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the motiving nf.ws, i J FWTiBI 'R HB, ’IgBO. INOORPOKATIDIBBB. y I J.H.ESTILL. President. ) [lf II SAVED. The City of Savannah’s Survivors. 11 ON COFFIN POINT. Brought to Fort in Safety. HE RESCUE Eli I SNIP. A NIGHT ON THE ISLANDS. SCENES ON THEIR ARRIVAL. The Stranded Steamer Settling. The survivors of the ill-fated City of Savannah landed on Coffin Point are safe. The stranded vessel licsoan the break ers off Hunting Island, where she struck, and is fast settling. The news that the tug Paulsen, with the remainder of the passengers and crew of the Savannah, was coming up the river spread through the city yesterday shortly after noon, and hundreds of people started for the wharves to see her land. The Paulsen was first seen from the top of the Morning News building and the news was soon passing from mouth to mouth. ANXIETY FOR THE SURVIVORS. Everybody was anxious to hear of her safe arrival and the landing in the city of her precious freight. Her long delay in returning from Coffin Point had increased the anxiety, and people were wondering why she had not returned the night be fore. About noon time a tug could be sighted from the wharves coming rapidly up the river with her flag flying, and everybody thought at once that it was the Paulsen. When she approached her dock, however, it was seen that it was the tug Kegis, and the enthusiasm was somewhat abated. The Regis gave the information, however, that the Paulsen was not far behind. About 1:15 o’clock the smoke from a tug could be seen just around the bend by Fort Oglethorpe. “THAT'S THE PAULSEN !’’ “That’s the Paulsen! That’s the Paul sen 1” was shouted along the wharves. Pretty soon she could be seen coming around the bend just below the Savan nah, Florida and Western wharves, both her flags flying. As the tug advanced up the river from the lower wharves every steamboat, tug and yacht that was fired up saluted her. Capt. Rogerson of the Paulsen answered heartily. Flags were flying on all the Paulsen’s sister tugs, and handkerchiefs and hats were waving along tho whole river front. SCENES AT THE LANDING. The Paulsen came up to her dock Just back of the city exchange. About a thousand people had gathered to see her land. Two policemen were ordered to keep the crowd back so that the passen gers aDd others on board could land com fortably'. Among others who were there were Receiver Comer, Agent Auderson and Mayor McDonough. ' The tug tied to the big flat just back of the exchange and it was not long before it was learned that every one of the pas sengers and crew of tho ill-fated ship "•as safe and that not one of them had received an injury. WAITING AT TIIE DOCK. Prof . Barrow of Winter Park, Fla., was down at the dock long before the Paulsen arrived waiting anxiously for his wife, who was one of the party that had been taken in the life boat to Hunting Is land light-house. He was soTnewhat ner vous and excited and was lingering be tween hope and fear. Mr. John Norman of Ueland, Fla., was waiting anxiously fr bis wife, his daughter, and his adopted daughter, Miss Mary L. Hooker, f riends and relatives of other passengers were eagerly awaiting the arrival of the tug. A GLAD GREETING. 1 nore was many a happy greeting "lien the tug came up and the people <amo ashore. The survivors who had <en brought up by Birmingham greeted each of their fellow passengers as they would a lost brother who had t-en found. People who had never seen be fore congratulated them on their uie return. 2ljr ißflfnittjj All of the passengers except Dr. Lamar, I his wife and two children, who went to i the home of Capt. G. W. Lamar, were taken to the De Soto in the bus which had been waiting for an hour or more. IN ALL SORTS OF RIGS. They had lost all their clothing in the wreck and their costumes, while odd, were the best that could bo furnished them at the places where they were obligedto land. Two of the ladies wore big surf bathing hats, which were perhaps a good protection under the hot sun. As Capt. Savage came off the tug he said, “I may have lost my ship for good, but I’ve saved all the passengers and crew and I'm satisfied.” “I was a happy man when I got them all together,” said Capt. Savage yester day afternoon. “I've worked hard, and I’m satisfied now with what I’ve done.” “We left the city yesterday about 6 o'clock and arrived at Beaufort, where we went first about noon. We supposed that something would be known there with re gard to the location of the stranded people, but they had no more information at Beaufort than we did. They kindly offered us any assistance they could give, however, and furnished us a pilot free of chai’ge. THE SEARCH FOR THE SURVIVORS. “We then left Beaufort for St. Helena, where we thought at least a portion of the party had landed and reached there about two o’oclock in the afternoon. My self and two of the men went ashore in a small boat and found that one of the life bpats which had been sent out from the wreck had landed there. Three lifeboats in all had been sent out. One