Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-30


John R2utkrs & Sons, Savannah gun
factory, Savannah rants factory,
CONNER & Co., the uua-o factory,
Henry 81 mon a Sos tshnlr.aIe
prtoofy buildingl, A. \. Btown& Co.'S
planning .mt !, Plant System shors,
Csntfal Rahwsy Of Georgia enols.
Chatham Ao,ismy, Pre- bytefisn and
Lutheran cnutrhsr, the car ehed OF the
City AMI Suburban Railroad company
anu The Savannah brewery.
HUNDREDS OF dwellings are either
totally demolished or damaged sud
many principal retail stores are suffer.
ers. There has not been such general
loss from storm In this city 10 years.
Tue loss OF life, II IL feared, viii be
great. Already ten deaths are reported
ami more will le tomorrow.
There are numerous Islands about
the city Inhabited by negroes sni tho
Toe. Of life, 1t IL beloved, will be heavy
on them.
Within two houts and n half after
the storm began the sun was shining
and the rain cune.J. The streets were
1llod with curious sirhttesfs this
afternoon. The city Is t. total dark.
nets tonight, owing {, the blowing
down OF the electric light wir,f.
TuiRTY MILES AN HOUR.
MILWAUKEE Sept. s0.-Lsst Night
the VIM reached q velocity OF thirty
milss nm hour VI MilgauHue, blowiuR
sirsis ht from the ioftb. During the
night the barometer dropped 10 20 -.
AIS o'olook tbs morning the wind
was blowing from the northwest 20
mills an hour Hnd the barometer
STOOD 80 ~.
An III.FATED BARuE.
The barge sumAira, tho ulnsofl OF the
II. w. Arnold, from CnicsgO, With a
load Of iailfoad iron, fonndcfod oil the
government pier here this morning.
-Four sailors we're drowned. Tue cap.
taiu, mate and cook were rescued by q
lifr.shvlng crew. Lost we're Arthur
BuInsied, lCharles .Hemmef, PAtricH
Peterson, Peter Apuorson, all OF West.
bay CITY. Rseeuodi Captain Charlie
Johnson, John Bnfbeek, mate, aud
Ira Pufsef, the cook. rhe sumAtfa
was leaking all night. when she
reached South POiut she got IN the
trough VI tho ssh, sud Ia y short time
her matches were washed Oh and the
sounded tue whistle. Inc tug Simpson
put Out iot too wreck. The sea wHi
Tunning high and great difficulty was
experienced In getting near the sink.
inR barge. Toe lie saving crew
worked hard, but were uusbie 10 save
al Of thc men ON the bafge.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. aO.-Tbe ~.
fattd BAR, o went down with gcafcs.
ly moments notice. Ths crew
did not even have time to
mount tue rigging after realizing that
the Vsgel was iounJefing. "She
seemed 10 go down like lot Of Leaf,
aud inside miuutn OF twO,n was the
way Captain Johnson described H..
Ths captain Jumped into yAwl boat
which dritcd rapidly toward the
| breakers. The yawl vas bslf full u
water aud being knocked about In \
dr,reritp mRnntf... Ne,ulnv the iuF
sin psoL towing the iifstoat aud crew
was making toward tho wreck against
q heavy ,os. Captain BOutin Of tho
| liie.thving crew, discovered the yawl
rapidly drifting toward too break.
cts and nj the ritk Of
losing himself. the boat and
crew, cut the rope which attached his
Loaf 20 the tug and began tho life anu
| death ohase for the drifting yawl.
After lively run lhe lie boat over.
took the frail craft anu rescued Captain
johnson. Tue lie boat crew then put
aOuutand teat out OF the bfoskeIs VIII ich
were washing over thtif hoai every
moment, finally MAILING the harbor
under sail. "lhe life boat was under
water atout half the Tine" said
Captain Eoutln. III never before have
seen In Milwaukee such breakers. Al
times the sea paced entirely over the
houac Mt the lighthouse station, anu
tho piers along the hafbor were entire.
ly c1vtfsd by water when We were
out Before taking out the life
boat and crew, the tug simpson
made n ttip 10 tue sumaifa aud roc
cued thu mate ADu cook who were
drifting among thesreekage. One mem.
Der ofths bumatfI's lciew was rescued
by Rooeit woflsy, the engineer Of the
iug simpson, by pulling MIN on b1afd
by the hair OF tho head, bu. n heavy
piecs OF uTiiting timber struck the
uniorlunsts fellow aud knocked him
beyond reach aud ho sank before
the tug could again get near min.
Some heroic work was done by Gap.
tain CAsw-ll and the crew OF the
Simpson, but, like Captain Boutin anu
the lilo sAvois, lhty wero working
against fearful odds. The steamer
Arnold found II impotsible to do A. y.
thing ior tue barge aud madU Tor tue
haIboT without bsr
The sunatfn was owned by the Mill
Transportation company, Port Huron,
Mich, sud waD valued At Sls,O 600.
RAILROAD DMDaE DEMOLISHED.
LANCASTER, Pa, Sept. 80.-Uyst AZ
hour lAst night this city and vicinity
were subjected 10 tho severssi VIM.
storm ever known here. IL II impOssi-
bio ~ estimate the number OF buildings
wholly or partially demolished or tue
monetary extent OF the damage.
Tho greatest single loss IL
that Of the Pennsylvania railroad
bridge, acroN the busquebauDa. Al
Columbia, nothipg bviug lett Of II but
tho pleff, the span IN tue middle and
tbs Iifst span NJ each Gnu. Tne bridge
was a mile And quarter long and saiJ
10 TO the largest railroad BRUCE Ia tue
world. II cost u million dollars.
In this city n large number Of build.
ingt were partly demolished and un.
rooted, anu the streets Uttered win
debrls. The telegraph and telephone
wiren Throughout tho country afs down
ana badly tangled. But from the
moHger heGaun feeeiyed, ouiaido SEQ.
lions must have ~ Tired more severely
g. "A the ely. FIOm reports rec lived