Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-10-18
BAD STORM IN THE SOUTH.

Great Havoc Wrought-Railway and Tel
graphic Communication Interrupted.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 13.-RepOrts
Of the storm Of yesterday and last night
show the damage to be much greater
than was at first feared. Its track along
the east coast Of the state is plainly
marked by the desolation wrought. The
fact that every wire III the eastern part
of the state was rendered useless has
made it impossible to ascertain many
details. The railroads and Western
Union have an army of linemen at work
repairing the lines. Great trees 100
feet tall were blown across the wires
and railroad tracks so that traffic is
practically suspended. Washouts, too,
are numerous. No train has arrived
here from st. Augustine and the Indian
River country for forty eight hours, and
no tidings of the trains can be received
here. The officials think the delay is
due to the washing away or damaging Of
a long trestle just west OF st. Augustine
on the Jacksonville, st. Augustine q
Indian River Railway.
Reports from New Smyrna state that
the storm played havoc with that
place, houses being blown away and
other damage being done. At Pablo
Beach, a small seaside resort twenty
miles from mere, houses we're DIOWu
down, bulk-heading carried away by
the heavy seas and the place flooded.
Several residents narrowly escaped be-
ing killed.
Mayport, a town at the mouth of the
St. Johns River, came near being
washed away. The sea was higher and
angrier than ever known before and
eight houses on the beach were swept
away, one of which was last seen float
ing several miles at sea. In one Of the
houses were two young white boys, sons
of weli-knoWn citizens. Municipal
Judge Cromwell Gibbons, of this city,
who had cottage at Mayport, was COM
PEELED to swim horse from his house
in order to reach dry land.
A special from St. Augustine states
that great damage was done there. The
entire city was flooded with three feet
of water, many stores and residences
being badly damaged. Parts of the sea
wall and government barracks were
washed and blown away and dozen or
more houses wrecked. The steamer
Myth and sailboat were blown high
and dry near South Beach.
| Ormond, New Smyrna, Daytonia and
Rock Ledge suffered much. The roof
was blown off Phil Dryers Hotel at
Indian River. Shipping in all the ports
u.
Iroquois, due here to-day from New
York, has not yet been reported and
fears regarding her safety are enter
tanned by many.
| NEW York, Oct 1.-THE cyclone
which has been expected for a week or
more reached here with vengeance.
The wind began to shift from east to
southeast, and the storm spread itself
and settled down to the strictest kind
of business. Though it blew on the
average some thirty miles an hour dur
ing the early evening, frequently gust
of cyclonic fury tore along at a sixty
mile gait, smashing in doors and carry
ing sign boards. At9 o'clock the wind
was blowing thirty eight miles; at $3.50,
forty-two miles; at 10, forty-eight miles;
at II 20, fifty miles. and by II 40 had
shown decrease of two miles. The
Western Union Telegraph Company had
no communication out Of Philadelphia
| and communication with Washington
was in almost as bad shape. The storm
resembled q cyclone and was accom-
panied by rainfall that flooded the
streets In Brooklyn the wind left a
track of fallen trees in its wake.
BALTIMORE, Md, Oct 14-In various
sections of the city houses were I'M
rooted. The wind and rain swelled the
water in the harbor so that the New
York trains were unable to cross the
bridges. From Annapolis and other
sections in Southern Maryland
came reports of damage by
the storm. The Brush Electric
Light Works took fire and were
| burned, leaving the city in darkness.
| Sparks set fire to the county Jail. The
! prisoners were hurriedly collected and