left the ship on Monday with three seamen in her to go and procure assistance, but they were stranded on one of the islands and we never heard anything from them. The other two left the ship early Tuesday morning, each carrying a load of twelve people. It was one of these boats, tho one in command of Second Officer Parte low, that had landed her on St. Helena Is land. WELL CARED FOR. “I found that this party, among which were about half the passengers who left the wreck, had been well cared for at Senator Don Cameron’s place. In fact, it seemed they had been so well cared for that they did not like the idea of leaving when we came for them. They were glad to see us, however, and willingly wont aboard the tug. “This party could givo us no informa tion with regard to the others. They had not heard from them, and had no idea where they had gone. I felt satisfied that they were somewhere about on one of these islands, and I was deter mined to find them if it took a week. I would have gone to every one of those islands and searched it from one end to the other before I would have come back without them. With a small boat and two men we started out on the search. We rowed around all night. FOUND IN A LIGHTHOUSE. This morning about 4 o’clock we reached Hunting Island, about seven miles from St. Helena, where the other party had been found, and went at once up to thfe lighthouse. We found them all there in care of the lighthouse keeper and his wife, who had done everything in their power to make their forced stay comfortable. “They were about as surprised to see us as we were glad to find them, and know that they were safe. They had had no difficulty, it seems, in getting ashore, and Mrs. Lamar, upon whom the trip had been especially hard on account of her having her two children with her, looked as well as she did when she left Boston. As soon as we could got them all up and dressed we started for the tug, leaving the island about 5 o’clock this morning. PREPARING TO LEAVE THE ISLAND. “It was fortunate we arrived at the hour we did, for they wero just preparing to leave the island in a small boat to go to Beaufort. We went direct to the tug without any difficulty, and started for home, going by Beaufort to leave the pilot who had gone out with us. “The City of Savannah,” said Capt. Savage, “presents a different appearance from what she did whon we left her. She seems to be all right so far as I can see and is standing the sea well. THE STRANDED VESSEL. “The cabin and almost everything on her starboard side is gone, and, in fact, if you look at her from that side you would think that she was a total wreck, but if you look at her from the port side you would think that she was as good a vessel as ever. It was perfectly smooth around her yesterday, and everything looks all right. From her outside appearance I think that sho could be taken up and easily put in a good condition, but whether there is anything the matter with her hull or not I don’t know. It breaks my heart to look at her now. There may have been better vessels on the line, but there is none that I liked better. “I have left First Officer Cro well in charge, with two men, and they are on board now to keep her secure from the ravages of ship pirates. I will go over there again some time to-morrow to take them food and clothing and see that everything is all right.” THROUGH THE BREAKERS. The Work of Rescue From the Stranded Ship. Mrs. John Norman of DeLand, Florida, her daughter Miss Ellen, and her adopted daughter Miss Hooker, were among the party who left in the first life boat that was sent out from the ship about 4:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. This is the party that reached St. Hel ena Island and were cared for at Senator Cameron's place. There were twelve in all in this party. Mrs. Norman and her SAVANNAH, GA„ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1893. daughters*were at the De Soto yesterday afternoon. “We had little trouble in getting ashore after we left the ship,” said Mrs. Norman. “Two or three big breakers struck us on the way aud some of us got pretty wet, but this was just as we wore leaving the ship. Some of the waves that struck the boat I thought would turn us over, but the boat took in very little water.” TIIE TRAMP ON THE BEACH. “We reached the island about. 