Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-27
STORM ON THE COAST
The Direction of the Wind Changed At
Savannah.


A special dispatch sent last night from
Savannah. Ca. says regarding the storm
on the coast:
At o'clock this afternoon telephone
communication was re-established for q
few minutes with Tybee Island. The OBJ
server there then reported the velocity
Of the wind at lightweight miles an hour
and increasing
Tonight the wind has changed to north
and northwest and is driving beck the
water. III there is no further change this
Will save the rice crop from the total ruin
threatening II The storm center IN be-
heved 10y the observer to have passed TO the
east Of Savannah and Charleston and the
Islands on the Carolina coast win probably
get the full force Of the gale. The condition
OF those on the sea islands is extremely
precarious tt night.
The change In the direction Of the wind
probably saved Tybee Island. The water
had gone 1000 feet or more beyond high
water mark. and with the wind squirting
in the neighborhood Of ninety miles an
hour It was rapidly rushed inland In the
city the water was overlooking the naval
stores wharfs. on which were stocks of
rosin valued at sl.Ooo.0oo. At the critical
moment the veering of the wind to the
northwest saved this as well as protecting
the rice fields. The wire to Tybee went
down soon after the velocity was reported
there as eighty-eight miles.
The barometer here at 10 O'Clock to-
night was still gradually falling but the
velocity OF the wind seemed to be abating
anxiety Is felt about the steamship Des-
soug, from Philadelphia, which ought TO
be on the South Carolina coast tonight In
the full fury OF the gale.
IL Is impossible to estimate the damage
done In this territory, but IL will be enor-
w L..
before definite news as to the havoc on the
coast islands comes IN. The gales maxf-
mum velocity there Is between nj icty and
ioo miles an hour. or bit little less than in
August In lSB. Efforts to reach Port Royal
and vicinity by wire tonight have failed
Raging on Florida.
The expected hurricane from the West
Indies struck Jacksonville yesterday morn
Ing. with the wind blowing at a velocity OF
forty-six miles an hour and rain pouring
GOWN In torrents. Business was suspended
The Everette Hotel was unroofed and Hood
ed with water. The unfinished Union depot
was blown down. The loss is sao.ooo. and a
number of people have been injured. but
There is no communication from south
Florida, but IL is expected that mary In
dian river orange groves are totally ruined
and orange crops are damaged. The streets
OF jacksonville are flooded. The wind at the
mouth of the river recorded sixty miles an
tour, and Maypo-t was flooded ami several
houses inundated. Two houses I'm Jackson
Vile have been blown down. No trains are
arriving and departing from Jacksonville,
many large wash)uts beng reported
Bfg Blow mt Norfolk.
Norfolk and vicinity caught a slice OF
the hurricane last night. and the wind in the
city registered thirty-fve miles an hour.
No wrecks have been reported. which fact
is perhaps due TO the timely warning sent
out by the signal service. At Cape Henry
the velocity Of the wind registered fifty
miles an hour.
Late yesterday afternoon a bottle was
washed ashore at Virginia Beach I'm which
was card on which read: IF. J. Lingerie.
passenger department, Chesapeake end Ohio
railway. Cincinnati. o. On the other side
read: Lost at sea-"
No steamers attempted to leave port last
night on account of the blow