Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-01

The Norwegian bark Longfeilow lost
her jIbboom. and is ashore across from
the Plant system dock.
The American bark VI. l.. Routh had
her windlass broken. and ~ lying easy
ashore between McCullough's dock and
quarantine
The brig Jennie Hubert, loaded and
down tho river, was blown over 10 Brandy
Point, and Is aground.
The schooner Sarah broke her hawser,
and Is ashore off the Brunswick and
Western docks.
The schooner Harold was dlsmantled
and sank with 5000 pounds OF dynamite.
of the Brunswick and Western docks.
The home boats are all safe. and none
Of them are badly damaged, so far as
known.
At Sterling Station several houses are
down. and one lady. Mrs. Clark, Is badly
injured by falling timber.
At St Simon's Mills the Hilton * Dodge
Lumber Company suffered severe loss.
The Episcopal church was wrecked, ana
much damage was dona TO stores.
FREIGHT-CARS UNROOFED.
In the railroad yards in Brunswick al
most every Uncovered freight-car Is UNI
rooted. All tie telephone, telegraph,
and electsic-iight wires are down. and
the Dc mage cannot we'll be estimated. At
the ularantine station several OF the
buildings. including the officers quarters,
are down, but Surgeon Burford Is saie
At the now docks OF the Southern railroad
Nhe eastern warehouse Is down, ana
much other damage was done Hanover
Park. the pride Of Brunswick, Is wrecked.
Every street Is strewn with debris.
At Folkston. Ca. Tom Wright, a negro
barber, was killed In the ruins OF his
y he. ntrFf
fury Of the wind Many other houses
there were demolished. or partly wrecked.
and the small loss of life is looked upon
az surprising.
The Methodist church. in the northeast
ern part OF the town. is blown TO atoms.
The graded school building. constructed
of heavy timbers and thought to be the
strongest in town, Is in ruins. Inc
teacher and thirty-eight students were IN
the building when II collapsed, ana all
ESCAPED unhurt. except Miss Kathleen
Roddenberry, who received slight wound
on the head.
Reports from Boulogne, across the
river from Folkston. say that several
people were killed and others injured. but
no verifcation of these reports has reach-
ed the Morning News yet.
DESTRUCTION AT BEAUFORT.
CHARLESTON. s. C., September 90
Specials to the News and Courier from
Beaufort says: without premonition from
the Weather Bureau, which tho people OF
Beau tort have had reason TO expect would
apprise them Of an approaching or I'M
pending cyclone or hurricane. Beaufort
was suddenly visited yesterday by almost
as fearful and destructive cyclone as
that of August. 1898. 1t came in all us
fury about u NJ. During IT'S continuance
for one hour and a half II equalled, II IL
did not rival, in intensity its memorable
predecessor. Nothing but the ack OF the
tidal wave, or rather the prevalence Oh
an inordinately high tide. caused by the
meeting or piling up of one tide upon an
other by a continued gale Of hours. pre-
vented its being quite as disastrous
calamity as that which made 's3 black
letter year fer this devoted people.
At about half-past o'clock the wihd
shifted from southeast to southwark, ana
only lessened it's violence by about
o'clock. when it appeared that the fury
of the gale had abated sufficiently for
persons TO emerge into the catalogue Of
disasters.
Brick chimneys OF exposed houses and
stores were snapped off and had iallen
into the streets below and upon the roots.
The masonry at the sides Of the piazzas
of r. w. Scheper's grocery store and that
Of G.. Longs residence, over the Express
office. was blown down, with its brick ana
mortar.
At Scheper's dock. the steam tug Ney-
mouth. of the Farmers Phosphate WORKS,
but belonging 10 the estate or Coionei
william Gregg. was wrecked against the
bulkhead and sank atSthe head OF the
wharf The yachts Sprey owned by MI
Miles. Nellie. by Colonel Verdier, and
Julia. by Henry scheper. that lay at an
Choir off the seawall. and which, with
timely warning. could have been put IN
cafe harbor. were capslzed and sunk out
have since been recovered. All the pilot
boats that lay in front OF the town from
the dieuse Of the past week, owing 10
heavy seas prevailing outside RODE saieiy
through the storm. The only one not OF
the fleet. the Scheper, No. =, stopped AT
Port ROYAL. and was driven high ana
d., an the marshes of Jericho, up Bat
terry creek.
DAMAGE TO HOUSES.
Tho residence of the Messrs. Wallace,
formerly the Fuller House, on Bay street,
had its roof torn on
NJ n. Christensen's hardware store on
the opposite corner, was much injured
bv having its front doors ana windoNs
blown ir, and being subjected TO noous
OF rain. 49,,
The tewelry store Of w. r. Bristol
formerly Rohertss Just newly fitted up
was entirely unroofod. while its neighbor,
tho dry-goods store Of Messrs. Wallace
g. banner. the leading dry-goods store
In town. suffered a similar disaster1 anu,
together with the jewelry store or a NJ
Greenfield. next door. had It's roofing TN
hanging i'm sheets from the wires or the
electric and telephone systems IN 'front.'
The Clubhouse. as II IS called. formerly
the property of Colonel Tom Elliott now
owned by Commodore Beardsiey' Is
sad spectacle to behold.
Mr.. Middleton Elliotts house. formerly
the Edmund Rhett House. was unroofed.
its piazzas wrenched off. and the huge
house made uninhabitable until thoroughly
repaired Mr. George VASES house,
little higher up the bay, was unrooIed.
and it's roof carried bodily block away.
The courthouse was terribly damaged,
the window-glass was smashed, the rain
poured in the plastering fell down. and
the offices were made untenable until re-
pairs are made.
riously damaged. and numerous other
houses were more or less seriously dam
aged. so that the loss. when known In
detail. will foot up heavily.
FLORIDA TOWNS DESTROYED.
ATLANTA. GA, September SO.-Ihe
Constitution received the following at
midnight: Hurricane cut through Florida.
Several towns destroyed. Thirty or forty
killed.
d.
EXPERIENCE OF BALTIMORE.
No Serious Damage-rrafiic Delayed.