The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-09-02
PROPERTY LOSS WAS HEAVY.
Terrible Storm at Savannah. Ga. the Wind
Reaching a Velocity of Eighty
Miles an Hour.

CAV ANNAH, I'd, Sept L.-W nile
there was no loss of life from Tues
day nights storm which swept Savan.
nah, the damage to property will foot
up close to half a million dollars
The storm began early Tuesday
night and ragged with increasing VIC.
lence until s o'clock Wednesday morn.
ing. 1t was at its height between
and o'clock when the wind reached
velocity Of so miles an hour. When
daylight came the streets were i'm
passable from debris
Probably one hundred buildings
were wholly or partially unroofed and
as many more were otherwise dam.
aged. The roof was torn from half OF
the Savannah theater and the auditor
ium of that building was transformed
into a lake.
The First Baptist church, is among
the most heavily damaged buildings
The entire western half of the ROOT
was lifted from the walls and carried
into the street below. The handsome
organ was filled with water and the
rich frescoing was ruined.
St Johns Episcopal, the First and
Independent Presby terrain and Luther
an church of the Ascension were also
damaged.
In the business part of the city doz-
ems of stores were unroofed and win
dows blown in and the interior flood
ed. There was no Geographic commu-
nication during the day until late in
the evening. Street car travel was
suspended and Wednesday night was
in darkness. The streets are a net
work of tangled wires.
In the harbor and at quarantine al
Tybee the damage to shipping is
heavy. The British bark Dreamer,
from Demerara, was blown on ietty
during the night and is heavily dam
aged. The Italian bark Maria Raffc
broke from her anchorage and drifted
into the marsh where she is lying.
The Norwegian bark Noe broke from
her mooring at quarantine and went
ashore on Daufusliie island at the
mouth of Savannah river. Her crew
of IL men was rescued by the tug
McCauley. She is a total wreck.
Between Is and 20 launches in the
river and at the Savannah Yacht clul
anchorage at Thunderbolt and as many
more small sloops and schooners doing
a coasting trade with the islands were
sunk or lost. The steamers Alpha anC
Doretta dragged their anchors anG
went ashore and are heavily damaged.
| The steamer Eulala broke from he.
moorings at Wilmington islanC
sank. Mrs. j. E. Lucas, wife o
| the owner was on board and was res
cued with difficulty by the captain anc
a deck hand. She was taken to thu
roof and thrown inshore and wa
caught as she struck the water anC
was carried safely to land The rev
enue steamer Tybee, in command Of
George Maher went to the assistance
of the stranded vessels in the harbol
at daylight andrendered valua bic ait
in saving life and property. The cut
ter Boutwell, was in Wilmington rive
and is safely anchored.
| At Tybee island the hotels and cot
tages were badly damaged. The North
Carolina troops passed terrible
night there but were all brought safe
ly to the city Wednesday.
| All of the railroads suffered severe
ly by washouts and trains have We'd
nesday been run with difficulty. Tho
rice and cotton crops have been seri-
ousy damaged. 1t will be impossible
however to estimate the losses for
| several days.
The storm covered a comparatively
small territory. 1t extended in the IN
| terror not more than so miles and
| hardly that distance north and south.
1t is believed to have been severe al
sea and fears are felt for vesselsoff the
! coast