
stand the blow
The dredgeboat Tomochichi was towed
into the Central slip for a safe harbor.
The Propeller Towboat Company and the
Savannah Lighterage and Tranfer Com
pany's lighters were all safely harbored
in slip at the Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad wharves.
! The tug Sophia got a line in her pro-
pellor during the blow Tuesday afternoon
and was laid up at the wharf for repairs
The Italian bark ChecChina, due at this
port from Charleston, was ready to sail,
but was delayed on account OF the storm.
The new double dredge No. 8, belong
ing TO p. Sanford Ross, arrived from New
York night before last in tow of the tug
Kate Ross, and was safely harbored from
the storm.
The steamer Vigilant was moored at
her wharf, but kept steam up so as to be
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