New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-27
; THE STORM APPROACHING.
TERRIFIC GALE IN THE SOUTH
WEST INDIAN HURRICANE POUNDING
THE ATLANTIC COAST.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE IN FLORIDA GEoh"l"
AND THE CAROtINAs-THE WIND DRIVES
ALONG AT sEvENTY-FIvE MILES AN
HorR-NEw-Yo MAY EXPECT

4
uorR-NEw-Yo MAY EXPEcT
4 touch OF IT TO-DAY.
Jacksonville Fla Sept 26--The expected hurri-
cane from the West Indies struck JacksonviiIe
to-day at II a. m. with the wind blowing al a
velocity Of forty-sx miles per hour ana ram
pouring down in torrents Business Is absolutely
paralyzed The Everett Hotel the largest in the
city. was unroofed and flooded with water Inc
unfinished Union Depot was blown do"h' y
number Of people have been injured. but none
killed The streets Of Jacksonville are Hooded
The river is three feet above the normal me
wind at the mouth of the river recorded SKI!
miles an hour. Mlyport is flooded ana several
houses are inundated Two houses in Jackson
willie were blown down. No trains are arriving or
departing Many large washouts are rep"rt'u'
savannah. GA. Sept 26-Thc storm is increas-
ing in violence The barometer is still! fall'ng ana
the wind here and AZ Tybce Island has attlined
a velocity Of seventy-fve miles an hour Govern
ment officers have gone down 10 quarantine 10
inspect the damage. 1t Is feared tnai the quar-
antine station will bc entirely destroyed II Is be-
leved that there has been large loss oi He AT
the Sea Islands
Charleston. Sept. 26 SpcciaD.-Charles'on IS
again fas; in the grip Of the storm King Inc
to the ample warning given by the Weather
Bureau people had time to prepare for II as ihr
AS preparation could go. The summer colony on
Suvans Island all packed up ana came I" the
city Yesterday The blow Of Tuesday was un-
accomIaried 10y a single drop of rain. alth"ush
the velocity attained 10y the wind was thlrty-sN
miles an hour. This morning the rain began
to fall and the velocity Of the wind Increased.
Iv noon the city was In the swirl The hiEheS'
velocity Of wind reported up TO TINS unr II
fortv-six miles but the chief damag" done mas
icon bv the flood Of salt water Whlch mas Will
out doubt extended 10 the rice fields. II Is not
improbable that the rice crop VIII be almost
entirely destroyed except that portion "f u
which is already harvested. TIL" cotton h'inS
along the coast. which are white WIN opening
hollis are also probably nearly destroyed :,
Mos, of tn other 81 ips y the harbor are safeN
anchored the steamers having steam up. Therc
ara about sixiy vessels IN port. and great deal
~ cotton These vessels are prepared To rli'
out the gale. The chici damage So Tar ndS , p'''
to the wharves and IN" East Shnr" , "a,
COMPANY. The town IS pretty well covered by
cyclone insurance. ,,
storm struck this plac" n slx O'Clock thS 'Nrl-
t,, and is having AT q velocity = fortN-hN"
n,i.s an hour Trees and telegraph poles ai'
down and great damag" don" +" corn ana c''-
ION II is feared that the worst Is yet 10 come.
Wilmington. y G. sept % \ "iMhS'"I III ~
with continuous rain Is now prevailing Ih"S iti
n, serious results reported. luil'a'l"nS P'n.
10 heavy storms durilg he night or III inc '"H
washington. Sept. &c People who I've along
the Atlantic coast from Georgia - "''"
chusetts viii tomorrow have taste ~ a HNcN
gale whil.. thr men who go out t. sea lh 9'IS
I'm defiance II the warning that Is no" Nv" inS ,
old will Do So at the pcril 4 their hN'A. ne
hurricane that was born SoneWh mere III tic
,r,nical seas was central near JncksonNllIc tls
morning where the maximum Ne.ority oi inc
,,ird vcas reportcd 10 the Weather Bureau 10 h'
r,r,v-six miles an hour. "hc storm has n'"h
slowly working up the coast ~ FI'rlHA' """ t''
Indications n.w arc that u VIII frrhiN' InW UT
coast near -. Aug ana pui S"a"'f' WIN
an increased forward movement IN hoIH ~
unrth.asterlv direction These storms iraN SOME
hing after the fashion of billiard BAH th'l h'4
hoeu driven with much Inrlsh against 'l,
| cushion Tho rnoucn; it comes IN contact WIN
,, ,t-,rucfion It's speed f. accelerated - ull3
Storm meeting 'he land. has rc"urV"d, ana ~
northward movement VIII boz much NOR" ralh'
SO ,apid that Ncw-York VIII feel y ny To-
morrow night. III, . .h
'rho centre Of this storm according 10 tn'
| 1afnst calculation viii hc ONT ~ sea. but the
| cons, cities Ike Washington. Baltimore ana
! Now-York will feel much of IN" wind. hIthnush
| II is not expected 10 reach IN" N"Ip'llE "l ,h'
| storm of last August. when record "f - ni'i'"
was reached. =. T.,
| Tho orange crop IN Florida Is reported |" -"
ruInnd This crop ripe ana Jlst hn"ut -"
| he gathered II would be Impossible" Tor th'
oranpos 10 cling 10 the trees In the race "l Such
a gale SO that the greater part or this Naiud"'c
| crop has probably been destroyed.