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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-30

Bonaventure and Thunderbolt roads
made its farewell bow at the appearance
OF the four winds, or fourteen. as there
seemed to be, and topped over. The
wheel itself decorates the roadway, while
the framework upon which it stood lies
to the north of the tank.
A little further out the Bonaventure
road the residence of Mr. G. F. King and
family presents a sad ruin The tin roof
and with it many of the plank, was blown
from the house into the road, a distance
OF about fifty yards Some pieces of the
house were blown into an old field 300
yards away. Between the rain and wind.
almost everything within Mr. King
house was destroyed. He had no storm
insurance. All along the road the per-
simmons were blown from the trees, and
the trees were blown from the ground.
Some of the trees were blown UP by the
roots.
A colored church little farther was a
sad wreck, so the congregation thinks,
and they have the some opinion from their
friends. A small cottage, just building,
was blown off the brick foundations, and
the bricks themselves were tastily ar
ranged inside the structure
The roadway into Bonaventure ceme-
terry is completely blocked. A large tree,
moss-covered, has fallen across the road
way JuS1 III front Oh the gate, ana II VIII
take two or three axes to remove it.
Bonaventure, itself, presents a weird pict-
ture. Its every roadway is filed with
moss-covered branches and limbs of trees
fallen in all directions are so thick that it
would take the stranger sometime to find
out that it is a cemetery.
The damage was not so extensive at
the Standard Oil Works The tin roofs
were torn off all the sheds, but otherwl Sc
the buildings stood the test of the storm.
The roof was also blown off the house of
Mr.. w. NJ Bent, the general manager OF
the works
Justice B. ]. Mcintyre viii have to find
another place to hold the sessions of his
court His little Office on the Thunderbolt
road is no more. All the wind left of il
was few shingles, and his sign by this
time is no doubt hanging on some build
/ ing over in Charleston.
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THE GALE AT THUNDERBOLT.
The Fire Engine in the River-Part
of the FIOrn1s CargO Overheard.

of the FIOrn7s Cargo Overheard.
The destruction at Thunderbolt was just
about what it was in the city, compare
lively speaking. The Yacht Club was
only slightly damaged a single or two
being blown from the roof, but several
buildings around the town were pretty
badly demolished.
The fire engine house was leveled to the
ground, and the fire engine, Thunderbolt's
only hope in case of a conhagration, was
blown into the river, where it will doubt
less get more water than it will need for
the next six months.
Winters shed was tilted sideways, but
not quite blown down. HIS wharf was
demolished and the bath houses We're
floating in the river Capt. M. J. Doyles
houses were not damaged, but the fence
around his race track was entirely blown
down. The grand stand was unroofed,
but was otherwise unhurt.
Mrs. Won Ramps house and
store. next to the fire en-
CINE house, was a total wreck. The
storm shook the building terribly, and as
it was about to fall, she and her two chill
dren narrowly escaped with their lives by
jumping out of the window. In moment
afterwards the place was mass OF debris.
Lowden's new oyster house, near the
Vigilants wharf, which was just being
built, was blown to pieces, and the debris
was floating in the river. The pavilion at
Miraults place, at the terminus OF the
Savannah and Isle of Hope railroad, was
blown down, and fences and trees gen.
orally along the bluff were laid waste. Rad
wick's store was entirely demolished. The
roofs on almost every house in town were
more or less damaged.
The storm played havoc with all the III
tie craft in the river. Almost every sloop
yacht was capsiZed or blown ashore, or
otherwise damaged. Counihans yachr,
the Mabel turned completely over, ana
Sawyers yacht. the Perla, was sunk IN
the river Other small craft were cap
sized or blown upon the marsh, which was
entirely under water
The steamer Flora, which was on her
way to Brunswick during the storm.
managed to get almost to Thunderbolt
Just in time to save her going to the
bottom of the river. Her guards were I'M
der water, and it was found necessary
to tie her up to big tree to keep her from
sinking. She was blown into the marsh
at Bonaventure, and had to throw part
Of her cargo overheard in order to tighten
her so that she would float off with the
ebb tide with little repairing the cap
tain expected to proceed on his trip.
The naphtha launches at Thunderbolt
stood the gale very well. Several or
them were tied to buoys in the river, bur
none were capsized or blown away from
their mooring.
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CAME wITHoUT WARNING.
The weather Bureau Unable to Pre-
diet the storms Course.

