St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-14
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DOWN SOUTH.
Reports OF the Storm Damage
From the Florida Coast.

Reports OF the Storm Damage
From the Florida Coast.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Oct. IA special to
the Republic from Jacksonville, Fla,
says: reports Of the storm of yester-
day and last night continue to come in,
and show the damage done to be much
greater than was at first feared. Its
track along the east coast of the state
is plainly marked by the desola-
ton wrought. The fact that every
wire i'll the eastern part of the state was
rendered useless, has made it impossi-
BILE to ascertain many details. The rail-
roads and Western Union Telegraph
company have all army of men at work
repairing the lines, but the work is very
slow. Great trees 100 feet tall were
blown across the wires and railroad
tracks, so that traffic is practically suS-
pended. WashOutS are numerous. and
the losses to the companies very heavy.
No train has arrived here from st. Au
gustine and the Indian river country
for the past forty-eight hOu rs, 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. August
inc on the Jacksonville, st. Augustine
IL Indian River railway.
Reports from New Smyrna stated 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 being killed.
Mayp0rt, a town at the mouth of 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 floating sew
eral miles at sea. In one of the houses
were two young white boys, sous OF
prominent citizens of this place.
Whether or not they deserted the house
in time IS not known, but up to late
hour both were still missing. Munich
pal Judge Cromwell Gibbons, of this
city, who has cottage at Mayport, was
compelled to swim a horse from his
house in order to reach dry land.
A number of casualties are reported,
but so far no deaths. a special from
ST. Augustine states that great damage
was uOuC lIC CtlLlLC Clll WAC
flooded with three feet of water, many
stores and residences being badly dam-
aged. Parts of the sea wall and bar
racks were washed and blown away.
and dozen or more houses wrecked.
The steamer Myth and a sail boat were
blown high and dry near South
Beach. The same special states
that passenger tram from the
South brings news of great damage all
along the route. OrmOnd, New Smyrna,
Datonia and Rockledge suffered much.
The roof was blown off Phil Dryers
hotel at Indian River. Shipping i'll all
the ports suffered much, and many small
boats We're sunk at anchor. The Clyde
steamship lroquUls, due here today from
New Gork, has not yet been reported,
and fears regarding her Safety are eu-
tertained by many.
The orange crop in the eastern portion
of the state, about which alarm has
been felt on account of the advanced
stage Of the fruit, is considerably INJURED
i'll many places, and in number of
groves the ground Is covered with
oranges, lemons and lines. The loss
thus sustained will probably reach into
the hundreds of thousands OF dollars.
All day today the wind blew gale.
making it impossible for steamers to
make landing. Tonight everything is
calm with nothing to Indicate reoccur-
renee OF last nights horrors.