New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-01
SAVANNAH STORM-SWEPT.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE TO BUILDINGS
AND TO SHIPPING.
LOSS ESTIMATED AT HALF MILLION Doll
LARs-NO LIVES REPORTED LOST
.,.,, cor r,ru-pc GAZE
TYBEE ISLAND SOLDIERS SAFE.

TYBEE ISLAND SOLDIERS SAFE.
Savannah. Ga Aug 81 While there was 70
loss Of life from last nights storm. which swept
Savannah. the damage to property will foot up
close to SJ00.0o0
TIE storm began carly Tuesday night and
RACED with Increasing violence until y O'CLOCK
this morning. 1t was at its height between :
and : o'clock. when the wind reached a velocity
Of eighty miles an hour When daylight came
the streets were impossible from wreckage
Probably one hundred buildings were wholly
or partially unroofed and many more were
otherwise damaged. Half of the roof was torn
from the Savannah Theatre. and the auditorium
of that building was transformed into a lake
The First Baptist Church is amons the most
heavily damaged buildings. The entire western
half Of the roof was lifted from the walls ana
carried into the street below The handsome
organ was filed with water. and the rich fres-
Going ruined
St. Johns Episcopal Church. the First and
1ndependent Presbyterian churches and the
Lutheran Church of the Ascension also
damaged
In the business part OF the city dozens OF
stores were unroofed windows blown in
and the interiors flooded There was no tele-
graph communication until late this evening
Streetcar travel is suspended. and tonight the
city is in darkness
In the harbor and az the quarantine station,
al Tybee the damage to shipping is heavy.
The British bark Dreamer. from Damara, was
blown on a ietty during the night and Is
heavily damaged.
The Italian bark Maria Raffo broke from her
anchorage and drifted into a marsh, where she
is lying The Norwegian bark Noe broke from
her anchorage at Quarantine and went ashore
on Daufuskie Island at the mouth Of tho Savan-
nah River Her crew Of twelve men was res
cued by the tug McCauIey. She is total
wreck
Between fifteen and twenty launches in the
river. and Al the Savannah Yacht Club anchor
age. at Thunderbottom. and as many more
small sloops ard schooners doing coastins
trade with the islands. We're sunk or lost The
| steamers Alpha and Doretta dragged their an
chors and went ashore and arc heavily dam
! aged.
The steamer EulaHa broke her moorinss at
Wilmington Island. about ton miles from SaTan-
| nah and sank Mrs J. r. Lucas. wife of the
| owner. was on board and was rescued win df-
nculty by the cantain and deck hand she
vas taken 10 the tor ~ tho wheelhouse, thrown
! inshore and was caught as she struck the
! water and carried safely 10 land
| Tn. rfNsrI" steamer lFb'', III t'illlidiN VI
/ Geor-e Mah,r. went 10 the assistance Of the
+ stranded vessels boz the harbor before daylight
/ and rendered valuable aid in SAVING life and
/ property The cutter Boutwell, was In Whining
/ ton River. and is safely anchored.
/ A. Tyl-e Island the hotels and cottages "er'
+ b,ely d1rnaeoa The North Carolina troops
passed terrible night there. Dut were al
. brought ir safely
Trains have been run win difnoury to-day
aq the railroads have suffered severely from
/ washouts
I Crops have been seriously damaged II Is I'm
i possible 20 give an exact estimate of the losse-
~ present The storm covered a comparatively
+ small territory II extended into the interior not
/ more than thirty miles. and Aardly that distance
north and south II is believed to have been
severe AT sea. and fears are felt for vessels on
/ the coast
Charleston reports terrific downpour ol
| rain but no damage The storm, which oamf
M the coast. evidently took n the water JUST
/ before II reached Charleston. and. after travel
ling about one hundred miles. again came tC
/ land and started northward About fifteen yes
soils m, In there In the afternoon. and toN-
ard night several more ran in reporting a ter
rife blow outside. Luckily. not one boat left thf
port during the day except those engaged IN
! local traffic.