The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-01
WIND 80 MILES AN HOUR
STREETS ALMOST IMPASSABLE
WITH MASSES OF DEBRIS
HE DAMAGE TO SHIPPING WAS HEAVY
Many Ships Broke from Their Moorings While
Others Were Sunk North Carolina
Troops Passed Terrible Night
at Tybee Island,
at Tybee Island.

Savannah, Ga, Aug. 31.-Whilc there
was no loss of life from last nights
storm which swept Savannah the damage
to property will foot up close to 5000,
600
The storm began early Tuesday night
and ragged with increasing violence until
o'clock this morning. 1t was at its
height between four and five o'clock
when the wind reached Il velocity Of
50 miles an hour 1t was then the heav-
lest damage was done. When daylight
came the streets were impossible from
debris.
Probably one hundred buildings were
wholly or partially unroofed and as many
more were damaged in other ways. The
roof was torn from half of the Savau-
nah theatre, and the auditorium 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 roof was lift
ed from the walls and carried into the
street below. The handsome organ was
filed with water and the rich frescoinS
was ruined.
st. Johns Episcopal, the First and In
dependent Presbyterian and the Lutheran
damaged.
In the business part of the city dozens
of stores were unroofed and windows
were blown in and the interior flooded
There was no telegraphic communica-
ton during the day until late in the evea-
ing when the Western Union and Postal
Cable lines were in partial working or
der. Street car travel is blocked and
tonight the city is in darkness. The
streets are network of tangled wires.
In the harbor and mt quarantine at
Tybee. the damage to shipping is heavy
The British bark Dreamer from Da
marara. was blown on a ietty during
the night, and is heavily damaged. The
Italian bark Maria Ratio broke loose
from her anchorage and drifted into the
marsh, where she is lying. The Nor
wegian bark Noe broke loose from her
mornings at quarantine and went ashore
on Daufuskic Island, at the mouth of
the Savannah river. Her crew of II
men was rescued by the ting McCauley
She is total wreck Between u and
20 naptha launches in the river. and at
the Savannah Yacht Club anchorage at
Thunderbolt, and rs many more small
sloopS and Schooners doing Il coasting
trade with the islands were sunk or
lost. The steamers Alpha and Doretta
drifted their anchors and went ashore
and are heavily damaged. The steamer
Eulala broke from her mornings ut VIII
mington Island, about ten miles from
Savannah and sank. Mrs. j. II. Lucas,
wife of the owner was on board and
was rescued with difficulty by the cap
tain and Il deck hand. She was taken to
the top of the wheel and thrown III
shore and was caught as she struck
the water and was carried safely to
land. The revenue steamer Tybce, III
command of George Maher, went to the
assistance of the stranded vessels in
the harbor before daylight and rendered
valuable aid in saving life and property
The revenue cutter Boutwell, was III
Wilmington river and is safely anchored
At Tybee Island the hotels and cot
tages were heavily damaged. The
North Carolina troops passed II terrible
night there, but were all brought safely
to the city to-day.
All of the railroads suffered severely
by washouts and trains have run with
difficulty all day.
The rice and cotton crops have been
heavily damaged. 1t will be impossible
however to estimate the damage for
several days.
The storm covered a comparatively
small territory. 1t extended i'll the i'll
terror. not more than 80 miles, an
hardly that distance north and south
1t is believed to have been severe at sea
and fears are felt for vessels off the
couGt