The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-03

SAVANNAH, Ga, Oct. 2.-For eighteen
| hours. from O'Clock this morning un'ii
O'clock this evening. Savannah has ceeh ia
| the grasp OF a West Indian tornado Auf-
ing that time the wind blew from sixty 10
| seventy-five miles an hour. While the city
| escaped with comparatively little damage
| the loss of property among the sea isiands
| of Georgia and South Carolina coasts IS be-
| ueyed 10 be heavy. For miles in every dl-
rection around Savannah the lowialds
| along the r.verss are submerged. Only one
fatality has so far been reported-tae
drowning Of negro while attempting 70
reach the land from the small island near
Thunderbolt-but heavy loss of life is fear
| ed on the South Carolina sea ISLANDS.
where such fearful loss OF life occurred
| during the great tidal storm OF 1875 The
| conditions are now similar 10 those during
that storm. Owing 10 the submerged eoun-
try and the isolated location of the Islands.
10 news can be had from them until tho
water subsidies
| For eight miles north OF Savannah the
| entire country is a lake with only the
| Lummccks visible. A, noon the water Was
eight feet above the highest tide. Driven
| up on the islands, swept over banks and
dams. carrying away the remnant of the
rice crop left by the August storm which
tad not been gathered. and wiping out
farm crops. The loss to rice growers alone
will be from $50. GO TO $75.ooo.
The damage to shipping is considerable.
The schooner Gov. Ames. which vas on
her way to sea with a cargo OF 1,su. 900
! LIE ha rfAzr
| bu, was secured safely. The wfiarves at
| the quarantine station at the entrance TO
| the river here. were partially carried
| away. Four vessels, which were al anchor
| at the station. were torn from their moor
! ings and driven into the marshes. Three
/ OF these were the British schooner Sya-
| nara. bound for S.. Jotn. y. B.; the Amer
| lean schooner Millvllie, bound for Mill
| VILE. " j.. the Fanny L. Child. for Bos-
| ton. nil lumber laden and the Italian bark
! Franklin. How badly the vessels are dam
! aged IS unknown.
| No word was received from 1Nybee since
| early in the morning. and nothing is
| known Of the damage there. In some SUBJ
| uris Of Savannah, AL the lighthouses on
| the banks and hundreds of small boats
were carried away. The extent 10 which
| the railroads suffered Is not fully known.
I The naval stores and cotton and lumber
! yards of the Plant system are Submerged.
! and the tracks Of the Central railroad. of
! Georgia ara Georgia x Alabama railroad
| are under water The north bound express
| on the Florida Central Il Pensacola rail-
road. due here from Florida at moan. has
I not arrived Telegraph wires. except one
! wire over the Western Union lines are
| down and the condition OF the railroad
/ tracks Is unknown The telephone police,
| light and Ere alarm wires are down aid
| the city ss in darkness
On Iiutcbinson's island. opposite Savan-
! nah ani separating the city from tie
| South Carolina shore, there were many ne
| gro families rescued by boats from the rev
| enae steamers TSbee ard Boutwell, One
| man with child n his arms holdiag the
! isttlo child ahove HIS shoulders started
| 10 cFosS he dam with the water up 60 his
/ body. His wife. with another child stood
| in the window of their house. the floor Of
| which vas already flooded by the rising
! water. ard watcher her husband feel his
| way. step by step. alcng the top 0C the
! treacaerous dam one falss step rom Rflich
/ or 4 cay.ng bark would throw him into
! swift moving current Finally he VAS
/ sighted frofu across tae river on the clty
/ size a hoas was -; oa.. and after half
! an hears effort ne man WAS rescued. IT
/ wards Q, a hundred people were brought
/ from the .slAHd 10 the city In boats
| All Gay 7escuing parties wer. al work.
| Tonight tae wsna has ssuhs.ded. but Ire
| water. winch receded with the eea ot re
/ tide during the afternoon. has agar risen.
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