The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-14
AFLOOD At ST. AUGUSTINE.
The Gale Drives the Tide Over the
Sea Wall.


Wharves and Buildings Along the
Ocean Front Carried Away or Badly
Dam aged Small Graft Badly Dam
aged and Left High and Dry on the
Land-A Schooner Seen Trying to
Cross the Bar Wednesday, But Not
Seen Since.
St Augustine, Fla, Oct. ia cyclone
conferred over st. Augustine Wednesday
night at II o'clock and gave full force to
the northeaster which had prevailed
since last Saturday, cutting of rail and
wire connections from the outer world.
The gale held the tide at its mean high
water mark during the night and Thurs
day afternoon at o'clock increased the
tide until it rose twelve inches higher
than the sea wall. This almost entirely
inundated the city and its suburbs. The
ocean seemed to have full sway over the
islands in the harbor, reaching the high
est tidal point Thursday morning at 10
O'Clock.
The heavy swells carried away T. f.
Corbetts wharf house. pumping apparatus
and the steamers Ada, G. w. and Amos.
Corbett's fish house and contents hoated
on the end of the central wharf, and the
wharf went, leaving partly damaged the
St. Augustine Yacht Clubs house.
The wharf and ferry houses of the St.
Augustine and South Beach Railway Com
pant were carried away by the seething
sea.
All the wharfage at Capo's bath house
and also the A Cn1uNV1 II
wharf bath house, cord wood and govern
meut property at st. Francis barracks.
Allen Woods machine shop was
wrecked.
The Asia hospital and dozens Of houses
situated on the bay front, Charlotte, Ma
rine and Bridge streets, were tioated and
damaged.
The steamer Ada was secured.
BLOWN ONTO THE ISLAND.
The ferry company's steamer Myth was
torn from her mOorings at the wharf on
the west side of AnasUasia Island and
thrown inland near MOultrie creek.
Dan COXie's steam yacht Marion was
cast high ashore on the west bank of San
Sebastian river
All the water crafts were left high and
dry on Charlotte street on the opposite
side of the old St. Augustine hotel by the
sea which broke over the sea wall and
sought the lower places all over the old
city 1t reached Hospital street to the
west, forced its way through the street
catch on COrdOva street and flooded
on until it was joined by the waters of
Maria Sanchez creek on the south and San
Sebastian river on the west.
Thus, with the exception of
King street, between Hospital
and Cordova and st. George streets, from
the bridge to near the city gates, an area
of six squares of streets, the whole city
was inundated to a depth of one to three
feet
Torrents of pelting rain, with 40-mile
cyclOnic wind, rendered everybody miser-
able, but strange to record, not life was
lost. The only accident was nail driven
into a boys foot by falling driftwoods.
Many streets are barricaded with
wreckage, and are almost impossible
Every wharf in front of the city was
destroyed.
Many individuals lose, but the aggre-
gate loss is less than $50, 900.
The cypress pavements except on St.
George street, toated away.
This is the highest tide known since
1924
The sea dashed against the east wall of
FIT Marion, and the forts mOat was filed
and overtlOwed into San Sebastian river.
SCHOONER OFF THE BAR.
A three-masted schooner was seen off
the outer bar Wednesday evening try to
cross, but has not been seen since.
Several coast buoys washed in shore.
The ocean has cut two channels through
the island south of Matanzas inlet, one of
them through the resort town of Summer
Haven and the other three miles further
south.
The South Beach Railway was dam
aged by the wafer from MatanZas ferry
to the light house and to Jack Mount.
The ietties on Anastasia Island are con-
ceded to have prevented the ocean from
cutting through the island.
The Jacksonville, St. Augustine and In
dian River Railway sent the first train
south tonight at since Wednesday eve
ming.
Wire connection was restored this
afternoon for the first time since Wednes-
day night.
Reports say the cyclone did considera-
Bile damage to houses along the line of
railway as far as Eau Gallie
Trains south and north win resume
their regular schedule tomorrow mOrnz
ing
THE BLOW AT MELROsE.
MeIrose, Fla, Oct 10. - The storm
ragged all day yesterday and up to mid
night, when it stopped blowing suddenly.
1t was considerably harder than the Au-
gust storm, but no serious damage has
been done so far as heard from. A great
many orages have been blown off of the
trees and probably a great many injured
by being thorn pierced that will drop
Some fences have been blown down and
few trees uprooted.
There is an artist in town, and long
before the wind reached its greatest We
locity his tent went over and wet his ma
teral and pictures.