The times., 1898-09-01

Savannah Ga, Aug. 3l.-For twelve
hours, beginning at midnight last night,
| Savannah was in the teeth of one of the
| fiercest gales that ever struck the At
lantic coast. Shipping was endangered
| and vessels were wrecked in the harbor
| before they could secure safe anchorage
The electric light wires are twisted and
scattered over the ground and the city
| is in darkness The overhead trolleys
of the street cars are wrecked, and busi-
| ness is at standstil.
| The rice crop is ruined in the fields.
Damage to the Shipping.
The Italian ship Maria RATIO is on her
| side in the river.
| The Italian bark Noe is beached on Ty-
| bees sands.
| The British bark Braemar broke loose
| from its moorings in the river, and Is
| injured.
The First Baptist Church is In ruins
Many houses at the seaside resort, Ty'
| bee Island are down.
! The river is filed with small craft tha'
were wrecked by the terrific wind.
The streets are filled with fallen trees
| and roofs of handsome city residences
Happily no one has been found yet whose
death has been caused by the storm Iht
| financial loss will figure out nearly
| s100.000.
The Morrison House. hotel, Is un-
rooted.
r. A. Rowlinski's large retail drug
store is in ruins,
Wind BLEW Eighty Miles an Hour.
The Weather Bureau reports that the
wind blew eighty miles hour during
part of last night. From the effects this
is probably no exaggeration.
There was only one bark in the Tybee
Roads. This was the Noe. an Italian
vessel. The captain was in the city yes
| terday, and the mate refused tow TO
the city. He thought he would be able
to weather the gale. The bark is now
beached on Tybee Island and will he a
total wreck.
The steamer Chattahootchee left dock
| yesterday before the storm signal was
raised, and went TO sea AS the wind was
| blowing In the same direction the vessel
was going it is not thought there is any
danger TO, it. Capt. Lewis is a very care
| full seaman. and will take good care of
4 his passengers.
Mnny Boats Wrecked.
The marsh along the river IS strewn
1 with small boats and batteaux. They
We're anchored in the stream and were
easy prey for the high wind and tide.
! The steamboat Alpha broke loose from
| its mooriags during the height OF the
storm and went on a rampage down the
! river Il went first to Gordon's wharf.
| where it struck with its full bow on and
knocked a hole in that part of IT. 1t
then swung loose and struck a small
sloop badly damaging it. 1t cut coal
/ lighter No 8, belonging TO p. Sanford
/ Ross, loose from its moorings and this
/ went ashore on Fig Island. The Alpha
/ went ashore on the Gordon Bank train
ing wall.
There is q long list of sailing vessels
bound for Savannah along the coast, and
/ as the storm was of such magnitude
/ there is some uneasiness about them.
Business along the river front has been
/ suspended. The water was too high and
/ the wind was blowing too hard ali day
/ to permit of any work being done.
Soldiers suffer Terribly.
| At no place along the coast was the
! storm more severely felt than at Tybee.
| The North Carolina volunteers. who
are encamped there, had terrible time.
! Companies A and Z. Second North Caro-
I line are on the island These men We're
! housed in small tents until late at night,
and were only given about five minutes
| to prepare to seek better quarters
| Some of them went to Wortham's Ho-
| tel and some TO the United States fort
| Some spent the night in box cars, and
! the wind was blowing such gale that
! they left many articles of wearing ap-
! parel.
| Many of the soldiers came to the city
| this morning without shoes or hats