The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-05
TWO BOYS LOSE THEIR LIVES.
THEIR HOME WASHED AWAY AND
THEY FAIL TO REACH SHORE.
Crew mt Quarantine station Resort
10 Life RAFT and Drift
AshOre-VesSeIs Thrown Up
on Marsh and Beach
Communication Conn
pIeteIy Cut on

Fernandlna. Fla, Oct. s.-By Tug
Smith)-The severest storm in the history
of Fernandina visited this place yesterday
and did incalculab,e damage.
All the wharves of the port We're washed
away with a large quantity of lumber
which was on them.
The tug Gladiator is high and dry at
the foot Of Center street where the wharf
used to be.
The wrecklng tug North America and
the schooner Ida e. Latham are a hun
dred yards from water.
The four-masted schooner Mary Dave
and the schooner Laura Henderson were
in the sound ready to go to sea, and coll
ided with each other, and the jibboom
and topmast of one of them was carried
away.
The pilot boat Elizabeth went on the
beach near the creosote works, knocked
a hole In her hull and filed, but the tide
left her high and dry. She will be saved
at a cost of a few hundred dollars.
P. Sanford Ross dredge No. and two
scows are high up on the bank and will
cost great deal of money to get them
in the water again.
The damage to shipping was small, ow-
ing to there being very few vessels ir
port.
The quarantine station was entirely
swept away The crew saved themselves
on a life raft and drifted on shore.
The only deaths reported up to the time
of writing this are those Of two boys, one
years old, and the other a baby months
old. A family, consisting Of father moth
er and three children. were staying in a
small house The tide washed the house
away, drowning the baby and one boy.
The father was taken out Of a small tree
by party in boat, where he had drlfted
and climbed to the top. The mother
drifted on shore. The greatest heroism
was shown by one of the boys, who is 12
years of age. When the house moved
from its foundation and began floating
away, he grasped his little brother and
made a brave effort to reach shore. There
was so much driftwood in the water that
the boy found Ii impossible to make much
headway. He battled heroically for long
time, and then thinking his little brother
was dead, let go his grasp and the body
was completely exhausted.
Mt Old Town the Cathoic, Episcopal and
Union Churches were blown from their
pillows and badly wrecked. All fences and
trees are down. Some small houses and
chimneys are destroyed.
The government wharf, with al the boats
belonging to the government and the
pilots, were washed away at New Town.
The ereosote works are entirely exter-
minated
The elevator of the r. & T.. Company is
badly damaged
All the railroad tracks in front of the
city are washed away, with many cars.
The whole town is strewn with timber
and trees.
All the houses that had tin roofs were
unroofed.
The merchants suffered great damage
to their goods. Kelly Bros. are probably
the heaviest loosers, as their warehouse
was entirely swept away.
The tide was the highest ever known
here. IT rose to Kidds dry goods store,
which is 300 yards from the water front.
Many of the stores near the wharves, had
three feet of water In them.
IT viii be several days before the wreck
age is removed and business is resumed.
This morning all are at work clearing
away the wreckage.
All wires are down and trains are sus-
pended Fernandina is compile tely cut off
from the outside world. This report IS
sent out by the tug Smith, which is dis
patched to Savannah for assistance in
clearing away the wrecks and floating the
dredge of p. Sanford Ross.