The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07

Damage Done in Georgia and Florida
soush Carolina Sc ners Toe, Especially OF
the Coast.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 30.-The fatalities
by yesterdays storm, so far, foot up
II. The body of Captain Charles E.
Murray Of the i'll fated tug Robert
Turner, which was blown ashore IN
the Savannah river, was found today
wedged in a training wall. 1t was
brought to the city by rescue tug.
Later the body OF one the deckhands
was picked up by the United States
revenue steamer Tybee, which has
been on relief duty since the storm
subsided. James Mcclure, passen-
ger on the Turner, and two deck
hands are still missing. Fanny, col
ord. who was injured by falling
roof in Southyille died today. Riley
Williams, colored, Is years old,
crushed nlder s. roof, died tonight.
The Injured have all been removed to
the hospitals or their homes. Three
ere fatally injured and will die. The
fatalities are likely to be much greater,
when reports have been received from
the sea islands. The damage to ship
ping is heavy. The steamer Governor
Stafford, which left Beaufort, S. c.,
for Savannah Tuesday morning, went
ashore on Dsufuskie island, and is ly-
ing 100 yards high and dry inland.
The barks Cuba and Rosenius, which
drifted from their mooriGgs and went
ashore, it is believed may be saved.
The schooners Island City and B. d.
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 training wall half a mile
away. The less small sailing vessels
is heavy. Upwards OF 30 are reported
ashore in the marshes and creeks ard
beach at the mouth of the river. Most
of these were small coasting vessels
plying between Savannah and neigh
boring ports. The full extent of the
damage and loss of life will not be
known for several days.
The damage in the city will proba-
bly, exceed $1,000,000. Hardly
building escaped, and thousands OF
houses are roofless. The work OF
clearing away the wreckage from the
streets went on all nj ght and today
most of the streets are passable. The
parks are pitiable sights. Tall trees,
torn up by the roots or broken in two,
lie in s4&ths across shrubbery and
flowers. The ruin. is complete. The
famous Bonayenture cemetery, four.
miles from Savannah on the Thunder
bolt road, is scene of ruin. There
and In picturesque Laurel Grove ceme-
terry, monuments and gravestones are
overturned and in some instances the
vaults are broken in. At the subur-
ban villages and resorts summer resi-
dences were blown away and yachts
and pleasure steamers were .drioen.
ashore, in some instances, high and
dry on the low bluffs.
A special to the Morning News from
Burroughs, Ga, say: The storm
Started here yesterday at 10 o'clock
and lasted until LIS o'clock. Trees
were blown down in the woods and
roads. About Is houses in different
places are blown down. All the stacks
IN the ricefelds are blown down. The
new Ogeechee Baptist church at Shi-
ioh and the new Episcopalian church,
are blown to the ground. Three lives
are lost and several persons crippled.
The loss is estimated at $6, ,000. Every
person had to leave his house and go
out in The open field to save his life.
There has never been such a storm
here since 1854"
TIE WRECK OF BRUNSWICK.
Brunswick was wrecked by the hur-
ricane. The property loss is estimated
at between 1856, 900 and $500, 600. The
loss Of life Is four, so far as known.
The victims are all colored: John JEFF.
ferson and baby, A. Davis and Viii
liam Daniels.
The injured as -far as known are:
Mrs. NJ. Wiggins and child and Mrs.
Richard Purcell. These three have
their heads crushed in, but will proba-
bly, recover.
The greatest losers of property are:
Electric and Gas Light company,
plant demolished, loss $50, 900; Gauber
s. Isaacs, wholesale grain and grocery
house, total wreck, loss 81, 600; Jscob
l.. Beach, residence partly wrecked;
Downing company, wholesale grocers,
damaged; Brunswick Grocery compa-
ny;E. 81. Mason & Co.. ship chand
lers; Briesinreck's brick building. and
warehouse j. B. Wright's brick build
ing; Oglethorpe bank building; Scar
lett block; Crovatt block; Ward block;
Wills residence, all seriously dam
aged; st. Johns church wrecked com.
pletely; st Athanssius church and
school buildings wrecked completely;
Marks church badly damaged; Alta
maha cypress mills badly damaged as
to destruction of lumber; fire depart
mept bell tower badly damaged court
house damaged considerably, so as to
be unsafe tor further use. Partial
damage is done to the city hall. Plant
system shops, Southern railway ware
houses, union depot, Gwynn's ware
house and ice factory and numerous
other business and private dwellings.
In shipping circles the damage is
terrific. a detailed loss up to date IS
as follows: The Spanish bark Encar-
nacion, loaded for sea and anchored
across the shoals, drifted in and was
aground, badly listed and rigging
nearly destroyed. On the marsh side
of Turtle river is a three-masted
schooner aground between Quaran-
line and South Brunswick. Il is the
Lizzie E. Dennison from Quarantine.
The Norwegian bark Longiellow lost
her jibboom and is ashore across from
the Plant system dock. The Ameri-
can bark II. L. Routh had her wind
lass broken and is lying easy ashore,
between McCullough's dock and
Quarantine. The brig Jennie
Hubert, loaded and down the
river was blown over to Brandy
Point, and is aground. The schooner
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