Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1893 — AN AWFUL BLOW. [ARTICLE]

AN AWFUL BLOW.

The South Atlantic Coast Swept by a Hurricane. A hurricane struck Savannah. Ga., Sunday. The wind blew at fifty-four miles an hour during the day. Sunday night at 7 o’clock it reached seventy miles an hour. A large number of buildings were unroofed ar.d many trees uprooted. Seventeen lives were lost on the river at Hutchinson Island and Tybee, so far as heard from. It is believed that more are killed. One of them is C. A. Ulmer, assistant cashier of the Central Railroad Bank; two others were white mon, the rest negroes. The names of thj white men and negroes have not been obtained. One man was killed by a trolley wire in Savannah. Eleven vessels arc ashore In Savannah harbor, eight being barks, one schooner, one steamboat and one oyster boat. Six vessels were wrecked outside the harbor. Their names are unknown. The names of the vessels wrecked in Savannah harbor are: Barks Harold, Linden, Elma, Mexico Royal. Andieia, schooner Leila, steamboat Abbeville and oyster boat Erod E. Lewis. A special from Port Royal, S. C., brings the startling Information that fully ICO lives have been lost at Port Royal, Beaufort and neighboring points by drowning during the storm. Over twenty-fivo of those were seen by tho correspondent and his Information regarding the others was received from reliable sources, or the 10) killed and drowned only six were white the others being negroes. The negroes were so frightened and terrorstricken that many wore killed and drowned by not leaving their cabins to seek places of safety. Twenty persons were drowned on Paris island. No news has been rcceivacl from St. Helena, four miles from Beaufort. It Is believed fully twenty-fivo lives were lost between Port Royal and Seabrook, all negroes. Every house In Beaufort and Port Royal was damaged to some extent apd a number of barges' land craft were wrecked. The Coosaw mining company loses *50,000. Tho toUl loss is estimated at 1503,000. Tho forco of the storm was folt all along the Atlantic coast. At New York the tide reached the highest level ever known. The most appalling details are constantly being received from all polntson the coast from'Savannah to Now York. The loss of life and property can not be estimated with any certainty. At Charleston, 8. C.,thc streets are tilled with all maunerof debris, vessels were washed Into the streets from the harbor, and cars were blown from tho track. At Coney Island, Long Branch, Asbury Park, and at ail the summer resorts ou the coast great damage was done.