Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-08
SUNDAYS STORM.
The Details of the Destruction That Was
Wrought In Georgia and Florida.

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tug Ivias came into Brunswick from
Darien, Ga, and her master says that
the tide swept away many houses
there and that several lives were lost.
Nothing had been heard from the
national quarantine station at Sapelo
Island, off Darien, and it was feared
that the buildings were destroyed.
Anxiety is felt concerning the quaran-
tine staff. This quarantine station
was in charge of Assistant Surgeon j.
S. Nyedgger, United States marine
hospital service.
Communication between Brunswick
and the surrounding islands was re-
stored this morning. At St. Simons,
the seaside resort, the colony of sum-
mer cottages, 100 in number, was al
most completely swept away. Only
two pillars are left as reminders of the
ocean pier.
The Hotel ST. Simon and the Arnold
house on the east beach were damaged.
The government lighthouse property
escaped serious damage. At St. Simon
mills several buildings were unroofed.
No fatalities are reported at St.
Simon's.
At Jekyl island, the millionaires' re-
sort, the tide rose to the first floor of
the clubhouse and inundated the hand
some cottages. The pier was partly
carried away. The damage to the
clubhouse and cottages is estimated at
$4,000. The launches and steamers
of the Jekyl Island club hoated from
the landing place into the clubhouse
ground.
Campbell's island, Is miles off Dar-
len, on Altamaha river, was swept and
all the inhabitants except four were
drowned. The island was inhabited
ordinarily by more than SO Negro
truck growers. Estimates give the
actual loss of life on Campbell's is
land as not less than 20.
FERNANDINA, Fla, October 1.-THE
worst storm that Fernandina has ever
Experienced struck the port on Satur-
day night and continued until Sunday
evening. 1t cut off communication
with the outside world until today.
The loss is estimated at S500,000. AS
vet only three deaths are reported.
The injury was especially severe to
shipping interests. Almost all the
piers were swept away with the lum-
Der and merchandise piled on them,
and those that are left were flooded
and the goods on them were ruined.
Many warehouse and other buildings
were unroofed and the goods in them
were damaged by water. The tide
rose so high that it extended for four
blocks up into the city, and homes and
buildings of all descriptions were food
ed. Some of the people were taken
out of the houses on the river front
in boats and some came ashore on
wreckage.
The schooner Ida E. Latham is ly-
ing about 100 feet up on the beach and
the wrecking tug North America is in
similar position. The tug Gladiator
was blown into the Centre street dock
and is almost complete wreck. The
schooners Mary f. H. G. Dow and Lau-
ra G. Anderson were blown across the
sound and colided and lost some Of
their spars and riggings. The pilot
boats are all beached and wrecked.
Four large churches in the city were
blown down, together with many
dwellings. The streets for four blocks
from the water are blocked with wreck
age. The Florida Central and PENN
sular Railroad company is the biggest
loser. Its loss at its shops is estimated
at $4,000 and its roadbed, rolling
stock and terminal facilities were
damaged about 100000. The ship
ping around Fernandina is practically
ruined for a month. The railroad,
the telegraph wires and all bridges
leading out of the city for eight miles
are demolished.
People from the beach, Fernandina's
favorite summer resort, report that not
one building remains standing. Even
the big hotel is a complete wreck.
The only thing left was one box car on
the railroad track. Where once stood
twenty cottages on the beach there is
not building standing.
The report comes from St. Mary's,
Ga, that it is in just the same condi-
ton as this city from the storm. A
number of people narrowly escaped
drowning.
The quarantine station was COM
pletely blown away and those employ
ed there came ashore on life raft.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 4.-The
hurricane created much trouble in the
camps. In the hospitals thousands of
soldiers gathered early on Sunday
morning and held the tents down by
main force, so that the sick were not
wet at all.
Extra blankets and ponchos were
quickly supplied from medicine head
quarters to the volunteers, and 1000
of them were put into use. All the
officers and men were complimented
by General Keifer for their work in
protecting the sick.
Until January 1st, 1890, For so Gents.
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