The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-01
REPAIRING THEIR DAMAGES.
The Railroads Getting Everything
in Running Order.

The railroads lost no time in commence
ing the work of repairing the losses they
suffered and yesterday afternoon, with
the exception of the Central, had full
forces at work to remove all evidence of
the storm. The woI kmen that will repair
the freight house of the Central are now
engaged in that work on the Georgia and
Alabama and as soon as they complete
that roads freight house restoratfons
they viii commence the same work on the
formers
At the Plant system shed the efforts of
the wrecnng gang to open UP the tracks
to incoming trains and take away the
debris have been attended with most sat
isfactory results. All of the tracks that
were under the shed have been cleared
and now admit of the trains running in
to their old places. This result was
achieved by pulling the lightest and up
permost pieces Of timber from the tracks
and piling them between, but those at the
bottom and the heaviest had to be cut
from the tracks in many places. This was
true or the large posts that supported the
shed, of which there were very many.
The She'd with the exception of the Of
nces' lunch and baggage rooms on the
East Broad street side, and a portion of
the roof over them, was total loss, and
none of the timber that composed it will
be OF any use for building purposes. 1t
was all, as fast as it could be cleared
away, put upon fiat cars and hauled off.
The rooms on the East Broad side are be-
ing re-roofed, and it is said work will
commence on a new shed as soon as the
wreck can be cleared away.
IL Is hoped that the Plant system will re-
pace the old shed with the much talked
Vi new one that will prove greater credit
10 the city than the old one. This may
De done, though none of the officials have
given out anything about the matter, for
with Savannah as the headquarters of the
system, and the largest city along its
mes 1t is believed its authorities will con-
slider first-class depot essential
- mere We're seven passenger cars under
Ihe shed at the time of it's collapse, but
HVe OF them escaped with but slight, IL
any. injuries. Two, however, and these
parlor cars and the finest of the seven.
we're BADLY wrecked by the falling tim
per. They were taken to the shops yes
terday for repairs.
me two freight sheds of the Plant sys.
ZEN were stripped of their tin roofs IN
p.aces ana were already receiving the
sltehtion of timers and roofers, as was
aIso the rear end of the auditors offices.
"nlch had sustained the same injury.
no routine work was done in the ma
+Sn,ne ana carpenter shops or the round
.. yesterday, as the engine which
tSIls these shops was broken down and
ny M, rldcmnery was not in running order.
"e oricK building in which the station
rIS ny engine is situated was entirely de-
in 'Glisnea and the falling bricks
INJURED the engine. The smoke
~ FIX to the engine fell on
eue machine shop and was broken
anu Dent pretty badly but was placed to-
s ser The debris Of the round house
Ill sool, which fell in, was cleared away. An
Inc inc eehcy engine was put in place and
da,, SHOPS Will probably be running to-
The Georgia and Alabama's freight
S Sned was unroofed at the end towards
~, w est Broad street and the tin ripped Off
~ the force Of the wind in several places
~ is being repaired. F'''00''
me freight house of the Central s1s-
e ss'n leu more serious damage than that
~ me Georgia and Alabama and will nm
uso repairs as soon as a force can he
s Ell 70 work. Almost the entire roof was
~ ipped or tin and the tops of the brick
walls were, in certain portions. blown or
a. me Florida Central and Peninsular had
T., '.io rear end of it's brick round house blown
~ ana the telegraph Office had the doors
~ ,t windows of the upper floor blown into
We NE interior. The section foreman's house
,,.w down, but he and his wife had for
bo,,.e sought greater security than the
Ie AFFORDED by getting into a car.
~ amp black factory was blown across
me Yards tracks and the nortion ~ a.
d, S sln obstructing them weke removed bv
OF wreckers.
dotat, vi the roads suffered losses in minor
h.eaiils such as the blowing In of sashes.
"s on OF blinds and ripping Of