The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-30

but over the lines leading into Savannah,
they had an army of men at work. and
the result was that all the roads of the
system were clear and open for trains
last night. The passenger department
posted bulletins in all the hotels and
public places, announcing the departure
of trains as follows: No, ST. for the
other points west and south at 6:35 p m.
No. IS, for the north and east, at 1900 a.
m. Train %, for Jacksonville and the
south, at a. m. These are the regular
hours for these trains to leave the city
Special trains were sent out to all points
Of probable danger the minute
the storm abated and everything was
made secure and the way opened to all
trains to pass in safety.
Train 80, which left Jacksonville just
before the storm struck that city, was on
the breath of the gale all the way to Sa-
vannah and some alarm was felt for H.
but this train showed up all right about
o'clock, about three hours after its regu-
lar schedule time of arriving.
News was received just before the storm
struck Savannah that the depot of the
Plant system at Tampa had blown down.
This is not authentic, but came from re-
liable source. 1t is not known how Sc
we're the storm was at Tampa further
than this.
Train No. Sc, on the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway, arrived from Jack
sonville last night at 10 80 half an hour
late. The train left Jacksonville in the
afternoon. The trainmen reported that
the storm missed Jacksonville, but struck
just outside Two-story houses and stores
We're blown fat. House were unroofed
all the way to Waycross, which. however,
suffered no damage.
The Charleston and Savannah train ar
rived on time at 7:l5 O'Clock. Everything
was serene when the train left Charles
ton, but traces of the storm were met
twenty miles this side of Charleston. The
damage did not appear to be severe
The new Office building Of the Central
OF Georgia railway on West Broad street,
and the long freight shed running back in
the rear were badly damaged by the
storm. The chimneys of the building
were blown over, the roofing ripped up
and the windows smashed.
The Georgia and Alabama railways
Office in the freight shed in the rear was
demolished by the bricks from one of the
falling chimneys, which crushed through
the shed The tin roofing over half of
the long shed was ripped off and thrown
into New street.
The clerks in the Office were very much
frightened.
The building has long been considered
unsafe, and when the chimneys began to
fall In there was a general break for
places of safety. A number of clerks
ran into the yard, and got under a freight
car. They had hardly gotten there be-
fore a heavy timber crashed through the
car. They Immediately ieft this car and
sought refuge under an iron car
Very little damage occurred to the old
Office building, on the corner of West
Broad and New streets, or to the long
freight shed In the rear. There was no
damage to the depot The tin roof was
partly ripped off the car shop, but no
serious damage was done.
There was little damage at the Central
wharves. About fifty feet Of brick wall
of John Flannery & Co.'S warehouse. on
Bay street, fell out. and a corner was
knocked out Of Bohan. Cowan & Derby's
warehouse.
The tin roof was partly torn off one OF
the freight sheds at the wharf, but there
was little damage Of any Importance The
steamship Chattahoochee got loose from
her moorings In the creek but was pre-
vented from getting out by the lighters
which blocked the way. No damage re-
suited.
The Georgia and Alabama brought I'm
special excursion from Fitzgerald and
along it's line yesterday afternoon. ono
hundred people came from Fitzgerald and
about three hundred more from along the
route Two dollars was the price of the
tickets from Fitzgerald with a limit. re-
turning tin Oct. O.
The eXcursiOuiSts report that the evil
dence of "a storm at work IN this locality
first presented itself about fifty or sixty
miles west of here. when PROSTATE trees
and fences began to be seen. The full sever
ity of The blow was not understood from
these signs, though, and It was not until
they had gone about the city and oh
served its condition that they fully appre-
ciated the tact of its having been a great
storm. The train bringing them in was
over an hour delayed