Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-29
FLORIDA STORM DAMAGES.
Houses Wrecked and Crops Destroyed
No Loss of Life Reported.

| JACKSONVILLE, FLA, September
| ?s.-Communicatlon with South Florida
| Is being restored. and special dispatches
are pouring In on the Times-Union re-
latve to damage done by the West Indian
cyclone which ragged in the State Tuesday
and Wednesday. The dispatches all tell
the same story OF houses wrecked and
crops destroyed. but no loss OF life IL
reported.
The Timcs-Cnion received n dispatch
from Tampa to-day. which Is the first in
formation from the place since Tuesday.
At Tampa several large cigar-factorics
were wrecked. Tho large. thrce-story
brick factory OF Seidenberg & Co. was
destroyed. The factory OF G. a. Joyce
was demolished, as were also the fac
tories OF Ybor & Manarara, TeOdorO Perez
q CO.. and OIIalloran. The First Presby-
terrain church and the palat,ai Tampa
BAY Hotel were badly damaged. Several
smaller structures were also demolished
Tho total loss on buildings at Tampa IS
estimated at 5000
Communication with Fcrnandina was
also restored to-day. \ dispatch to the
Times nion from that place says that
the scheoncr 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
mud fiat In about five feet OF water.
Small boats were all blown away, and
numbers are now lying high and dry in
the marsh, together with the floating
dock. which was at the foot Of Centre
street. During the storm at Fernaniina
the British steamships Boston city and
Ellonville c0llidcd, and were badly
damaged.
4 dispatch from Palatka announces
great damage at that place TO river craft.
The steamer Princess was sunk between
Palatka and PicOla. she Is valued at III
ON. The steamer Edith was driven
ashore. The steamer u. L. Barry was
driven against the drawbridge ana
wrecked The steam yacht Maude was
sunk near Crescent city.
To-day the Timcs-Cnion also received
alvices from -. Augustine, which has
been cut or since Tuesday. These al
vices were brought 10y Mrs. Anna NJ
Narcotic. the Times-Union St Augustine
reporter. who made the trip on hand
car. Mrs. Narcotic gives "a graphic ac-
count Of the condition Of things at 81.
Augustine. No lives were lost but seVc-
raj houses were wrecked, ana the losses
will run up into the thousands. Nearly
al the windows I'm the city were blown
in. and the houses flooded with water.
The Ponce de Leon Hotel was damaged
fn this WAY The loss on the hotel fur
niture is heavy. At st. Augustine the
waves dashed over the sed-wall and
made rivers OF the streets. Many wharveS
were blown away.
Between Groen-Cove Spring ana Pa
iatka. on the 81 Johns. twelve wharves
have completely disappeared.
Between jacksonville and ST. Augustine
not telegraph pof was left standing.
The damage to the orange groves is in
Calculahlc. Dispatches to the Times
Union say that in the large groves the
ground t. completely covered with green
oranges. The loss viii be fun - per cent.
The east coast is still cut of from
communication below st. Augustine and
Palatka. though communication may BE-
restored tonight Every effort j. being
made to hear from Titusville. Jupiter,
AID Key West. which are supposed TO
have been i'm the storms centre.
Dispatches 10 the finest nion indicate
that the storm was as severe IN the IN
terror Of the State as on the coast. 1t
struck Tampa. ana then travelled north
east for jacksonville and St. Augustine.
At Ocala and Orlando interior points.
several sca-eulls and sea-eels were found
after the storm had passed. 1t is safe 10
say that IA. storm has cost fiorldl
more than a million dollars, but no llFes
have been lost unless al Key West
Tftusville Jupiter. or some other east
coast points