The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-03
AN APPEAL FOR AID.
Issued In Behalf of storm Sufferers
in south Georgia.

Waycross, Ga, oct 1.-The condition of
the sufferers from the storm in Charlton
and Camden counties, Georgia, and along
the Line of the Plant system in Nassau
county, Florida, appeals to the sympathy
OF people that escaped the hurricane A
trip over the Plant system between Way
cross and Jacksonville revealed only
partial view of the storm swept region,
but that presented scenes of a pathetic
character. The greatest devastation on
the line Of road was between Folks ton and
Callahan. The once fine timber fOres Is
that skirted the road We're leVeled by the
wind. The country presents prairie-like
appearance. As far as the eye can see on
either side Of the railroad the timber was
ruined and the ground was literally strewn
with logs and debris. Homes were in
ruins and household effects were scat
tered. Many families We're seen sitting on
the ruins of their houses Children chung
to their mothers and Wept because they
were homeless and hungry. The specta-
Gle was a once pathetic and terrible. AT
Folkston, Boologne, billiard and Dyal the
sufferers were gathered at the' depot and
looked forlorn and Wretched. Children re
sad and thoughtful looking. The people
in the little towns that have been men
toned have their own troubles and mis-
fortunes and have not visited the rural
districts nearby. In fact, such a thing
is impossible because of the public roads
being impossible. Every mile of public
road in that section is blockaded with
from 500 to 1000 logs, besides huge heaps
of debris. The result of the storm in the
rural districts will not be ascertained for
several days, and whether there remains to
be reported still further loss of life and
destruction of homes and timber is not
known. The Suzanne Canal Company 5
town of Camp Cornelia, and Brooks Bros
town of Toledo, where hundreds of per-
sons are employed in turpentine and saw
mill work, have not, as yet,
been heard from, and there
is no means of communication with
these places. These places and Dyal and
Upchurch lumber and turpentine camps
are on the eastern and southeastern
borders of the Okefenokee swamp and in
the track of the storm. Persons in Way
cross who have friends and relatives at
those places are experiencing great anX-
iety till they can communicate with them.
The damage to timber in the neighbor-
hood of those places, when ascertained,
will hardly be less than a calamity. 1t
has been estimated that those three firms,
the Dyle & Upchurch Company, the
Brooks Bros, and the Suwanee Canal
Company, will sustain a loss in the aggre-
gate of $3.50, 900 in timber.
The farmers, in addition to the loss of
houses, crops and cattle, lost their fences,
and these will have to be rebuilt. The
work of rebuilding and repairing houses
will be delayed in most cases indefinitely
because of the lack of means and the ut
terly impassableness of the roads to the
saw mills.
H. J. Davis, a business man of Hilliard,
has circulated the following appeal in
Waycross, and a relief fund has been
started: Il have been appointed one of
committee to ask for and receive any
help that the people will give to the suf-
ferers of this section from Tuesdays
storm. At least thirty. and perhaps more,
families in this vicinity are left homeless.
They are almost without food; all of their
belongings being swept before the wind.
There never was in this section anything
to equal this storm and the damage done.
The people must have help, or l cannot
tell what win become of them" This is
no worse condition than exists at Folks
ton, Boulogne and Dyal r. c. King of
this city is in charge of the relief fund for
the sufferers.