The record-union., 1896-10-01

Metcalf, which went ashore on their
way to sea. are not damaged. The
bark Kylemore broke away from her
anchorage at Quarantine and is lying
against a training wall half mile
away. The loss of small sailing YES
sells is heavy.
Upwards of twenty vessels are re-
ported ashore in the marshes and
creeks and on the beach at the mouth
of the river. Most of these were coast
ing vessels plying between Savannah
and neighboring ports. The full extent
of the damage and loss of life will not
be known for several days.
The center of the storm passed east
OF Savannah and struck inland north OF
here. The damage on the South Caro-
lima coast is believed to be heavy, but
50 far little loss of life is reported. The
rice plantations on the Carolina side OF
the Savannah River and along the river
west of here suffered heavily. The rice
il the fields was little injured, being
covered with water, but the StorehouseS
and mills are wrecked and the ice
stored is a total loss. Three plantations
on the Ogeechee River were also seri-
ously damaged. The total damage will
probably exceed 81 100000.
The work of clearing away the wreck
age here went on all night and to-day
most of the streets are paSsable. The
parks are pitiable sights. Tall trees
torn up by their roots or broken in two,
lie in swaths across shrubbery and
HcWerS. The ruin is complete The fa-
nous BOnaventure Cemetery, four miles
from Savannah, is a scene of ruin.
There and in the picturesque Laurel
Grove Cemetery monuments and grave
stones are overturned and in some in
stances the vaults are broken in. At the
suburban villages and resorts resi-
dences We're blown away and yachts
and pleasure steamers were driven
ashore in some instances high and dry
on the low bluffs. The historic Bethesda
Orphan Home, founded by George
Whitefeld a century and a half ago,
seven miles in the country from Savan-
nah. was badly damaged, but no loss
of life is reported.
Three street car lines started opera
tions to-day at noon. The others are
still tied up, and the cars are standing
on the tracks all over the city. The less
to the electric lines is estimated at
100000 The electric light, telephone
and police and fire alarm systems are
all down. The Western Union Tele-
graph Company has forces of men all
along it's lines
The damage to the railroads will foot
up over $3.50, 900. The wreckage of the
! Plant system passenger depot and the
Georgia and Alabama Railroad freight
warehouses has been partially cleared
away SO yards and tracks are passa
bic and trains are running on time.
Lighthouse Keeper Evans reached the
city on boat late this afternoon with
the first news from Tybee Island, at the
mouth of the Savannah River The
storm there was severe. All Of the no.
tells are damaged, and the pavilions of
the Hotel Tybee and South End Hotel,
| both large structures, were carried
! away.
| The Chatham Artillery Clubhouse, at
! the south end of the beach, was un-
rooted. The cottages fronting the beach
| for a distance of four miles are all dam
| aged
| The sea was driven over the low
! islands between Tybee and the city ard
I ii is believed the Tybee Railroad is
! washed away on McQueen's Island, q
! distance Of several miles. The road was
! constructed on the marsh, and the los;
Will be heavy. There is believed to have
A special to the Morning News"
from Burroughs. Georgia, says: The
| storm here yesterday started at 10
! O'Clock and lasted until 11:15 o'clock.
| Trees were blown down in the woods
/ and roads About fifteen houses in diff
| ferent places are blown down.
! All the stacks in the fields are blown
away. The new Baptist Church at Shi-
\ loh and the new Episcopal Church are
/ blown down. Every person had to leave
| his house and go out into the open field
t. save his life.
| Nearly every telegraph wire out of Sa-
! vannah is still prostrated. Storm news
was received this morning from many
points in Georgia and Florida by mail
/ by the News" The storm appears to
| have struck land at Tampa, and swept
northward to Savannah, thence jump
/ ing on to the north. All reports agree
/ that the velocity of the wind was ex-
/ tremely high, but its duration at each
place was short-about an hour. Had
! the storm been longer continued every
| thing in It's path would have been lev
1 eled to the ground and the loss of life
must necessarily been heavy.
7 Brunswick was wrecked by the hur-
ricane. The property loss is estimated
/ at between $3.50 600 and $500 900. Loss
! of life is four so far as known, all col
ored. In the railroad yards in Bruins
wick almost every freight car is un-
rooted All the telephone and tele-
graph and electric light wires are down,
I and the damage cannot we'll be esti-
/ mated. At the quarantine station sew
eral Of the buildings, including the Off
| GERS quarters, are down, but Surgeon
| Burford is safe.
At the new docks of the Southern
/ Railroad the eastern warehouse is down
| and much other damage done. Hanover
! Park the pride of Brunswick, is wreck
ed Every street is strewn with debris.
At Folkston, Ga, Tom Wright. a ne
! gro barber, was killed in the ruins of a
house as it collapsed in the awful fury
of the wind. Many other houses there
are wrecked or partly demolished, and
the small loss of life is looked upon as
/ a miracle The Methodist Church in
the northeastern part of the town is
blown to atoms. The graded school
building. constructed of heavy timber
and thought to be the strongest In
town, is in ruins. The teacher and
thirty students were in the building
when it collapsed, but all escaped un-
hurt except Miss Kathleen Rodden-
berry, who received a slight wound on
the head. Reports from Bologne, across
the river from Folkston, say that sew
eral people were killed and others in
jured. but no verification of the reports
has yet been received.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON Is. c., Sept. 30.-A
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