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Ttis Loss by the Hurricane
Beyond Telling.
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Ten Negroes Reported
Killed.
FEARS FOR THE SHIPS.
The City of Savannah
50 Hours Overdue.
Dr. Duncan and C. M. Cunningham
Feared Lost.
THE RUIN OS IRE SEA ISESSOS.
Searching for the
Dead.
The hurricane of Sunday night swept
the entire Georgia and South Carolina
coast. The list of fatalities was not in
creased yesterday, but many are yet
missing, and the search for bodies is kept
up. The loss of life, it is believed, will
prove great.
A report was received by the .Charles
ton and Savannah railway officials yes
terday that ten negroes were killed at
Ridgeway, forty-two miles north of Sa
vannah, during the storm by a house, in
which they had taken refuge, falling on
them. The reported loss of life appeared
almost too great to believe from such an
accident, but the telegraph operator at
Ridgeway repeated his statement and as
aerted its truth. No particulars were
obtainable.
SEARCHING FOK THE MISSING.
The loss of life on the sea islands along
the coast is believed to be greater than it
was in the interior. Searching parties are
at work everywhere. Hutchinson's Is
land was gone over yesterday. The body
of the Swede, Miller, who it is believed
was drowned with Mr. Ulmer, has not yet
been recovered, though a careful search
was made for it.
Henry Woeltjen and J. C. Kluney, who
were reported missing, are safe. They
left Screven's plantation for Hardceville,
S. C., yesterday morning. Kluney was
quite seriously hurt in the bark by falling
timber, but Woeltjen is all right.
The party consisting of Charles A.
Gradot, George Schwarz, \V. Robider and
H. Fender, an account of the disappear
ance of whom was given in yesterday’s
Morning News, arrived in the city via
Thunderbolt yesterday forenoon,
relieving the fears that had
been entertained that they had been lost.
Their friends had organized a party to
go out to huut them aud had engaged the
tugJ. C. Mallonnee for that pur|>ose. It
was preparing to leave when the news
of the party’s arrival in safety reached
here.
A ROUGH EXPERIENCE.
The party report a pretty rough exper
ience. They were anchored at the end of
Wilmington Island in an exposed position,
where they got the full benefit of the
storm. Their anchors proved of practi
cally no service whatever, and the marsh
having become covered, they could see
nothing but water on any side. They
were out in the Annie Lucile, and
it was only by careful manage
ment that the sloop was saved from
wrecking. They reached Little Warsaw
in safety, aud Messrs. Robider and Gra
dot took a small boat and went over to
Big Warsaw, from where they sent as
sistance to the others. They all left
there on the sloop and reached Thun
derbolt in safety, having been without
food for twenty-four hours.
THE LOSS OVER $1,000,000.
Anything like an accurate estimate of
the loss of property is yet impossible.
Tliose who give estimates of damages
necessarily differ widely. It is prettv
safe to say the whole damage done to all
kinds of property in Savannah, along the
river and in territory tributary to the
city, amounts to much more than $1,000,-
000.
No estimate can be made of the dam
age to the cotton crop in the counties
visited by the storm, nor of the damage
done to the pine trees in the turpentine
districts.
The cotton has been hurt badly, and
from some reports received, it is pretty
safe to say that 25 per cent, of the virgin
pine trees in the naval stores districts
have been blown down.
The damage to shipping is far greater
than was first believed. That alone will
go into the hundreds of thousands. The
entire coast is covered with wrecks
GRAVE REARS FOR THE SAVANNAH.
As the hours glide by and no tidings are
I received from the City of Savannah,
| which will be more than fifty hours over
! due this morning, the anxiety increases
! and fears that she will come to port no
more are gaining ground.
Capt. Savage left Boston with the
City of Savaunah last Thursday after
afternoon, and with fair weather was ex
pected to arrive here late Sunday night.
! With stormy weather, however, the ships
| from Boston usually take a few hours
i longer, coming in about 5 o'clock on Mon
day morning. But it is now Wednesday,
and where the Savannah is no one knows.
ONLY ONE DAT LATE IN 1885.
