Sapelo's lightkeeper's house found from Hurricane of 1898 and links about this major storm

Society for Georgia Archaeology » Sapelo Island lightkeeper’s house rediscovered

This newspaper article with pictures  from then describes the destruction in Brunswick and the coast from the last major hit of our area.

Newspaper article about storm: Oct 3rd, 1898

More info. about the Hurricane of 1898 

NOAA evaluation of storm including interesting info. from back then

Wikipedia article about storm and its impact