The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-08

shore. but the men were poor sailors and
the waves tossed the boat like a toy for
minute and then IL was seen 10 capsize
carrying all the occupants 20 their death.
Nothing more was seen either of the boat
or the men, and the shore is being watched
for the recovery of their bodies.
People on the lake shore on the North
pier spied a row boat with one man In IT,
as far out as the two mile crib. He was
pulling for shore and made a vain effort
to keep his frai craft out of the trough
of the whitecapped waves. After a few
minutes of struggling the boat capslzed
and the occupant was unable to grasp H.
lie was lost to view and his body has not
been recovered.
The damage to properly throughout the
city was great, and especially in the busi-
ness portion. Thousands Of dollars worth
of plate glass windows were broken and
many buildings were flooded by the break
ing OF pipes, roofs and other parts Of the
buildings.
on the Pan Handle railroad at Ada street
a switching tower was twisted from the
ground and tOppled over. Switchman Au-
gust Boedlow. who was In 1t at the time
had his leg broken by the fall and
his hands and face were cut by broken
glass.
At 442 Wabash avenue, one of two high
walls left standing after tho burning OF a
large building several weeks ago, was
blown down, but did little damage other
than badly frightening the residents in
the neighborhood and driving numbers Of
women out into the drenehing rain
The row Of five story buildings at 126
Washington street. next to the Chicago
opera house, was broken into by a com
bination of wind and water and loss Of
several thousand dollars was caused by
the flooding of all the Offices below and
the saloon Of Daniel Brien on the ground
floor The ceiling Of the saloon fell in and
a fire was started by the water falling on
the electric wires.
over $4,000 damage was done to the big
department store of A. NJ. Rothschild &
Co., on State street. Five large plate glass
windows were broken on the first floor
and over a dozen windows were smashed
on the floors above. Tho goods in and
near the windows were ruined by water
An employe who tried to move goods from
one Of the windows had his hands terribly
| cut by glass.
One of the large show windows in the
store of Siegel, Cooper & Co.. adjoining
| the ROthschild building, was smashed. At
| the beginning of the storm the flags which
| decorated every window Of these depart
| ment store on the State street side were
| swept 10 the sidewalk by the terrific wind
and several pedestrians who braved the
storm were struck by the flying poles Sew
eral were knocked down. but We're able
| to proceed unassisted. The fire DEPART
ment and police were called on for as
| sistance in removing goods. and the dan
| gerous flag poles at these stores
| big bill board which was standing in
/ front of 313 Wabash avenue, was blown
| Through the plate glass front of the office
of the II. o. Mott Iron Works, and car
! ried twenty feet into the building. Big
| plate glass windows were broken in the
| Northern Trust Company Bank, George
! II. Andrews saloon. Is Madison street
Cohen Brothers, cigar store, 15S Fifth ave-
nue.; Cassidy & Thorsen's sporting goods
store and many other places.
! Trees and poles by the score were blown
to the ground, and carriages were upset
/ on the streets.