Mr. IV. P. Bailey, clerk of the city
court, was aboard the City of Savannah
in 1865, coming from New York when she
struck the terrific gale off the South Car
olina coast. Capt. Daggett was then in
command of her, and he steered her direct
ly out to sea. At that time the Savannah
came in the next day after she was
due, being only twelve or fourteen hours
behind.
The trip of the Tallahassee in 1889, how
ever. is an instance which gives a hopeful
side to the voyage of the Savannah. The
Tallahassee struck a gale off Hattcras,
went to sea and was six days out from Sa
vannah before she reached New York.
HE HAP GIVEN UP HOPE.
An old sea captain, who knows some
thing about the City of Savannah, in
speaking of her last night, said if she did
not come in on that tide ho feared that
she had gone down. Last night’s tide
carne and went but still she did not ap
pear. Capt. Foster of the William Crain
said he was of the opinion that the
Savannah had either gone down or was
disabled as a result of her contact with
the storm. The Savannah, although a
staun h vessel. Is not the strongest on the
line, being one of the older ships, and on
this account there seems to be some rea
son for the fears with regard to her
safety.
It is possible, however, that she put
out to sea and wont a considerable dis
tance, in which case if she were only
disabled it would be some time before
any tidings of her were received. But
these steamers aro provisioned for only
a few days,'and if she cannot signal some
other vessel or get into port in some way
there might be serious trouble on this ac
count.
AGENT AXPF.RSOX NOT UNEAST.
Mr. C. G. Anderson, agent of the Ocean
Steamship Company, said yesterday that
he felt no uneasiness whatever with re
gard to the safety of the ship, and he
fully expected both her and the Birming
ham to come up the river either last
night or this morning towing in some
wreck that they had picked up at sea.
He said they were both staunch ships
and fully able to weather the storm.
The severity of the storm made it hard
for any vessel to live, for if any of them
showed a weak spot the wind and waves
were sure to find it and break through.
People who were talking about the Savan
nah last night said they had almost given
up hope of ever seeing her again.
NO FEARS FOR THE BIRMINGHAM.
No fears, however, are entertained for
the Birmingham, which left New York
Saturday afternoon at 8 o'clock, although
she, too, is overdue by about twenty hours.
She should havo been in port on yester
day morning's tide. The Birmingham,
however, is one of the strongest and
staunchest ships on the line, aud it is
probable that she is the strongest of them
all. On this account and further, be
cause she Is not much behind time, under
the circumstances, very little anxiety is
entertained for her
Mr. Anderson does not think that the
Birmingham struck the storm at all, as
she was not due at Ilatteras until Monday
morning, and he thinks the gale had
passed by that time. He accounts fdr
the delay of the ship by the fact that she
stopped to pick up or render aid to some
of the many wrecks which the storm left
behind it.
These two steamships represent about
$900,000 worth of property. * Who were
on board of them is unknown, as it was
impossible to obtain the passenger list of
either last night.
The steamer Edith which came over
from Bluffton at 1 o'clock last night re
ports that there was no sign whatever of
either the City of Savannah or the Bir
mingham at Tybee or outside so far as
they could see.
THE CRANE'B EXPERIENCE.
She Weathers the Worst Storm That
Capt. Foster Has Ever Seen.
The steamship William Crane,from Bal
timore, Captain Foster, arrived yesterday
morning about half past 7 o’clock. The
experiences of the captain, passengers and
crew during the storm were something
terrible.
There was a glad welcoming of friends
and relatives when the Crane reached
her dock. The ship was over twenty
four hours overdue. No tidings whatever
had been received from her, and much
anxiety was expressed as to whether she
had succeeded in weathering the storm.
It was believed and hoped that she was
safe, but after such a terrible night at
sea as Sunday night was, nothing could
be known with certainty.
CAME THROUGH ALL RIGHT.
The Crane seems to have weathered the
storm well, and under the circumstances
the damages she sustained may be con
sidered very slight.
Water dashed over her when she was
struck by mountainous waves, and poured
into every conceivable crack and crevice.
The cabin was soaked and there was not
a dry state room aboard the vessel. The
bedding and carpets were drench'd.