8 or 9 o’clock in the morning, getting in without any difficulty. We walked for some dis tance, passing pieces of wrecks and houses that had been blown down, until some par ty came out to meet us and took us to Sen ator Don Cameron’s place, where we were well fed and cared for. In fact we had turkey for dinner as soon as we arrived, the turkey that we didn’t get for Sunday dinner, the day that the storm came up. “We looked for someone to come for us every day, and while wo were getting along very well we were glad when we saw Capt. Savage come up to take us towards home. “When we were safely landed on shoro from the wreck the life boat that had brought us over started back to the City of Savannah to see if it could rescue any of the others aboard her, but the crew was exhausted from the struggle with tho waves coming over, and could do nothing. * A VOYAGE NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN. Mi's. Norman tells a thrilling tale of the experiences of herself and daugnter dur ing the storm. “The sea was fearfully rough all the way from Boston, and we were so sick almost the entire time that we could not leave our berths, and in fact we did not leave them until the ship struck on Monday morning. “Mr. Norman was sick also and, al though his berth was next to mine, he could not reach me during tho storm for the fearful rolling and heaving of the ship. What was going on outside we did not know. Monday morning, early, Mr. Norman managed to reach my stateroom. He is always looking on the bright side of things, and he said he thought we would pull through all right. SEIZED THE LIFE PRESERVERS. “I was just telling him that I knew we were all going to the bottom when the ship struck and I thought we were all lost. I began looking around for life pre servers, and it was not long before I dis covered that there was a general rush for them. Somebody, I don’t know who, came to my state-room and endeavored to take our life preservers out. Whoever it was managed to get one of them, but I held fast to the other, which they were grabbing for as well. “I put the life-preserver on m.v daugh ter and we then had to creep out of the state-room on our hands and knees with what few clothes we had on. I could get nothing but a skirt, which I threw on over m.v night dress, and my daughter fared no better. We had no other clothes during the entire time we remained on the ship after that, and we had to go over to the life boat in that condition. I man aged to get a pair of shoes which some gentleman kindly offered me, and which I had to tie on. Some of the ladies had to go to shoro without any protection for their feet whatever. HELD ON FOR THEIR LIVES. “After we got out of our stateroom we had to hold on to a railing on the side of the vessel for some time. Every wave that dashed against that side of the ship wet us through and through, and it seemed that some of them would wash us entirely away. We did not know what to do nor where to go and had to stand there until someone came along to givo us directions. Finally one of the officers of the vessel told us to go into the intermediate cabin. He showed us the way and we remained until that began to break in and wash away from the force of the waves that dashed against it. We then went up into the forecastle and remained with our life preservers on all Monday after noon iu fear and trembling not knowing at what moment the ship might go to pieces. ALL HANDS IN THE RIGGING.- “When Monday night came all of the men went up in the rigging, and one of the ladies went with them. When the tide came up the waves dashed against the vessel so hard that it was impossible for them to remain on deck. The captain ordered all the ladies into one of the life boats, whioh was suspended from the port side of the vessel, where it was pro tected from tho waves which dashed against it. Most of those in this boat went to sleep, as they had been so fa tigued by their experiences that they could not keep awake. PUT IN THE LIFEBOATS. “In the morning, as soon as day began to dawn, a life boat was got. ready and we were ordered into it. There was a heavy sea and we had a great deal of difficulty iu getting into the boat, as a misstep might have carried us down be tween it and the ship, where we would have been in danger of being mashed, as they were constantly beating together from the force of the waves that struck them. The twelve of us that went over in this boat finally managed to gjet down, however, and we were soon on our way to the island. “Capt. Savage and the entire crew did all in their power for our comfort and wo have them to thank for our safety. Everybody was ready and willing to obey orders. We .are thankful that we are saved. We will return to DeLand, Fia., either to night or in the morning.” HIS LAST SHIP WRECK. _t Dr. Lamar’s Experience on the Strand . ed Vessel. Dr. G. W. Lamar and his wife and two children probably had as terrible ex periences as anyone on the wrecked steamer. Dr. Lamar was seen at the home of his father, Capt. G. W. Lamar, last night. When Capt. Lamar learned that his son and daughter-in-law were wrecked on one of the islands he was ex cited aud anxious si could be up to the time that he met them as they came from Hunting Is land to board the I’aulseu. He wont down with the tug day before yesterday morning in order to do whatever he could towards rescuing them. He remained on the tug, however, until they were brought aboard, as all the room possible was wanted in the boat which went over to bring them. The meeting was a happy one when the party came aboard the tug. REALIZED THEIR DANGER. “Our experience all the way was about as terrible as anything could be ” said Dr. Lamar. “We realized the danger from the start, and when every body began to rush from the