Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-10
THE TROPICAL STORM Did Great Havoc in Pensacola and
 Suburbs.
NO LIVES REPORTED LOST
Charleston Gets the Go By. Louisiana Oranges Injured.
 High Wind at Tybee.

PENSACOLA, Fla, Oct. 9.-The tropical hurricane that had been central in the gulf for several days struck this city Sunday night. The wind blew from the northeast and was accompanied by rain. The hurri- cane increased in fury as morning ap- preached, and all day yesterday it ragged with terrible fury. Falling signs and roofs made it dangerous to appear on the streets, and business was practically sus- pended.
 The average velocity of the wind from a. m. to p. ID. was forty eight miles per hour. Between and D. m. it blew stead- fly at the rate of sixty eight miles an hour, and several times between II a. m. and p. m. 1t reached a velocity of eighty five miles. At 2 D.. m. the barometer fell to 29 28, the lowest ever recorded at this sta tion, being .1a lower than during the great storm of last October.
 The center of the hurricane was not great distance southeast of this city, but every telegraph wire leading from the city went down before Il a. m. and nothing could be heard from other points. Owing to the wind blowing off shore and the warning given by the weather bureau, the damage to the shipping was small. The British bark Scammell Bros. newly loaded with timber, dragged her anchors over four miles across the bay and went ashore in 17 feet of water at point opposite the life saving station.. She will have to dis charge part of her cargo.
 The Swedish bark Antoinette, not loaded, dragged her anchors half way down the bay and was saved from capsizing by cutting away her foremast. The little schooner Two Sons of New Orleans had her masts cut away to keep from capsizing.
 The fishing smack Mary Potter dragged her anchors from Town Point and went ashore on Santa Rosa island, east of the life saving station, where she lies, high and dry.
 The tide rose over the quarantine station and damaged the crib. The tide was so high that it broke clear over Santa Rosa island and the life saving crew were in water up to their waists. One house was blown down at the station, the wharf was swept away and the supply sloop swamped and sunk.
 The track of the dummy line, from Big bayou to the navy yard, IS twisted all out feet under sand. The city is much dam- aged. Fences, trees and small out houses were blown down in evary part of the city. LA part of the roof was torn off the opera I1house. The entire roof was torn of the Ierge Blount & Watson building on Pa cific street, and all the stores and offices in 1t were flooded with water.
 part of the roof of Creary & McClin- tock's machine shop was blown into the bay. The Union Baptist (colored) church
 
 Several plate glass fronts were smashed by falling signs and awning poles were blown down. So far as learned no one was in- jured. The storm ceased at midnight and the weather is bright and much cooler to- day.
 HEAVY TIDE EXPECTED. WAsHINaToN, Oct. g. Commodore Matthews, chief of the navy yards and docks, received telegram this afternoon from Capt. c. H. Rockwell, commanding the naval station at Port Royal, s. o., where government dry dock is now un- clone was blowing there, the center being apparently to the westward. heavy tide was expected tonight, but precautions had been tiksn which would possibly prevent much damage to naval property. CHARLESTON GETS THE GO-BY. CHARLESTON, s. o., Oct. 9.-The cy- clone gave Charleston the go-by. The sea was high, hard rains fell and there was was done in the city. The maximum ve- locity of the wind was only thirty six miles an hour, and no damage was done, as far.as reported, on sea or on shore. 1t is possible that the cottou crop in the in- terior was damaged by the storm, but the damage will in no place prove serious. THREE PARKS IN TROUBLE. SCRANTON, Miss, Oct. 9.-This morning the tugs IcO, 1IVd duu EOA Wout tO ID OEu island, but could not make landing. Yes terday at 4 p. m. the Norwegian bark Trstad cut away her mast, then fired sig nas for tugs. The barks Ordovic and T6- ria Topan are stranded and leaking badly, and it is believed that all three will have to be abandoned. The French bark Suzanne Boulet weathered the storm in safety. For tunately no lives were lost.
 ORANGES RUINED.
 NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 9.-A telegram has been received from Port Eads to the effect that the orange crop in the vicinity was damaged one-third by the storm. The wind had attained velocity of eighty four miles an hour when the gauge broke. The rice fields were covered with water to the depth of 1 feet, but as the crop had been harvested very little damage resulted from the overflow.
 SEVENTY MILES AN HOUR.
 SAVANNAH, Ga. Oct. 9.-The center of the gulf storm passed west of Savannah this morning, moving northeast. No dam age was done here. At Tyhee the wind reached a velocity of seventy miles an hour L-a-- Al. ~Lx -$,~-~ 5~