The worst damage, however, was on
the port side, which was struck by a
mountainous wave. One of the state
rooms was mashed in and the contents of
the berths scooped out. Railings all along
the side of the vessel were torn eutirely
off, and the captain's bridge above the
t pilot house was carried away by a big
wave. Capt. Foster says he thinks SSOO
will repair all the damare to the ship.
The cargo was damaged considerably,
however, as much by the boxes and bar
rels rolling around and against one an
other as from the water which poured in
uj>on them. The cargo, which was about
400 tons, suffered to the extent of about
SI,OOO.
FACED THE STORM.
The Crane left Baltimore Friday, Aug.
25, at 3 o'clock. “When we passed Cape
Henry on Aug. 26,” said Capt. Foster
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. AUGUST3O, 1893.
yesterday, "there was a light east north
east wind and a heavy southeast sea. We
rounded Cape Hattcras about 6 o'clock
that evening and struck a very heavy
southeast sea vrith an increase in the
I wind from the same direction.
‘‘On Sunday morning I was off Cape
Fear, aud then it was that the wind be
gan to increase to a hurricane. I knew
then that we had struck a storm, but I
determined to weather it until it became
so heavy that the ship would have to
turn to and face the sea.
PUT OUT TO SEA.
"I ran the ship on her regular coarse
as nearly as possible all day, but at six
o'clock Sunday afternoon the sea became
so heavy that I could do so no longer. I
then headed out to sea, heading the ship
to the storm and went out about
fifty miles. The vessel heaved and rolled
fearfully, but I was confident that she
could weather the storm all right. We
hove to from 6 o’clock Sunday evening
until 12 o’clock on Monday morning, after
which time wo ran in to make Charlee
ton, hut the weather was so heavy
that I decided not try it and
made for the Martin’s Industry light
ship. That was gone, too, and I found
later that it had drifted some twelve or
more miles from where it had been an
chored and was located down somewhere
near the outer sea buoy. The first light
1 saw was the Hunting’s Island light,
which was yesterday afternoon. I then
came on towards Tybee and reached there
some time before midnight last night.
I would have come up the river then but
the range light at Tybee was gone, and I
didn’t know what other damage might be
done to the other lights and channel indi
cators up the river. On this account I
went back out a little distance and wait
ed for daybreak before coming up to the
city.”
never lost hope.
Capt. Foster says it is a mistake about
him ever losiug hope or giving up the ship
as lost.
‘‘Even when the gale was at its high
est,’’ ho said, “I was still confident that
the ship was all right and that she would
pull through. I was not once scared or
afraid as to the outcome, for if I had been
I don’t know what might have been the
result.”
Capt. Foster was in the pilot house for
forty hours without leaving it. It was
all be could do to stay there. The water
beat in on all sides and he was thoroughly
drenched. Sometimes the vessel would
roll so far over that the floor of the pilot
house was almost perpendicular, and the
only way that he and the quartermaster
could keep from being bruised was to hold
on to the railing for dear life. During all
that time while the captain was in the
pilot house he had nothing to eat but a
piece of hard tack.
experiences or the passengers.
Capt. Foster said that there were no
meals at all cooked on board during the
storm, and in fact there was no necessity
for it. The passengers were Alisa Julia
Carolan, Miss Mary Carolan, Mrs. ,1. J.
Carolan, Master James Carolan, Miss
Marie Carolan, Miss K. Lawler, P. H.
Newell, J. 11. Bond and T. H. Brown.
All the passengers were driven from
their staterooms by the water, which was
constantly pouring in and which it was
im|X)ssiblo to keep out. They collected In
the cabin when the storm first came on
and they remained there until it ended.
It was impossible for them to sit down or
stand up, as every heave of the ship
would throw them down. They gathered
upon the cabin floor, and there they re
mained in fear and waiting, as they
thought, for tha end to come.
