Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
SAVANNAH IN RUINS.
AWFUL STORM SWEEPS OVER
GEORGIA CITIES.
Scarcely a House Escapes Damage
and Seven Persons Lose Their Lives
Property Loss Exceeds a Million
Destruction Along the Coast.
Fury of the Winda.


Seven lives lost and a million dollars
worth Of property destroyed is the record
Of the storm which swept Savannah, Ca,
from 11:30 a. m. until 1915 D. M. Tues
day. Hardly a house escaped without
more or less damage. Reports from
Brunswick, Ca, state that the storm was
very severe there and at adjacent points.
A number of lives were lost, and the
property loss will exceed $1,OOO,O00.
At Savannah the Plant system depot
was demolished and a number of churches
leveled to the ground. All the shipping
In the harbor suffered severely.
Disaster at Brunswick.
Wind and water worked destruction at
Brunswick; the streets were filled with
debris, wires, telephone and telegraph
poles and parts of buildings blown down
and carried away. People were injured
by flying objects, and one lady was killed
ut Everett. a small station a few miles
distant. H. NJ. Merrill, of the Atlanta
Telephone Company, reached Atlanta late
at night from Brunswick and states that
the city of Brunswick is badly damaged
and that three big vessels were sunk In
the Brunswick harbor. The latter were
blown away from their moorings. Mr..
Merrill says that the famous old gunboat,
the Monitor, was blown away from her
pier and that she was floating helplessly
in the harbor in danger of going to the
bottom. A part of the Oglethorpe Hotel,
the leading hostelry of Brunswick, was
blown away and other big buildings were
totally or partially wrecked. Many houses
in the suburbs were blown away. and the
~ tAr 81 H. 49, In, t1r
rents, carrying property, household furni-
ture and valuables toward the harbor.
Dead in Brunswick.
Your persons were killed outright in
brunswick. as follows:
William Daniels.
Able Davis.
John Jefferson and baby.
A careful estimate places the damage
at $50O,O0O. Many persons were dan
gcrously injured.
Savannah is port of entry of Georgia.
1t is the capital of Chatham County and
one of the most important commercial cit
les of the State. 1t was founded by Gen.
Oslethorpe in 1913 and chartered as a city
in 1889. It's population is in the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000.
The site of the city is sandy plain,
elevated about forty feet above low water
mark. It is regularly laid out, with wide
streets, closely shaded with trees Of many
varieties. The city is built mostly Of
brick and many Of the private dwellings
are handsome. specimens of architecture.
Among the public buildings the custom
house, theater, court house, City Ex-
change, Cotton Exchange, Masonic Tenn
pie, Metropolitan Hall, Hodgson Hall
library and headquarters of the Georgia
Historical Society, Armory Hall and st.
Andrews Hall are the most important.
Handsome Church Edifices.
There are a number of handsome
church ediices in the city, chief among
which are the Independent Presbyterian,
St Johns (EpiscopaD. Cathedral Of Our
ady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic).
and the Jewish synagogue of Mickva
Israel
The public schools are many and afford
liberal provision for the education of the
poor. The private schools are also numer-
ous and stand high in the estimation of
tn. citizens.
Among the charitable institutions may
be mentioned the Savannah Hospital. st.
Ioseph's Infirmary. Orphan Asylum,
Episcopal Orphans Home. Hibernian So
cie;y and Port Society. Two monuments,
one in Johnson Square to Gen. Nathaniel
Greene and the other in Monterey Square
to Count Pulaski, are points of interest
One of the Best Southern Harbors.
The harbor of Savannah is one of the
best on the southern coast, and the river
is Davigable for steamers to Augusta.
The depth of water on the bar is twenty
two feet at mean lower water, and yes.
sells drawing nineteen feet can come up to
the wharves. Steamers run regularly TO
New York. Boston, Philadelphia, Balti-
more and other ports.
Savannah is the terminus Of the Cen
trail Railroad Of Georgia, the Atlantic and
Gull and the Savannah and Charleston
Railroads. The chief articles of export
are cotton, rice, lumber and naval stores.
As n cotton port that city ranks second IN
the United States.
The city has gas works, water works,
street railroads, cotton factories, paper
mills. several foundries and planning mills.
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