Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-09-30
Many Lives Lost and Millions in
Property Destroyed by Wind
and Water
FATALITIES AT SAVANNAH
The State Of Pennsylvania Suf'
fers Heavy Loss to Crops
and Railroads.
FULL ACCOUNT OF STORM

Iatailtles 0y the hurricane Wnlcn sweep
Savannah and the country south and
north OF here were increased to-day by
the finding of the body of Captain
Charles e. Murray, of the "Roberi
Turner" which went ashore in the
river below the city during the storm.
Three of the crew besides Captain Mur-
ray were drowned. The steamer "Gov-
ernor Safford," which left Beaufort, s..
c., for Savannah, yesterday morning,
has not been heard from and Is sup
posed to be ashore. The steamer
ssStar" left this morning in search of
the "Safford." The finding of Captain
Murray and the drowning Of three of his
crew, increased the number Of known
dead to eleven. Two negroes, injured
by falling buildings, will die. The
damage by the storm is largely above
million. Nearly every building in the
city is damaged, and the loss to rail-
roads is heavy. All plantations in the
neighborhood are severely damaged.
HAVOC ON THE LAKE.
CH cAGo, Illinois September 3d.
A furious gale which was raging on the
lake this morning, the schooner "Sea-
man. broke from her moorings, and
while being blown about by the wind,
wrecked and sank nearly dozen
smaller crafts. Among the vessels
sunk or damaged here, are the yachts
s'Irene', "Midnight Screech, ""Fanny
Small'', "Annie", and "Yellow Boy.
Several men on board the yachts went
. into the water with their wrecked
boats, but all were rescued unipjured.
The life saving crew succeeded in get
ting line from tug to the "Seaman"
and the latter was brought under con-
troll and again moored.
AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, d. c., September SOL
A-storm of almost unprecedented fury |
broke over this city last night and
prostrated telegraph, telephone, and
electric light wires. A wall OF build
ing on PENNSYLVANIA avenue collapsed
The west wall was blown in and crash
ed into the roofs of two adjoining |
buildings, one saloon the other a
lunch room. Several people were for
a time buried in the ruins but with one |
exception, were unhurt.
BIG BRIDGE WRECKED.
LANCASTER, Penn, September 30.-
The bridge over the Susquehanna riv-
er, at Columbia, nearly mile in
length, was almost completely wrecked
by heavy wind storm, early this
morning. 1t is believed that several
men were on the bridge when it was
swept away. Reports received from
all sections of the country show that
the damage done will reach in aggre-
gate nearly $1,000,000. Hundreds OF
farmers have lost their entire tobacco
crop, which was ready for market.
A ROOF COLLAPSED.
READING, Penn. September 30.-By
the collapse of the roof Of the casting
house of the Temple furnace, caused
by the high winds early this morning,
Edward Rissmller and Samuel Trout
were killed; VIM. G, Collar, Joseph
Rothenburger, Harry Decker, VIM.
Shaddler and VIM. Wertz were in
jured.
HUNTINGDON, Penn, September 80.
the Juniata valley is ex-
periencing a very destructive flood.
During the past twenty four hours the
rainfall has been unprecedented, and
the climax was reached at 2 O'Clock
this morning by a cloud burst just west
of this city. A volume of water swept
through the western end of town, wash
ing out streets, flooding houses, carry
ing away out-buildings and drowning
cattle. Many families we're obliged to
flee from their homes. Traffic on the
middle division of the Pennsylvania
railroad is wholly suspended. The
Pennsylvania tracks, five miles east of
here, are washed out. Telegraphic
communication with the east IS also
Farmers living along the
overaowed rivers suffered greatly by
the destruction Of unharvested crops.
PITTsBURG, Penn, September 80
The heavy rains and high winds which
swept over the western part of the
state last night and early this morning
have played havoc with the running
schedules Of nearly every railroad en-
tering Pittsburg. The heaviest dam
age seems to have been east Of the
Allegheny mountains and from the
meager reports received, great damage
is done there. All trains on the Penn
sylvania railroad are greatly delayed.
The storm practically paralyzed the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad system,
east, west, north and south.
Barge foundered.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis.,, September 3d.
The large barge "Sumatra foundered