Capt. Foster did not see any of the pas
sengers until the next morning, and he
says every one of them told him that they
thought their time had come. When the
storm was at its bight they were momen
tarily expecting the ship to go to the bot
tom. They were all ready and glad
to be able to thank Capt. Fos
ter for having brought them safely
through the terrible battle with the ele
ments. There were hearty welcomes
when the ship arrived at her wharf yes
terday morning. The sisters and family
of Mr. J. J. Carolan, agent of the Balti
more line were aboard, and nothing was
too good for Capt. Foster when ho
brought them all up safely.
WORST HE nAS EVER SEEN.
“That storm is the worst I have ever
seen or ever expect to see,” said Capt.
Foster. “It is the worst storm that has
blown off this coast in fifty years. I have
never heard of a tvorse gale on the coast
than this one within that time,
and during the ' twenty-six years
that I have been going to
sea I know I have never seen a worse
one.
"The barometer went down below 29
and the wind must have blown at least
85 or 90 miles an hour. Gusts crossed our
bow so heavy that it seemed as if they
would almost carry the ship away. The
wind succeeded at least in wrenching the
iron doors on the lower deck entirely
away.
“You may talk about the storm of 1881,
but I saw that and it was not a circum
stance as compared with this one. I be
lieve this one has done just twice as
much damage as did that one, and I know
that the gale was the worst I have ever
seen In all my 20 year's experience.
SIGNS or WRECKS IN THE SEA.
“I saw no signs of any wrecks until I
reached a point off Charleston. There
the water for some distance was literally
strewn with wreckage of all kinds.-There
were a cabin door, spars, broken masts,
and all sorts of pieces of vessels floating
around, evidently the remains of some
vessels that had been unable to weather
the gale.”
Captain Foster thought of the City of
Savannah when he saw this mass of
wreckage. He thinks the steamer is
either disabled or lost. It was all the
Crane could do to weather the gale, he
said, and the fact that the Boston ship
has not shown up yet makes him believe
that she did not live through it.
“I love the old ship," said ne, as he was
speaking of the Crane, “and I am proud
of the fact, that I brought her tnrough
all right. The Craue is one of the best
vessels on the coast, and I am confident
now of her ability to weather almost any
gale that comes along."
A GULL ON THE FORECASTLE.
Sunday afternoon just as Capt. Foster
had ordered that the Crane be hove to, a
seagull lighted on the forecastle and a
sailor went out and caught it. Capt. Fos
ter says that is the first time he has ever
seen such an occurrence. He is not a bit
superstitious, and the incident did not
! affect him at all. but he was afraid it
! would have a bad effect on some of the
men. Such was not the ease, however,
as none of them took any notice of it.
THOUGHT or HIS BOT.
Just before Capt. Foster left his home
in Baltimore his little boy Allen asked
him where he was going.
“I am going down to Savannah,” ho re
plied.
“And are you coming back again?”
asked his son.
“Oh yes,” replied Capt. Foster, “I will
be back in a few days."
Capt. Foster said he didn’t know why
it was. but he thought of w hat his little
boy had asked him at least a hundred
times while he was standing there in the
pilot house during the gale. He was
somewhat worried yesterday afternoon,
and no wonder, for now that he is safe in
port and knows that his wife and family
have heard of the terrible storm in which
he was caught,he was unable to telegraph
them on account of the broken condition
of the wires and had no way to let them
know of his safety.
MAY BE HIS LAST TRIP TO SAVANNAH.
This may be Capt. Foster’s last trip to
Savannah. It is probable that the William
Crane will be put on the line from Balti
more to Providence, in which case he w ill
run her on that route for a while, but he
says he is tired of the sea and will not
run many years longer.
Capt. Foster’s friends are making an
effort to have the Crane retained on the
Savannah line, and it may be that the D.
H. Miller will be put on the line to Provi
dence. but that has not been definitely
settled as yet. Capt. Foster is one of the
most genial and whole-souled gentlemen
on the coast, and it is hoped that he will
be retained on the Savannah line. He
has been with the Crane for
eight years and has always handled her
well, bringing her out of e.very gale she
has struck with as little damage as pos
sible.
WEATHERED THE STORM.
The Norwegian Steamer Banan at
Tybee in Distress.
The Norwegian steamship Banan, Capt.
