Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-03
STORNSVEpI SAVANNAH.
seorgia was In he Grasp Of a Tornado TO
Eighteen Hours.
rhe Entire Rice Crop Along the savannah
River Destroyed Dsmsre TO shipping
Heavy Loss OF Life Feared.

Savannah. Ca, oct, 2.-For eighteen
hours. from O'Clock this morning un-
III O'Clock tonight. Savannah has
been In the grasp OF West Indian tor
nado. During that time the wind
blew steadily from nifty to seventy
miles an hour. while this city escaped
with comparatively little damage, the
loss OF property annong the sea Islands
Of the Georgia and South Carolina
coasts Is believed to be heavy. For
miles In every direction around savan-
nah the iowlands ai0ng the rivers are
submerged.
Only one fatality has 20 far been re-
ported-the drowning Of a negro while
attempting 20 reach tho land from
a small island near ThunderbOld-bu
heavy loss OF life IL feared on tho
South Carolina sea Islands, where
puch fearful loss OF life occurred dur
Ina the great tidal storm Of 1898. The
conditions now are similar 70 those
during that storm. owing to the SUBJ
merged country and the Isolated To-
cation OF the Islands. no news can be
had from them unell the .Ater sub
sides. ~
For eight miles north Of Savannah
the entire country u a lake with Ouly
the hummocks visible. At noon the
water was eight feet above the high
cst tide. Driven on shore by tho north
east storm. Il fiiied Up on tho Islands
swcpt over banks and dams. carrying
away gIe remnant of the rice croD that
was left by the August storm and had
not been gathered, and wlplng out
farm crops, The loss 10 rice- growers
alone VIII be from 1900 60 $4,000.
OF the entire rice ctop along atvan-
nah river. valued a, 10000. nll bat
about 10 per cent was lost In this and
the preceding storm.
The damage 10 shipping Il consider
able. The schooner Governor Ames.
which was on her way 60 sea with n
cargo Of 1000 feet % lumber. went
ndrift In the h1rboF. but was secured
safely. The wharvcs at the uuaran-
tine station at the entrance 10 the
river here were partially carried away.
Four vessels which were at anchor AZ
thc station were torn from their moor
infn and driven Into the marshes.
How badly these vessels ara damaged
To- unknown.
No ncrss has been received from Ty-
bee since early In the morning and
nothing ia known of the damage there.
Some suburbs Of savannah, ali tho
boat houses on the banks and hun
dredf OF small boats were carried
away.
The extent to which the railroads
suffered 10 not fully known. The
naval stores and cotton and lumber
yards Of the Plant system are sub
merged and the tracks OF the Central
Railroad Of Georgia and Georgia a
Alabama railroad around the city are
covered. The north bound cxprcrH.
due here from Florida at noon. has not
arrived. Telegraph wires. except one
wire over the Western Union ilneaa are
down and the condition OF the railroad
tracks IL unknown. The telephone.
police and IRE alarm wires are down
and the city 10 In darkness.
on Hutchinson island. opposite Saw
nnnab and separating the city from the
South Carolina shore, there were many
negro families rescued by boats from
the revenue steamers Tybec and
boutwell,.
one man with a ohlid In his arms.
holding the little child abovo his
shoulders. started 10 cross the dam
with the water 10 20 his body. His
wife. with another child. stood In tho
window OF their house. the floor OF
Ing water. and watched her husband
feel his way. step by step along tho
top OF the threacherous dam. one false
step from which. or a caving bank
would throw him into a swift moving
currrnt Finally he was sighted from
across the river on the city sid< A
boat was put In and after half an
hours snort the man was rescued. Up
wards OF a hundred people were
brought from the island 10 the city In
boats.
All day reseuing parties were at
work Tonight the Wind has subsidized
but the water. which receded with tho
ebb OF the tide during the aftei noon.
has again risen.
Considerable anxiety Il felt for ship
ping at sea. The steamer Nacooehee
for New York and the steamer ID. H..
Miller, for Boston. went 10 sea
Saturday night The city OF Macon
was due this morning from New YORK,
but has not yet arrived. and the ny
but has not yet arrived. and the city
% Augusta sailed from New Nirk
Friday ana was due here tonight
The extent OF the storm II unknown
and until teicgraphio communication u
restored or news II received from the
country between savannah and Jack
aonviile. over which the heaviest part
OF the storm passed. the fun extent OF
the damage cannot be told.