The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-10-09
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Further Details of the Great South
ern Storm.
Widespread Destruction Reported from
Many Localities with Great Loss of Life
Much More 10 be Learned when
Com m~unicatIon H. Restored.

ray of the Inflated tug Robert Turn
err, which was blown ashore in the Sa-
vanIah river, was found yesterday
wedged in a training wall. 1t was
brought TO the city by n rescue tug.
Later the body of one of the deck
hands was picked up by the United
States revenue steamer Tybee, which
has been on relief duty since the
storm subsidized. james Mcclure, n
passenger on the Turner, and two
deck hands are still missing.
Fanny Jackson, colored, who was
jured by a falling roof in ~Southville,
died yesterday. Riley Williams, col
pred. rs years of age. crushed under n
roof. died last night.
The injured have all been removed
10 the hospitals or their homes. Three
are fatally injured and will die. The
fatalities are very likely TO be much
greater when reports have been re-
ceived from the sea islands.
The damage to shipping is very
great. The steamer Gov. Stafford.
which left Beaufort, ). c., Tuesday
morning, went ashore in Daufskie is
fand and is lying 100 yards high and
dry inland. Much anxiety is felt for
the tug Cynthia. which left here be-
ore the storm with a barge in tow for
Brunswick. The banks Cuba and Ros-
ineus, which drifted from theirmoor-
ings and went ashore. may be saved
The schooners Island City and d.. IL.
Metcalf hich went ashore ON their
way to sea are not damaged. The
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anchorage at quarantine and IS lying
against "A training wall half a mile
away. The loss OF small sailing ves-
sells is heavy. Upwards Of 90 are re-
ported ashore in the marshes, at the
mouth of the river. Most of these
were coasting vessels, plying between
Savannah and n~elghboring ports.
The full extent of the damage and
loss of life will not be known for sew
eral days.
The enter Of the storm passed east
of savannah, and struck an island
north of here.
The damage on the South Carolina
coast Is believed TO be heavy, but SO
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 in the fields was little in
jured, being covered with water, but
the st~orehouses and mills are wrecked
and the rice stored is a total loss. The
plantations on the Ogeechee and Ala
bama rivers on the Georgia side also
were heavily damaged.
The damage in the city viii proba-
bly, exceed $1,000. 600. Hardly a build
ing escaped, and thousands Of houses
are roofless. The work of clearing
away the wreckage went on all night.
and to-day nos Of the streets are
passable. The parks are pitiable
sights. Tall trees, torn up 10y their
roots or broken in two. lie in swaths
across shrubbery and flowers. The
ruin is complete.
The famous Bonaventure cemetery,
four miles from Savannah on the
T~hundcrbolt road, j. a scene of ruin.
There, and in picturesque Laurel
Grove cemetery, monuments and
grave stones are overturned. and in
some instances. the vaults are broken
in.
At the suburban villages and resorts
summer residences were blown away
and yachts and pleasure steamers
were driven ashore. in som instances,
high and dry on the low bluffs. The
historic Bethesda orphan home.
founded by George Whitfelda century
and a half ago. seven miles in the
country from Savannah, was heavily
damaged. but no loss of life occurred.
Three street car lines started opera
tion at moor yesterday. The others
are still tied up. and the cars are
stand ny ON the tracks all over the
city. The loss 20 the electric lines i
estimated at 500, GOO. The electric
light, telephone and police aud fire
alarm systems are all down. The
Western Union Telegraph Co. has
forces Of men all along It's lines.
The damage TO the railroads viii
foot up over s25o,O0O. The wreckag,
of the Plant System passenger depo.
and the Georgia q Alabama railroa,
freight warehouses has been PARTIAL,
cleared away, so that the yards an'
tracks are passable and trains are run
ming ON time.
Lighthousekeeper Evans reached tn
city on a boat late last evening will
the first reports from Tybee city, a
the mouth OF the Savannah river. Tn
storm there was evere. All the h
tells are damaged, and the pavilions O
the Hotel Tybee and South End hotel
! both large structures, were carrie'
away. The Chatham Artillery clu
house, at the south end Of the beacl
was unroofed. The cottages ~frontin
the beach for a distance OF four mile
are all damaged.
The sea was driven over the low II
lands between Tybee and the city, an
IL is believed the Tybee railroad
washed away on McQueen's island,
distance Of several miles. The roa
was constructed ON the marsh and til
loss will be heavy. There is believes
Il have been no loss Of life in Tybc
TIE EFFECrs ELSEWHERE.
Especial To the Morning News fro
Burroughs, Ca, says:
''The storm started here Tuesday
10 o'clock and lasted until 1:l5 o'cloc
Trees were blown down in I'll