staterooms to the saloon and there was a general rush for life preservers just as the ship struck, we were told to keep quiet and obey or ders. Everybody did so without a mur mur, knowing that thoir safety and per haps their lives depended on it. Wo re mained in the social hall with life preserv ers about us after the ship struck, not knowing what was going to happen next. As soon as the cabin had been blown away all the passengers were taken to the forward saloon, and remained there waiting for what might befall them until that too was carried away, and then they went to the forecastle. They all remained here until Monday night. LASHED IN THE RIGGING. “When the ladies were ordered into tho lifeboat whioh was suspended from the port side of the vessel, Mrs. Lamar gave her two children to the nurse and went up into the rigging, as she preferred that to the boat. 1 lashed her there and went up myself. We remained all the night until about 8:30 Tuesday morning, when the tide changed and we came down. Part of the time that we were in the rigging we both slept. I never knew before that I could go to sleep in the rigging of a vessel and under such circumstances, but we were both so fatigued that we could not keop awake. SIGNALS BURNED ALL NIGHT. “Signals were burned all night, but no other vessel that could render assistance came in sight, or if it did no attention was paid to tho signals. “Between 4 and 5 o’clock the captain put the first lifeboat out under tho com mand of Second Officer Partelo w. This one went to Coffin Point with the party that was taken care of at Senator Cameron’s place. “About half an hour later the second lifeboat, under command of First Officer Crowell, was sent out, and in this one, among others, were myself, Mrs. Lamar and the two children. We were all satis fied that wo would reach snore, and wo were steered direct for Hunting Island light. We avoided all tho shoal places and reached the island about 9:80 in tho morning. We had no trouble in getting to shore and the boat did not ship so much as a teacupful of water. KEPT BAILING THE BOAT. “When we readied the shore every man jumped out and pulled tho boat up so that the ladies got out without so much as getting their feet wet. We had two holes ip tho boat when we left the ship aud the men were kept busy the whole time bailing out the water. There were in our party, besides several of the crew, Mrs. Barrow, Mrs. Wade, Mrs. Lamar and the two babies, myself and Mrs. Cooper. / THE BABIES ALL RIGHT. “The babies were about as well taken care of as they could be. They didn't realize the danger and were laughing all the time as if it were a big joke. We can’t thank enough the sailors andt he pas sengers who did everything in their power for the comfort of the children, giving them as they did the best of every thing they had. The sailors said the children first, tiie ladies next, and the men could take care of themselves. “When we got to the island we had a hard time getting up to the light house, which was nearly a mile away. The island had been submerged during the storm, and we had all we could do to find our way about. In some places we had to wade through water up to our ‘waists und had to take the ladies on our backs. IS TIIF. LIGHT HOUSE. “The light house is in charge of keeper F. W. Kanehl anil he did everything in hi3 power to take care of the people who landed there. His wife cooked for all of us, and they divided all they had equally as long as it lasted. She gave us the best she had, but had to be sparing. We got along very well, but if we had not gotten off this morning we would have had noth ing left to eat to-day. “I could not believe at any time that we would be lost, but felt that we. were fn a precarious condition. Three men went in search of aid Monday morning. They also reached the lighthouse. IN SEARCH OF HELP. “The two assistant lightkeepers went across to Coffin Point, at their request, Monday afternoon, and worked until 0 o’clock the next day trying to get a sail boat ready to go to Beaufort, which they did and sent a tug out to the wreck. The tug went out and saw the wreck, laid around it some distance for a hort while, then steamed back and re ported that all tne passengers had left. We knew, however, that they were still there. “We sighted a tug yesterday morning about 4:30 o’clock, from the lighthous and immediately made arrangements to go down and meet her, but when wa got ready It was too late, and we had to put back to the lighthouse. We had also in tended to go out in a small sail boat to Beaufort this morning at 4 o'clock, but Just before we started from the light house Capt. Savage arrived and we were taken at once to the tug. THE CAPTAIN DID EVERYTHING. “As to the captaiu and management of the boat, nobody can say anything what ever against it. There is not a uobler man living, and he did everything in his [>o\ver for the comfort and safety of the passengers, as did all tiie officers. They did everything in their power to stay any fears on tho part of the passengers and gave the assurance at all times that everything possible would be done for their safety. The sailors are due as much credit as anybody. 