The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-10-17
ANOTHER CYCLONE
PASSES UP THE ATLANTIC'S COAST
LAST WEEK.


Tho Streets of st. Augustine Flooded Three
or -Four Feet-Terribie Havoc in and
Loss Of Life at Other Places.
ST Augustine, Fla, October 13.-tSpecial)-
The cyclone struck here Wednesday night, at
! II O'clock cutting off all rail and telegraph
connectluns north and south until this even
ing. The velocity OF the wind drove the TIDE
over the wall and flooding the city COM
| pletely one to three feet deep. Considerable
! damage done to houses, all the WhafVeS
and buildings the wharves being carried
away. The st. Augustine and South Beach
| Railway CCmpany's ferry wharf and steamer
We're carried away and the track damaged
Reports from along the east coast Flager s.
railway, south to Eau Gale, state that the cy-
clone did much damage. The train leaving
New Smyrna yesterday morning only reached
here tonight. Little damage was done on An
astasia island by the gale. The ferries dld
good service against the oceans attacks. Con-
siderable damage is reported at SummerhaVcn
Near MatanZaS inlet q threemaSted- schooner,
which was off the outer bar Wednesday night,
has not been further heard from. No loss OF
life is known although the ocean took posses
sion Of the whole east Florida coast
| Tine first floors of the stores and residences
| on many of the principal streets were Hood
! ed and the cypress block pavementS moved
off like so many cork shoppers Trees were
| UprOOtod ana hover gardens anu SHIubDtlS
| destroyed. The salt spray injured tender
plants up as far as the site OF the Ponce
| de Leon hotel and roofs and chllnneyS
were generally damaged by the wind ana
water. The loss is estimated at @Zo,UN'
! the most complete destruction being that
of Corbett's wharf and the terminals OF the
South Beach Ferry Company =,
Trainmen on the Jacksonville. ST. Au-
| gustne and Indian River railroad, reaching
| here tonight for the first time In thlrty-siN
| Of
| the storm in Ormond, New Smyrna, Day
tona and TituSvllle.
The roof of the Hotel Indian River at
! Rockledge. owned by Phil DIVER, OF New
| York has been blown OF.
! Terrible, Havoc in and Around Georgetown.
Columbia. S. c., October 14.-tSpeciai.) )
| The States Georgetown special says Inc
West Indian cyclone left destruction III ITS
| path there. At O'Clock on tlhe nlOraiiS
Of the 18th the wind was blowing SIXTY
! miles an hour and the tide came all over
| the water front. At 10 o'clock 1t was
| harder, the tide reaching q height OF zen
| inches above the mark of the hurricane OF
August 9th. The whole water front was
| from one TO four feet under water and
| thousands of dollars worth of merchandise
was damaged. The schooner prosperity
was blown ashore on South island aId VIII
| be a total loss The CLYDE steamer Creation
| rode out the storm at anchor at North IS
| land. The islanders suffered greatly and
| at Magnolia beach thirteen whites and SIN
| colored persons are known TO have been
| drowned. The tide there rose four feet IN
ten minutes and the waves swept fine
houses from their foundations and the in
mates to their death.
Two men and little girl are the only
ones saved from Il total OF Twenty-Five
They got on top of a small building and
drifted to the mainland. The names of
DIR. A. p. FLAGG, wife and son
ARTHUR Il. FLAGG, wife and five
children.
MISSES BET AND ALICE LABRUCE
and the two
MISSES WESTON, daughters of the
late Bentley Weston.
The tide rose three feet in some of the
houses on Pawley's island and the houses
Of DR. II. NJ. Tucker, +. T. Frazer and
l.. &. LaChcotte were washed away, the
inmates only saving the clothes they had
on. No lives are reported lost on this is
land nor on DebOudean. but several houses
We're washed from their foundations and
& 1; ~ Is t s
house.
The most ncartrendng report comes from
DR. T. w. Flagg who escaped. and ais"
saved Miss Weston. ten years Ola; 1hey
were clinging to the bou%hS OF Il CEDAR 'ree
drifting to the mainland and his father anu ana
mother were with them on the Tree. ]ilS
r,C,ther became exhausted and lost her hold
mon the limb and his father let 90 to res
che her and both were drowned before ms
ewes. The loss of life is appalling Hcarch-
ing parties are patroling the beach WIN III, Ihe
hope of finding some of the b"(hes. 4 ne
number of drowned may be larger WHEN
fuller reports can be gotten
The Worst in Wears.
Raleigh n G. October 13.-tSpecial.) line
| wind storm here this afternoon was the
worst in years. The winds velocity was
thirty-six miles an ho4r az S. wb iG9N is the
| inwest ever recorded in North Carolina Great
| damage has BEEN done to the cotton crop
| thn1Ign most of it is picked. Raleigh was al
| rmnsf in the eye of the storm. Its center
| hr;ny A little west Of mere. Telegraph wires
| are. down in all directions. Some buildings
| great numbers of trees are blown down.
| High Water at " iimington.
Wilmington, ~ c., October 14.-The old
est inhabitant was forced TO admit that
the terrific outburst OF wind ana wave
! that Swept through the city surpassed any
| storm in his day generations eohrS,
| day night was stormy. 1herc We're ntlui
| showers and violent gusts OF Wlnu taaI
forctokcneti the furious gale that foiioWeC
wirh the early morning. and that increased
,s the day wore on until the CLIMAX Oh tnt
| hie blow was reached near midday.
Rut the tide was the highest known even
in the memory Of the oldest resident. penn
sixteen inches above the hlGh,Wat''t MI \
stored ana TpCOlutN III A~'''' 49,
eurnassed all previous known records 1
* believed, since the deluge.
The high water did considerable damage
-, War; street. All Of the wharves were
under water and the flood swept through ,,,4
the lower floors of the warehouses h'
civ wbarves at the foot of Water stree
We're washed up and the wharf on m
north side of the dock was landed bod3!
on Water street. The fire WharVes, al tii'
foot of Princess and of Chestnut street
We're were also badly damaged and will cost th'
city a considerable sum TO rebuild. ,o,
At Ocean View all the large pavlhoh
and many cottages were either swept ava!
or more less damas@d ooo The no loss so t9;r
, T;sastars to shipping yet reported. but i
is feared some sad stories VII be rG ,.rI
tomorrow. Only loss of life yet Know
here was reported from Sampson, where
,, free fell on the roof of farmer: name
! Lane and crushed two of his children I
death.
rhe Steamer Augusta in the Storm
Savannah, Ga, October 14.-(Speclai.)
No news has yet been received from IN
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