The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-01
LIFE AND PROPERTY LOST IN SA-
yANNAH AND BRUNSWICK,
GEORGIA.
TWO TOWNS WERE BADLY WRECKED
Several Lives Known TO Have Been
Hundreds Of Thousands Of
Dollars in Property Loss-Many
Vessels We're Wrecked.

New Orleans, Sept. 80, $3.50 IL. ma
special to the Times Democrat from Sa-
yannah says:
worse storm than that Of August,
1893, if not the worst in the memory OF
those living. was at its height at l2:3O
today. Business in the city was suspend
ed for over an hour. the storm being ftl-
riOus for that length Of time. No person
dared to appear on the streets. The
street cars halted. elevators stopped run
ming the electric currents were shut oil
through fear or because Of brcakagc.
Windows and shades were blown III.
Trees were ra2cd, fences blown down,
houses unroofed, parts of big buildings
arc wrecked. skylightS are blown ont, win
Tow shutters are hurled into tree tops
vessels are turned over in the river
church stecples are topping, the streets
;re streWn with debris Of every kind.
People lived in dread for an hour in Sa-
hannah today The tallost buildings in
The city trembcd. There is the great
est apprehension for vessels out and for
small craft known to have been in the
blow. Relatives OF persons known to
have been at sea are frantic III their ell
beavers to receive news from thchi;
Fairly there were reports that there had
hnnn loss Of life in the city. The money
loss will reach hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars. 1t is estimated that II VIII
reach 100000 and some say SSOOoOO.
There was 10 Indication ut = o'clock
of severe winds. At that hour the Oh
server said there would be wind over
thirty miles an hour. The wind began
TO rise at 1880 and at II o'clock was
blowing forty-cight miles an hour. Az
1215 velocity of siXty-siX miles had
been reached and the air was literally
filled with flying debris. At that tlne
the Instruments at the observatory were
blown out of working order. \ rev
minutes later the wind was at its height
and attained Il velocity of ciGhty-hve
miles an hour or over. The barometer
dropped to POI and at 1870 it was 2O.9o;;
After that, further reports from 1t couid
not be secured. The last report the OBJ
server received from Tybce was at ~.
The wind was then blowing forty
miles an hour there. Since then
il has been impossible to Sc
cure connection with the island.
The damage TO shIppln ,, n"
great, 4 tramp steamer at tle iih'
yvstcm wharf grounded. The bark Ro-
senivs, Norwegian, slipped her mornings
and capszed. Captain Samuels and his
son got out safely. The ocean steamship
company's steamer Chattahoochic pulled
away from her moorings and got out III
the stream, but is all right. She pulled
M her moorng posts The steamboat
Flora left at 8 o'clock this morning with
a heavy cargo for Brunswick. Nothing
has been heard from her. The steamer
Governor Stafford was to leave Beaufort
for Savannah at 10 a. IN. Grave fears
are entertained for the vessel. She was
due at Tybec ut II o'clock, ana II Is
thought the storm was at its height at
that hour The bark IIilda. owned in
Savannah, left here last night at 80
for Brunswick in tow of the tug ii. NJ;
Smith. Those interested in the vessel
and the owners of the tug are worried.