The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
DAMAGED BY THE DoWEPoUR.
THE ROADS BADLY WASHED AND
IMPAsSABLE N PLACES.

over Five Inches Of Rain FAN In
Twenty Hours-The Railway Road-
beds SOftened. hut no serious
Washouts Reported-The County
works Safe-The Crops Uninjured.
The Rains Confined Mostly TO the
Coast.
The rain yesterday and the day before
was the heaviest Savannah has had in
many years. For the two days il was
fraction over five and one-f0urth inches.
The damage from The downpour OF sat
urday afternoon and night was greater
than was FIRST reported. Wherever there
was a grade in the unpaved streets deep
gullies were washed and viii have to be
filed ia before the streets are Travelled.
The street forces VIII begin work this
morning. repairing the work Of the storm.
The roads In the country suffered con-
silerably. South and southwest OF the
city along the Montgomery road and the
cross roads deep ponds Of water made them
impossible. The railroad tracks were
considerably washed. but there was no
serious damage. The only interruption TO
travel was on the Montgomery branch of
the city and Suburban railway, which
prevented the early car from reaching the
city. In consequence Of the delay. Rev
Charles II. Strong, rector of St. Johns
church, who lives at Beaulleu. was IN
able TO reach the city and the services at
the church were postponed.
There is not believed 10 be any serious
damage TO the crops except where the
fields are washed. The rains were heaviest
along the coast. They did not extent far
enough into the cotton growing section,
SO far as reported. to cause much damage
20 the cotton.
The county works did not suffer much
from the rain Mai. r. A. Blandford. the
county engineer was on the works in the
afternoon during the storm and every
thing was all right al that time. He re-
ceived a report from the camps yesterday
afternoon stating that the canals and
swamps were all filled with water. but
that none OF the canal banks had been
washed. They stand the force of the rain
well, but the roads in the neighborhood
Of the county camps are quite badly
washed. In some places gulleys have
been washed in them, and their condition
ia many places viii need some attention.
The rain extended all along the
ilAto u the IdlHOaQs south OF
here. Passengers coming in yester-
day report washouts and deep
water on all hands. There were no wash
outs or trouble on the Savannah. Florida
and Western, so far as heard from, but a
passenger on yesterdays train reports
that the fiat woods all along the line were
flooded and the county roads as TAR as
could be seen from the train, were all
deep in water. There did not seem to be
much damage done throughout that sec
ton. but the amount Of water standing in
the fiat woods and grounds showed the
force Of the storm that had passed that
way. Every train on the Savannah. Flor
ida and Western was running on time
yesterday.
The northbound trains on the Florida
Central and Peninsular which were delay
ed the night before by a washout near
Ways Station, were running on time yes
terday.
The heaviest rains yesterday were re-
ported from South Carolina, between here
and Charleston. Kingstree reported
fan Of 2.20 inches; St. Georges inches;
Aliendale, 28O inches; Yemassee, 160
inches. The rainfall OF Savannah was a
little over an inch, most of which was
early in the morning. In ten minutes
nearly half an inch fell
The indications for to-day are for a con-
tinuation of thunder showers with higher
temperature.