The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
HURRICANE AT TYBEE.
HOUSES DEMOLISHED AND SOL
DIERs CAMP WRECKED.

The Wind Reached a Velocity OF
Nearly 100 Miles an Hour-sOldiers
Loat Their Tents and Clothing
and Sought Shelter in the Cottages.
Damage at the Fortincations Light.
Hotel Tybee Little Hurt-The Rail-
road All Right.
The storm hit Tybee hard. The gale
gathered there in all its fury. and. accord
ing to some reports, went as nigh almost
as 100 miles an hour.
The season being over on the island, al
most everybody had moved to the city.
with the exception of the soldiers on the
government reservation on the north end,
and they caught 1t quite severely.
When the blow struck the camp Of Com
panies A and E Of the Second North Car
DINA Regiment Tuesday night and yes
terday morning, the men hardly knew
what was going to happen. Pretty soon
as 1t increased In intensity, their tents
began TO go down, and finally all of the
tent and much of the soldiers clothing
was blown entirely away, much OF il be-
yond recovery.
1t was an exciting time with the men.
They are, many of them, from interior
Without waiting for permission, many of
them left the camp and sought shelter
IN neighboring cottages or in the railroad
cars. All Of them were drenched through
and through, and had experiences that
they do not want TO repeat.
Capt. Huske of Company A, and about
twenty-five or more men from each COM
pany came UP on the train from Tybee
yesterday morning. All of them stated
that the soldiers had terrible time of 1t.
The officers would not let them come to
the city on the trains the night before,
but did not restrain them yesterday morn
ing. Capt j. I. Smith Of Company E and
Maj. Wilder In command of the battalion
remained on the island, and said they
would stay there until they were blown
away.
The soldiers were In rather hard cir
cumstances when they came to the city,
and some of them had to be provided for
One was furnished lodging at the bar
racks. Others applied for 1t, but when they
refused to give their names the sergeant
would not allow them to sleep there.
The warning of the storm reached Tybee
shortly after 4 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon
a hurricane, however, was not looked for
party down on a maroon had TO leave
the house they were in during the night
owing TO the rising tide which carried wa
ter ali over the north end of the island
hold TO the railroad track to keep from
being blown away.
On the south end Of the island Grogan's
house was demolished. The Inlet Club
house, formerly the Chatham Club, was
badly damaged. The kitchen and wind
mill at Hotel Tybee was blown down, and
so was the water tank at the South End
Hotel.
The Zorayda Club house was badly
damaged, its roof being blown off The
police barracks was blown down and bad
ly damaged. The church was blown off
its foundation pillars and slightly dam
aged otherwise.
Mr.. Henry Solomon's cottage was also
bloyn off its foundations, and sustained
considerable damage.
Mayor Buffers row of cottages lost all
their piazzas, and some of them were
partly unroofed.
The Leacy house, near EstilI station, was
blown down. A family named Meltzler
narrowly escaped serious injury when 1T
collapsed.
Mr.. Clark's house, also near EstilI, was
unroofed, and badly damaged.
The extent of the damage at the forth
fications could not be ascertained but 1t
was learned that it was comparatively
light, owing to the protection afforded by
the fortihcations themselves.
The track was washed in several places,
but the train managed to get up to the
city at IL O'Clock In the morning. The
train came very slowly, however, and took
about two and one-half or three hours to
make the trip. A man was sent out ahead
of the engine frequently, so as to keep on
the lookout for washouts. The train had
to stop at Bilbo canal, as 1t encountered
a washout there which could not be pass
ed. A construction train will be sent
down early this morning and the track
put in repair at once The trains win be
run regularly to-day
When the train came up the track along
McQueen's Island was covered with alb
gators. coons and marsh hens, that came
up to escape the wind and tide, and a lot
of these creatures were killed or captured
by the passengers on the train.