Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-10-03
IN A CYCLONES GRASP
Geogia and South Carolina
Coasts Storm Swept.
THE WIND DID GREAT DAMAGE.
Several Persons Likely to Have Lost
Their Lives Fear Entertained For
Many vesseis-The Islands Near savan-
nah Completely Submerged.

SAVANNAH, Oct 3.-For 10 hours.
from 3 o'clock Sunday morning until i
O'Clock Sunday night, Savannah has
been in the grasp of West Indian
cyclone During that time the wind
blew steadily from so to 70 miles an
hour. While the city escaped witt
comparatively little damage, the loss d,
property among the sea islands q
Georgia and South Carolina coasts :
believed to be heavy. For miles Ia
every direction the lowlands along TIL.
rivers are submerged. Only one fatality
has SO far been reported-the drowning
of negro while attempting to reaci.
the mainland from small island near
Thunderbolt--but heavy loss of life
feared on the South Carolina sea islanu-.
where such fearful loss of life occurre
during the great tidal storm of 49,.
The conditions now are similar to those
during that storm. Owing to the SUI.
merged country and the isolated loc;,
ton or the islands no news can be ha /
from them until the water subsidies.
For eight miles north of Savannah
the entire country is lake with on
the hummocks visible. At noon the
water was eight feet above the higL, st
tide. Driven on shore by the nor,. j.
east storm, it filled up on the island.
swept over banks and dams, carryin
away the remnant of the rice crop THAI
was left by the August storm and haze
not been gathered, and wiping on.
farm crops.
The damage to shipping is conside.
able. The schooner Governor Anne,
which was ON her way to sea with /.
cargo of 800, 900 feet of lumber, wenc
adrift in the harbor, but was secured
safely. The wharves at the quarantine
station, at the entrance to the rivet
here, were partially carried away The
quarantine officer and his family and
servants were rescued early in the dav
by tug Four vessels which were ~
anchor at the station were torn froaI
their mornings and driven into tie
marshes.
No news has been received from T
bee since early yesterday morning anu
nothing is known of the damage there,
At Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope, su
burbs Of Savannah, all the boat house.
ON the banks and hundreds of smaa
boats were carried away.
The extent to which the railroads
suffered is not fully known. The nay -.
stores and cotton and lumber yards -
the Plant system are submerged, an0
the tracks of the Central of Georgia am.
Georgia and Alabama roads around the
city are covered. Telegraph wires, e.
cept one wire over the Western Union
lines, are down and the condition of the
railroad tracks is unknown. The tele
phone, police, light and fire alarm wire S
are down and the city is in darkness
On Hutchinson's island, opposite Sa-
vannah, and separating the city FROM
the South Carolina shore, there We're
many negro families rescued by boats
from the revenue steamers Tybee and
Boutwell,. Upwards of a hundred peo-
pie were brought from the island to the
city in boats.
All day long rescuing parties were ut
work. Considerable anxiety is felt for
shipping at sea. The extent of tie
storm is unknown until telegraph.
communication is restored or news Is
received from the country between olt
vannah and Jacksonville, over which
the heaviest part of the storm passed,
the full extent of its damage cannot be
told.