The morning call., 1893-10-15
! WIRES DOWN EVERYWHERE.
!; Whole: Communities Shut Off
Prom Outside Communication.
THERE HAS BEEN MUCH DAMAGE
But it Seems to Be Impossible as
::..:.:..: :.*..: Yet to Estimate Its Full
=. :: =. Extent.

GfYesfeIaay aud last night subsided in this
5iei 1itY this evening. but il is still raging
: fjffi6Usly in tie western and northern
paris of the State In this vicinity and
q # <.I:G:fhe coast south great deal of minor
dsllfsE has been done and several small
:sesSefS:bave been wrecked, but so far as
E6aEd:from no lives have been lost. The
.9Fclone struck TIE city early last evening,
AT 9. O'Clock the wind was blowing 3S
miles ;:at 9: 30. A. miles, at 10, IS miles; al
lf:2G, 80 miles. The Western Union Tele-
GRAPH C6mpauy had no com munication
with Tie West from early in the evening
.uiatlI~la .Eate hour. and then the facilities
wsre limited. Communication with Wash
:ington was in almost as had shape. The
:sti3Tm. reSembled a cyclone. and toward
midnight rainfall came that flooded the
= streets. and left large pools.
complete prostrstion of the telegraph
,ieTvice. seems the most serious result Of
the. storm.
:::AdvIces from Buffalo tonight state that
the; wind is blowing at the rate Of sixty
miles AN hour. Considerable damage has
':begh .dohe and several yachts are ashore,
but far as learned no lives have been
lost.
:*kt' Long Branch and AS bury Park the
.Rfnd:1eached a velocity Of seventy miles
Rn hbur 10 wrecks are reported. The
. damage. at. jersey City is considerable,
: cEti@f5. Cue to flooded cellars. Belvidere,
y. J.. reports great damage TO property.
}Ebere. we're no fatalities, but many narrow
.escapes,r
:. Reports from that section Of the Gulf
nh hc
-storm. passed over show that while the
.:wiud did great damage it is much lighter
tn R.was expected from the statements in
:the-frSt dis patches.
1.-The, wires are all down from Atlanta,
: ga, TO- Florida. Charleston was two feet
::underwat in places, and much cotton
w Injured. All wires into Charleston
are:deWn.
:: >1Ihe lG4Eer part of Savannah. Ga, was
1goded and nothing had been heard from
tb e=Ighee Islands.
=. Rslilfoad traffic in Florida is practically
suspendeii and washouts are numerous
.AuGtsune is flooded with three feet of
,viateyr~1IsDy stores and residences being
badly damaged. Shipping in all parts suf-
.-dsyed: GTAatly. The orange crop in the
-easter1.pgrtion of the State is considerably
:dnjured. in many places. The losses sus-
ta{neG.will reach into hundreds of thou
sauds OF dollars.
!. Th3hgh-similar to the two great storms
In. August last. the West India cyclone
d Ices. n ots seem TO have proved so disastrous.
OWIng::to the prostration of telegraph
'v7iEes, few reports have vet been received.
Many small accidents are reported here,
:bJir meme Of a serious character occurred
.wflhfn the city. Many yachts and small
vessels were disabled or blown ashore. but
if0rtunateiy no drownings have yet been
'Iearned ef.
: A:.special to the Daily American from
Boston saws: The southern hurricane
sDent: its force in New England between
midnight and noon to-day. doing a large
amount 6f damage to shipping and wires.
Nearly all the western telephone and tele-
graph wires were laid low in the esu burbs of
: Boston, and fer hours but one wire was
. wog king 10 New York. while eommunlca-
: tIon.to points north and west was cut off.
eTheef$Hernsen of Gloucester report heavy
lesses.. The gale at Block Island, Portland
and exposed points along the coast blew
.sixty :mIles an hour, and no steamers
crossed the sound to-day. At South Boston
: two score of yachts and pleasure craft
were driven ashore and several boats
were broken Up. Meager details are
reaching here of the extent Of the ravages
: of:.tbe storm souihward. Many wrecks
are reported. but particulars are meager.
: 7T:he barkentine Ravens wood. from Boston,
went ashore az Chieamicaomico, n. S.,
!, But. the. crew were rescued, though with
d1fficulty.
; "A: special to the Daily AM erican from
: Columbia, S. c.. says: Magnolia Roach.
nn the South Carolina coast, was swept Of
every house by the storm. The settlers
had. to seek refuge in trees. Many lives
were lost and the country for miles around
was.devas stated.
s WASHINGTON. Oct. IA storm of the
hurricane variety passed over the city last
night. It had raIned al day and toward
fight the wind began TO blow hard. and
=. vi hits Increased velocity the rain seemed
10 increase in volume till 9 o'clock, when
1t ceased, but the wind continued with in
@praasing force and the weather was hot
and suitry.
:: Houses were unroofed and some small
oles~.were blown down, and teiegraphic
connection with the outer world was al
TiDst entirely cut of by the breaking Of
poles and wires. Finally. late at night.
.:the Western Union got wire to the West
5y:'way Of Memphis for the Associated
rfress. report. The storm abated at day.
:llght this morning and by o'clock the sky
Was clear
ustiee Brown of the Supreme Court,
wUlie.tTylng 10 close a window last night,
was struck oy piece of plate glass in the
;right temple. cutting severe cash and
feTer'ng an artery. But for prompt medi-
: cal attendance lie would have bled to
CHICAGO. Oct. 14.-As a result of the
fearful wind and rain storms. teIegraphic
OF telephone communication with New
York. Washington, Boston, and large
part ef the South. is next to Impossible.
Wires from. the west are working after a
fashion as far east as the Alieghenies. but
the country on the further Slope of The
mountains is cut of almost as though il
had suddenly sunk into the sea.
" The trouble with the wires began ve.-
terday. and gradually grew worse through
the night reaching climax this morn.