The morning news., 1894-09-30
WILD RUSH OF THE WINDS.
Several Vessels Wrecked in the ViCin-
ity Of Key West.

No Estimate of the Loss of Life or
Damage to Property Possible at
Present-The East Coast Weathers
the Storm without Loss of Life, and
With Less Damage to Property Than
in Last Years Blow.
Jacksonville, Fla. Sept. 29.-Wire com
munication mas been restored to all por-
tions of Florida visited by the storm and
by Monday all damage to the railroads
will have been repaired and trains will be
running on schedule.
Dispatches TO the Times-Uniou tonight
from TitusvilIe, Jupiter and other east
coast points where the storm was sup
posed to have been most severe, state
that no lives were lost and that the dam
age to PROPERTY Is not as great as in the
storm of last year.
Tonight the Times-Union received a
special cablegram from Key West, which
is the first news from that city since last
Sunday The cablegram to the Times
Union is as follows: "Key West, Fla,
Sept. 29.-The wind commenced blowing
on Sunday afternoon about 4:3O o'clock,
and continued until Tuesday night, blow
ing hardest at between II and II O'Clock
Tuesday, wnen its velocity registered l02
miles an hour.
GREAT DESTRUCTION TO SHIPPING.
There was great destruction to shipping
along the islands. The wreckage extends
from Dry Tortugas to Cape Florida.
mo estimate of the loss of life or of
damage to property can be made at pre-
sent Six men have been picked up aud
brought into this port since Wednesday,
two of them severely bruised.
The French bsrkentine Cambrone,
from Jamaica, loaded with logwood, was
driven within 100 yards of the shore. The
crew was taken off by the Key West
Wrecking Company.
The schooner Lilly White is supposed
to be lost, having left Punta Rassa Sun
day night On Monday night she was
seen off the northwest light house in COM
pany with the schooner Hero, which has
since come into port dismasted.
THE French bark Mariello, lying in
the harbor, was capsized.
A BUILDING BLOWN DOWN.
''The large building of E. H. Cato, on
the south beach, was blown down and
part Of the roof of the United States ma
val department was blown of.
"The crack yacht Sophia was wrecked
off Talbunches on Monday afternoon
about 3 p. m, and is being repaired pre-
paratory to being brought to this city.
There is large vessel bottom up at
Turtle harbor, name unknown.
The German bark NADIA, from New
Orleans to Lisbon, laden with -four and
slaves, stranded on Long Key bank and
is total loss. The wreckers are saving
the cargo.
All the bath houses along the water
front are washed away, and many orna-
mental trees uprooted. Otherwise, little
damage was done to the city"
THE BIG HOTELS ALL RIGHT.
St Augustine Fla, Sept 29.-Trains
are running south to Palatka. The wires
are repaired and all messages are sent
that way.
Dispatches received from Titusville
state that comparatively little damage
was done other than to the wires along
the Indian river by the storm.
A train went to West Palm beach
Thursday morning, returning Friday 10
Espanola, the seventh station south of
Palatka. A washout nor h of this point
OF three miles will be repaired by Mon
day.
No serious damage was done at West
Falm Beach hotel Royal Poinciana or
Lake Worth.
The wires are still down between here
and Jacksonville, but they will be in
working order Monday.