The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-10-08
WORK OF A HURRICANE.
Nearly Two Hundred Lives Lost
in South Atlantic States. ,

Nearly Two Hundred Lives Lost
In South Atlantic States. ~
Tho Damage to Property. 1t Ia Estk-
mated. VIII Exceed Eight Million Dol
lars - Several Towns In Florida
Wiped Out OF Existence.
Savannah, Ca, Oct. 1.-The fatalities
by Tuesdays storm: soFfar foot up II.
The body Of Capt. Charles T.. Murray,
of the ill-ta ted tug Robert Turner. which
was blown ashore in the Savannah river,
was found wedged in a training wall. 1t
was brought to the city by a rescue tug.
Later the body of one of the deckhands
was picked up by the United States reve-
nue. steamer Tybee, which has been OH
relief duty since the storm subsidized.
James Mcclure, q passenger on the
Turner, and two deckhands au still
missing. Fanny Jackson (colored) who
was injured by o falling root, in South
vile. died Wednesday. Riley Williams
(colored) 75years Of age. crushed under
q 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 10 not
known. but it is feared it will reach
100. Twenty negroes were killed on
the rice plan tations by falling timbers.
The names could not be secured. The
sea island cotton crop is badly dam
aged, the cotton being beaten down and
off the stalk. A house to house canvass
places the total of destruction to prop
erty here at $267.000 This ia regarded
ar low estimate. the general belief of
those who have figured on it being that
100000 is a conservative estimate.
Damage In tho Capital.
Washington, Oct 1.-The West In
dian tornado which struck Washington
between II p. m. and midnight Tuesday
night, respected neither official nor
diplomatic properties. 1t ripped OF
some Of the coping OF the white house
and laid low most of the historic trees
in the white house grounds, including
tho elm tree which Lincoln planted.
1t carried away part OF the roof of the
uments are stored, but fortunately left
them uninjured. The costly root Of the
patent Office, constructed after the fire
there some years ago. was rolled up and
distributed all around the neighbor-
hood, and, skylights half an inch thick
were remorseiessly beaten in. The
naval observatory and, in fact. pretty
we'll every other public building was
more or less damaged.
Diplomatic residences were not
spared. That of the French minister
was left rootess. and even the SUBJ
stantially-built embassy OF Great Brit
ain suffered the loss of the portico, un-
der which the British ambassador was
accustomed to sit in the summer even
Jugs and receive his friends.
The devastation wrought among tho
beautiful trees of the capitol was heart
rending.
President Cleveland . Loser.
President Cleveland suburban home
at Woodley, near the city, which has
been left in charge of servants since
the president and his family went away
to Massachusetts. caught the full fury
of the gale. Root and rafters were car
ried away and landed 500 yards distant,
where they were inter1ningled with the
ruins of windmill which had supplied
water to the country seat OF John II.
Mclean, ad Looming the presidents prop
erty. Portions OF Mr.. McLean's stables
which stood on a slight bluff adjoining
the presidents grounds. and which
from their exposed position. were quite
q feature in the landscape, were inter-
mingled in the general mix up.
In tho Keystone State. 80,
Huntingdon, Pa, Oct. /. - The
Juniata valley is experiencing destruc-
tive flood, scarcely less in extent than
the great food of 1889. During the past,
"a hours the rainfall has been unprece-
denied and the climax was reached at
two o'clock Wednesday morning by:a
cloudburst just west Of this city. This
volume Of water swept through the
western end Of the town. washing out
streets. flooding houses, carrying away
out-buildings. and drowning several
head Of cattle. Many families were
obliged to flee from their homes. Traffic
on the middle division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad has been wholly sus-
pended. all through eastern trains going
around by why Of .Lockhaven. ON the
Northern Cen trail. The Pennsylvania
tracks. five miles east Of here, have
been washed out. and slide on Jacks
mountain. ten miles east. has covered
the tracks for 4 distance Of zoo yards.
Gettysburg Cemetery suffers.
Gettysburg. Pa. Oct. THE storm
in Adams county did tremendous dam
aye to houses. barns. timber and fenc-
ing. but no casualties are reported. On
the battlefield the national cemetery
suffered severely. Round Top aud CUPS
hill are . mass of broken trees and
the new iron observatory on Cemetery
ridge was injured. The monument Of
the Sixty-sixth, Ohio regiment was COM
pletely' overturned.
Flood At Stanton. VI.
Richmond, Va. Oct 1.-The Shenan-
doah valley near Staunton, Va, was
visited by n terrific flood Wednesday.