Hansen, bound from New York to Car
denas. Cuba, arrived off Tybee bar yes
terday in distress. She was boarded by
Pilot J. M. King and was taken to the
quarantine station.
The Banan was in the storm Sunday
night and was badly damaged, and will
have to go into a dry dock for repairs.
She is leaking, and her machinery is out
of order. The story of the storm as told
by Capt. Ilansen is as follows:
“We started from Now York last Wed
nesday and were struck by a hurricane
near Sandy Hook. I went back and an
chored in the harbor and waited until
the storm passed over. We made steam
and proceeded on Thursday morning and
were about forty miles east of Tybee
when the fearful gale struck us Sunday.
It was the worst storm I have ever ex
perienced.”
The vessel was loaded with a general
cargo of merchandise including two 12-
tou boilers which were lashed to the deck.
The steamer's stanchions, on the starboard
side are all stove in, the ventilators were
all broken and the boats, davits, skylights
doors, compasses and every movable ob
ject were either smashed to smithereens or
cast overboard. One of the large boilers,
which was for a sugar refinery, was
washed overboard.
The steamer was built at Christiania.
Norway, and is owned by the captain and
others, aud is specially adapted for the
fruit trade. She is a regular trader be
tween New York and the West Indies.
“When the ventilators broke in,” said
Capt. Hansen, “the sea began to pour into
her hold. We attempted to cover them
over with canvas, and the job was not an
easy one. The suction was so great that
it was with difficulty that the seamen
kept from being carried through the holes
and drowned. None of my men are se
riously injured, though several are con
siderably scratched and bruised.”
Capt. Ilansen telegraphed immediately
upon arriving here to his agent in New
York, and will await orders to have the
steamer overhauled and repaired.
THE CAKtTSI’S PERIL.
Her Passengers Carried Ashore by
the Officers.
Captain George W. Rossignol, the pilot
of the steamer Camusi,gives the Morning
News a graphic description of the scenes
at Warsaw on the night of the storm.
The Cornusi left Thunderbolt Sunday at
10 o’clock on her usual trip and, after a
stormy passage in which she had great
difficulty in getting to her landing at
Warsaw creek, she arrived at 1 o’clock
in the afternoon.
The wind was then blowing a gale and
Capt. Oemler, master of the steamer,
put out all his lines, and his anchor
chain. Abo.it an hour afterwards the
steamer Bellevue arrived from Savannah
with an excursion, and ran out two lines
and fastened them to trees on the bank,
and made her anchor chain fast to the
Camusi. At 8 o'clock all tha lines parted
except one liauser and the anchor chain
of the Camusi, leaving only the Bel
levue's chain to hold that steamer, which
was fast to the Camusi.
The water at this time had risen to a
depth of nearly two feet over the wharf
which apparently begun to break up.
The officers of the two boats held a con
sultation, and in view of the fact that the
remaining line’s were liable to part at
any moment and the boats driven ashore
and proba . wrecked, decided to laud
the women aud children. The water on
the deck in the meanwhile had risen to
about three feet. Capt. Oemler, Purser
Kid well. Pilot Itossignol, and the crew of
the Cnmusi, assisted by a few
passengers, took the women in their arms
and carried them safely ashore through
the pitiless storm to the woods, and
thence they went over to the Pavilion,
where they remained until the first storm
abated.
The steamer's lines having been spliced
and theCamusi safely moored, the passen
gers went aboard of tho steamer, where
they remained until they were landed
at Thunderbolt Monday at 1 o’clock.
Capt. Rossignol says the Camusi was
badly damaged by tho Bellevue riding
against it.
FEARS FOR DR. DUNCAN.
A Rescuing Party Gone After Him
and Mr. C. M. Cunning-ham.
Alarming reports were in circulation
yesterday that Dr. William Duncan and
Mr. C. M. Cunningham had been drowned.
Investigation showed that it was impossi-
BAKING POWDER.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
smso Powder
A&soo/m# pirns
ble for any one to know what had hap
pened to them. Dr. Duncan and Mr.
Cunningham left Savannah about two
weeks ago on a fishing and hunting trip.
