The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-04
SEA ISLANDS ESCAPED.
NO LOSS OF LIFE AND LITTLE DAM
AGE TO PROPERTY.

lands-Rfce swept out TO Sea
Much Damage Probably on Tur-
pentine Farms-AII the Vessels
Blown Ashore at Quarantine EN-
pected to BE Savcd-CORst steHm-
ers Arrive All Right-Further De-
tails of the Work of the Gale.
Advices from the sea islands Indicate
that there was no loss of life on them from
the storm of Saturday night and Sunday.
Reports yesterday showed that the tide
was very high but that none were drown
cd as far as had been learned at Beau
fort, Port Royal and other points. The
damage to crops in that section is said
to have been much less than might have
been expected under the circumstances.
The steamer Clifton went to Beaufort
yesterday morning and returned at 10
o'clock last night. Passengers reported
that the storm was heavy at Beaufort
the water rising into the streets num-
Der of small boats got adrift but there
was no serious damage done to the ship
ping. AT Port Royal there was but slight
damage. AT the naval station there was
considerable sand washed into the dry
dock.
All of the coastwise steamships which
were bound for Savannah arrived in port
during the day The City OF Macon got
In in the morning. the City Of Augusta at
2 p. m, the Essex of the Baltimore line,
and the Kansas City, last night. The
Essex was twenty-four hours over due,
caused, it was said. by her putting to sea
when she encountered the storm. The
Kansas City was but two hours behind
her usual run.
The Norwegian steamship st. Andrews,
Can't Theodore Frvald, four days from
Boston, arrived yesterday. Capt. Frivald
reports having encountered the hurricane
Sunday in lat 81 deg, 40 sec, and long.
70 deg. 80 sec. The steamship rolled heav-
lily and at times the rails We're under wa
ter Between 10 and II o'clock a. m. the
ships barometer regist tered 2S.20, which IS
remarkably low. There was no damage
TO the steamship.
The schooner A. B. Sherman, Capt. Pills
bury, from Brunswick to Baltimore, with
a cargo of lumber, put into Tybee yes
terday. Her boats were stove in, part of
her deck load was lost, and she was other
wise roughly handled by the gale. 1t was
reported that one of her crew was swept
overheard and drowned. Part of her
masts also went by the board. The same
schooner was caught IN the gaze OF aug.
81 and lost all her sails. She was towed
TO Brunswick at that time and loaded
there.
Lieut.. G.. 3. Maher made a run down to
the quarantine station on the Tybee yes
terday, inspecting the lighthouses and do
Ing other work. At all of the lights the
wharves were damaged and the oil houses
swept away. At the quarantine station
he found the wharf badly smashed. All OF
the four vessels ashore on Long Island will
probably be saved. Lieut.. Maher reports
that the British steamer Syanara Is in
the worst position. She was driven by the
gales between two piles of old rock ballast
and is behind row OF pilings. The bark
Franklyn is also resting on piling, Its stern
seven feet out of water at high tide with
the bow anoat. The schooners Fannie l..
Childs is broadside on, well up on shore.
The Millville Is similarly situated, but IS
not so high ashore. The lighthouse tender
Pharos will attend TO necessary repairs
to the oil houses and wharves of the lights
at once. Lieut.. MaheT also reported that
considerable of the mooring piles at We
nus Point had been pulled up or blown
out, and were now afloat.
The tugs McCauley, Paulsen and Cam
bria attempted TO pull the schooner Mill
willie off shore during the day. but failed.
To save the vessels 1t will be necessary,
1t is said, to Tighten them. The Rohilla,
which was anchored at Tybee, rode out
the gale in good shape
The Paulsen brought to the city Lieut..
Hayden, who desired to buy food supplies
for the soldiers stationed at Tybee and
at Warsaw. Lieut. Hayden said the storm
was not as severe at Tybee as that of
August Mr.. Lovelrs house was blown
down. At the fort about two and One-half
feet of sand was piled up inside the works.
This caused more annoyance than any
other feature of the storm.
While the damage to government prop
erty was trivial, that to the quarantine
wharves was severe, and may necessitate
new work altogether. The wharves were
twisted and blown down together, leaving
them in a WorSted condition all along.
While none of the city officials have been
there since the blow, the extent of the
damage is not known, but it is under
stood the wharves are practically useless
until repaired.
AT warsaw the barracks were
washed out. Considerable provisions were
lost. The magazine there is reported to
have had four feet of water in it.
Considerable damage is believed to have
been done 10 turpentine interests between
here and Jacksonville. Mr. j. A. Gran
ford, of Crawford, Henderson & Co, who
came in from Valdosta yesterday, reports
that between Waycross and Jesup there
were ample evidences in the shape of fallen
trees, of the severity of the gale Many
boxed trees are believed to have been
Town down Locally tn. damage to the
naval stores trade is comparatively
small, while the Cenrars naval stores
yards escaped without injury, those OF
the Plant System were not so fortunate.
Mr.. John r. Young, who made a trip to
them, reports thar about 100 barrels of
rosln in the old yards We're hoated away
10 the neighboring fields or left badly
mixed up. This rosin belongs TO the
factors. over in the new yards it was
stated that about $500 barrels were afoat
This Is the property of exporters. This is
but slight annoyance alongside that
caused by the storm of 1898 when many
thousands of barrels of spirits, as well as
of rosin, were disarranged and almost IN
extricable confusion reigned.
Mr.. F. B. Papy, agent of the Plant Sys-
TEN, was down at the wharves early 10
see what damage they had sustained. He
was greatly reassurred by what he saw
and says the loss was not what might
have been expected. 1t was not near so
great, Mr.. Papy says, as the system sus-
tanned from the storm Of 1898.
The princiDal loss and abOut tho opI,.