The morning news., 1894-10-10
OF THE WIND STORM.
4 Velocity Of IS Miles an Hour Re-
ported at Pensacola.

The Average Velocity Between a. m.
and 7 p. m. 4s Miles an Hour-No Sc
rious Damage to Property Reported.
The Center Of the Storm Southeast of
the City.
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.
Tho hurricane increased in fury as morn
ing approached, and all day yesterday
it ragged with terrible fury. Falling signs
and roofs made it dangerous to appear
on the streets, and business was prac-
tically suspended. The average velocity
Of the wind from a. m. to Z D. m. was
IS miles per hour. Between and p. m.
it blew steadily at the rate of 6S miles
an hour and several times between II
a. m. and D. m. it reached a velocity of
S. miles. At p. m. the barometer fell
to 292S, the lowest ever recorded at this
station, being 10 lower than during the
great storm of last October
The center of the hurricane was not
a great distance southeast of this city,
but every telegraph wire leading from the
city went down before IL a. m. and moth
ing could be heard from other points.
Owing to the wind blowing off shore
and the warning given by the weather
bureau the damage to shipping was small.
The British bark Scammef Brothers,
newly loaded, dragged her anchors four
miles across the bay and went ashore in
seventeen feet of water at point oppo-
site the life saving station. She will have
to discharge a part of her cargo.
The Swedish bark Annonnette, not
loaded, dragged her anchors half way
down the bay and was saved from cap
sizing by cutting away her foremast.
The little schooner Two Sons Of New
Orleans had her masts cut away to keep
from eapslzing.
The fishing smack Mary Potter dragged
her anchors from Town Point and went
ashore on Santa Rosa Island east of the
Ife-saving station, where she lies high
and dry
The tide rose over the quarantine sta
ton 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 20 their waists One
house was blown down at the station, the
wharf was swept away and the supply
sloop was swamped and sunk.
The track Of the dummy line, from Big
Bayou to the navy yard, is twisted all
out of shape, and in some places is
buried two feet under sand.
The city is much damaged. Fences
trees and small outhouses were blown
down in every part of the city. A part
of the room was torn off the opera-house
The entire roof was torn OFF the large
Blount & Watson building on Pacific
street, and all the stores and offices in it
were flooded with water. a part of the
roof of Creary & McClintock's machine
shop was blown into the bay.
The Union Baptist church (colored) was
blown down and completely wrecked.
Several plate glass fronts were smashed
by falling signs and awning poles,
So far as can be learned, no one was in
jured.
The storm ceased at midnight and the
weather is bright and much cooler to-
day.
Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 9-The western
portion of Florida was swept by the gulf
storm last night, but it is impossible to
ascertain the extent of the damage, as all
the wires to the west are down. At this
hour 90 p. m) nothing has been heard
from any point west OF Jacksonville save
Lake City At that place the wind
reached a great velocity, but no serious
damage resulted. Lake City is about 80
miles west of Jacksonville
The storm is supposed to have been very
severe between Tallahassee and Pensa-
cola, and reports as to its work in those
sections are anxiously awaited
In Jacksonville the wind reached a
greater velocity than it did during the
September storm but beyond unroofing
few houses, no serious damage was
done.
The storm ragged principally in West
FLORIDA, where much cotton is grown, and
the loss to the farmers will be heavy.