The Weather Bureau. Unable TO Pre-
diet the storms Course.
The storm was more violent than was
expected or was predicted by the weather
bureau. The local forecast for yesterday
was for rain, cooler weather and norther-
ly winds, and the indications for Georgia
were for showers, probably heavy rains
on the coast, increasing northerly winds,
probably dangerous off the coast and cool
err
The observers were expecting a gale,
but not such a storm as was experienced.
In this section, Observer Sherier says It
is very difficult to judge Of the severity Of
storms when they are predicted, as the
nearness Of the Gulf and Atlantic, from
which no reports are received, render IL
impossible to- keep track of the course Of
the storms. When they are located. es-
pecially off the Florida coast. IL Is hard TO
tell what course they have taken, as their
path may wander into the Gulf or out to
sea far from any weather station Trace
of them is then lost and II Is only by OBJ
serving the trend of adverse winds that
might influence their courses, that any
certainty Of their paths can be gained.
Such was the case with this storm. IL
was reported Saturday as central off the
extreme southern coast Of Florida and the
Cedar Keys. and was expected later
driven by the influence OF the northeastern
~ winds that had prevailed over the south
for few days, to roll around into the
Atlantic and descend upon the coast in
Savannahs vicinity from the northeast.
This expectation Of the weather people
failed In its naturalization for the storm,
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sAvANNAH,s GREAT STORMS.
Four Have Brought Havoc in the
Last Half Century.

Four Have Brought Havoc in the
Last Half Century.
The storm Of yesterday will go on rec
ord as one of the three great storms that
have visited Savannah in the last twenty
five years. That of Aug. a. 1881. was tho
first. The then signal service at Wash
ington dispatched a message to Savannah
on Saturday giving warning of a hurri-
cane centered at st. Thomas and on the
point of entering the coast OF South Car
DINA. BY night of the day the warning
was received the gale, which had been
blowing for twelve hours in Savannah,
had assumed the proportions of a llucri-
cane, and its memorable violence and de-
structiveness proceeded rapidly from that
hour. Although the storm of yesterday
was of short duration, its violence ana
intensity when compared with the storm
OF 1881, far exceeded IL. The fuel for L
storm to work upon is far greater now
than 1t was in 1881, when there were no
tai buildings and less shipping, no cleo
trio light and telephone wires, no
electric car wires, and the city
had not the area 1t has to-day But what
there was, was seized upon with an unpar-
alleled ferecity. The streets were block
AIDED by fallen trees and everywhere piles
Of roofing, bricks, tiles, fragments Of avn
lhBh, Signs, anu every sort or debris
showed the ferceness OF the storm. No
part Of the city escaped. Fences every
where went down, shutters were unhing-
ed or shattered, and the city and it's sur
roundings presented an unparalleled pic
ture Of disaster and wreckage, the exact
losses in money being then as now unob-
tainable, but great.
There was no national signal service
and nothing in the nature Of a weather
bureau in 1864, the year Of the preceding
great storm. The ship news departments
Of the daily papers in those days afforded
whatever meteorological forecasts they
happened TO get IN q general way.
Sept 8, 1859. at 2 o'clock p. m, the
wind, which afterward brought such
disaster, had reached hur-
rcane. and its destructiveness
began. Three feet OF water covered
the wharves and cotton yards and tin
from the roofs. tiles. shingles, shutters,
signs and broken branches Of trees flled
the air and blocked the streets At that
time Hutchinson's Island, on the opposite
side of the river was In a high state OF
cultivation and was covered with the
houses Of people The storm completely
wrecked Il, dismantling everything and
sweeping away everything that could
float, submerging the rice fields and
farms and drowning over a thousand cat
tie. SO rapidly did the tide rise that both
escape and assistance were early render
ed impossible From the city the pro-
eress Of annihilaton could only be help
lessly viewed. The shipping suffered Sc
verely, vessels breaking from their moor
ings, and riding upon the wharves.
yellow fever was raging In the city at
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wise they seemed strong enough to stand
the strain from the falling timbers, and
were little damaged.
About o'clock in the afternoon, a train
was started for Tybee 1t managed to
reach the St. Augustine bridge, but could
go no farther. The track was all right
that far, and half the bridge was in POSI-
ton, but the other half was tilted from
the center about two feet out of plumb,
and it was impossible for the train to reach
the other side
The water in some places came up to
the track, but it is not thought the blow
was long enough to cause any serious
washouts. While the track could not be
examined at once beyond the st. Angus
tine bridge, it is not believed that 1t is
as badly damaged as it was by the storm
of 1898. The wind for the most part be-
ing in a different direction. blew less
water to the track, and there was much
less washing. Nevertheless, there is con-
siderable apprehension felt about the
condition of the tracks, and an examina-
ton of them will undoubtedly be made
at the earliest possible hour Superin-
tendent Clement Saussy investigated as
far as he could yesterday, and will con-
tinue the work to-day. The damage will
be repaired as soon as possible.
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the heavy leaden tanks used in the manu-
facture of the sulphuric acid which is
used in making fertilizers. 1t was il arly-
thing, more completely demolished than
was the guano shed. The leaden sheets
OF which the tanks were formed were bent
into many a shapeless mass, making it
useless for the purpose for which IL was
intended. These tanks form the most ex-
pensive part of such an industry, and it
is here that the heaviest loss will be felt
Besides this, the building, being uneov-
cred, all the stock of the company is left
exposed to the weather This firm en-
ployed in the shipping season, which is
just coming on, from 300 to 400 men. The
works were in full operation at the time
of the storm, but as soon the danger
was apparent the men ran from the
building and made for the open field.
Somehow or other report was circulated
that number of them had been killed,
but it was without foundation.
1t is said that Messrs. Conner, Hull &
Co.'S loss will extend somewhere from
$1250OO to $150,O0O.
The roofs from sheds and buildings Of
the Savannah cotton oil mills, next to
Conner, Hull & Co.'s place, were badly
damaged. The tin was blown from near.
ly all of them and much of the wood
work was destroyed. The same is true
of numerous other sheds and buildings
along the river front in that vicinity, but
the worst damage was at Conner, Hull &
Co.'S place, because no doubt it stood,
where it was most exposed to the heagi-
est of the gale.
There was some severe damage to the
works of the Savannah Guano Company,
near the Savannah, Florida and Western
wharves. Tin roofs were blown off every
shed, and the acid chamber building was
pretty well demolished. A fire started In
the acid chamber, but was soon put out
1t is impossible as yet to determine just
what the loss Of the companys works
was.
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SWEPT BY A HURRICANE.
lcontlnued from Eighth Page.)

