The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-30

Buildings Hsown Down. Three Vessels
WrNcAs..l, several l.eoDle hl.lsA.

Buildings Htown Down. Three Vessels
Wrecked, several People Killed.
Sew Orleans. Ia sept. ga special 20
t4e Times Democrat from Aslanta. Ca.
says a EsaaGfrosa hurricane Ewep, over
Argnawlek ana along the Georgia coast
ifAs morning. sfeaSeg reports have beea
rsses*ed fTefn the STERN center. watch
says taat the hurricane was one OK tho
- ~ terrlac known and that grea dam
age and preha bic loss e lsfe resulted. All
the wires along the coast are Go@u, and
40 10 a late hour communication had oot
hesn restores. 10 Brurs sick. Savannah O.
CHARLESTON. The wires ara ao&a for Il
distance o. forty or agfy miles this side
Of Brunswick, ard no Information has
been received from tina: place except by
train which les there while ne storm
WAS stih iag.ng- The train was delayed
IN brunswick two hours this morning.
the engine being una bic 20 make heaeway
against tie wind. whica was blowing 81
a high velocity. Wlsd and water worried
destruction. and IS the train left Brags-
ssiek the street we're 6siei With dehE. =.
wires. telegraph and telephone poles
and parts Of buildings blown dQ-A
and carried away. People were -
jEred b. flying objects. and one
lady was killed az Everett. a small sta
ton few miles from Brunswick. Toe
railroad track @as obslrueted by trees
and poles and the only train which came
through from Brunswick was preceded BY
a wrecking train for a distance OF twenty
miles.
Mr. Heradn. OF the Atlanta Telephone
Company reached Atlanta tonight from
brunswick ard states that The city OF
nrUasw wick Is had3y damaged. and that
three big vessels were sunk In Brunswick
tarbor. The latter were e.0wn away from
their u1oo.sngs. The waves OF the sea
snd the wind destroyed much 81 Bruins
wick's shipping interests. \ part OF the
OSiethorrs hoiel the leading hosiery OF
Brunswlck. WAS blown away, and other big
buildings were totally or partially
wrecked Many houses in the suburbs
we're Blown away and the water rushed
through the streets in torrents. carrying
property. Household furniture and valu-
ehles toward the harhor.
Teiegraphic communication was restored
with .sfunswlck. Ga. al ! o'clock this
"wednesday morning. and the first All
thentic ness OF The hurricane Is beng re-
cslved. -Four persons were Killed out
right In brunswick as follows William
Daniel. Abe Davis. John Jefferson and
baby, al coiorei
A rarefn, estimate places the damage AZ
500 go Many persons were dangerously
Injured
The storm in savnnnah was equally DIS
aztrous.
The last report ta1e observer received
frcn Typo Was at if.aa. The wind was
then blowing forty miles an hour. since
then 4 has been Impossible 10 secure con-
nection With the Island. The damage to
shipping MAS great. \ tramp steamer AZ
TIE Pant system wharf IA aground. The
Norwegian bark Roseaius was blown from
her most nss ana capslzed She is total
wreck 1ha ocean Steamship Company's
steamer Chattahoochie pulled away from
her gaoorlngs ana got out N the stream.
but Ia all right.
The steamer Flora LETT AT . o'clock this
morning with a heavy cargo for Bruins
wick. Nothing has been heard from her
This steamer Gov. Stafford was 10 leave
Beaufort fer Savannah a. 10 A. m. Grave
fears are entertained for the vessel The
bark Hil8a left here last night a II o'clo X
@or Brunswick in tow OF the tug VI. NJ.
Smith. These interested In the vessel and
tag ara worried The lighter Joseph
SoutheT iest at 80 a. m. With SO bales
az eoiton bound for Evan~N.ck- She was
IN tow o. the tug Cynthia The tug re-
turned this afternoon. reporting the lighter
and cargo lost.
Among pronirea. buildings damaged
are; Cry exchange: Savannah thoate err
john B0IFke ~ sous. savannah gun FAC
tsvy Comet Huil & Co.'S ruano factory.
lieary solomon q Sons grocery. \ s
Egowa $ sons planning u1i4. lttav railway
aysEt.n depot a sot&l wrecs Piaay steam
Shipa. Central Raj Ray of Georgia shops.
Chatham academy. prashvi eri4n aud
I.gtAeran churches. car sheds ~ City q
Suburban taitw3y. SAVANNAH BroW1ag
Company
Hundreds @, dwellings ara either totally
6e~srese8 or damaged ard many 0f ths
urlnelpq1 stores ~ .he rfty are Sufferers.
There has nnt been Suea a general loss