1 tell you we were all glad to get back to Savannah again, and the next time I go to sea I will go by rail. ” TOGETHER IN A PREVIOUS STORM. Dr Lamar said that he was on the City of Savannah just seven years ago, and in going north struck one of the most furious gales he had ever been in. Capt. Smith was in command of the vessol, but the same steward and cook who wero with her then, were with her when she was wrecked. While lashed in the rigging Monday night, Dr. Lamar, tho steward and the cook talked over old times. Dr. Lamar said he had been on a good many of the ships since, but had only struck two storms. On both occasions ho was on the City of Savannah. The second time he was wrecked, but escaped with his life. THE STEWARDESS’ ANKLES. Miss Jane Welsh, the stewardess of tho City of Savannah,was very indignant with the statement that she hail spraiend her ankle from tho trip ashoro from tho wreck. “There they are,” she said, when sho was seen yesterday. “I don’t think cither one of them look like they are sprained.” “Asa general thing,” said the steward ess, “all the women were soasick from the time we left Boston. I didn’t have time to be seasick. If we hadn’t lost our smoke-stack, 1 believe Capt. Savage would have got through safely'. I was with the party who went to Senator Cameron’s place. We had turkey for dinner the first day we got there. ‘We’re struck oli,’ sayg I, when I found that out. We expected the other people, but they didn't laud there, and wo didn’t know where they had gone.” NOT A JONAH. Miss Welsh was very Indignant at the story that she was considered a Jonah, and that she made any remark to the captain on leaving the ship. She was asked about other wrecks in which she is said to have been, and replied: “I was in a wreck in ’6l, but all the people are dead now who wero there at that time, and I am not going to say any thing about it. I don’t want to bring up oid scores, and I'm going to let that rest. If anybody asks me now whether I was over in a wreck before I will tell them that this is the first one I was ever in.'’ What worried tho stewardess more than anything else is the statement at tributed to her by one of tho passengers as having been made to the captain just as she left the wreck in the lifeboat. “If 1 could catch the man that told that story on me,” she said, “I’d use a cluj on him quick.” It was a fortunate thing that tho storm occurrod in summer, as it did, instead of during the winter, as all the people who wero left on the islands might havo un dergone hardships which would have cost some of them their lives. As it was it was bad enough, aud tho hardships wero about as terrible as anybody wants to experience. Through good fortune and careful management, however, all were saved and brought safely into port A STORM BILL OF FAItE. Tuesday morning, when the men left on board tho vessel were living between the rigging and tho deck and eating what ever they could find in the ship’s cargo that was semi-palatable, Mr. McDonald and others, who were of a humorous turn of mind, even during such trying times, tacked the following bill of fare on tho pilot house: Sardines, ala Eastport, Turnips, au natural, Biscuit, salt water sauce, Herrings, in sldi. THE RESCUED. Besides the wrecked crews which tho tug brought over were the reinaiuiug pas sengers of the ill-fated ship who had been carried to the island in the life boat: Dr. G. W. Lamar. Mrs. Lamar and two children. Miss Mary L. Hooker. Mrs. Barrow. ■ Mrs. John Norman. Ellen A. Norman. Annie Love. Mrs. C. Hooper. Mrs. Ellen Wade. Miss Jane Welsh, Stewardess. OBJECTED TO THE NAME. There is a story connected with the ill fated Steamship City of Savannah, that has an interest at this time. When the question of what the name of tho second ship built for the Ocean Steamship Company should be arose several were suggested. The name City of Savannah, which was finally adopted, was strongly objected to, however, by the late Col. Edward C. Anderson, the president of thr steamship Company, on the ground that it was a bad luck name for a ship. Col. Anderson was a native of Savan nah and enthusiastic in his devotion to its welfare, but he would not agree to naming the ship after tho city. He had been in early life a li utenant in the United States navy, but resigned to come home and take charge of a plantation that had been left to him by his father. He soon became prominent in public af fairs and was mayor of the city off and on for a quarter of a century. He was a colonel in the regular army of the con federate states and commanded the river defenses of Savannah during the late war, but he had ail the prejudices of a sailor about ships. BAD LUCK IN IT. In speaking of his objection to the name “City of Savannah” he said that he never knew a vessel of that name that had ■ not had bad luck. The United States corvette Savannah, to which he was at one time attached, was always meeting with accidents; she could