- 1t is supposed that they were
5.v,ned as the tide was above the
- rsh. and in no place was it shallow
H~ongh for the men to get a footing. Mr.
Ef.Cune was the foreman for Bond, Har-
-ison & co. of this city, and was on his
- 70 Beaufort on business for the firm
at anxiety was felt for the safety of
- Savannah schooner IIiida which was
.o7-ad from Tybee by the tug early yes
tor7ay morning, bound for Brunswick
:. vas however, thought that they
-oa ched Sapelo and put in for harbor
before the storm came up.
TIE tug H. NJ. c. Smith left yesterday
morning with the lighter Joseph Souther
ioeded with cotton, for Brunswick When
tu.entv-two miles down the coast Capt
4efrd decided to return, as he saw the
s-orm approaching. Those interested in
-ha boat had almost come to the conclu-
sion that the tug and lighter were lost,
when they doomed up through the south
cEannel. having weatherd the gale. The
lighter was anchored at the Cockspur,
and the tug came up to the city.
The steam pilot boat ]. H. Estill came
,,-, 10 the city during the storm. The pi-
16fs report that the vessel dragged her
t7ree anchors in Tybee roads, and it was
ironossfble to hold her. They were compell-
Ell 70 come to the city for safety. The bar
o07eter dropped facter than ever before,
and the intensity OF the STORM was greater
man was ever known in the recollections
If any of the pilots. The tug Theckla
came up from quarantine for a safe har.
Dor.
The Norwegian bark B. D. Metcalf and
schooner Carrie T. Balano were anchored
ln the blight" about five miles down the
river. The schooner held to her anchors
and was not seriously damaged. The
bark is loaded with naval stores and is
he Ira
anchors and drifted on the jetties, where
She remained hard and fast.
The pilot boat Neca, which is sunk on
Tybee knoll, was entirely under water,
and the storm had no effect ON her as she
lay in her watery grave.
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THE New York Herald's European edi-
ton states that at the last meeting OF the
Paris Conseil d'Hygiene ct de salubrlte de
Ia Seine M. Nocard ascribed without hes
itation large share OF the odor in some
parts Of the city to the putrefac..cn CT
butchers refuse. and pointed out very
simple means Of preventing Il. NJ Nocard
explained that during warm weather
butchers refuse decomposed very rapidly
and omitted most offensive odors. To do
away with these bad odors he advise that
all butchers shall be required to keep a
nonsmetallic receptacle containing a two
per cent. solution Of chloride Of zinc. in
which all bones and meat scraps shall be
Immersed This solution Is perfectly HARM
less and inexpensive. While not strong
Enough to dsinfect decomposng meat IL
Is strong enough TO prevent the Begin
Mig of putrid fermentation. The adop-
tiol In all cities of the very simple meas
ure proposed by the French hygienlst
would add very greatly to the comfort
Of the public in summer and autumn.
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RUIN IN LAUREL GROVE.
TOmbstOnes Overturned and Trees
Lying in All Directions.

