The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-10-08
DEVASTATION.
Further Details Of the Great South
ern Storm.
Widespread Destruction Reported from
Many Localities with Great Loss of Life
Much More to be Learned when
Communication ID Restored.

Many Localities with Great Loss of Life
Much Moro to be Learned when
Communication is Restored.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Oct. 1.-The fatali
ties by Tuesdays storm SO far foot up
IL. The body of Capt. Charles e. MUIR
ray of the Inflated tug Robert Turn.
er, which was blown ashore in the Sa-
vannah river, was found yesterday
wedged in training 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 Ty bee, which
has been ON relief duty since the
storm subsidized. James Mcclure, a
passenger on the Turner, and two
deck hands are still missing.
Fanny jackson, colored, who was in.
jured by falling roof in Southville,
died yesterday. Riley Williams, coll
ored. rs years of age, crushed under a
roof. died last night.
The injured have all been removed
to the hospitals or their homes. Three
are fatally injured and will die. The
fatalities are very likely to be much
greater when reports have been re-
ceived from the sea islands.
The damage to shipping is very
great. The steamer Gov. Stafford,
which left Beaufort, S. c., Tuesday
morning, went ashore in Daufskie is
fand and is lying 100 yards high and
dry inland. Much anxiety is felt for
the tug Cynthia, which left here be-
ore the storm with a barge in tow for
Brunswick. The barks Cuba and Ros-
ineus, which drifted from their moor
ings and went ashore, may be saved.
The schooners Island City and d. b.
Metcalf which went ashore on their
way to sea are not damaged. The
bark Kylemore broke away from her
anchorage at quarantine and is lying
against training wall half a mile
away. The loss of small sailing ves-
ported ashore in the marshes, at the
were coasting vessels, plying between
Savannah and nelghboring ports.
The full extent of the damage and
loss of life will not be known for sew.
eral days.
The center of the storm passed east
of Savannah, and struck an island
north OF mere.
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 in
jured, being covered with water, but
the storehouses and mills are wrecked
and the rice stored is a total loss. The
plantations on the Ogeechee and Ala
bama rivers on the Georgia side also
were heavily damaged.
The damage in the city will proba-
bly, exceed 81, 900. 900. Hardly build
ing escaped, and thousands of houses
are roofess. The work of clearing
away the wrecs.age went on all 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 shrubbery and flowers. The
ruin is complete.
The famous Bonaventure cemetery,
four miles from Savannah on the
Thunderbolt road, is scene of ruin.
There, and in picturesque Laurel
grave stones are overturned, and in
in.
AT the suburban villages and resorts
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 Whitfielda a century
and half ago. seven miles in the
country from Savannah, was heavily
damaged, but no loss of life occurred.
Three street car lines started opera
tion at noon yesterday. The others
are still tied up, and the cars are
standing on the tracks all over the
city. The loss to the electric lines is
estimated at $4,000 The electric
light, telephone and police and fire
alarm systems are all down. The
Western Union Telegraph Co. has
forces of men all along its lines.
The damage to the railroads will
foot up over se5O,6Oo The wreckage
of the Plant System passenger depot
and the Georgia & Alabama railroad
freight warehouses has been partially
cleared away, so that the yards and
tracks are passable and trains are rum
ming on time.
LighthouseKeeper Evans reached the
city on a boat late last evening with
the first reports from Tybee city, q:
the mouth of the Savannah river. The
storm there was severe. Ali the no
tells are damaged, and the pavilions Of
the Hotel Tybee and South End hotel.
both large structures, were carried |
away. The Chatham Artillery club |
house, at the south end of the beach.
was unrcofed. The cottages fronting |
the beach for distance of four miles |
are all damaged.
The sea was driven over the low Is |
lands between Tybee and the city, and !
It is believed the Tybee railroad is |
washed away on McQueen's island, a |
distance of several miles. The road |
was constructed on the marsh and the |
loss will be heavy. There is believed |
10 have been no loss of life in Tybee. |
THE EFFECTS ELSEWHERE.
A Especial to the Morning News from |
Ga, says:
'The storm started here Tuesday at |
10 o'clock and lasted until 1:l5 o'clock.
Trees were blown down in the |
woods and roads About fifteen houses |