Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-19
BAD STORM IN THE SOUTH.
Great Havoc Wrought-Railway and TIE
graphic Communication Interrupted.

Great Havoc MISUNDERSTANDING q md 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 in 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 linenen 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
long trestle just west of st. Augustine
on the Jacksonville, St. Augustine &
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 here, houses were blown
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
e Ii !, l.,,+
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 a 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
suffered. The Clyde steamship
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 week or
more reached here with a vengeance.
The wind began to shift from east to
southeast, and the storm spread itself
and settled down to the strctest kind
Of business. Though it blew Oh the
average some thirty miles an hour dur
ing the early evening, frequently gust
OF cycionlc fury tore along at a sixty
mile gait, smashing in doors and carry
ing sign boards. At 8 O'Clock the wind
was blowing thirty eight miles; at $50,
torty-two miles; at 10, fortyeight miles;
at l1:2O, fifty miles, and by 11:45 had
shown a 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 a cyclone and was accom-
panied by a rainfall that flooded the
streets. In Brooklyn the wind left
track of fallen trees in its wake.
BALTIMORE, Md. Oct. 14.-In various
sections of the city houses were nm,
rooted. The wind and rain sweiled 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 bv
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