Lying in All Directions.
Beautiful and picturesque Laurel Grove
cemetery presented a scene of devastation
that furnishes an even parallel with the
ruin that Forsyth park sustained.
Tombstones were PROSTATE and broken,
fences blown down, magnificent shade
trees on the ground and beautiful wind
ing drives INSTRUCTED by fallen trunks
and hidden by the debris of boughs and
twigs.
Most Of the finest statuary escaped the
general ruin that the cemetery now
shows. The well known and artistic fig
ure of the Recording Angel in the Law
ton lot remains intact, though thick about
it, are the boughs of trees, that by the
slightest touch in their flying course,
would have crushed it to the ground. The
Kelly statue also escaped without injury,
as did the Guckenheimer.
Most Of the headstones and monuments
that were shattered, We're those of COM
paratively lighter weight than those men
toned. These were nearly always found
to have been blown over and broken by the
force of the wind rather than crushed by
falling trees.
Keeper La Roche, of the cemetery. saws
mat conservative estimate of the num-
Der of PROSTATE trees will not fall under
800 The debris is so thick that it would
take the unassisted efforts of the present
cemetery force six months to remove it,
ana restore the place to its former condi-
ton of neatness and order. The force,
however, has gone bravely to work on the
colossal undertaking, and the keeper
hopes, with the additional laborers that
VIII undoubtedly be furnished him, to re-
store the cemetery as nearly as possible
TO its former state of beauty in a short
time.
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OUT THE THUNDERBOLT ROAD.

A Scene of Devastation Ont to Bona
venture. and in the Cemetery.
superb scene OF devastation was OBJ
served by those who took a trip out the
Thunderbolt road yesterday afternoon. If
it had not been for the rain the few re-
naming oyster shells on the road would
undoubtedly have been'blown away. Trees
and fences, and fences and trees covered
the route to Thunderbolt, Transforming
even the straight portions of the roadway
into a zigzag drive as far as it was posi-
bic to go.
1t was impossible to reach Thunderbolt
by the Bonaventure route. The other
road was partially clear late in the af-
ternoon and several carriages managed
10 pass. But on the Bonaventure road
Just beyond the cen etery from 200 to 300
yards, fallen pines were encountered, and
they were scattered along the road every
ten or twenty feet for some distance, max
ing passage impossible. 1t is doubtful if
tnls section of the road will be cleared
within less than three or four days.
Houses and trees and fences were
wrecked all along the road. The first ex-
tenslve damage beyond the toll gate no.
uceabe was at the Cathedral cemetery,
Where large number of the handsome
cedars were shattered and destroyed. Be
yohd this, there was little damage in the
cemetery. The little waiting shed OF the
coast Line railroad at the crossing was
demolished. Oelschigs windmill looked
IKE the burnt out frame of a piece or
fireworks
FURTHER out the glass from a lot Of wiu-
COWS apparently just ordered for new
NOT mousse was scattered in broken bits
over the roadway. Bicyclists. beware.
Inc Old windmill, which has so lo1g
Deen q landmark at the junction Of tae
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of Mr.. Vests bath house, except the
dressing room, is gone. and some damage
was done to the residence. The Newell
cottage has been seriously damaged.
Portions of the roof of Mr. L. T. Tur-
ners house were torn Off and part of
the roof of DR.. Falligants house was
badly broken in. Every bath house and
wharf at Montgomery was blown away,
except Mr.. Turner's. DIR. Falligant' 5
wooden fat was blown over the marshes
to one of the hammocks. Nearly all the
trees on the double avenue on the front
of DR.. Falligant's place were snapped off
and blown away. Several cabin yachts
were capsized, and Mr. Paschal Strong
came near being drowned in trying to save
his boat. The mule car between Sandfy
and Montgomery is running.
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HIGH STRINGS WRECKED.
Many business Houses and DWELL
ings blown Down

