The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-10-07
oRows WORSE.
Story of the Tornado's Work in Savannah
and Florida shows that First Accounts
Did Not Half Reveal Its Horror.


story of the Tornado's Work in Savannah
and Florida shows that First Accounts
Did Not Halr Reveal Its Horror.
SAVANNAH, Ca, Oct. 1.-The fatali-
ties by Tuesdays storm so far foot up
IL The body of Capt, Murray, of the
Inflated tug Robert Turner, which was
blown ashore in the Savannah river,
was found wedged in training wall
1t was brought to the city by a rescue
tug. Later the body of one Of the
deck hands was picked up by the reve-
nue. steamer Tybee, which has been on
relief duty since the storm subsidized.
James Mcclure, passenger on the
Turner, and two deck hands are still
missing. The injured have all been
removed to the hospitals or their
homes. Three are fatally injured and
will die. The fatalities are likely 10
be much greater when reports have
been received from the islands.
The steamer Gov. Stafford went ashore
on Pulaski island and is, lying 100
yards high and dry inland Much
anxiety is felt for the tug Cynthia,
which left here before the storm with
a barge in tow for Brunswick. The
barks Cuba and Rosenius, which drifted
from their moorings and went ashore,
may be saved The loss of small sail
ing vessels is heavy. Upwards of 30
are reported ashore IN the marshes
and creeks and on the beach at the
mouth of the river. Most OF these are
coasting vessels plying between Sa-
vannah and neighboring ports.
The full extent of the damage and
loss of life will not be known for sew
eral days The center of the storm
passed east of Savannah and struck
inland 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 west of here suffered heavily
The storehouses and mills are wrecked
and the rice stored is total loss The
plantations on the Ogeechee and Al
tamaha rivers on the Georgia side alss
were heavily damaged. The damage
in the city will probably exceed 81, ,OOo,-
900. Hardly building escaped and
thousands of houses are roofess The
famous Buena Ventura cemetery, four
miles from Savannah, is scene Of
ruin. There and in Laurel Grove cem-
etery monuments and grave stones are
overturned, and in some instances the
vaults are broken in. At the subur.
ban villages summer residences were
blown away and yachts and pleasure
steamers were driven ashore, in some
instances high and dry on the lew
bluffs.
The damage to the railroads will
foot up over S25O,0oO Lighthouse
Keeper Evans reached the city on
boat yesterday with the first news
from Tybee island, at the mouth of the
Savannah river. The storm there was
severe. All of the hotels are damaged
and the pavilions of the Hotel Tybee
and South End hotel, both large
structures, were carried away.
BURROUGHS, GA, Oct 1.-The storm
started here at 10 o'clock Tuesday and
lasted until 1918 o'clock About 10
houses in different places are blown
down. The new Baptist church at
Shiloh and the new Episcopalian
church are blown to the ground. Three
lives were lost.
Brunswick was wrecked by the hur-
ricane. The property loss,iE estimated
between $780, and 100000. The
loss Of life is four; all colored.
At Folkstone, Ga, Tom Wright, a
negro barber, was killed in the ruins
of his house as it collapsed beneath
the fury of the wind. Many other
houses there were demolished or part
ly wrecked. The Methodist church
was blown to atoms.
ATLANTA, Co., Oct Ia special from
Jacksonville, Fla, to ths Constitution
says: The West Indian hurricane
which entered Florida at Cedar Keys
on Tuesday and swept through the
southern part in a northeasterly direc-
tion, left death and destruction in its
path.
Owing to the prostration of tele-
graph wires only meager reports have
been received, but they show that over
20 towns and villages have been
wrecked and 40 or so persons have
been killed, while probably thrice as
many more received wounds more or
less serious
The hurricane swooped down upon
Cedar Keys, town Of 1900 inhabit.
ats, about 100 miles southwest of Jack
sonville. Thirty-six hours have elapsed
since the storm struck Cedar Keys, but
not one word has been received direct
ly from that place
1t is impossible to accurately esti-
mate the property loss in Florida, but
| e. will axcaad 30 mn 000