Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-01
THE GREAT STORM.
FATALITIES ar SAVANNAH 50 Fan
NUMBER ELEVEN.
THE DAMAGE DONE ENORMOUS.
T'aonsands of Houses in the Georgia
city unroofed-Shipping Driven
Ashore-Iioteis ana Cottages MT
Tybee wrecked-Ruin Elsewhere.


Ashore-Hoteis and Cottages mt
Tybee wrecked-Ruin Elsewhere.
SAVANNAH. GA. September 2o.--The
fatalities by yesterdays storm 80 faI
foot up eleven. The body OF Captain
Charles f. Murray, OF the Inflated tug
Robert Turner. which was blown ashore
In the Savannah river. was found to-day
Ii was brought TO the city by a 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 subsided.
James Mcclure. a passenger on the
Turner, and two deck-hands are still
missing Fanny jackson tcoiored). who
was injured by a falling roof in South
Vile. Gird to-day. Riley Wilfams
tcolored). IS years old. crushed under a
roof died tonight The injured have all
been removed TO the hospitals or their
homes Three are fatally hurt and Will
die. The fatalities are likely TO be much
greater when reports have been received
rom the sea islands.
The damage TO shipping is heavy. The
steamer Governor Stafford. which left
, Beaufort, S. c.. Tuesday morning. went
ashore on Daufuski Island. and is lying
400 yards high and dry inland. The
steamer Star went 70 her assistance TINS
morning. bat has not returned Much
anxiety Is felt for the tug Cynthia. which
left here before the storm, with barge
in tow, for Brunswick.
The banks Cuba and Rosenius. which
drifted rom their moorings and went
ashore, It is believed may be saved. The
schooners Island city and b. ID. Metcalf.
which went ashore on their way to sea,
are not damaged. The bark kylemore
broke away from her anchorage at
Quarantine. and is ashore in the marshes
Numerous small vessels plying between
Savannah ana neighboring ports are
ashore The full extent OF the damage
and loss Of life will not be known for
several days.
The centre 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 Carolnas side OF the
Savannah river and along the river west
Of here suffered heavily. The rice IN the
fields was little injured, being covered
with water. but the store-houses and mills
are wrecked. and the rice stored IS totai
loss The plantations on the Ogeechee
and Altamaha rivers on the Georgia side
were also heavily damaged.
DAMAGE. 100000.
The damage in the city will probably
exceed 100000. Hardly q building es-
capped. and thousands of houses are roof
less. The work Of clearing away the
wreckage from the streets went on an
night and to-day most of the streets are
passable. The parks are pitiable sights.
Tall trees. torn up by their roots or
broken in two. lie In swaths across shrub
berry and flowers. The ruin is complete.
The famous BOnayenture Cemetery,
Four miles from Savannah, on the Ihuh-
.erbolt road, is scene of ruin. There,
and I'm picturesque Laurel-Grove Gene
terry. monuments and grave-stones are
overturned, and, I'm some Instances, the
vaults are broken In. At the SUBURBAN
villages and resorts summer residences
were blown away. and yachts and plea
sure steamers were driven ashore, in
some instances, high and dry on the low
bluffs.
The historic Methesda Orphans Home
founded by George Whitfield century
and a half ago. seven miles in the coun-
Try from Savannah, was heavily damaged,
but no loss OF life occurred
Three street.car lines started opera
ton at noon to-day The others are
s.ili tied up, and the cars are standing
on the tracks all over the city. The
loss to the electric lines is estimated
at No0. 600 The electric-light, telephone
and police, and fre-alarm systems are
ali down. The Western Union Telegraph
Company has forces OF men all along Its
linos>
The damage 20 the railroads will foot
up over $4,000. The wreckage of the
Plant System passenger depot and the
Georgia and Alabama railroad freight
warehouses has been partially cleared
away. so that the. yards and tracks are
passable, and trains are running on time.
AT TYBEE.
Light House Keeper Evans reached the
city In "A boat late this afternoon, with
the first news from Tybee Island, az
the mouth OF the Savannah river. The
storm there was severe. All or me
hotels are damaged, and the paVihons OF
the Hotel Tybee and Southland Hotel
both large structures. were carried away.
The Chatham Artillery-Club house at the
sorth end of the beach. was unrooled
me cottages fronting the beach for
distance of four miles are all damaged.
The sea was driven over the low isian1s
between Tybeo and the city, and II IS pe-
ueved the Tybee railroad is washed away
ON McQueen's island, distance OF sew
oral miles Tho road was constructed on
The marsh. and the loss will be heavy.
There is believed to have been no loss OF
life on Tybee.
special TO the Morning News from
burroughs Ga. says: THE storm started
here yesterday at 10 o'clock, and lasted
untn l:f5 o'clock. The trees were bio"n
down In the woods and roads. About
fifteen houses i'm different places are blown
down. All the stacks In the rice
fields are blown down. The new
Oeeechee Baptist church at Shi-
loh. aud the new Episcopal church
are blown TO the ground. Three
lives were lost, and several persons Grip
pied. The loss is estimated at $500 Every
person had to leave his house and go out
into the open field to save his life There
has never been such storm here since
1854"
STARTED At TAMPA. =
Nearly every telegraph wire out OF
Savannah is still Frustrated. Storm news
IS coming to the Morning News from
many points in Georgia and Florida by
mail. The storm appears to have struck
land AZ TAMPA and swept northward TO