The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-03
TRAIN LOST IN THE STORM.
NORTHBoUND EXPRESS ON THE F.
c. & p. ROAD MISSING.

Damage-Train No. IS Has Not Been
Heard From-Wires on This Road
and the Plant system Down to the
Southwark. But All Right to North.
Central and Georgia and Alabama
Wires Cut-Tybee Railroad Under
Water.
TeIegraphic communication on all the
railroads entering the city was suspend
ed by the storm yesterday. but the Florida
Central and Peninsular is the only road
whose traffic was seriously inpeded. This
was only to the southwark. as there was
little trouble running Its trains north.
Train No. SO, to have arrived at noon
from Jacksonville, did not get in at all.
Nothing of the whereabouts of the train
could be learned. as the wires went down
at about 8 o'clock. At $50 in the morning
communication with Jacksonville was cut
off, but the wires were up as far as Ev-
erett three hours later, when there was
apparently a genraI collapse.
An engine was sent out from here in the
afternoon to see what the trouble was
with No. 80. 1t could get no further than
Anderson, nine miles south, however. At
that point the track was under water, and
there was nothing to do but to return
train will be sent out this morning at
daylight with a force of hands and sew
eral linemen aboard There are already
forces near the Ogeechee river, where 1t
is thought No. 80 encountered its troubles,
and with the additional men TO be sent, it
is thought any damage there can be cor
| rected in a very short Hrna
1t is believed Geographic communication
will be restored by the Iinemen by noon
to-day, unless the day is bad or there is
a great deal of the line down.
An employe Of the transportation depart
ment of the Plant System reported to the
| trainmaster Of the Florida Central and
| Peninsular that the track of the latter
road was flooded at the Ogeechee river.
The two roadbeds are not more than 200
yards apart, and one is easily seen from
the other. This was the only report the
| Florida Central and Peninsular people re-
ceived to show that there is again trouble
at the Ogeechee.
| Officials of the Florida Central and Pc
ninsular do not think there will be any
! great trouble in repairing the roadbed aft
| er the waters have subsidized. The over
| flow of a few weeks ago was due not
| wholly 10 the storm, but 10 the high water
in the river caused by the excessive rains
| OF August The current was strong at that
! time, and it was this that washed out the
banks. 1t is not thought that the tide
| alone though driven with such violence
| by the wind, viii have washed the banks
| to any great extent.
Train No. 81 over the Florida Central
| and Peninsular arrived in the afternoon
| from the North only forty minutes late.
1t had been delayed by stopping for the
| removal of trees that had blown across the
track. This was between Estiu and Scotia
! about forty miles from here. 1t was de-
| clded upon the arrival of No. 81, as it
| could not go on through to Jacksonville,
| to turn it into No. IS and let it go back
! North. This was accordingly DONE and the
| tram lett at $50 o'clock, six hours after
| the time No. 50 is due TO leave
traffic arrangement was made in the
| afternoon by the Florida Central and Pen
| lnsular with the Plant System. by which
| the passengers who came in on No. 81 were
! taken on through last night by the Plant
| System. If the damage to the Florida
| central and Peninsular's roadbed is con-
! siderable and some time is required for re-
| pairs, it is probable that an ARRANGEMENT
| WILL be made with the Plant system by
which its trains may be run over the lat
| ter road. 1t was said that the Southern
| d
! Everett and Jesup, in which case 1t may
not be possible for the Florida Central
| and Peninsular to make the same arrange
ment as before when the Ogeechee over
| flowed its banks. Then the Florida Cen
! trail and Peninsular trains left the Plant
! System a Jesup, taking the Southern for
| its own line at Everett. It may now have
! to go all the way 20 Jacksonville by way
| of the Plant System
The roadway of the Plant System did
/ not suffer. It's wires are down to the
southwark, and its trains were delayed
for while yesterday on account of the
force of train hands having to remove
trees from the zine. Trains will be run
ming on time to-day.
The Central and the Georgia and Ala
bama had telegraph communication open
only as far as Pooler. Up TO about 10
o clock the lines We're open all the way, but
trees then began falling, and the wires
gave way. a freight that got in during the
afternoon from Macon over the Central
found no trouble along the fine, except
where trees had fallen across the track
| These were removed. The conductor of the
train said all the difficulty was encoun-
tered about twenty miles up the road.
There was but little trace of a storm thir-
ty-Gve or forty miles out.
Although their wires went down and
they could not get the news directly rail- |
road men heard distressing reports from
St@NiAsN'Al WIN. II was StdtCO rainier BSIlGT-
ally that the velocity of the wind there
for some time was 100 miles an hour |
WaycrOss reported sixty miles over its
wire, as did Fairfax sixty miles north Of
here, on the Florida Central and PENN
sular
The Tybee Railroad was all under water |
Even the depot on Randolph street was |
flooded. If the track is not submerged to- |
day, Supt Clement Saussy will go down |
10 Tybee to investigate the |
damage done TO the road The |
officials of the Central have no idea %
what extent the Tybee road is hurt, as
there was no way of receiving information |