The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-04
IN THE TIMBER WOODS.
Turpcntine Woods Devastated and
Timber Roads BIOckaded.

Waycross, Ga. Oct "a. Seasons, a
prominent turpentine operator. who is In
terested in various turpentine firms in
Georgia and Florida returned yesterday
from Dyal & Upchurchs saw mill on
the branch railroad extending from
Crawford. on the Florida Central and Pc
ninsular railroad, distance of about thir-
ty miles, in the neighborhood of the
southern boundary Of the Okefenokee
swamp, and the Morning News corre-
spondent obtained some information as
TO the extent of the damage in that sec
ton done by the sotrm. The commits
sary of Dyal & Upchurch was raised from
its foundation and blown some distance,
though the building was not wrecked and
the stock of goods sustained no conSidera-
Die damage. The saw mill was consider
ably damaged. The railroad operated by
Dyal & Upchurch was literally covered
with logs and debris and the entire force
OF hands, numbering over 200, were At
work two days removing the wrecked
timber from the track. A number of tur-
pentlne distillers on the road, two of them
being owned by D. T. Doughty & Co.
and Doughtry & Co., We're wrecked and
the timber owned by the firms was ruin
ed. The loss of u. T. Doughty e CO. is
estimated It $50,0O0 and the other firms
suffered loss of equal proportion. Dyal &
Upchurch say that it will take them a
year to saw the timber that was blown
down on their land by the storm. The
saw mill men did not suffer great loss
by the storm, as they can use most of
the wrecked timber. Dyal & Upchurch's
men were at work in the woods and at
the mill, and no one was hurt or killed
The wake of the storm through that
region was in the bend~of the St. Mary s
river, few miles northwest of Dyal &
TrNuf, aVA.1.Hr -
in the bend of the river where Brooks
Bros & Co. operate an extensive business
in lumber, turpentine and crossties.
Brooks Bros. & Co. control about 600 con-
Victs, besides about one hundred free
laborers. They operate line of railroad
from Toledo to New Boulogne, Fla,
distance of forty miles. The railroad is
still blockaded. The convicts have not
yet reached Boulogne in their march
from Toledo in removing the timber
from the track, and it may be
several days more before they do so. AS
there is no means of egress from Toledo,
no informa ton from that place has been
obtained. From the fact that Toledo was
in the storm center, it is supposed by
people at Boulogne that the damage to
property and timber was greater than at
Dyal & Upchurchs saw mill. 1t will sur
prise nobody in that section to learn,
when communication shall have been re-
established with Toledo of the loss of life
and the greatest damage to timber. The
turpentine operators in the wake of the
storm have been ruined by the hurricane.
Their timber is strewn Unfortunately
on the ground, and but few trees remain
standing. The result will be that the
operators will remove to other places
where they can get timber. In Charlton
county the logs and debris are being re-
moved from the public roads with all
possible dispatch. The work at best is
but slow, on account of the indisposition
of the people to neglect their ruined
homes. Roofs that were blown off of
houses are scattered in every direction.
Few chimneys in the wake of the storm
did not succumb to it's fury.