The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-01

spirit Sned, ETC., $1,000.
AT Pine Crest the roof of one wing of
Brobston's residence is off.
The roof of the old Preston residence
was smashed in by a tree across it.
Mrs. Everett Sapp's residence is wreck
ed.
The entire roof of j. L. Beach's resi-
dence Is gone and it's contents damaged
$1,000
Two tenement cabins, belonging to S.
NJ. Ryers, were wrecked
From Lee street to the oyster factory,
the losses will probably foot up $1,000.
Oak Grove cemetery is badly wrecked
and presents the Uttered appearance of
Hanover park.
Down the bay, the damage to shipping
IS $4,000. The sloop Katie Sharp of seven
tons from Chester, Fla, while terrapin
fishing off Joiner Island, was blown on the
marsh and turned over. Thomas Flynn
is the owner, and was accompanied by
Charles Kelly Of Fancy Bluff, and a small
boy. They took refuge in the marsh and
came to Brunswick this morning in a
small boat. 1t will cost 800 to get the sloop
off.
The schooner Henry Crosby. with a
cargo of 800 tons of COAL was blown into
the marsh above the new docks, and lost
45 fathoms of chain and an anchor, stern
port, and was scuttled and is leaking
badly.
The Spanish bark Encarnacion, loaded
with lumber, is a total wreck at Brandy
Point, with no insurance.
The Spanish brig Anton, lumber laden,
is aground at Brandy Point, but may be
gotten Off when discharged. The Norwe-
gian bark Longfellow, partly loaded with
naval stores, is in the marsh and probably
lost.
The schooner H. L. Routh, with 1900
crossties, is aground, but lying easy.
When discharged she paO Dr0h9 hlV he
pulled off.
The brig Jamie Hubert, with $4,000
feet of lumber, is aground off Brandy
Point and damaged.
The schooner Sara Fuller is in the
marsh in about three feet of water
There were six vessels anchored in the
| sound-the schooners Frank ODame
| Greenleaf, johnson, Thelma, Cora A.
Hanson, William E. Cloves and the Nor
wegian bark Ascalon-that weathered the
storm without damage or serious mshap.
On st. Simons Island the tin roof of the
! hotel is gone, all the bath houses ten
pin alley and all of the cottages blown
down, and some damage done to the no.
tel by the flood. Joe Abrams cottage
is down. ]. NJ. Madden's cottage Is
wrecked. All the buildings at King City
were blown dswn except Halverson's
| cottage. The beacon light on the beach
was blown over.
Jewtown, a colored settlement, is almost
entirely wrecked.
All the churches except that at Freder-
ick are reported wrecked and partially
damaged.
The South End negro village suffered
| severely. The ocean pier is completely de-
stroyed.
The st. simon,s mill dry kiln was wreck
| ed.
The brick work of the slab pit was blown
| down
The front of Wright's store was blown
| down.
The old Dart mill was leveled.
The naphtha launch Manhattan was
sunk.
At ST. Simons the damage will probably
reach $150,OOO.
The American schooner Jennie Hulburt
is aground near the old Dart mill. The pi-
| lot boat Glenn is in the marsh.
Surgeon Burfords office at the quaran-
| tine station was blown down and the new
dock was torn down by the schooner Liz
zie E. Denison, which is lodged in Planta-
tion creek.
At the Altamaha cypress mills the cy-
press mill was unroofed, the smoke stack
blown down and the dock wrecked.
The roof of Taylor's mill was blown off
and the smoke stack is down. The
| schooner Hugh Kelly partly loaded, was
| forced into the boom, and is aground.
The Piles residence at Piles marsh was
totally wrecked
Jake Hopkins, the boatman between
| Brunswick and Fancy Bluff, reports that
twenty houses were blown down, and one
child seriously hurt and not expected to
recover in the Fancy Bluff settlement.
The Morning News correspondent took
the Plant system train from Waycross
this morning, and arrived in Brunswick
after spending the night away from here
sending out reports. From the G-mlle
| rsrad inn
bers shows the effect OF rebounding cy-
clone in places Everything Is torn up and
other alternate spots were untouched.
At BLADDER, a number of houses were
wrecked. but no loss of life is reported.
The Munford place at Waynesville is APP
parently uninjured, but the parks around
it are literally strewn with the destruction
of great oaks.
B. o. Middletons turpentine farm is al
most an entire loss, and he came to town
this morning to sell his timber for cross
ties With all this destruction, strange
to SAW with a number of his men and
teams in the woods, not one was hurt
AT w r. Townsend's place a number
of trees were blown across his house, and
Ii is apparently badly damaged, as seem
from the train.
Large cattle sheds and barns were
blown down all along the line of the
road from Brunswick to the 3z-mile post,
houses and shanties were hurled to the
ground, but no loss of life was reported
at any of the stations.
on the Southern railway up to Sand
Hill evidences of the storm are shown to
a slight degree.
At Sterling the residence of Mrs. Clark
was blown down and Mrs. Clark is re-
ported badly hurt.
At Sapp's still a complete wreck is re-
ported of this property, including timber
and improvements.
At Everett City the incoming passenger
trains last night were crowded with de-
layed passengers from Florida points on
the Florida Central and Peninsular, which
was badly blocked all along the line. The
passengers report destruction Of property
and life around White oak and other
points. but to what extent only the Wild
est rumors prevails.
w. II. Townsend, prominent Glynn
county planter, arrived on late train
tonight and reports his damage 5000,
with damage to crops and forests through
out the country.
County Commissioner Wright will place
convict gangs at work at once clearing
the roads to Brunswick.
The work of clearing up the debris and