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ABANDON TENTS DUE TO THE HIGH WATERSDespite Stiff Winds and High Tides Last Night Practically No Damage Was Stifffered by Georgia City.—121st Infantry Boys Get Thorough Soaking From Rains and High Waters When Camp Site is Transformed Into Miniature Lake.velocity for per hour.Savannah, Ga.t July 29. \J¥)—Ateadily rising barometer indicated bis morning that the probabilities f the tropical storm hitting Savan* ah were becoming remote. Thearometer has been rising slowly but teadily since 8 o’clock last night, outhwest storm warnings have taken he place of hurricane signals here. d 8 o'clock last night the barometer egistered 29.61; at 11 o’clock it noi-d 29.62; at 2 o’clock this morning it egistered 29.64 and at 8 o’clock this lorning 29.78.A 24-mile per hour wind blew this lorning from the South. Only two egrees drop in temperature was not-d during the night as a result of tie storm. It was 75 degrees last ight at 8 o’clock and the same read* * ig this morning for the same hour. \ ’he lowest temperature for the night as recorded at 12:40 this morning nd was 78 degrees.The maximum wind esterday was 48 miles Despite the stiff wind and high ides of yesterday and last night, Ty-ee suffered practically no damage.'he threatened storm missed the re-on and this morning the sun was hining brightly there.The tide came unusually high and hreatened some of the houses which -ere nearest to the ocean but little amage was done.A few trees blown over and consid-rable water because of the heavy reclpitation seem to be only ill ef-*cts suffered in Savannah from thelow.The sun was shining in the city at : 30.Whether they got much sleep or ot, is a matter of conjecture for le camp site was rapidly flooded nd the tents that were still up took u the appearance of houseboats. Buv veryth ng will eventually pass and le night gradually wore into the ay. And such a day! The tents ere down with everything afloat, le men’s cots being in the wafer, veryono was soaked through to the kin and several of the members ex-hanged uniforms for bathing suits, he cooks were on /le job and the len were supplied with their break*ast. The mess hall, perhaps, washe most popular place on the island s it was the only place that had refined in Us original position.The wind continued to blow a gale nd everything on the day s programMost of the men re-back river to watch tide. As the river to new high water ivels, everyone began to look around nd grow apprehensive about their {as cancelled.reated to the he incoming radually rosepersonal possessions in the flooded camp.On the ocean side everything wa? afloat and there was no place there to keep out of the rain. Most of the men congregated at the railway station and gave each train a wistful look as it pulled out of the station for Savannah.After dinner Wednesday, as the wind showed no signs of abating and hurricane warnings were still shown, the various companies were ordered to Fort Screven.The strenuous process of getting the men and their outf’ts ready for the trip to the Fort was begun. As there were no trains scheduled’ the men b*yan a slow march to their destination, two or three miles away.It was a drowned-out looking regiment. The men were soaked to the skin their personal belongings had been hurriedly gotten together and they did nojt look much like a unit of the United States armed forces as they picked* up their leaden feet and started shuffling for the great big government reservation and dry quarters.With their camp transformed into a miniature lake, the men of the 121st infantry are now stationed at the Fort Screven barracks, Tybee Island, where they will stay until conditions improve so that they can return to the original camp and salvage the r supplies.The appearance of the National Guard camp was picturesque.Monday afternoon the officials received official Information that a hurricane was traveling up the Florida coast toward Georgia and would have its center very close to Tybee. There was much speculation as to what was in store for the boyp in khaki. Orders were received to take down everything movable and to stay lt;n the Island, The camp prepared for the worst, and the worst came all night. About two o’clock Wednesday morning, to add to the already prevalent unrest, the shrill scream of a locomotive whistle 'broke the stillness of the night. Mfcny thought the storm had either arrived or that the Tybee tracks were washed away. Thetrain continued its noise until it reached the station, creating quite a bustle on the island as the inhabitants prepared to lea\*e for t$ve city.A hard rain set in and the wind rapidly swung into a strong northeast gale and began blowing down the tents. The minds of the men were(Continued on Page 4)
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Thomasville Daily Times Enterprise
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Thu, Jul 29, 1926
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