Nothing was known of their whereabouts
until Mr. Isaac Beckett and party, of the
yacht Glance, which had been on a cruise
with a party in the waters below Savan
nah,arrived on the revenue cutter at Mont
gomery night before last, and reported
that they had found Dr. Duncan and Mr.
Cunningham at the Wolf Island club
house, where they were enjoying them
selves very pleasantly. They stated their
intention of returning home Sunday.
Nothing has been hoard from them
since, and it was feared they were lost in
the storm. If they put out in their boat
for Savannah on Sunday, as they stated
their intention of doing, they are almost
certain to have perished. If they re
mained on Wolf Island, their chances of
surviving the storm were little hotter.
EXPOSED TO THE SEA.
Wolf Island is a low, flat Island, open to
the sea and without any protection what
ever. Those acquainted with tne loca
tion said yesterday that the water must
have swept over the island several feet
deep and that it was impossible that any
thing should have lived there during the
storm.
Mr. T. M. Cunningham, Capt. A. McC.
Duncan and Dr W. W. Owens left yester
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock on the city
tug Theckla for Wolf Island, to make a
search tor the missing men. TheTheekla
was furnished through the kindness of
Mayor McDonough, who was anxious to
assist in solving the doubts as to the
safety of the two gentlemen and to hasten
their rescue.
HOPING TO FIND THEM ALL RIGHT.
The party was in hopes of finding the
gentlemen alive, believing that they saw
the danger and took refuge in time.
Their idea was that Dr. Duncan
and Mr. Cunningham are wrecked
somewhere in the neighborhood of Wolf
Island aud are in need of assistance, be
ing doubtless without food, and perhaps
suffering from injuries received in the
storm.
The party did not expect to reach Wolf
Island before midnight, the distance by
the outside route being about sixty miles
and by the inside, which was probably
taken, about 100 miles. The island is
about sixten miles from Darien,
and tho Theckla will probably put
in there to-night and wire informa
tion to Savannah of the result
of its seardti if the telegraph wires are
working frein that point. The Theckla
will hardly return to Savannah at the
earliost before to-morrow night. If the
rescuing party doesn’t succeen in finding
Dr. Duncan and Mr. Cunningham to-day
it may not return before Friday or Sat
urday.
SAW THEM THURSDAY.
The yacht Glance, with Mr. Beckett
and his party, sailed over to Wolf Island
last Thursday morning, and anchored in
front of the club house. They found Dr.
Duncan and Mr. Cunningham the only
members of the club on the island, Mr.
James T. Dent who was with them,
having left a few days before.
The Glance’s party visited tho
club house and remained until noon. Both
the doctor and Mr. Cunningham were in
excellent health. Wolf Island is very
low, but Mr. Beckett feels confident that
the two gentlemen, who are both pos
sessed of great intelligence and prudence,
would take warning and seek a place of
safety in time. Up to Sunday noon they
could easily have reached Wolf Island
lighthouse, which is only a couple of
miles from the club house. They have com
petent boatmen with them, besides the
keeper of the club house, Mr. Stokes,
who lost his family on Hutchinson's
Island in the gale of 1881, and was doubt
less not forgetful of his experiences of
that year.
BELIEVES THEY MAY BE SAFE.
While Mr. Beckett is somewhat appre
hensive as to their safety, he expresses
great faith in their prudence, and is con
fident that they took timely precautions.
At the very worst they might have
boarded one of the larger vessels there,
the old Claude, belonging to Mr. T. P.
Bond, and be blown over to the woods of
Little St. Simons, just opposite the club
house. Of course they could not carry
sail, but the direction of the wind on Sun
day afternoon would naturally bring the
vessel up on the shore of the latter island.
STARTING OUT THE TRAINS.
The South Bound Running But No
Trains to Charleston.
The Charleston and Savannah railway
still remains cut in two, and the disturb
ing of telegraphic communication with
Charleston, has left tho offices at this
end of the line without any information.
All that is known is that the road is im
passible beyond Whitehall, S. C., and
that the break is so wide that it is im
possible for the railroad people beyond
that point to even open communication
by a foot service.
Apparently the storm and tides made a
clear sweep through the valleys of the
Ashley, Edisto, Ashepoo, and Combahee
rivers, Rantowle’s creek and other estua
ries.
