The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-05
THE STORM IN THE SOUTH.
DESTRUCTION AT FERNANDINA AND
ON THE GEORGIA COAST

Fears for the Safety Of the Quarantine STAG
Mt Shpelo IslRnd-DnmnRe ut JekVl TEL
lnnd-Piers SweptAwny and Merchandise
Ruined at FernRndinn-vessels Ashore.
MACON. Ca. Oct. 4.-More details have been
received to-day concerning the effects Of Sun
days storm. The tug wis came into Bruins
wick 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. of Darlen.
and IL was feared that the buildings were de-
stroyed. Anxiety is felt concerning the quar-
antine staf. This quarantine station was In
charge OF Assistant Surgeon ]. s. NydeEger.
United States Marine Hospital Service.
Communication between Brunswick and the
surrounding islands was restored this morn
Ing. At 81. Simon's. the seaside resort. the
colony Of summer cottages. 100 In number. was
ings are left as reminders Of the ocean pier.
The Hotel st. Simon and the Arnold House
ernment lighthouse properly escaped s%erlous
damage. At 1T. Simon Mills several buildings
we're unroofed. No fatalities are reported at
At JeEyl island. the mill!onsires' resort. the
tide rose to the first floor Of the clubhouse and
clubhouse. and cottages is estimated at 800
YSSi t Dub isa ioStsd fr Tan the iSsf iandIn q place lac Into into
the clu5h9use round n.
on oHaRlt Rmahs 1 RiSeFi w TttS swept %i snd OF al P tSe In:
habitants except four were drowned. The
island was Inhabited ordinarily by more than
nity negro truck rover give the
actual loss of life on Campbell's Island as not
less than twenty,
that Fernandina has ever experienced struck
the port on Saturday night and continued
until Sunday evening. It cut of communica-
ton with the outside world until to-day. The
loss is estimated at $500, 900. As yet only
three deaths are reported.
The injury was especially severe to shipping
interests. Almost all the piers were swept
AVA with the lumber and merchandise piled
on them, and those that are left were flooded
and the goods on them wero ruined. Many
warehouses and other buildings we're unroofed
and the goods in them were damaged by
water. The tide rose 80 high that 1t extended
for four blocks up into the city. and homes
and buildings Of all des criptions were flooded.
Some Of the people were taken out Of the
houses on the river front In boats and some
came ashore on wreckage.,
100 feet ,up. on the beach and the wrecking
TTH6G s North Nor a,a Aamferic9 nd Is II a similar mil s., position;
street dock and is almost a complete wreck.
The sehooners Mary E. H. G. Dow and Laura
So1 Ati5nd6sr sOd % yer s6 blown n 1 eros. the ! IS sound sIS and
ginG, 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 wreckage. The Florida Central
and Peninsular Railroad Company Is the big
Rest loser. Its loss ut its shops is estimated at
$4,000 and its roadbed. rolling stock and ter
minal facilities were damaged about $500. 900.
The shipping around Fernandina Is practi-
cally 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 favor
lite summer resort. report that not one building
remains standing. Even the big hotel is a COM
plete wreck. The only thing left was one box
twenty, cottages on the beach there is now not
a building standing
The report comes from st. Mary's. Ga. that
II is In Just the same condition as this city
from the storm. A number Of people narrow
ly escaped drowning.
The quarantine station was completely
blown away and those employed there came
ashore on a 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 headquarters TO the
volunteers. and 1000 OF them were put into
use. All the officers and men were compli- |
mented by Gen. Keller for their work in pro-
tecting the sick.