The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-31
Is Sweeping With Great Force
Along the Georgia Coast"
LOwIands Are Flooded Causing
Heavy Damage.
TRACKS WASHED OUT
Trains Delayed and Streets
Filled With Debris.
The Operator on Tybee Island
FIees For Safety.

Savannah. Ca, Aug. 31-A heavy
storm is sweeping along the coast The
wind at Savannah has blown a gale
since O'Clock last night, reaching
velocity of about rs miles hour
Telephone connection with Tybee island
is cut off and nothing has been heard
from there since early in the night
There is much fear for the shipping
there at quarantine. The lowlands are
flooded and heavy damage to cotton
and rice viii result. Railroad tracks
are washed out and trains on all roads
are delayed
The streets are filled with debris. The
last report from Tybee early in the
night was that the wind was blowing 20
miles an hour and the operator in the
signal station was just leaving for the
light house for safety. The quaran-
tine station is believed to have been
abandoned before the escape of the oc-
cupants was cut off
Out in the Storm.
Washington, Aug. 31.-The navy de-
partment has received a cabIegram
from Ponce, Porto Rico. announcing
that the Puritan. Amphitrite. Terror.
Hannibal and Montgomery sailed from
Ponce this morning
They will 60 to Newport, R. I. The
main object is to get the crew of the
vessels away from the tropical climate
to northern waters. The citizens of
Newport have been making efforts with
the navy department to secure rem
devious of the larger vessels in the ma
Wy at Newport. The department could
NO 7n %
the smaller types.
Savannah Isolated.
Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 31-The storm
which swept up the Atlantic coast last
night has interrupted communication
with Savannah and several other cities
near the ocean and the extent of the
damage is not yet known The officials
of the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany report today that Savannah has
been completely isolated, no connection
being made to that city from any point
The only places reached by wire are
Charleston, S. c., and Jacksonville. Fla
The telegraph company has put on a
force of extra men at Augusta to which
city all business for Savannah is being
sent From there it goes by train
No news as to the extent of the storm
has as yet reached this city from anv
weather bureau. has had no advices
and the regular weather reports from
that territory are missing.
Charleston reports a terrific down
pour of rain but no damage. The storm
which came up the coast, evidently took
TO the water just before it reached
Charleston and after travelling about
100 miles again came to land and start
ed northward. About Is vessels put in
there during the afternoon and toward
night several more ran in, reporting a
terflhc blow outside. Luckily not one
ooat left the port during the day except
those engaged in local traffic.
Many Negroes Probably Xii led.
Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 31-The Journal
has the following dispatch from Sa
Vannah, Ga, sent from that citv at
$50 O'Clock this morning by train and
put on the wires at Milton:
Since IL p. m. last night until 8 O'Clock
this morning. Savannah has been in the
teeth of a seething gale. The wind has
pio"h from 4O to 20 miles an hour and
there have been gusts when the may
mum noted was exceeded.
So far as can be learned no lives 1,,ar.
lost in the gale; that is, directly in the
CITY The adjoining islands are to be
heard from. Communication with Tv-
pee Georgia's seaside resort. can not be
hau at this hour There are about 500
people at Tybee, many of whom are
United States troops, both volunteers
ana regulars. The North Carolina
troops are there.
savannah nah presents a terrible appear
ance Roofs OF houses are scatterad
through the city and in our pubiic
SQUARES squares wires of telephone. telegraph,
eIeetrlc light and street car systems
make the streets impassabl for vebie,
IeS, Ihe me loss to property owners viii be
fully 800 900. The crop of rice viii s,,f
Ter especially. So far as can be IaaTn-
ed the shipping in port got through the
gale but with few mishaps 'iie
There must be much SUFFERING ~, +t,o
Islands near Savannah. These are in
hapltated by negroes. Their habita
tlons are rude huts. These coI1I5 y1o+
have stood against last nights wind
ana When an lnVestfgation comes it win
De found no doubt that MANY of tbasa
negroes are dead.
M'kFNLEY'S COTTON R4TE