The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-01

distant, where they were interningled
with the ruins of a windmill which
had supplied water to the country seat
of John r. Mclean, adjoining the pres
ident's property. Portions of Mr., Nc
Leans stables were intermingled in
the general mix up. This evening work.
men were engaged in repairing the
ruin.
Savannah, Ga, Sept 30-The fatali-
ties by the hurricane which swept Sa
Vannah and the country south and
north of here were increased to-day by
the finding of the body of Captain
Charles E. Murray of the Robert Tur-
ner, which went ashore In the river be-
low here during the height of the
storm. Three of the crew, besides Cap
tain Murray, We're drowned, but their
bodies have not yet been recovered
The steamer Governor Stafford, which
left Beaufort S. G., for Savannah yes
terday, has not been heard from, and
1t is supposed that she is ashore. The
steamer Star left this morning in
search of the Governor Stafford. The
finding of Captain Murray and the
drowning of three of the crew have in
creased the number of dead so far to
eleven. Two of the employees injured
by falling buildings will die. The dam
age by the storm win go largely above
a million dollars. Nearly every build
ing in the city is damaged, but loss to
the railroads is heavy All the planta-
tions north Of the city and along the
Savannah river were badly damaged.
Shamol5in, Pa, Sept 30.-A terrific
wind storm visited this section at one
o'clock this morning, lasting for more
than an hour Buildings were destroy
ed and property Of every description
was laid waste for miles. The heaviest
loser is the Patterson Coal company,
whose colliery is situated at Nantalie,
six miles east of this city. The break
er and fourteen houses were destroyed
The stables connected with the col
liery were blown down and thirty
mules killed. The loss is over $50,000.
John Chalmers was fatally injured,
and Mrs Savineski had her leg frac-
tured trying to rescue her baby, which
was fatally injured and has since died.
In this city houses We're unroofed and
church spires damaged, and widespread
destruction resulted. At Deibler's Sta
ton the United Brethren church was
destroyed by the storm.
Altoona, Pa, Sept, 30,-The Pennsyl-
vania railroad between Altoona and
Harrisburg is badly crippled by a
wash-out at Adenheim. The city es-
capped damage from the flood, but the
flood channel of the new reservoir at
Kittanning Point was washed out, as
was also the Golfer dam, entailing sew
eral thousand dollars damage
At Henrietta the railroad bridge was
washed away, and passengers are be-
ing transferred at that point. A num-
Der of summer cottages at Point View
were washed away.
Pittsburg, Sept. 30-The heavy rains
and high winds, which are general over
the western part of the state, last night
and early this morning played havoc
with the running schedules of nearly
every railway entering Pittsburg. The
heaviest damage seems to have been
east of the Allegheny mountains. The
storm practically paralyzed the Balti-
more and Ohio system, east and west,
north and south.
Wires are down and reports are far
from satisfactory. 1t is known, how
ever, that road beds have been washed
away; there are landslides innumerable
and tracks are obstructed by fallen
trees. Near Sand Patch, where the
New York and Chicago express Is sup
tn he ctr t1oa In, oil
in torrents for several hours and noun
tain ravines were transformed into riv-
ers The freight cars on sidings and
dwellings, We're unroofed and overturn-
ed. 1t is not yet known whether any
fatalities occurred at Sand Patch
Several wash-outs occurred near Ak
ron, O., on the Fort Wayne road, and
telegraph wires were Frustrated. The
Chicago express is hemmed in by a
landslide near Bakerstown. Locally,
the damage from the storm is not seri-
Gus.
Lancaster, Pa, Sept. 30.-Late re-
ports received from all sections of the
county show that the damage done will
reach in the aggregate nearly mil
lloH' duHufeus VI IdrHeIS nave iosl
their entire tobacco crop, which was
ready for the market. In addition to
frame buildings numerous brick struc-
lures were razed to the ground.
Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 30.-A rain
storm which prevailed here yesterday
increased in force last night until
shortly after midnight it became a
small cyclone. Scores of people In the
city spent the night after 12 in their
cellars praying that the fate Of st. Lou
is might not be in store for Harrisburg
Thousands more sat shuddering until
morning, waiting for the fury of the
wind and rain to abate.
At 12:40 a ball of fire, to observers as
larace aS n Snrnta1ralnn1. s1lr flashed n11t