The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-04

ed in a day or two Senator A S.
| Clay arrived in the city this morning
and besides subscribing 500 to the re-
| lief fund, announced his intention of
going on to Washington at once If
necessary to urge upon Secretary of
War Elihu Root the necessity of rem
dering aid to the stricken city without
further delay.
| Clay on Hand.
Senator Clay evinced a keen interest
| in the relief work and has done all in
his power to assist the local commit
tees. The relief committee has been
subdivided into smaller committees as
follows, and is doing much more eff
fectice work than was able to be done
Yesterday Gainesville Mill, H. II.
Dean, j. E. RedWine, Jr., D. T. Quill
liam, and John T. Waters; Main to
AtheE@ streets, T. M. Bell, G. F. Tur-
ner, W. D. Hawkins and j. c. McCon-
nell; Athens street to Pacolet Mill, j.
| B. CASTOR, A. j. Mundy, j. r. Whaley
and M. M. Ham; Pacolet Mill, r. D.
Mitchell, George P. Estes, C. C. Station
and w. N. Dyer.
Mr.. V. M. Montgomery, president of
the Pacolet and Gainesville cotton
mills, left at 10 o'clock this morning
| for New York to confer with the re-
naming directors and officers of the
mill. He goes for the purpose of TAX
ing up with them the needs of the peo-
pie here and to agree with them upon
the direction of the reconstruction
work at both the plants He will re-
turn to the city Saturday and will
personally direct rebuilding, or rather
Encouragement of the plants. The
work to be done at the Pacolet now is
the setting up of the houses turned
over, or removed from their pillows by
the storm. When these are in shape
| the rebuilding of the hundred cottages
! totally destroyed will be put under
| Roadway.
The Gainesville Cotton Mill will have
to undergo an almost complete re-
construction. The entire fourth and
fifth floors will have to be removed
| that is so much of them as was left
by the tornado. The stock houses
were completely demolished and will
have to be rebuilt from the foundation
up. These caught the first current of
! the terrific storm. The store, or
commissary of the company is also
total wreck, together with the large
stock of goods it contained a majority
of which was blown entirely from the
building.
Doctors Offer Services.
DR.. J. L. Walker and DR.. r. P. IL
| lar of Waycross this morning rendered
their services, but as there are enough
physicians on the ground, they were
wired not to come. Their proffer was
! gratefully acknowledged. DR.. ]. H.
! Downey, physician at the Pacolet Mill,
was put to bed this morning for the
| first sleep he has had in forty-eight
| hours. He was worn out bodily, and
| the company was not willing for him
to run further risk of break down by
| staying up longer. AS he was the
I1t ff,4.c IA
| his duties were unusually arduous.
! There are not so many visitors in the
/ city to-day as came in yesterday,
though the town is full of people. A
number of those who had friends or
/ relatives in the city after wiring for
day and night, and getting no response,
! because wires north of city were, down,
jumped aboard train and came. Miss
! Lucille Ham, who was at Columbia, S.
| C.. could get no communication, and
| she came home last night. j. D. Wood
side of Greenville S. G., also came, as
| did number of others.
There has been in progress on what
is known as Factory HILL" the cot
tage settlement of employees of the
Gainesville Mill, for two weeks or
more, a series of revival meetings con-
Quoted by Revs. d. S. Grindle and R.
| D. Hawkins. 1t was during these meet
ings that many were converted, and
| some of these lost their lives in the
mill disaster Monday afternoon. Rev.
| Hawkins lost an uncle at the Pacolet
Mill, John ]. Mayne. former clerk of
Hall Superior Court.
Head Blown Two Miles.
The head of the boy whose life was
lost at the Gainesville Mill was found
| this morning at New Holland, a dis
lance of two miles. The remains of
the little fellow were extracted from
the debris at the mill Monday after
noon, but his head was completely sew
cred from his body. There was no
one who could identify him, and the
finding of his head has not brought his
identification. He was seen flying
! through the air from the fifth floor
of the mill, but when his body was
picked up it was seen that his head
was completely severed.
Six more Atlanta physicians arrived
at New Holland last night and are at
| work to-day. They came on the late
train from Atlanta and were sent on
to the Pacolet. The body of e. o..
Mozeley, the street car conductor who
| lost his life in w. A. NiX'S store, was
shipped to Anderson, S. c., this morn
ing, his wife having come here on the
| train arriving at 4 O'Clock.
Senator A. s. Clay returned at noon
| from a WISH over lI1e eIllTS SlIlChctl
path, and at the Arlington Hotel, said:
| 81 have followed the path of the cy-
| clone from beginning to end. 1t is two
| miles in length, and running from two
to six hundred yards in width. Com
mencing at the Gainesville Cotton
Mills, that cost 5000 900, and ending be-
yond the Pacolet Mill at New Holland,
that cost $780, 900. 1 thought the
| newspaper accounts were probably eX-
| aggerated, but to the contrary the pen
( cannot describe as the eye sees it..
! Probably 300 houses have been blown to
atoms and 1000 people are rendered
| homeless. In ali probability 200 or 300
| of this number are seriously wounded,
and need medical attention.
Picture of Ruin.
'I would say one-tenth of the pop
| ulation of Gainesville is homeless.
There is nothing like it in the history
of the South. Nothing left in the path
way of this tornado except wreck and
ruin. II will probably cost $4,000 to
clear away rubbish. so as to begin the
! work of rebuilding. If the people of
Georgia could see this sad scene as it
exists to-day they would respond with
100000 to help this stricken city. The
| people of Gainesville are working he
| roically but need immediate help of
| Georgians and doubtless will receive
| II promptly. Any assistance rendered
/ by the Secretary of War should not
cause people to cease to respond to
needs of these people for such aid is
only temporary. and to relieve imme-
| date distress"