The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1896-10-03
BIC STORM
ON The COAST
Many Lives Lost and
Much Property De-
stroyed.
Ten Deaths Are Re-
ported at Savan.
nah. Ga.

Savannah. Ca, Sept. 10 "A worse storm
than that Of August. 1893. II not the worst
In the memory Of those living here was al
Its height at 1890 to-day. Business in the
city was suspended for over an hour, the
storm being furious for that length Of time
No person dared appear ON the streets. The
street cars halted, elevators stopped run
ming, electric currents were shut OF,
through fear or because Of breakage, win.
dows and shades were blown In every.
where. wires were hurled down. trees were
razel. fences blown down, houses unroofed
portions of big buildings were wrecked
vessels turned over in the river, church
steeples toppled and the streets we're lit.
orally strewn with debris of every imagin.
able kind.
People lived In dread for an hour in Sa.
vannah to-day. The stoutest buildings In
the city trembled. There Is the greatest
apprehension for vessels out and for small
craft that are known to have been in the
blow. Relatives Of persons known to be at
sea are frantic in their. endt avors to re.
ceive news from them. Early in the storm
there were reports that there had been loss
of life in the city. The money loss. it ia
estimated, will reach $6OO.OOO to $SOO,OOO.
There was no indication at o'clock OF
severe winds. At that hour the observer
said that there would be wind of over
thirty miles an hour. The wind began to
raise at II 80. and at II o'clock was blow.
ing at forty eight miles an hour. At 1915
u velocity of sixty-six miles had been
reached. and the air was literally filled
with flying debris. At that time the instru.
ment at the observers Office was blown out
of working order. few minutes after.
eighty miles an hour or over. At noon the
barometer had dropped to 800. and at
~ 80 1t was 28.05. After that further re.
ports from 1t could not be secured.
The last report the observer received
from 1t could not be secured.
from Tybee was at 1870. The wind was
then blowing forty miles an hour there.
Since then 1t has been impossible to secure
connection with the island.
The damage to shipping was great. A
tramp steamer at the Plant system wharf
gian. was blown from her moorings and
capsixed. She is total loss. The Ocean
Steamship company's steamer Flora left at
O'Clock this morning with a heavy cargo
for Brunswick. Nothing has been heard
from her. The steamer Gov. Stafford was to
leave Beaufort for Savannah Mt 10 a. IN.
Grave fears are entertained for the vessel
She was due at Tybee at IL o'clock, and 1t
is thought the storm was at that hour at
Its height at the island. The bark Hilda,
owned In Savannah. left here last night at
IL o'clock for Brunswick in tow Of the tug
H. NJ. G. Smith. Those interested In the
vessel and the owners Of the tug are wor.
ried. The lighter Joseph Souther left at
$50 a. m. with 500 bnles Of cotton bound
for Brunswick. She was in tow Of the tug
Cinthia. The tug returned this afternoon,
reporting lighter and cargo lost. Among
the prominent buildings damaged are: City
exchange. Savannah theater. John Rourke
& Sons. Savannah Gun factory. Savannah
Pants factory. Conner Hull & Co., guano
factory, Henry Solomon Il Sons. Wholesale
grocery building; A. .. Brown Il Sons plan
Ing mill, Plant Railway system depot, a
total wreck; Plant system shops, Central
Railway Of Georgia shops. Chatham acad.
envy, Presbyterian and Lutheran churches,
car sheds Of the City and Suburban Rail.
way company, Savannah Brewing company.
demolished or damaged, and many Of the
principal retail stores or the city are suf-
ferers
There has not been such a general loss
from storm in this city in years.
The loss Of life, 1t is feared, will be
great. Already ten deaths are reported, and
more will be tomorrow. There are numer.
GUS islands about the city inhabited by ne.
groes. and the loss Of life 1t is believed
will be heavy on them. Within two hours
md half after the storm began the sun
was shining and the rain had ceased. The
streets were filled with curious sightseers
this afternoon. The city Is in total dark
ness tonight. owing to blowing down of
electric light wires.