The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-09-05
DAMAGE DONE BY
BIG COAST STORM
Over Eight Inches of Rain and a
Quarter of q Million Dollars
Damage in Savannah.
HARDLY A HOUSE ESCAPED
Summer Hotels at Tybee and Other
Resorts Near Savannah Were Com
pletely Demolished.

Savannah, Ga, August 31.-(Special)--
The annual fall storm came last night and
this morning. and left it's usual trail of
destruction. 1t appears that the cyclone
developed right off the coast of Georgia.
There were warnings from the weather
bureau. and the shipping interests paid
little attention to the small blow yesterday
afternoon.
About 10 o'clock last night, however. the
winds began to gather and at midnight
there was a forty-1ive mile gale. which in
creased toward morning to seventy-five
miles an hour. with a maximum velocity
or eighty miles. This record is ahead of
tine storm of August. 1893, by eight miles
and the maximum in 1896 was only seven
ty-f7e mics. The Intensity of the storm
came between midnight and o'clock this
morning.
The New York steamship Chattahoo chee
went out yesterday afternoon, but moth
ing has been heard from her. and it is
supposed she is well to sea.
There was extensive damage to property
In the city, and hardly Il house escaped.
Roofs were blown off, sometimes only the
tin coverings. and then again the whole
room went. Houses Snat remained intact
suffered from tho drcuching rain that. with
the aid of the wind. made its way into them
and soaked everything In thirty hours
innate of the damage here is $50 to each
property owner There are more than
o,u0 of them. and $250.000 viii be j very 1t "
estimate of the entire damage done. Much
property was destroyed at the nearby re-
sorts. where only the lghtest st3tctt;es
are put up.
There were some heroic rcscues, but no
lives lost.
Two companies of the Second North Car
DINA regiment stationed a Tyoee. lei, tie
leland last night and started for the city.
rhev could not get no train until this
morning Their tents and clothes all blew
. o., -. ,,,,.,r,.,r.i tl7np,eal,,es In any
away 't'lu ~ G3 No., ,,,,, Fr,1,, Tho
pace lney co'.u ''','. W. Il,a da,,,no7os
companies are missing, put their ColhI I''o"
expect them to turn up.
All the churches in the city suffered.
,,ri,,a;naII,, the First Raptist which had It's
p., hrtp'i.S . ,.', ,,.5,.
entire root iaNch away - ,
In the business part OF the Guy 'i"Nel'S
Of stores were uhro'ted ana WINDOWS ,I Melo
blown IN an" -h' 'n''IIo, I1J@ ~ a,t,r
car traFei Is P'|rh9" an" 1oIin5 ~ r'at -,.i
Is IN oarKhesS. ne '''7
OF tangled VIE
Vessels Wrecked ny storm.
In the harbor and at quarantine at Ty-
bee the damage to shipping is heavy. The
Eritish bark Dreamer. from Dcmarara,
was blown ON a lefty during the night and
is heavily dama4cI
! The Italian bark Maria Ratio broke loose
from, her aucl.rt,c and driftcd into u
marsh whore she J.. lying The Norwegian
h,rl- Nae hrnlle loose from her rnooring at
',,,,,,,,j,, md ,,,,f,. oehora a., Daufuslte
stand Mt the ,asuth OF the Savannah
river Her crew Of twelve men was res
| cuad h,, the t,., ". f. McCauley. She is
| u total wreck.
Rctvenn fifteen and twenty naphtha
| launches in the river and at the Savannah
y.,nI,t l1,,I, o,,,hora,,o at ,rhunderboIt. and