The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-10-03
M GEORGIA.
Eleven Killed at Savannah aud -Four
More nt Brunswlok-

Eleven Killed at Savannah aud -Four
More MT Brunswlck.
Savannah, Ga. Oct. 1.-The fatalities
by Tuesdays storm, so far foot up III.
The body of Capt. Charles T.. Murray,
of the Inflated tug Robert Turner, which
was blown ashore in the Savannah river.
was found wedged in "A training wall. 1t
was brought 10 the city by n rescue tug.
later the body OF one of the deckhands
was picked up by the United States reye-
nue. steamer Tybee, which has been on
relief duty since the storm subsidized.
James Mcclure. passenger on the
Turner. and two declihands are still
missing. Fanny Jackson (colored) who
was injured by n falling roof in South
Vile, died Wednesday. Riley Williams
(colored), 7Syears of age, crushed under
n roof, died Wednesday night. The in
jured have all been removed to the hos
pital or their homes. Three are fatally
injured and will die.
The fatalities on the sea islands were
numerous. The actual loss OF life IL not
known, but IL Is feared IL will reach
100. Twenty negroes were killed on
the rice plantations by falling timbers
The names could not be secured. The
sea island cotton crop is badly dam
aged. the cotton being beaten down and
of the stalk. A house 10 house canvass
places the total of destruction TO prop
erty here at 1907 900. This is regarded
as n low estimate, the general belief OF
those who have figured on it being that
100000 is a conservative estimate.
Loss over sI.OOO.OOo.
The damage i'm the city will probably
exceed $l.00O,0O0. Hardly building
roofiess. The work of clearing away the
wreckage from the streets went on at
night and most OF the streets are now
passable. The parks are 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 Thunder
bolt road. is a scene of ruin. There, and
in picturesque Laurel Grove cemetery,
monuments and grave stones are over
turned. and i'm some instances, the
vaults are broken in. At the suburban
villages and resorts summer residences
were blown away and yachts and pleas
ure steamers were driven ashore, i'm
some instances. high and dry on the low
bluffs. The historic Bethesda orphan
home, founded by George Whiteiield a
century and n half ago. seven miles in
the country from Savannah, was heavi-
ly damaged. but no loss OF life occurred.
-Four Dead at brunswick.
brunswick was wrecked by the hur-
ricane. The property loss is estimated
at between $350,0O0 and 100000. The
loss Of life is four, so far as known.
The victims are all colored.
At Other Points.
A special % the Morning News from
Burroughs, Ga, says: The storm start
ed here Tuesday at ten O'Clock and
lasted until 1913 o'clock. The trees
were blown down in the woods and
roads. About 10 houses in different
places were blown down. All the stacks
in the rice fields are blown down. The
new Ogeechec Baptist church az Shiloh,
and the new Episcopalian church are
blown 20 the ground. Three lives were
lost and several persons crippled. The
loss is estimated at $4,000. Every per-
son had TO leave his house and
go into the open field TO save his life.
There has never been such q storm