Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-04
BRUNSWICK FLOODED.
A Thousand Houses in the
Georgia City Damaged
THIRTY BLOCKS UNDER WATER
The Water, Moreover, Is Not Less Than
Six Feet Deep.
SEA ISLANDS PRACTICALLY ESCAPE
That Is, They Suffer Comparatively
Little from the Storm-No Loss of
Life There-Death-List mt Bruns-
wick Small, But Increasing.
wick Small, But Increasing.


Morning News correspondent at Bruins
wick. Ga. has filed the following bulletin
at Baxley, Ga:
brunswick and it's vicinity flooded and
inundated. A thousand houses and stores
are damaged. One-half million dollars
property loss, and the list OF dead. now
small, is increasing. Three thousand peo-
pie had to seek refuge from rising water,
and thirty blocks In the heart OF the city
were under six feet of water for twelve
hours.
"I left on special train, with two opera
tors and instruments, to tap wire. Struck
an opening here. and believe / am the
only newspaper man that got out OF
Brunswick with story of the greatest
flood since the Sea-Island affair. Seventy
miles of wrecked country Just passed
through. Have left two men In Bruns-
wick, penetrating woods and islands In
boats. They are instructed to leave
brunswick tonight, and come until they
reach me. with the story Of to-days de-
velopments."
DAMAGE AT GEORGETOWN.
CHARLESTON, S. c.. october S.-A
special to the News and Courier
from Georgetown, S. c., says: Reports
received from differen. parts OF the county
to-day fully justify the report of $4,000
damage to the rice crop by yesterdays
storm. The damage in the city and
harbor is Insignificant.
FLOOD AT SAVANNAH SUBSIDIES.
SAVANNAH, GA, october S.-The
flood which inundated the islands and
lowlands around Savannah and in the
vicinity along the coast on Sunday has
partially subsided The first news from
the sea islands and the South Carolina
coast. T'ybee and Beaufort, where the
great tidal wave OF 1898 caused such fear
ful fatalities, was received tonight.
Damage by the storm there was compar-
atiyely small. and so far as known there
was no loss of life. Mr.. Clifton made
the trip from Savannah TO Port Royal
this afternoon, and arrived here late to-
night. The flood was driven by north
east gale and did not cover any Of the
sea islands in that section, except those
nearest the ocean.
STEAMERS IN THE STORM.
The steamers City OF Macon, City OF
Augusta. and Kansas City, from New
York. and Essex, from Baltimore, arrived
to-day and all felt the force of the storm
IN some extent. The City OF Macon was
i'm the height OF 1t. The wind reached
a velocity OF nearly one hundred miles
an hour. but the ship weathered 1t, ana
sustained little damage.
sCHOoNERS ASHORE.
The four schooners Synara, Millville.
Winnie Chids, and Franklin, which were
driven into the marshes at quarantine.
will be fioated after the removal OK their
cargoes.
Ar Tvhee there was less damage than
vas feared The fortifcations were
piled with sand several feet deep around
the guns. but the flood did not reach
them.
CROPS SWEPT AWAY.
On the islands near the city the crops
have been entirely swept away, and much
livestock has been lost. but there were
no fatalities.
LOSS AT BRUNSWICK, $500 oOp.
SAVANNAH. GA, October "a
brunswick (Ga) special to the Morning
News saws that during the tropical hur-
ricane OF Sunday tidal wave was
driven IN from the sea. and Inundated
for an average depth of feet, practical
lv every business-hOuse and warehouse
In the city. Conservative estimates place
the property loss at half million dol
lars. though whey the details are all In
the figures may be considerably shaded
either way. The Mallory Steamship and
Southern railway docks were under water
/. feet deep while in the residence sec
tion of the city there was from Z 10
feet OF water. There was a full sweep
of wind and water from the ocean into
and across the city.
THREE FATALITIES.
Two fatalities in Brunswick and one
fey miles out of the city have been
renorted. Those in the city were the
deaths of negro children. Their parents
are missing, and may have been drown
ed A few miles out OF town. Ster1tt
Akin (colored) was killed by falling
bricks. blown from a chimney.
Meagre reports from the sea Islands on
the coast are fer from reassuring. At
Jekvl Island. where the club-houses OF
New York millionaires are situated,
much damage has been done. Dixville, a
suburb OF Brunswick, inhabited by ne
groes. was inundated, and the destruc-
tion Is almost complete. No lives. were
lost there Five vessels were blown
ashore in Brunswick harbor, two being
the Norwegian barks Record and Louise,
one an American schooner. and two valu-
able pilot-boats.
IIyMBER AND NAVAL STORES GONE.
ON the docks were from one to two
thousand feet of lumber and cross-ties.
and hundreds OF barrels Of naval stores,
which will be washed away. Very nearly
ali the docks suffered from lightning.
While the water was doing It's damage
underneath. the wind was playing havoc
overhead. Several fronts OF brick build
ines were blown partly out and the ra:n
noured through in torrents. Every church
in the city was damaged by water
~ nv wird. All electric wires were pros
rated. Fires in locomotives In and near
,he city were put out by the driving
sheets OF water
STORM LASTED TWELVE HOURS.
The storm began at a. NJ. ana Goa.
,Inued twelve hours, with the wind
velocity from forty 10 sixty miles an hour.
The loss to railroads has been consider
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