Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-01

by yesterdays storm so far foot up elev- en. The body of Capt. Charles E. Mur- ray of the ill-fated tug Robert Turner, which was blown ashore in the Savannah river, was found today wedged in train ing wall It 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 sub sided.
 James Mcclure, @ passenger on the Turner, and two deck hands are still missing. Fanny Jackson, colored, who was injured by a falling roof in South vile, died today. Riley Williams, col bred, 75 years old, who was crushed under roof, died tonight.
 The injured have all been removed to the hospitals or their homes. Three are fatally injured, and will die. The fatal ities are likely to be much greater when reports have been received from the sea islands.
 The damage to shipping is heavy The steamer Governor Stafford, which left Beaufort, s. C., for Savannah Tuesday morning. went ashore on Daufuskie island, and is lying 100 yards high and dry inland. The steamer Star went to her as- sistance this morning, but has not re- turned 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, 1t Is believed may be saved. The schooners Island City and B. D. Metcalf, which went ashore on their way to sea, are not damaged. The bark Kylemore broke away from her anchorage at Quar- antine, and is lying against training wall half mile away. The loss of small sailing vessels is heavy. Upwards of twenty are reported ashore in the creeks and marshes and on the beach at the mouth of the river. Most of these were small coasting vessels plying between Savannah and neighboring ports. The full extent of the damage and loss of life will
 Not bs Known for Several 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 and along the river west of here suffered heavily. The rice in the fields was little injured, being covered with water but the storehouses and mills are wrecked and the rice stored is total loss. The plantations on the Osee- chee and Altamaha rivers on the Georgla side also were heavily damaged.
 The damage in the city will probably exceed $1,000,0O0, Hardly building es- capped, and thousands f houses are roof less. The work of clearing away the wreckage from the streets went on all night, and today most of the streets are passable The parks are pitiable sights Tall trees, torn up by their roots or bro- ken In two, lie in swaths across shrub bery and flowers. The ruin is complete. The famous Bonaventure cemetery, four fron Savannah 'ThnnHRfDOlt road, is a scene of ruin. There, and in picturesque Laurel Grove cemetery mon uments and graveStoneS are overturned and in some instances the vaults are bro ken in. At the suburban villagee and re- sorts summer residences were blown away and yachts and pleasure steamers were driven ashore, in some instances, high and dry on the low bluffs
 The historic Bethesda orphan home, founded by George Whitfield century and a half ago, seven miles Tn the coun- try from Savannah, was heavily dam aged but no loss of life occurred.
 The street car lines started operation at noon today The others are still tied LID and the cars are standing on the tracks all over the city. The loss to the electric lines is estimated at $100,000.
 The electric light telephone and police and fire alarm systems are all down. The Western Union Telegraph company has forces of men al along it's lines.
 The Damage to the Railroads
 will foot up over $250,000 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.
 Light house keeper Evans reached the city in an open boat late this afternoon 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 Ho- tel Tybee and South End hotel, both large structures, were carried away The Chatham Artillery club house, at the south end of the beach was unroofed The cottages fronting the beach for dis tance of four miles are all damaged.
 The sea was driven over the low islands between Tybee and the city, and it is be- on McQueen's island, a distance of sev- eral miles. The road was constructed on the marsh and the loss will be heavy. There is believed to have been no loss of life on Tybee.
 A special to the Morning News from Burroughs, Ga, says: "The storm started here yesterday at 10 o'clock and lasted until 1:15 o'clock. The trees were blown down in the woods and roads. About fif- teen houses in different places are blown down. All the stacks in the rice fields are blown down. The Ogeechee Baptist church at Shiloh and the new Episcopal ian church are blown tQ the ground. Three lives are lost and several persons crippled The loss is estimated at S6o00. Every person had to leave his house and get out in the open field to save his life. There has never been such storm here since 1854"