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SWEPT BY A STORM.
The South Atlantic Coast Raw.
aged by Wind and Wave.
An Immense Amount of Damage
Done in Several States,

Details or damaging storm which has
ravaged the South Atlantic coast are given
in dispatches as follows:
A Jacksonville telegram states that the
coast line Of Florida was ravaged by storm
of unusual violence. The gale, which had
been blowing all day from the south, in.
creased in severity in the afternoon, and at
3 o'clock reached the proportions of hur-
ricane, which wrought great disaster to the
coast towns. The little village Of May
port. at the mouth Of the river, twenty five
miles below Jacksonville, suffered most. At
this point the large and well-filled Atlantic
hotel was lifted from its foundations and
dropped upon the beach, demolishing its
porches and greatly damaging the house
Mrs. Gilbert Hunter, q wealthy Jacksonville
lady, standing on the front stoop was lifted
by sudden gust of wind and dashed upon the
ground breaking her right leg above the knee
and inhicting other painful injuries. Other
guests of the hotel escaped without serious in
jury. The Jetty house was blown to pieces,
the Convent Cottage hotel blown away, three
lighters, laden with stone and merchandise.
were sunk, the house Of Louis Arnan was
blown down and the handsome ocean steam
ship City of Monticello seriously injured by
pounding against the docks, which were de-
molished. Nearly every house in the village
was unroofed and the damage and discomfort
are enormous in proportion to the size Of the
town. Fortunately no lives were lost.
At st. Augustine, Fla, the storm ragged
with great fury. The roof Of the ancient
cathedral was lifted off, The colored Meth
odist church was turned entirely over and the
streets was strewn with sashes and shutters
and doors blown from the houses. A car at
the depot was blown from the track and set
down in the marsh.
At Fernandina, Fla, the storm almost
amounted to q cyclone: Among tbs houses
demolished are the Colored Mems hall, the
nearly completed handsome residence of Mr.
Smith, the photograph gallery, the oil saed
and dozen smaller houses. Hoyt's large
warehouse was uHroofed and nearly every
glass window on the main street was blown in
It is estimated that nearly hundred small
boats were destroyed in the harbor. Persons
from the Strathmore hotel on the beach say
ton. The surf rolled mountain high and
broke over the beach with loud and resound-
ing roars in its wild fury The storm center
seemed to be more inland and eliminated
about Fernandina.
The total damage along the Florida coast
is estimated ut S500,0J0. Reports from Lake
City, Palatka and other points throughout
the State indicate some damage to orange
trees, but none to property
A Charleston Is. CO. dispatch says: Charles
ton was struck by tornado this morning,
and one:fourth Of the houses in the city are
unroofed, parts of the spires Of st. Michaers
and St. Matthew's churches are blown
dow. and the spire of the. Cita-
del Square Baptist church is de-
molished. The wharves and warehouses
are badly damaged. Four vessels which ar
rived yesterday are wrecked. The telegraph
wires are down, and there are no car, run.
ming. The loss is estimated at $4,000
The work Of restoration has already begun.
Til, hurricane last night and this morning
was terrific, says Sullivan's Island IS c.
telegram. A number of houses on Sul!ivan's
island were blown away. The New Brighton
were entertained for their safety. About
its greatest velocity. At that hour,
while the hotel people were at
breakfast, the Casino fell with a great
crash Fortunately all the rvoTs in that
building had been vacated, but there Wee
grave apprehensions that the dining room
and main building would soon succumb to
the violence Of the storm. At 9 O'clock
west When the Casino fell Is is
thought that the velocity Of tie storm was
from sixty-five to seventy miles an hour. The
main building Of the hotel is intact, having
stood the storm without very serious damage.
It is said that the present storm was the most
violent in thirty years The loss to the New
Brighton will be $4,000.
A Savannah (Ga.) dispatch says: Early
last evening stiff breeze sprang up in this
city, which increased in violence until at
o'clock this morning it was blowing sixty
eled or stripped Of their branches, and fenc-
ing was laid low in every direction. In
front of the Pavilion hotel large syca-
more tree was snapped off like pipestem
and hurled against the house, carry
ing away the roof Of the porch and battering
in several windows, almost causing STAN.
pede among the terror-stricken guests. The
storm was not furious until A. H., but after
that hour very little sleep was obtained.
Hundreds of terrified people were up and
dressed in every part OF the city, momen-
tarily expecting recurrence OF the terrible
experience of 1881.
The warehouse of George W. Parish was
unroofed and large shed was blown down.
The roofs of many houses were wholly or in
part blown off. Along the wharves the gale
was even more terrific. At the Exchange
dock the saiboat Alec Brown Of Beaufort
was run into and sunk by the sloop Pet, and
three other sloops suffered the Same fate.
At A. 81. the water was running over the
whnrves and rnDtains had all they could 10
to keep their vessels from being dashed TO
pieces. Several small sailing craft which
ply between the city and adjacent islands
were seen floating out to sea bottom up, ana
it is feared that many negro vegetaole
dealers have been drowned. One body has
already been washed ashore at Schuetzen
Park At Tybee Island, at the entrance
to the river, the gale was even worse than IN
this city. The wind attained velocity or
eighty.four miles an hour, and everybody on
the island expected to be blown out to sea or
drowned by a big wave. The summer resi-
dence OF Charles Carroll was leveled with the
ground. Mrs. Carroll, who was alone IN the
house. escaped just in time to save her HE
The house and its contents were worth S9t'
The British steamship Marion. from the
Cane Verde Islands for Savannah, in BALLAST,
which had been lying in quarantine ior q
week, dragged her anchor and was iltte1 ,:So lnTo
the marsh. She was gotten Off to-nlsht. WINE
coming up the rivor tonight the steamer MA
rion collided with the river steamer brluse
ton. and the latter was sunk. No hveS are
known to have been lost The BRUSH oalh
n. Mosler. lying OFF Tybee' drasgeu net
anchor and went ashore on the oeach oPpo
site Tybes lighthouse. She was IN BALLAST
from Belfast, Ireland, to Savannah LOT cIai-
ter. She is partly filled with water, ana lles
in a position which will probably result III y.
her destruction unless she can DC eot'el ol
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