The times., 1898-09-03
SAVANNAH'S BIG STORM.
Business I'm the City Almost Mt
StandstflI.

Savannah, Ca, Sept. Though the
city has recovered from the effects of the
storm of August 80, the business portion
of the town still suffers from inconven-
ience This is on account of the almost
total lack of mail.
This afternoon the first mail from the
West in three days was received. This
, was not what has accumulated on the
road, but was that which left it's starting
point since the storm. That which was
en- route from the North, East, and West,
when the storm came and that which
started since, except from the West, has
not arrived.
Tonight there are eighteen regular mails
missing from Savannah. The water has
not reeeded sufficiently in the interior
for the track repairers TO go to work, and
until they can rebuild miles upon miles
of undermined roadbeds and put in sew
eral bridges, the trains cannot come in
from the North and East.
Two captains of sailing vessels arrived
in Savannah this morning and brought
very interesting stories of the work OF
the storm.
There were Capt. Grimsditch, of the
British bark Loeb RAMA, six weeks out
from New York, and Capt. Olsen, of the
Norwegian bark Ragna, several weeks
out from Bahia, Brazil. The Loeb Ran
"a is safe in port. The other is a wreck
on Gaskin's Bank.
Capt Grimsditch had rather an event
full voyage down. He was first forced to
loaf back and forth up and down the
coast within radius of a few miles, and
finally scudded into port at a high rate
of speed. For two weeks or more he
scarcely got out of sight of Hatteras
light Down the coast he saw several
wrecks He did not know the names of
any of the vessels found beached. None
was flying signals Of distress, and when
the Loeb RAMA bore down on one those
on board made no sign that they desired
assistance.
The first derelict we found" said the
captain this morning, was evidently
lumber vessel lying on her beam ends.
twelve miles southeast or Martins In
dustry lights. The sea was breaking over
her and she seemed TO be in bad way
generally. There was no sign of life on
board. Three miles farther on there are
two three-masted schooners at anchor.
They were swept clean to the decks. In
the same vicinity there Is a large three
masted American schooner. Its foretop is
gone as is the bowsprit and jibboom.
From five miles inside the Martins In
GuStry lightSnip 10 Iybee ROADS, 1ouhu
six vessels of various sizes wrecked on
the beach. There were no signals dis
played Nor anything of that sort. The
Loeb RAMA struck the outer edge of the
hurricane, but escaped without damage.
Capt. Olsen. Of the Norwegian bark
Ragna was in Savannah for short time
this morning He and ten members Of his
crew and some negroes from off Hilton
Head came into the city in a row boat.
They did remain here long. The Ragna
was from a suspected port and Health
officer Lehardy hurried the whole crowd
back into the yawl in which they came
and had it towed to the quarantine sta
| ton.
Capt Olsen said his bark a total
wreck in Gaskin's Bank He does not
believe 1t can be saved. The Ragna was
from Bahia, Brazil, and had an unevent-
! full trip until the gale struck IT Monday
! night.
! The bark was in the Gulf Stream when
| hit by the Storm. Tuesday morning the
! captain says he found he was in nine
/ fathoms of water and anchored.
| Tuesday night when IL was blowing SO
| hard the chains popped and the bark went
on the sands and toppled over.