Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-10-06
HURRICANE REPORT.
Business Houses In Brunswick, Ca,
Inundated BY a Tidal Wave.
ONLY 4 few LIVES THOUGHT LOST.
Much Damage to New York Milllonairss'
Club Houses At Jskyl Islasd-Nsgro
suburb Destroy sd-The Loss to
Railroads Considerable.

Brunswick, Ga, Oc'. 4-During the
tropical hurricane Of Sunday, . tidal
wave was driven in from the sea and
inundated, for an average depth Of five
feet practically every business house
and warehouse in the city. Conserva.
tive estimates place the property loss
at $500. 900, though when the details
are all in the figures may be consider.
ably shaded either way. The Mallory
steamship and South railroad docks
were under water four feet In the
residence section Of the city, the water
was from two to eight feet deep There
was full sweep OF wind and water
from the ocean into and across the
city. Two fatalities in Brunswick and
one few miles out Of the city have
been reported. Those in the city
were negro children. Their parents
are missing and may have been
drowned. A few miles out Of town,
Steritt Aiken, colored, was killed by
falling bricks blown from chimney.
Meager reports from the Sea islands,
on the coast, are far from reassuring.
At Jekyl island, where the club houses
OF New York millionaires are situated,
much damage has been done. Dix
vile, suburb Of Brunswick, inhabited
by negroes, was inundated and the de-
struction is almost complete Motives
were lost there. Five vessels are
ashore in Brunswick harbor, two be-
ing the Norwegian banks Record and
Louise, one an American schooner and
two valuable pilot boats On the
docks are hundreds Of thousands Of
feet of lumber and cross ties and
naval stores which will be washed
away. Nearly all the docks suffered
from lifting While the water was do
ing Its damage underneath the wind
was playing havoc overhead.
Several fronts Of brick buildings
were blown partly out and the rain
poured through in torrents Every
church in the city was damaged either
by water or wind. All electric wires
were Frustrated. Fires in locomotives
in and near the city were put out by
the driving sheets Of water. The loss
to railroads has been considerable
from washing Of tracks and injury to
terminal property. Communication
cannot be fully restored for day or
two.
The food which inundated the
islands and low lands around Savan-
nah and all the vicinity coast has par
TALLY subsidized. The first news from
the Sea islands on the South Carolina
coast between Tybee and Beaufort,
where the great tidal wave Of 1898
caused such fearful fatality, was re-
celved last night. The damage by the
storm there was comparatively small
and SO far as known there was no loss
of life. The steamer Clifton made the
trip there late last night The food
was driven by northeast gale and did
not cover any Of the Sea islands in that
section, except those nearest the ocean.
The wind reached velocity Of nearly
100 miles an hour. The four schoon.
ers, Synara, Milleville. Fannie Childs
and Franklin, which were driven into
the marshes at quarantine, will be
foated after the removal of their car
goes.
At Tybee there was less damage
than feared. The Notifications were
piled with sand several feet deep
around the guns, but the food did not
reach them. On the islands near the
city the crops have been entirely
swept away, and much live stock has
been lost but there were no fatalities.
The rice crop near Georgetown, s. c.,
suffered $3.50 damage.