Evening journal., 1898-10-03
SWEPT BY CYCLONE
Another Big Storm In South
ern Georgia.
ENORMOUS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
ships Are Driven Ashore and Crops
Ruiued-No News From Sen Is
lands, ana It l. Feared Many
Lives Have Been Lost.

Lives Have Been Lost
SAVANNAH, oct. 3.-For Is hours,
from o'clock yesterday morning until
s o'clock last night. Savannah was in
the grasp of a West Indian cyclone.
During that time the wind blew steadi-
ly from so to 20 miles an hour.
While the city escaped with compare
lively little damage the loss Of proper
~ among the sea islands OF the Georgia
and South Carolina coasts is believed TO
be heavy For miles In every direction
around Savannah the lOwlands along
the rivers are submerged.
only one fatality has so far been re-
ported, the drowning Of a negro while
attempting 10 reach the mainland from
n small island near Thunderbolt, but
heavy loss of life is feared from the
South Carolina sea islands. where such
awful loss Of life occurred during the
great tidal storm OF 1898. The conditions
now are similar TO those during that
storm. owing 10 the submerged coun-
try and the Isolated location Of the is-
lands no news can be had from them
until the water subsidies.
For eight miles north OF Savannah the
entire country is a lake with only the
hemlocks visible. At noon the water
was eight feet above the highest tide.
Driven on shore by the northeast storm,
II filled up on the islands, swept over
banks and dams. carrying away the
remnant Of the rice crop that was left
by the August storm and had not been
gathered and wiping out farm crops.
The loss to rice growers alone win be
from $50 900 TO $4,000. OF the entire rice
crop along the Savannah river valued
at $3.50 0O0 all but about 10 per cent was
lost In this and the preceding storm.
The damage TO shipping Is considera-
BILE. The schooner Governor Ames, which
was on her way TO sea with cargo OF
1900 900 feet Of lumber, went adrift In
the harbor, but was secured safely. The
wharfs at the quarantine station at the
entrance to the river here were partially
carried away. The quarantine officer
and his family and servants were res
cued early in the day by a tug. Four
vessels which were at anchor at the
station were torn from their moorlngs
and driven into the marshes. Three OF
these were the British schooner Syana-
ra, bound from st. John, N, B.; the
American schooner Millevllle, for Mile
Vile, N. j.: the Fannie l.. Child, for
Boston, all lumber laden, and the ltal-
ian bark Franklin. How badly these
vessels are damaged IS unknown. No
news has been received from Tybee
since early yesterday morning, aHd
nothing IS known Of the damage there.
At Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope SUI
burbs OF Savannah, all the lighthouses
on the banks and hundreds of small
boats were carried away.
The extent TO which the railroads suf-
fered is not fully known. The naval
assItf ..I
the Plant system are submerged, anf
the tracks OF the Central Of Georgia
and Georgia and Alabama roads arounc
the city are covered. The northbounc
express on the T.. c. & =. railroad, due
here from Florida at noon, has not vel
arrived. Telegraph wires except one
wire over the Western Union lines, arc
down. and the condition OF the railroad
tracks is unknown.
The telephone, police, light and fire
alarm wires are down and the city Is II
darkness.
on Hutchinson's island. opposite Sa
vannah, and separating the city from
the South Carolina shore, there were
many negro families rescued by boat
from the revenue steamers Tybee an,
Boutwell,
All day resculng parties were at work
Last night the wind had subsidized, bu
the water, which receded with the eb
of the tide during the afternoon, ha
again risen. Considerable anxiety /
felt for shipping at sea. The O. S. S
company's steamer Nacoochee, for NeN
York, and the Merchants and Miner.
steamer ID. II. Miller, for Baltimor,
went 20 sea Saturday night The cit
of Macon of the Ocean Steamship lin
was due yesterday from New York bu
has not arrived, and the city of Nu
gusta Of the same line sailed from Ne
York Friday and was due here Ia,
night
The extent of the storm is unknown
Until telegraphic communication is r,
stored or news received from the couI
try between Savannah and Jackson
vile. ovec which the heaviest part
the storm passed, the fun extent of &
damage cannot be told.