The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01

was due to his own foolhardiness, instead
Of TO the storm itself He seized a life
preserver and jumped overheard when-the
bark was blown ashore in Catalogue
sound, instead OF waiting and being res
cued with the other men. But in the city,
where things were falling on every side,
hardly an injury was sustained. This is
due, no doubt, 10 the fact that the storm
came in the early morning hours. when
everybody was supposed to be in bed.
Those who were accustomed to being out
at that time wisely turned In and the
streets were deserted.
Unfortunately the churches seemed to
have suffered more than other property,
at least some of them. There is hardly
a church in the city upon which some re-
pairs will not have to be made. The worst
Of all is the First Baptist Church at Bull
and Hull streets from which the entire
tin roofing was blown away and a half
section of the northern roof rafters and
all was blown over into Hull street. This
uncovered the new organ upon which the
heaYy rains poured without hindrance.
The other churches suffered slightly In
comparison, two of the minarets being
blown from St. Johns steeple, and The
roofs Of the others being more or less
damaged.
The damage TO the shipping along tie
river front was comparatively light. It
will amount 10 some thousands of dollars
but il may be said to be small in compari-
son with that of the storm of 1898.
The most serious destruction which Is
sustained by the general public is the loss
Of so many of Savannah's beautiful trees.
They are the special mark Of the cyclones
and many of them are broken off or torn
up by the roots with every hurricane That
comes. This time the destruction has been
about as usual. In many places they block
the streets and roads leading out from the
city. Forsyth park IS a scene OF much
destruction, and limbs and branches and
trees themselves are scattered all over the
streets where they were planted thick
est
Tybee, as usual, seems to have been hit
harder than any other resort. Exposed 10
the sea, IL furnishes an excellent target
for all the storms, and this hurricane was
no exception 10 those which have gone be-
fore. II showed Tybee no favors. Several
cottages were blown away, two club
houses were partly demolished, and the
North Carolina soldiers, who suffered
worse perhaus than any one else, had all
lAFA LEAlaEe ana tluCh OF their GAOkuluk
blown away beyond recovery.
Reports from all the other surrounding
resorts Indicate considerable destruction
Of the same sort. Houses were unroofed
and many trees blown down. At Whining
ton, Warsaw, Thunderbolt, Isle of Hope
several houses lost their roofs, and the
people were generally incommoded,
though no accidents were reported.
There was much difficulty in getting re-
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sence Of means Of communication. The
telephone wires were blown down. and
the street cars found 1t impossible 10 run,
owing TO loss of wires and the obstruc-
ton Of the track by trees.
Especially was there considerable diff
Guilty in getting reports from Isle of Hope.
There were no cars from there during the
remained at home on account of the
weather. Ii was rumored that The roof
was blown off the house belonging to Col.
j. H. Estin, now occupied by Mr.. George
c. Freeman and family.
The wind appears to have played gener-
al havoc with the wires all over the city
and with the telegraph wires for some
distance out. As a result, in the first
place no street cars weEe run yesterday
with the exception OF one or two on the
Habersham and Whitaker street lines. No
cars at all were run to points outside the
city.
The electric light wires were down in
many parts of the city, and last night
the streets were in darkness. The resi-
dence and business lights in the northern
section Of the city were burning, but these
were the only live wires out of the Brush
works
The telephone wires which were under
ground were not materially disturbed by
the storm; elsewhere they were down and
crossed and recrossed, so that communion
ton was out of the question. The wires
OF both the Postal and Western Union sur
fered in the same way. Yesterday morn
ing there was no communication to be had
with any part of the world outside. but
by o'clock in tho afternoon the Western
Union had rugged up wires in all direc-
tons. Direct communication with New
York was established and wires to Au
gusta and Jacksonville were secured.
The damage to the railroads was great
in many places, and trains generally we're
off schedule time. Some trains could not
move at all. The Tybee road was moi
severely damaged, as the wind blew from
the wrong direction for that
The work of getting things in Snaps
began at once, in spite of the drenchins
rain that fell all day, but little could DO
accomplished. Another days work how
ever. viii put things pretty well in shape.
and in a week or two the storm will be
forgotten-until the timers bill comes in.
DAMAGE IN THE CITY.