The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-29
THE STORM IN FLORIDA.
OVER A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH
OF PROPERTY DESTROYED.
The Orange Crop Incalculabiy Dsmsgsd-.
Key West, the storms Centre, stiil
Cut On-No Lives Lost.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Sept 2s-Com-
munication with South Florida Is being
restored, and special dispatches are pour
ing I'm on the Times Union relative TO the
damage done by the West Indian cyclone
which ragged In that State Tuesday aud
Wednesday. The dispatches all tell the
same story of houses wrecked and crops
destroyed. but no loss of life is reported.
The Times-Union received "A dispatch
from Tampa to-day. which is the first in
formation from the place since Tuesday.
At Tampa several large cigar factories
We're wrecked.
The large three-story brick factory OF
Seidenberg * Co. was destroyed. TRe
factory OF &. \. Joyce was demolished,
as were also the factories OF lbor ~
Manarara, Teodoro. Perez CO., and
OHallOran. The First Presbyterian chGrSh
and the palatial Tampa Bay Hotel were
badly damaged Several smaller struc1
lures were also demolished. The total
loss on buildings at Tampa is estimated
at $1,000.
DAMAGE ro SKIPPING.
Communication with Fernandina Is also
restored to-day. \ dispatch from that
place says that the schooner Edward
Stewart, which was loaded and was lying
at anchor. was blown across the river,
pulling her anchors with her, and Is now
lying ON a mud hat I'm about live ieet OF
water. The small bows were an down
away. ard numbers are now lying hlsn
and dry up i'm the marsh, togethtt WIN
the floating dock which was at the root
of Centre street during the storm at
Fernandina the British steamships boston
city and Elemville collided ana were
badly damaged. ,,
great damage at that place to river clal,.
The steamer Princess was sunk ne'H'.n
Palatka ard Picola. she Is Nalusn AZ
$1,000. The steamer Edith was driven
ashore The steamer d r. Barry WAS
driven against the drawbrdge and wreck
ed. The steam yacht Maude was sunk
near Crescent city.
III. slohN - ~. AUoUs ilNE.
To-day the Times-Union received ad-
vices from St Augustine, which has
been cut off since Tuesday. These advices
were brought by Mrs. Anna VI. Narcotic,
the Times-Union's St Augustine reporter.
who made the trip on a handcar. Mts.
Marcotte gives "A graphic account or the
condition of things at st. Augustine. No
lives were lost. but several houses were
wrecked. and the losses will run INTO thc
thousands. Nearly all the windows IN the
city were blown in, and the houses nooh-
ed with water The Ponce DE Leon Hotel
was damaged. The loss on the motel >
furniture is heavy. At st. Augustine the
waves dashed over the sea wall ana
made rivers of the streets. Many
wharves were blown away.
Between Green Cove Spring and Palat-
ka, on the st. Johns twelve WharNes
have completely Gisappearedi, pp,aI,,ino Between nNt
telegraph pole was left standing. The
damage 10 the orange groves Is incalcu-
liable I'm the large groves the ground ls
completely covered with green oranges.
The loss will be fully twenty per cent
FEARS ton KY wfsT.
The east coast is still cut off from
communication below st. Augustine and
palatka. though Communication may be
restored tonight. Every effort Is being
made to near from Titusyiile. Jupiter.
and Key West, which are supposed 10
have brpu I'm the storm centre.
The dispatches indicate that the storm
was as severe IN the Interior ~ the state
as on the coast. IL struck Tampa ana
then travelled northeast Tor JacksQnVine
and ST. Augustine. At Ocala ana oFIahdo'
Interior points, several sedgulls ana sea
eels were found after the storm passed.
1t is safe to say that the storm has cost
Florida more than million dollars, Dut
no lives have been lost, unless at Key
West. Titusyile Jupiter, and other east
coast points.
THE STORM 10 90 sEAwARD.
WASHINGTON, -. g., Sept &-The
storm reported near Charleston yesterday
morning has moved northeastward TO
cape Hatteras. diminishing markedly IN
intensity. II viii probably move into the
ocean I'm a nOrtheasterly direction to-day,
and will give dangerous gales TO the Mid
die Atlantic and southern New England
coasts The tendency will be for an
Increase in energy as It passes into he
ocean. and the danger TO shipping at sea
viii be great.
SAVANNAH. GA, sept. IS. The steam
ships Kansas city, from New York, and
Dess0ng. from Philadelphia, arrived this
morning They caught very heavy
storms off llatteras, encounterlng hrhi
winds. retarding them several hours. but
no injury vas done TO either ship 1he
masters report passing several schooners
hove 70 on the way, with water dashlh-
over them.