The Charleston and Savanna h railway
runs over miles of trestles and embank
ments in the vicinity of these rivers, and
with such a storm as that of Sunday the
whole country would be inundated. Trains
from this city went out as usual on Mon
day and yesterday in hopes that connection
would be open, or that transfer might be
made, but they returned with the same
story, that there was no tidings from
beyond the breaks. The first news from
After a night with the boys,
Yours for a clear head,
Brorno-Seltzer.—ad.
Charleston since Sunday was received
yesterday afternoon about 5 o’clock by
Capt. R. G. Fleming, superintendent of
theS.,F. &W. railway. The dispatch
was from Augusta, annoncing that the
wires were working from Savannah to
Augusta, and that the Charleston News
and Courier of yesterday had been re
ceived, which stated that Charleston had
suffered severely and the city was six feet
under water.
THE SOUTH BOUND TRAINS.
The South Bound railroad will resume
the operation of its regular schedulo to
day. The track was cleared yesterday
and a train from Columbia was run out at
5 o'clock. The local train from Denmark
came in last night. The South Bound’s
wire to Columbia was also working yes
terday, and by the courtesy of Mr. Virgil
Walker, master of transportation, the
Morning News was given free use of the
wire last night. By this means much
news was obtained from the storm dis
trict last night that would not otherwise
have been received.
The chief damage on the South Bound
railroad was from small washouts on the
track between this city and the Savan
nah river, the damage on the South Caro
lina side being slight. The operators at
Denmark and Columbia reported that the
storm was not very heavy at those points.
THE CENTRAL ALL RIOHT.
The Central railroad trains were run
ning regularly yesterday. The schedule
had not quite been restored and most of
the trains were late. The 6:20 train from
Atlanta arrived promptly on time to the
minute, last night.
There were no washouts of any conse
quence along the Central, the damage be
ing chiefly from the great number of
trees thrown across the track and the
destruction of telographic communica
tion.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
railway suffered less from the storm
along its line than any other road leading
into the city. All of its trains were run
ning as usual yesterday.
The through fast mail on the Atlantic
Coast Line being -cut off, trains were
made up at Savannah yesterday and the
day before aud run southward on the
fast mail’s schedule.
THE MAILS HELD UP.
The northern mails are all held up
above Charleston and no New York mail
has been received since Sunday.
The northbound mail from Savannah is
accumulating in the Savannah postofflee.
It will probably be sent north via the
South Bound railroad to-day.
It was reported last night that a special
train had left Charleston for Savannah
yesterday via tho South Carolina railway.
It was to take the South Bound railroad
at Denmark, but telegraphic communica
tion being interrupted, the trainmaster
of the latter road was unable to give any
instructions and the train is supposed to
have gone on to Augusta. It is expected
to reach hero via the Central railroad
this morning.
WRECKS ALONG TRE ROAD.
The train on the Charleston and Sa
vannah railway went out yesterday as
far as Whitehall and returned to the city
during the afternoon. At tho 48>£ mile
post beyond Whitehall there is a wash
out of more than fifty feet which was
still washing yesterday afternoon. Train
No. 16 which left here Sunday afternoon
with twelve coaches filled, got as far
as liavenel, where it now is. The storm
took four flat ears from the siding near
Raven el and put them on the main track.
The engine of No. 16 ran into the flat
cars and was considerably damaged. No
one aboard the train was hurt.
Train No. 78. which left Savannah .Sun
day night at 8:47 p. m. is at Jacksonboro.
Train No. 14 from Savannah at 12:29
Monday ran only to Whitehall. The pas
sengers were brought back to the city
Monday night.
All of the detained passengers and
sleepers for points north were sent over
the East Tennessee from Jesup last
night, and will go from Atlanta via the
Richmond and Danville.
On the Walterboro branch of the
Charleston and Savannah Railway yes
terday it required nine hours to run the
schedule usually made in one hour. The
trainmen were kept busy clearing off
the trees which had fallen over the
track.
The Western Union linemen repaired
102 breaks in the telegraph line between
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