not en ter into a port without first getting ashore. And then there was a merchant vessel of that name that plied between northern ports and Savannah, that en countered disaster after disaster and was finally lost. The confederate gun boat Savannah and the ram Savannah were also illustrations of the 111 luck of tho name. The colonel mentioned quite a number of other vessels that bore tho name, as he said, only to their own misfortune. lie was fond of the city of Savannah, but he never liked the idea of giving it to a vessel aud thus defying a sailor’s lurk. The lon# of l lie steamship on Hunting Island seems to be u verification of the ill luck of a vessel bearing that name. THE LIGHT SIGNALS SET. Keeper C. M. Cost of the Hunting Island Light house sont a mite to the Morning News by tho tug Paulsen which brought back the Savannah's passengers from that point yesterday, in which ho says that when the Savannah went ashore he set the signals from the light house and then went to tho beach, whero he picked up the three men who had been sent from the wreck iu a boat by Capt. Savage. He endeavored to send off the light house boat to get a telegram to Savannah, but tiie surf was too high for tho boats to live. The signals wero sot from the. tower of the light house to attract tho Birming ham. SAVED FROM THE SEA’S FURY. The Officers and Crew of the Freeda A. Willey Rescuod. The steamship Tallahassee, which ar rived yesterday morning from New York, brought in the captain and crew of the shipwrecked barkentinc Freeda A.Willey', which was abandoned by her crew on Aug. 28, in lut. 82° 46', long, rtf’ 65'. Tiie crew was roseued by the schooner Annie Kranz, bound for Savannah from Cienfuegos, Cuba. Thursday, Aug. 31, the crew was transferred to the Tallahas see in lat. 83, long. 78° 48', off Cape Ro muiue, and arrived in Savannah yester day morning. The members of the crew of the Freeda A. Willey are Capt. lohabod Willey; first mate G. E. Morehouse; second mate W. W. Covert; steward C. Healoy, and W. Anderson, T. Clyno, 11. Olsen, O. Olsel and G. W. Whitohoad, soamen. STORY OF THE WRECK. Capt. Willey gave an account of the wreck of his vessel to a Morning News reporter .yesterday. Tho Willey left Pascagoula, Miss., with a cargo of lumber for New York. The storm struck her Sunday morning In latitude 30* 58', longi tude 80* 02’. The storm was so severe that the seamen were unable to manage tho vessel. Herdockload was shifted about so roughly by the storm that the crow was unable to remain on deck and titd themsi Ives In tho rigging. The vessel soon sprung a leak and filled with water, sinking nearly to the water’s edge. The ship became water-logged ~nd was in danger of going to the bottom. Tho storm moderating a little on Monday, Capt. Willey concluded to cut away the masts and dear the deck of its load, which was done. The Willoy was fortu nately equipped for a storm. There was a large box of sand on tbo deck, aud a plentiful supply of matohoss and ker osene. COOKED TnEIB FOOD ON DECK. A fire was built on the box and food cooked for tho crew. There was plenty of beef and Hour left and a full supply of water. The storm continued to moderate and the condition of the crew was com fortable, compared with their previous experience. Capt. Willey said the crew could havo lived very comfortably for several weeks, provided no other storms were encountered. Tho schooner Annie Kranz came to their rescue on Tuesday. Tho fire on the snrnl box had been left burning, aud soon after the crew were transferred to the Kranz the Willey caught fire. Capt. Willey says he did not set his vessel afire to remove her from tiie track of naviga tion, as he considered that bad policy un der any circumstances. Tho vessel would only burn to the water’s odge.hesald, and leave a hulk more dangerous to naviga tion than the entire vessel. BOUND FOR SAVANNAH. The Annie Kranz, Capt. Willey said, was bound for Savannah, and had been twenty days out from Cienfuegos, being carried northward by the storms. On Thursday the crew, of the Willey was transferred to othe Tallahassee and brought to Savannah yesterday. Capt. Willey will leave, to-morrow for his homo in Thomaston, Me., where the Wille was ownd. “I wish you would say for me,” said Capt. Willey, “that we owe our deepest gratitude to the officers and crew of the Annie Kranz, and also of the Tallahassee for their kind and generous treatment of us.” The Kranz had no sickness aboard, and was in fair condition when Capt. Willey left her. SAVED HIS YACHT. The Yacht Fannie Belle Weathered tho Storm at St. Catharine’s. Capt. H. 11. Woods of the yacht Fannie Bell, which left Darien Thursday, gives his experience in the storm. The Belle arrived at St. Catharine’s Sunday morn ing, and started on beT way to Montgom ery. While crossing St. Catharine's sound she met a strong gale from the northeast, and changed her course for St. Cathar ine's [aland for a harbor. About 6p. m.. she drifted ashore, and the craft immedi ately filled witii water and tat-ame com pletely unmanageable. She had to be abandoned, but the crew reached the island in safety. “We reached Mr. Hauers’ house,” said Capt Woods, “and through, the kindness of that affable gentleman were made as comfortable as circumstances would al low. About 12 o’clock the storm struck the house and did little damage except to the windows, which were completely wrecked, with two inches of water on the floors.” The revenue cutter relieved the party from their unpleasant situation and landed them safely at Montgomery. Mr. Woods estimates his loss at about #4OO. He and his associate, Mr Gryson return their heartfelt thanks to Mr. Hauers, and the officers of the revenue cutter for the manner in which they were treated. The Crew of the Stella Rescued. Havana, Sent. I.