The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-09-10
STORM ON GEORGIA. COAST.
THE CITY OF SAVANNAH SUFFERS
FEARFUL DAMAGE.
SUMMER RESORTS ARE HIT HARD.
Many Vessels Caught In the Furious Gale
and Either Totally Destroyed OF
Greatly Damaged.

spocth uom DuVbuuhn, ud't says
The annual fall storm came Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning, and
left its usual trail OF destruction. It
appears that the cyclone developed
right of the coast Of Georgia. There
we're no warnings from the weather
bureau. and the shipping interests
paid little attention to the small blow
Of Tuesday afternoon.
About 10 O'Clock Tuesday night,
however, the winds began I'd gather,
and at midnight there was forty five
mile gale, which increased toward
morning to seventy-fve miles an hour,
with q maximum velocity of eighty
miles. This record is ahead OF the
storm Of August, 1898, by eight miles,
and the maximum in 1896 was only
seventy-fve miles.
There was extensive damage to
property in the city, and hardly o
house escaped. Roofs were blown
of, sometimes only the tin coverings,
and then again the whole roof went.
Houses that remained intact suffered
from the drenching rain that, with the
aid of the wind, made its way into
them and sonked everything. In
thirty hours 500 inches of rain fell.
A conservative estimate Of the damage
in Savannah is $50 to each property
owner. There are more than 5000 OF
them, and $3.50, 900 will be q very low
estimate Of the entire damage done.
Much property was destroyed at the
nearby resorts, where only the light
est structures are put up.
The city of Savannah suffered seri-
ously in the loss Of its magnificent
trees. Storms OF the last five years
have decimated the trees in the city
and they have been even worse this
time. The park presents Ahe same
picture of destruction that it did in
1896. Many Of the streets are blocked
by large trees, some of which are torn
up by the roots, while others are brok-
en- just above the ground.
There were some heroic rescues, but
no lives lost.
Two companies of the Second North
Carolina regiment stationed at Tybee,
left the island Tuesday night and
started for the city. They could
get no train until Wednesday morn
ing. Their tents and clothes all blew
away, and they quartered themselves
in any place they could find.
All the churches In the city suf-
fered, principally the First Baptist.
which had its entire roof taken away.
Many Vessels Wrecked.
In the harbor and ut quarantine at
Tybee the damage to shipping is
heavy. The British bark Dreamer,
from Demarara, was blown on jetty
during the night and is heavily dam.
aged.
The italian bark Maria Raffo broke
loose from her anchorage and drifted
into marsh, where she is lying. The
Norwegian bark Noe broke loose from
her mooring at quarantine and went
ashore on Daufuskie island, at the
mouth Of the Savannah river. Her
crew OF twelve men was rescued by
the tug w. F. McCauloy. She is
total wreck.
Between fifteen and twenty naphtha
launches in the river and at the So.
vannah Yacht Club anchorage at Thun.
derbolt, and as many more small sloops
and schooners doing o coasting trade
with the islands, were sunk or lost.
The steamers Alpha and Doretta
drifted their anchor and went ashore
and are heavily damaged.
As usual, Tybee suffered worse than
any Of the other resorts. The Inlet
clubhouse and the Zorada clubhouse
were almost entirely demolished.