The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-10
THE STORM PASSED By.
Il Went Inland and Struck The Coast
al HatteTlS.

Reported-The Shipping Made Secure
Before the Blow Came-The Rice Crop
Catches Il Acknowledgement Rains
in Georgia and in the Carolinas.
/ Savannah got OF light with the gulf
/ cyclone. 1t passed west Of Savannah al
/ 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and at 10
+ o'clock last night was central of Cape
. Hatteras. The path OF the storm was in
land from Pensacola, Fla, across Geor-
gia ana the CarOlina's and passed out 10
sea of Hatteras. Savannah was in the
edge Of IL.
J The wind here reached a velocity Of forty
miles an hour at 10 o'clock, just as the CEN
ter of the storm passed. Observer Smyth
at once issued a special bulletin announ-
cling that all danger from the blow was
passed. At s o'clock when the first obser-
walton was taken at the weather bureau,
the storm was central southwest of Sa-
vannah As soon as it had passed, the
clouds lifted and the rest Of the day was
clear.
The storm coming from the southwest
and south, q good many people thought it
was going to be severer than that of two
weeks ago The wind blew in gusts
and drove the rain into houses, through
roofs, under windows and wherever there
was chance for it to get in. 1t began
blowing a little after midnight and from
then until the storm passed was a sue
cession of gusts with rain. The total
rainfall was 235 inches. For five min
utes about O'Clock in the morning the
fall was Is Of an inch. At that rate for
an hour it would have been pretty nearly
two inches.
The rains south and west of here on
Georgia and Alabama, and in
South Carolina and North Carolina
were phenomenal At Auendale S. c.,
$40 inches fell. At Batesburg
5 inches; Hardeeville, 8 inches; Black
vile, 3ls inches; Columbia, $40 inches
Greenwood inches; Greenville 2l3
inches; Spartanburg, 2lA inches; Cherow
$50 inches. and Florence, 21a inches. The
heaviest rainfall reported in Georgia was
a fraction over inches at Columbus.
Waynesboro reported AZ inches, Camak 3
inches; Union Point, Athens and Griffin,
? inches; Washington, 81 inches; Albany
334 inches; Americas, 2 inches Eastman, 2
inches; TT. Gaines AZ inches; Millsn, ~
| inches; Quitman, 3H inches; Townsville
3 inches, and Waycross, 2 inches.
The heavy rains in the territory trlbu-
tary to the Savannah river will cause a
heavy freshet which viii be felt this
morning along the upper Savannah.
There was little or no damage to the
shipping in port Everything was made
secure the night before. All of the small
craft was run close under the wharves
and into the slips and tied fast, and
when the blow came on everything was
prepared for it.
The greatest danger was at Tybee. The
wind there reached n velocity of Y miles
an hour for a short time. All of the ship
ping, however had run into safe anchor
| ages, and no loss was reported The
warning the day before of the approach
Of the storm saved many thousands Of
dollars. All of the dredges were brought
| up to the city, and every preparation was
made for the safety of the vessels.
During the early part of the blow
Capt. l.. Trapini. agent of the Italian
banks Quirinale and Melchiorre, which
We're anchored at Tybee, became anxious
about the safety Of the vessels and en-
gagged the Propeller Towboat Company
tug Forest City to so to their assistance.
The tug, under command of Can't Haines.
went to the Melchiorre and found her in
a dangerous position with one anchor
lost, The wind was blowing a gale and
the sea was running high. After persistent
efforts the vessel was towed into q safe
| harbor near the quarantine station.
The tug then went to the assistance of
the Quirinale, which was tossing to the
mercy of the waves 1t required about
three hours to weigh anchors and set
the vessel in tow, as the wind was blow
ing furiOusly and the sea running high.
| The vessel was, however, towed safely to
| the city.
The efforts of Capt. Haines saved the
vessels from a possible loss, as they were
| both in a dangerous position, and could
! not have stood the storm. The Propeller
! Towboat Company risked it's tug to do
| the service without extra compensation.
! The schooner ". G. Wickham, from
| Philadelphia for Brunswick, put in at
! Tybee yesterday for a harbor and will
remain until all danger is past
| No vessels arrived in port during the
| day. The Nacoochee, which came in late
| Monday night, was the last to arrive.
| The Dessoug was due to sail yesterday
| for Philadelphia, There was some doubt
! in the morning whether she would ven
| ture out. The noon reports however,
! showed that the center of the storm had
! passed to the west, and the Dessoug
! sailed at 1870 O'Clock
The storm was not of the kind to blow
| away the Tybee railroad or even to cause
washouts along its roadbed. After the
hard blow IN the morning there was some
| interest to know IL any damage had been
done to the track, and Supt. Saussy.
| Mayor Butler of Tybee and Mr. Martin
| Cooley went down as far as the ten-mile
| post on special engine The wind. how
| ever, had been blowing from the south
! west and west, and the consequence was
| there was no water washed upon the
| marsh, and no undermining OF the track.
/ The marsh was practically free from
| water during the entire blow. The hands
at work on the road knocked off during
the storm. They are repairing the road
as they go down toward the island. and
starting at the niue-mile post, where the
damage from the last storm began. thev
have finished the repairs on about a mile
of the track.
Mayor Butler of Tybee was very much
| interested in the situation at the island
during the morning, and he had frequent
! reports from the observatory there. He
| says there was no damage whatever on
! the island, and while the wind went IN
! to q miles an hour or more, it was blow
! ing in the wrong direction to cause any
damage by water, as no water was blown
up on the island, and the tide did not rise
as high as 1t does ordinarily.
The principal damage to the crops in
| this immediate section is to the rice, One
planter estimated the damage TO uncut
! rice about 10 per cent. The cut rice in
stocks. is wet, and will be damaged by
handling in drying. II is difficult vet 10
get anything like a close estimate of the
! total damage to the crop.
The damage in the city was very SLIGHT
Aside from the demolishing of signs ana
awnings and the breaking down of flower
gardens ii is very light.