The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-07
DESTRUCTIVE STORMS.
DEATH AND DEVASTATION MARKS
is COURSE.

is COURSE.
1t Extends from Florida to Maine-M"s
Damage Done In Georgia and Florida
South Carolina Suffers Toe, Especially "'
the Coast.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 30. The fatalitle:
w yesterdays storm, so far, loot u!
II. The body of Captain Charles f.
Murray of the i'll fated tug Rober
Turner, which was blown ashore IN
he Savannah river, was found today
wedged in a training wall. IL was
broug Q ht TO the city by a rescue tug
.ater the body of one the deck nands
vas picked up by the United States
,evenue steamer Tybee, which has
Ieen on relief duty since the storm
ubsided. James Mcclure, passen
I. er on the Turner, and two decE
hands are still missing. Fanny, col
ord, who was injured by a falling
oof in Southville died today. Riley
Williams, colored, Is years ola
crushed under roof, died tonight
The injured have all been removed tc
The hospitals or their homes. Three
are fatally injured and will die. The
fatalities are likely to be much greater
when reports have been received from
The sea islands. The damage to snip
ping is heavy. The steamer Governor
Stafford, which left Beaufort, 5. u,
for Savannah Tuesday morning, Went
ashore on Daufuskie island, and is ly'
ing 100 yards high and dry inland.
The barks Cuba and Rosenius, which
drifted from their moorings and went
ashore, it is believed may be saved
The schooners Island City and B. D.
Metcalf, which went ashore on lhelf
way TO sea are not damaged. The
bark kylemore broke away from hel
anchorage at quarantine and is lying
against a training wall half a mile
away. The less small sailing vessels
is heavy. Upwards OF 20 are reported
ashore in the marshes and creeks ard
beach at the mouth of the river. Most
of these were small coasting vessels
plying between Savannah and neigh
boring ports. The full extent OF the
damage and loss of life will not be
known for several days.
The damage in the city will proba
bly, exceed $1,00Q,000. Hardly 8
building escaped, and thousands OF
houses are roofless. The work Of
clearing away the wreckage from the
streets went on all night and today
most of the streets are passable. The
parks are pitiable sights. Tall trees
torn up by the roots or broken in two
lie in swaths across shrubbery ano
flowers. The ruin is complete. The
famous Bonaventure cemetery, fou'
miles from Savannah on the Thunder
bolt road, is a scene of ruin. There
and in picturesque Laurel Grove ceme
terry, monuments and gravestones are
overturned and in some instances the
vaults are broken in. At the subur
ban villages and resorts summer resi-
dences were blown away and yachts
and pleasure steamers were driven
ashore, in some instances, high ant
dry On the low bluffs.
A special to the Morning News from
Burroughs, Ga, say: 1.-The storm
started here yesterday at 10 O'Clock
and lasted until Ills o'clock. Tree!
were blown down in the woods an(
roads. About Is houses in different
places are blown down. All the stack!
In the ricefelds are blown down. The
new Ogeechee Baptist church at Shi
lob and the new Episcopalian churcl
are blown TO the ground. Three lives
are lost and several persons crippled
The loss is estimated at Sc, 600. Every
person had to leave his house and gt
out in The open field 10 save his life
There has never been such a storm
here since 1854"
THE WRECK OF BRUNSWICK.
Brunswick was wrecked by the hur
ricane. The property loss is estimated
at between $3.50, coo and $500, 900. Th'
loss of life is four,.s far as known
The victims are all colored: John JEFF
ferson and baby, A. Davis and Viii
liam Daniels.
The injured as far as known are
Mrs. M. Wiggins and child and Mrs
Richard Purcell. These three have
their heads crusht d in, but will proba
bly, recover.
The greatest losers of property are
Electric and Gas Light company
plant demolished, loss $50, 600; Gaube
& Isaacs, wholesale grain and grocer,
house, total wreck, loss 81 goo; Ji col
L. Beach, residence partly wrecked
Downing company, wholesale grocers
damaged; Brunswick Grocery compa
by; f. II. Mason & Co.. ship chand
lers; Briesinreck's brick building ant
warehouse; j. B. Wright's brick build
ing; Oglethorpe bank building; Scar
lett block Crovatt block; Ward blcc
Wills residence, all seriously dam
aged; st. Johns church wrecked com
pIetely; St. Athanasius church ant
school buildings wrecked completely
Marks church badly damaged; Alta
maha cypress mills badly damaged a
TO destruction of lumber; fire depart
ment bell tower badly damaged; cour
house damaged considerably, so as t.
be unsafe for further use. Partia
damage is done to the city hall. Plan
system shops, Southern railway ware
. houses, union depot, Gwynn's ware
house and ice factory and numerou
other business and private dwellings
In shipping circles the damage j
terrific. A detailed less up 10 date j
rs follows: The Spanish bark Encar
nacion, loaded for sea and anchored
.cross the shoals, drifted in and wa
aground, badly listed and rigging
nearly destroyed. On the marsh sid
e Turtle river is a three-mastet