The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-09-28
GREAT STORM IN FLORIDA.

|
ceived the following Part ulars of destructive storm
tina, occurred at Port Leon on the night Of the 5l
instant
| Tremendous .Sform-Hoyribie loss Of Hte ant
property Destruction Of Port Leon, 81
Marks and he Light House.
CoMMERoIAL GAZETTE OrricE,
PoRr LEON, Friday, Sept. Is, 1913
Our city is in ruins We have been visited by one
OF the most horrible storms that it ever before deyo
ed upon us to chronicle. On "Wednesday about 60,
ven O'clock a. N, the who'd commenced blown
fresh from the Southeast bringing up high tide, hl
| nothing alarming-at p. IN. the wind ulod and To-.
fell, the weather still continuing lUwery. AT eleven
| at night the wind lreshencd, and tide commenced
flowing, and by , o'c ock ii blew perfect hurricane
| and the hole town inundated. TIE gale ,.r.
tinued with unabated violence until O'Clock a,ui.
ter making perfect breach ten feet deep over our
town The wind suddenly ulcd for few wI.u'.-
and then came from the Southwest with rcia,oD,d
violence and blew till daylight Every ware ou.r u
the town vas laid fat with the ground except ore
| Messrs. llamlin 4 SnIli's-lHd a part OF ll aI..
| Tell. Nearly every dwelling thrown from u.s.
! foundation, and many of them crushed to gr
| The loss Of property is immense. Every inhau0Hl
participated IN the loss less. None have o..
| caped-rnany with only the clothes they stand m.
81 Marks suffered IN the Ike proportion vii' u4r-
selves. But our losses are nothing cump,r,t viii
those at the lighthouse Every building N., '..
lght house gone-aLd dreadful 10 relate ui,u r
Lost and among them some of our most valued r.f.
zens. We cannot attempt 10 estimate the lu,- Df
each lndl' dual at tins time but shall reserve o. .Hl
oor feelings Will better enable US TO Iuyesti-ltr .
Below we give list Of those drowned 50 far q, tr..I
from:
IN Port Iona crazy negro boy beougu,
Tallahassee.
IA he Light House.--Captain NJ. c. Robcrtsau. ..
"he, and three children, and a child Of Dr. ir.-
wells.
Mr. Joseph Wood, portrait painter from T,a
hlssee.
A child Of r. V. Bulins, and FIVE negroc-
Those saved are Captain IlungrriOrd, h. wilr lad
two children, DIR. Tradewell's Youngest chill N.-.r.
Oglesbee, Blethcn and Kennedy, pilots and ti,, &c..
groes
Our citizens now out looking FOR any that d. ,
have escaped, and bring the bodies Of those H. ,u..
DC found. Such a total destruction Of prop.y BOT.
yer has occurred in our place
Que loss Is estimated at $3.50 900
In addition % the above, We have learned thl' '.
family Of Mr.. Edward Walker living on Shell rur'
wife, children, and five negroes, al pci.O#
Mr. Walker himself escaped by cnging to the bran.
ches Of tree, till the waters subsidized.
u Is also shicd that there arc several other f..
sons living at this point, who have not been hr.r.
from, and OF whose safety great doubts are emit.
tanned.
There are a'so several families from this couI'.
in summer quarters on James Island on who's
count much anxiety is felt Indeed such was the l..
lencr OF the winds aud the height 10 which tie f..
rose, that our imagination scarcely fix limit
It's rayages
Cedar Keys Apalachicola, St Joseph, can Scarce.
y have escaped without much damage