AnEA nARnh DDhh
High Springs, Sept. 2o-One Of the most
destructive cyclones that has ever been
known in this section visited this place
this morning about 7l5 o'clock The wind,
which had been blowing strong from the
south, veered to the southeast and in
creased in velocity until at 1880 il was
blowing 100 miles an hour Trees and
houses went down like card boards, and
only half a dozen houses arc left to point
out 10 the investigator a once prosper
Gus town Women had children blown
out Of their arms, and men were knocked
down like nlnepins. The freight depot,
used as a refuge by many, was partly de-
mollshed. and refuge was sought in box
cars on the track.
Mr.. Wood, agent, and his chief clerk
were interchangeable IN their efforts to
succor and help the unfortunates. without
regard to their own safety. Capt Dixon
yard master. at the risk Of his life, crawl
ed on top OF the cars that were being
blown out of the side tracks. and thus
protecting the property of the company
by setting brakes. Among the Casualties
were the loss of the Higden hotel, one OF
the largest buildings in the town. l.. A.
Levys store, the auditorium, Vinzant
Futch & Co. furniture factory,
The High Springs Oil Co.'S. fac
tory, p. w. Werner's store,
and about twenty-five residences.
The new passenger shed Of the Plant
system was totally demolished. The
building had just been completed. and the
new building for the general Offices had
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ming, it is considered remarkable that no
one was hurt The walls of the engine
room were practically blown in, and 1t
is understood that the machinery there
was somewhat injured. Some parts of
the roof we're blown away so far that
they could not be found. Men were put
to work at once to clean away the de-
bris, but it is doubtful If the mills can
be operated again for some time 1t is
hard to estimate the loss to the company,
but 1t is no doubt safe 70 say that it will
be SouneVv here around s1O 0OO
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There is a class Of people, rational
enough in other respects. who are certain
~ monomaniacs in dosing themselves.
They are constantly trying experiments
upon their stomachs, their bowels, their
livers and their kidneys with trashy nos
trums. When these organs are really out
Of order, II they would only use Hostet-
ter's Stomach Bitters, they would, If not
hopelessly insane, perceive its superiority.
--ad
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6hdS. A. 6Onk|in & 60.
Roofing, Tin Plate, Corrugated Roofing
Iron Use guaranteed Brand, COnklin's old
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all the windows blown in and was flooded.
About twenty smaller stores were partly
wrecked. Part of the new Plant system
hospital was unroofed. 1t is impossible
to estimate the damage at this time, but
1t will reach far into the thousands. News
from all adjacent points tell the same tale
Of destruction.
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ACID CHAMBERS DEMOLISHED.
Messrs. Conner, Hull & Co.'s Severe
Loss at Their Works West of the

City.
The new guano shed of Conner Hull &
Co.'S works on the river front west of
the city, and the building containing the
large leaden acid chambers. one of the
most expensive features of the fertilizer
works. were totally demolished. The
wreck could not have been more complete
unless the wind, perchance, had carried
the debris over the bluff into the river
The guano shed presented the appear
ance of a building that was just being
erected, and with nothing but a few raft
ers In place. the sides and the roof hav-
ing been torn completely away The most
costly destruction to these works, how
ever, was In the building containing the
acid chambers. With it We're destroyed
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THE BLOW AT MONTGOMERY.
HOeses Blown Down and Trees TORI
Up by Their Roots.

Little information can be secured from
Isle of Hope and that section of the coun-
ty south of the city 1t is impossible yet
to get at any estimate of the damage to
the county's drains and canals, but they
no doubt caught their share of it.
Or. Fallgant's son, Raiford. arrived in
the city last night on horseback from
Montgomery. He reports that the coaches
belonging to the City and Suburban Rail.
way Company were blown off the track
and turned over A part of Mr. L. Y
Gibbs residence was torn away, and
nearly hiatt of Mr. Mayors house, he says
was completely blown away. The whole