— n ’hc steamer City of Washington, Capt, Burley, which sailed from New York Aug. 36, arrived here to day. She had aboard Capt. Hitch and crew of the brig Stella, which- sailed from Brunswick Aug. 23 for New York and was lost in the storm. I DAILY, 10 A YEAR 1 \ 5 CENTS A COPY. > I WEEKLY, It a A YEAR f DillDNli Buried in Trenches by Fifties. Hie fail! on i sea islands Over 1.000. 1 till CIMID. Whole Settlements Swept Away. HOUSES, CATTLE AND COOPS GONE Starvation For the Living. The stories of loss of life and property on the sea islands are appalling. Until the waters havo entirely receded it will be impossible to know the extent of the terrible disaster which swept with such fearful and annihilating force over tho low country. The eiulro chain of islands along tho .South Carolina coast from Tybee north is a scene of indescribable ruin. The list ol the dead will never bo known. The only traces that many of the islands bear of ever having been inhabited are the half bulled ruins of houses, the decaying bodies that lie in the sand and mud, and are washed up by every tide, the thous ands of dead cattle aud the remants of the ruined crops. RUIN AND DISASTER EVERYWHERE. The sceue of desolation is beyond pict ure. The condition of the living who escaped the hand of the great cutastmpho is distressing. Their houses are gone, their crops destroyed, and they are face to face with starvation. The dead are buried as fast as they are found, without coffins or even a box. Hun dreds of bodies lie in the mud, where they are washed up by tho tide, and the earth is thrown over them or they are rolled into trenches. It is impossible to dig graves. The stench from the bodies of the dead and of the decaying cattle and hogs ami the rank vegetation rotting under tho sun, ia almost unendurable. The estimates of the lost are almost as varying as the wind. The exact number will never be known. Those who have boon over a part of tho devastated section say that 1,500 is not too high an esti mate. THE DEATH LIST ENORMOUS. The [opulation of the islands in tho Black district and in the country swept by the storm is estimated at 20,000. The proportion of the dead is enormous. Whole settlements were swept away and nothing is left but the ruins of the houses and shanties. Only the most meager information is obtainable. The only means of getting from place to [dace is by rafts, and hers and there a boat, and the rejiorts of survi vors of the settlements scattered over tho islands are the only record of the terribla catastrophe. One report brought in from an outlying island was that in the radius of half a mile 150 bodies were found. Whole families were drowned together, their bodies being in heaps. Similar re ports come from every part of the devas tated country. BURIED IN TRENCHES. In one place the bodies of fifty peopla were buried together in one big hole. Thirty lives were lost at Coffin Point, and bodies are floating up with every tide. It was reported yesterday by someone who had just come over from Beaufort that the coroner l of Beaufort county had held inquests so far over the bodies of 23d dead, nearly all of whom were negroes. Parties arriving from the sea island section give distressing accounts of the condition of tho people and of the ruin wrought on every side. Hardly any sec tion of the country eserped. HOW BEAUFORT FAKED. At Beaufort the damage done teas enormous. The entire business portion of the town is wrecked. Every wharf and warehouse is gone and the stocks in nearly every store damaged. The storm took off nearly every roof, while the heavy rains which htVve fallen since Mon day leaked into the stores and ruined thousands of dollars worth of goods. The warehouses of the Port Koyal and Augusta railway were swept away, to gether with all the freight that was in them. Nothing is left of the buildings but a mass of debris. The court house was damaged to the extent o r about SSOO. At River Front Henry Von Harden's residence and all out buildings were Uestroyed. His losu will be $2,000. The Sea Island hotel, one of the ante bedum residences, having been built dur ing a time when consideration was given to strength and durability, stood the storm nobly. The annex, of recent con struction. was badly damaged and the kitchen totally wrecked. The beautiful trees were blown down. Fence* are down