The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-01
CAROLINA IN THE CLOUD.
The storm Much Less Furious Than
ut Savannah.

The storm Much Less Furious Than
Mt Savannah.
! Charleston, S. c., Sept. O.-Dispatches
to the News and Courier from Florence,
| SummerviHe, st. Georges and Marion,
show that the storm was severe in that
section Of South Carolina. A Florence
special says considerable damage was
! done there. Gnberts undertaking estab-
/ lishment, at the corner of Church and
| Cheeves street, a large two-story work
| shop belonging to Mr. G. e. Jarrot in Pal
metto street, under which a mule was
caught, but not killed. The African Meth
odist Episcopal church, in Rayenel street.
a building 6Ox15O feet. was careened over
about IS inches, and so badly damaged
| that it win have to be pulled down. The
entire porch, about 100 feet long, on the
second floor, at the jacob hotel, was car
ried over the top of the hotel building and
laid across the tracks Of the Wilmington,
! Columbia and Augusta railroad in front
Of the building. part of the tin roof of
| the First Methodist church was carried
away, and numbers of tin roofs on other
| buildings were rolled up S though they
| were paper.
The streets are lined with broken trees,
! limbs, and trees torn up by the roots Be-
sides this the sidewalks all over the city
| are lined with fences which were levelled
! by the wind
! The wind began blowing here at clock
| and continued until o'clock in the after
noon The heaviest part OF 1t struck here
| about o. clock, at which time the velocity
reached II miles an hour. The rainfall
was one and a quarter inches for the four
| hours.
A summervile dispatch says: About
| ] o'clock the wind began to rise and in
! crea sed in velocity until about 2:30, at
| which time 1t reached its hight, veering
| apparently from a westerly to a north
| westerly direction. During the passage of
| the gale the wind roared terrifcally over
| the town and through the trees twisting,
uprooting and decapitating them here
| and there throughout the length and
breadth of the town. and the air was
filled with detached autumn leaves and
! limbs OF trees whirled through 1t on all
sides. The roar of the wind was similar
to that of the noise of a train rushing by
at the top of it's speed Little If any, rain
| fell during this period. If the rainfall had
| been heavier this gale would have equal
ed in destructiveness that of September,
! 1892 The streets and pathways of the
town are covered with an immense mass
| Of fallen debris. BY 4 o'clock the wind
and storm virtually subsided.
During the storm the colored Odd Eel
lows hall, large two STORY wooden build-
! ing, in the center of the town, was blown
off it's blocks and the top badly mashed
| in A pine tree fell across the corner of
the Pineland livery stables doing con
! siderable damage AS a freight train on
| the South Carolina and Georgia railroad
was passing eastward, near the 24-milo
| post, during the progress of the storm one
| Of he W fpd ba
Western Union wires are down above this
| point"
The storm struck ST. Georges a little
after noon and continued until about 3
| o'clock. 1t proved more violent and de-
/ structive in this locality than the great
| storm of 1893. The wind came in gusts,
! alternately from east, west and south,
| that from the latter point doing the most
damage. The Baptist church, a new and
| handsome structure, Is q mass of ruins.
| The Pythlan hall is moved from it's foun-
dation and much damaged. The colored
| school building is destroyed as also an
unfinished dwelling house belonging to
Mr.. T. Rion. The greatest individual loss
is that Of Mr. II. o. McAlhany, a leading
merchant. His large sale stable is wreck
ed and the roof of his new store is blown
away bodily. The damage to trees fences
and glass windows is general and cannot
be estimated. The wires are down in
either way. There is no loss of life or per-
sonal injury so far as reported
| At Charleston the wind blew sixty-two
! miles an hour during the night of the
storm. The wind came up with a rush,
lashed THE waters of the bay into foamy
frenzy, strewed the streets with autumn
leaves and bric-a-brac and then mild as
a lamb, went away, and the sun looked
out on the well-washed and swept streets.
About II O'Clock the sky was filled up
with swiftly moving clouds, and the wind
became more boisterous. Showers, last
ing a few minutes each, occurred fire.
quently, and by II o'clock the wind and
rain made walking very disagreeable.
The wind steadily increased and every
body and everybody's cousins and broth
ers and uncles went home, II they could
go, to 'batten down the matches" and
make ship-shape for the storm. From
noon undl about 2 O'Clock the wind rose
rapidly and the official record showed that
| siXty-two miles per hour was reached.
Trees, fences. cutters ard loose signs
came down, and umbrellas and hats
went up.
Almost before the storm had reached
a serious point here 1t was understood
that the city was partially shut off from
| telegraphic communication with the
world. At o'clock inquiries at the offices
of the Western Union and Postal tele-
graph companies developed the fact that
! Charleston was absolutely cut off from
the world Not a wire was working in
! any direction.
! During the hight Of the storm hun
dreds OF people in rubber coats and mack
| intoshes went down on the south and
east battery over the sea wall on both
! fronts the waves dashed cataracts. The
walls and grass plots on the south side
were submerged about / O'Clock and the
water extended 10 the asphalt driveway.
/ In some places 1t was three or four feet
deep. The display OF the water front
was grandly impressive.
FINANCIERs IN THE Tolls.