Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-12
THE DESTRUCTIVE WIND. Apalachicola and Cedar Keys a
 Mass of Ruins. TWO BEAUTIFUL TOWNS Piled Up With Debris From Land and Ocean--Some
 of the Results.
TWO BEAUTIFUL TOWNS

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 11.-Commu- nication has been re-establshed with all points on the Florida coast visited by the storm which ragged Monday night and Tuesday morning, and dispatches to the Times Union tell woeful tales of the de- struction caused by the wind and water.
 Apalechicola and Cedar Keys were directly In the storm's path, and the damage at these places is almost incalculable. Con- munication with these points has been cut off until today. The storm first struck Cedar Keys, and the following dispatch to the Times Union describes it's work:
 "CEDAR KEYS, Fla, Oct. n.-Cedar Keys has just experienced the most disas- trous storm which has visited here for twenty-five years. The main business street is piled from one end to the other with debris, consisting of wreckage from boats, whaEves, fish houses and logs of every description.
 ssIhe storm began at o'clock Monday morning with heavy wind from the st, gradually shifting to the south and then to the southwest, increasing in violence and continuing until daylight Tuesday morn
 HThe damage and loss of property is very great. The Florida Central and Peninsular road is a heavy sufferer. AL
 
 distance of three and half miles, is either destroyed or badly damaged. From the mainland to Sumter, distance of four ana a half miles. there are nearly 100 washouts. The mail train got in Monday night, but is caught between two washouts and can not move either way.
 ssThe Town Improvement company is a heavy loser, as a number of business and dwelling houses were swept away. The fish and oytter houses joining the rail ~t1A hxr Rn & Daniel and w. H. Anderson are demol- ished and all the contents are total loss, amounting to several thousand dollars. The B. Faber Cedar company loses the steamer Media, valued at $3500, and had swept away 30, eco logs of cedar, which they will be weeks in collecting again. The cedar mill just started up by w. Il. Anderson was badly damaged, and about 15, coo logs of cedar scattered for miles.
 ''rhe city hall, a two-story, concrete building, with offices below, had the tin roof blown off and one entire side knocked ont by logs, etc. The city jail cannot be found. The five bridges on the shell road leading to the main land were washed away. great many small boats were wrecked and fish camps washed away. One sloop came in Tuesday morning with five mep, who had clung to single pal meito tree since Monday night. Another came in tonight with three men who were wrecked Monday and had been on
 
 water. It is reported that five sponge ves- sells went ashore during the storm and were driven seven miles into the woods.'
 From Cedar Keys the cyclone traveed up the west coast until it reached Apaiach- icola. It was even more severe at Apalach- icola than at Cedar Keys, il possible, as the following dispatch to the Times Unlon indicates:
 .APALAcH ICoLA, Fla, Oct. u.-Never before in the history of this town was such hox,. Hacfru finn yUr O and tide as Monday night between the hours of and 10 o'clock. Water, Com merce and Market streets are mass of logs, boats, lumber and dead fish. Do far two lives are reported lost. Two residences were carried half to three quarters of a mile and placed in the marsh near Cypress mill, uninjured. One of these had just been completed for newly married couple. All the docks were totally destroyed houses were unroofed and fences scattered every where. Murat's wholesale fish house was laid flat and thousands of dead fish line the streets.
 .Families soug ht safety on the hills, ,ouly to be routed by the terrific gale. The water is feet deep on Water street, and some Of the best dry goods and grocery stores were injured by floating timber, and soft mud and brush line the floors and shelves. Five barges loaded with timber were blown from East Pass and lodged in the marsh two miles north of this place. The Kimbali Lumber company are the principal losers. Their loss is about SIC, ,OOO. Murat's loss is about 5000. At present 1t is impossi ble to get at estimate of. the loss of goods or buildings. Fish houses, oyster factories and shanties were literally demolished.
 "The loss in the aggregate will be fully S20, GOO. The people are dismayed, and an appeal for aid will be sent out. ''
 From many other points in west Florida come reports of the storm's destructive work, but Cedar Keys and Apalachicola seem to have been the principal suffers.
 WHERE ARE THEYf
 PENSACOLA, Fla, Oct. 11.-Fifteen fish, ing smacks belon ging to his port were on the gulf during the storm. Nothing has yet been heard of them, and much anxiety is felt.
 TIDE ROSE TEN FEET.
 PENSACOLA, F a., O-t. f1.-A special re- ceived here today rom Apalachicola shows that the center of the hurricane Un Monday passed between this city and that place. The wind at Apalachicoia blow from the southeast and the tide rose so high that the