The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-11
RESORT PATRONS
WATER SOAKED
RAIN FELL IN TORRENTS.
COAST LINE ENGINE DERAILED AT
THIRTY-EIGHTH STREET.

Sand Was Washed on Tracks by the
Was Excessive and Hundreds
Were Drenched-Few Had Taken
the PrecautiOn to Carry Umbrel-
Ias-In Half an Hour 1 II Inches
of Rain Fell in the City.
Thunder. lightning and rain, but
mostly rain!
This combination, late yesterday
afternoon, wound up what promised
to be an exceptionally pleasant Sun
day, both in the city and at the re-
sorts.
Old Sol went to work early and Sa-
vannahians, as result, went to the
resorts soon after dinner. Very few
carried umbrellas and very, very few
returned home dry.
In the city, too, the rainfall was Excess
sive and as a result an Atlantic Coast
Line locomotive was derailed at the
Thirty-eighth street crossing. The rain
washed quantities of sand on the track.
Beyond the running of fine gowns and
Sunday suits this was the only serious
happening of the day.
Although the electric display at the
resorts was vivid, so far as is known
no damage was done by the lightning.
A few telephones were put out of COM
| mission temporarily, and the timorous
were made nervous, but nothing else
happened
At the resorts there was consider
able wind, and yachts in the river at
ThunderbOlt had to be handled care
fully when the squall broke. Crowds
at the Casino watched the boats fight
their way through the choppy waters,
! but none of the craft capsized.
Concert RudeIy Interrupted.
At this resort the rain fell in tor
rents and was accompanied by a strong
breeze that ran the band from it stand
il the open and caused people to scat
ter in every direction. Driven by the
stiff wind and rain drove the Casino
patrons from the balconies and We
randas and the afternoon concert was
rudely interrupted. 1t was continued,
however, inside the Casino. Lessee
Nelson profitted thereby, since many
remained at the resort for supper.
The surf at Tybee was strong and
there were large crowds in the water
both at Hotel Tybee and South End.
There were scores of people in the
water when the rain storm broke over
the island, and there was rush from
the beach for the bath houses. A
large number of those in the surf
were eXcursionists and they were
loath to leave the water and give up
their fight with the strong pillows.
The rainfall at this resort was excess
sive and the atmosphere was cooled
considerably.
Very Few Escaped Wetting.
Because the tide suited admirably for
bathing, Tybee caught the big crowd,
although a great many went on the
boat excursions. The excursion boats
all felt the fury of the rain storm, al
though those aboard were amply pro-
tected. The steamer Louise had al
most reached Tunderbolt when the rain
came and the crowd al the Casino had an
excellent view of the retreat of the
passengers from the open decks to the
places of shelter on the boat.
From 1905 to 1885 o'clock ia inches
of rain fell in the city, and a num-
Der of storm sewers were unable to
carry the water off fast enough. The
result was that on some of the paved
streets there were rivulets that could
not be crossed by pedestrians without
getting wet. A total of 1876 inches of
rain fell during the storm, making an
excess of rainfall for July, although the
year is something like ten inches short.