Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-10
The SOUTHERN CYKE
/ Does Much Damage in the City Of
Pensacola.
rs VELOCITY, IS MILES.
4 Passrs West Of Savannah and Givcs
Charleston Also the Go-By-i"
Elects Elsowherc.

PENSACOLA. FLA. october "-ihe
.ropicai hurricane that had pceh ceh'"'
n the Gulf for several days strucf inns
,ity Sunday night. The wind blew from
he northeast and was accompanied by
ain The hurricane Increased IN Jury as
morning approached. and all DAY 9eS'e'-
Law IL RACED with terrible force RAINING
dens and roofs made II dangerous 10
,ppcar on the streets. and business was
practically suspended. The average We
ocity of the wind from Z a. NJ. 10 T.
Al was forty-eight miles. ctwee : ana
IN ,he afternoon II blew steadily at the
ate Of sixtv-eight miles an hour and
.ovoral times between u and 4 l.. Nj. It
reached the velocity OF eighty-hVe mics
Al . the barometer fen TO &2s' the low
%, ever recorded at this station. being
10 lower than during the great storm OF
asst October.
The centre of the hurricane was not 2
,reot distance southeast of this city. but
,verv telegraph wire leading from the
.Itv went down before Il a. NJ. ana no
hing could be heard from other points.
Owing TO the wind blowing off-shore and
the warning given by the Weather Bu-
,eau. the damage 10 shipping was small.
Tho british bark Scammell, newly load
All with timber. dragged her anchor over
iour miles across the bay. ana went
ashore in seventeen feet OF water al a
noint opposite the ~lfc-saving sthuoh'
Che viii have TO discharge a part oil her
cargo. The Swedish bark Antoinette. not
,oadea. dragged her anchor half way down
The bay. and was only saved from cap
sizing by cutting away her forenlHS''
The little schooner Two Sons, OF Ne"
orleans. had her masts cut away TO
keep from capsizing, The fishing Snac"
Mary Potter dragged her anchors from
Town Point and went ashore on
Santa Rosa Island. east OF ,he
uf.-saving station. where she Hes high
and dry.
HIGH TIDE.
The tide rose over the quarantine sta
,,on and damaged the crib. The tidr was
60 high that il broke clear over santa
Rosa Island. and the l!fe-saVlig ere"
were in water up TO their waists one
house was blown down at the station V"e
wharf was swept away. ana me SUPp4E.
gloon was swamped and sunk. me t'd.N
of the dummy-line from Big I'ayou u
the navy-yard Is twisted OUT OF S"HPo'
and in some places is buried TWO IeeI
under sand. ~.roo
The. city Is much danrgei. l,noe
trees. ana small o~uthouses "e'e ~.
down in every part Of the city. a part
- tha roof vas torn off the Opcra-liouse'
rho entire roof was torn off the large
plo,nf A. Watson building on RACINE
stree, and all the stores and ofives IN Il
were flooded with water. \ part ot '"'
roof of Crear e McClintock's W'Cnl'e-
eh,ns was blown into the bay Inc Ch''h
BAPTIST church (colored) Was blo"h gov"
ana completely wrecked. several p'd''-
glass fronts were smashed by faillIIg Signs
ana a~vning-poles. so far as learned 10
one was injured. .no
The storm ceased at midnight ana Inc
weather is bright ana much C'o'' I"
day.
At SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH. Ga, october s.-The cen
tire OF the Gulf storm passed west OF Sa-
vannah this forenoon, moving northeast
No damage was done here. At Tybee lhc
wind reached a velocity Of seventy miles
an hour for a short time. All shipping
was made secure. and suffered no injury.
AT CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON. s. c. october 9.-The
cyclone gave Charleston the go-by. Ihere
was a heavy sea. hard rains, and much
wind this morning, but no damage was
done in the city. The maximum velocity
OF the wind was only ~thirty-tive miles an
hour. and no damage has so far been re-
ported on sea or shore. 1t Is posslple
that the cotton crop In the interior was
damaged. hut this damage VIII In no
p!ace prove serious.
AT PORT ROYAL.
WASHINGTON. October a.-Commo-
dore Matthews, chief Of the Department
Of Vineyards and Docks, received a
telegram this afternoon from Captain &.
II. Rockwell, commanding the naval sta
ton at Port Royal. :. G.. where a govern
ment dry-doCk IL now under constIuc-
ton, that a heavy cyclone was blowing
there. the centre being apparently to the
westward. \ heavy tide was expected to-
hight. but precautions had been taken
which would probably prevent much
damage to naval property.
ORANGE-CROP DAMAGE.
NEW ORLEANS. october 9.-A teie-
gram has been received from Port hads
70 the effect that the orange crop IN the
vicinity was damaged one third by the
storm. The wind at Port lads had at
tained a velocity of oighty-four miles an
hour when the gauge broke.
The rice-nelds were covered with water
10 the depth of four feet, but as the
crop had been harvested, very little
damage resulted from the overflow.
SHIPPING IN DISTRESS.
SCRANTON, MISS, October 9.-This
morning the tugs Leo. Eva, and Fox went
70 Horne Island. but could not make a
landing. Yesterday, at 4 in the evening
the Norwegian bark Tristad cut away her
mast, and then fired signals for help. Inc
barks Ordovic and Taria Topan are
stranded, and leaking badly, and it IL
believed that all three Will have to De
abandoned. The French bark Susanne
Poulet weathered the storm in safety.
fortunately, there was no loss Of ~.
IN MOBILE BAY.
MOBILE, ALA. october s-Monday
wae Il very rough day for mariners in
Mobile bay. The Russian schooner Mar
Gus. Captain Melbard. had four anchors
out during the night Of the gale. but was
nevertheless beached near Fort Morgan.
Sho lies two hundred yards from the
water. The American brig Kimball suf-
fered q IKE fate. and her mainmast was
carried away. An unknown schooner. is
beached some distance from Fort Nor
gan on the land side. Several steamers
end ships In the bay rode out the gale
without damage.