The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-10-17
GREAT DESTRUCTION.
SEVERAL FLORIDA. TOWNS ARE Al
MOST SWEPT AWAY.

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MOST SWEPT AWAY.
Cut OF from the World Until Now-Ap-
peal for q i'd VIII bs NJ ade for A palschi-
cola-Osher Towns Suffer But Not Near
So Bad.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 11.-Com.
munication has been established
with points on the West coast visited
by the storm which ragged Monday
night and Tuesday morning and dis
patches to the Times U nion tell woeful
tales of the destruction caused by the
wind and water. Apalachicola and
Cedar Key were directly In the storms
path and the damage at those places is
almost incalculable. Communication
with these points has been cut off an.
til to day. The storm first struck
Cedar Key md the following dispatch
describes Its work:
CEDAR KEY, Fla, Oct. u.-Cedar
Key has just experienced the most dis
astrous storm which has visited her
for twenty-five years. The main bust.
ness street is piled form one end to the
other with debris. consisting Of wreck.
age from boats, Wharves, fish houses
and logs of every description. The
storm began at O. clock Monday morn
ing, with heavy wind from the East,
gradually shifting to the South and
then to Southwest, increasing In VIC.
lence and continuing until daylight
Tuesday morning.
The damage and loss of property Is
very great. The florida Central and
Peninsula Railroad is heavy sufferer.
Almost the entire track to the main
land, a distance Of three and one.half
miles, Is either destroyed or badly dam
aged. From the mainland to Sumner,
distance Of four and one.half miles,
there are nearly one hundred washouts.
The mail train got In Monday night,
but is caught between two Washouts
and cannot move either way.
The Town Improvement Company Is
heavy loser, as a number Of business
and dwelling houses were swept away.
The fish aud oyster houses adjourning
the railroad and occupied by Dopson,
Clarke & Daniel and W, 81. Anderson
are demolished and all contents total
loss, amounting to several thousand
dollars. The E. Faber Cedar Co. loses
the steamer Media, valued at $500
and hati swept away 10000 logs of
cedar, which they will be weeks In COL
Letting. The cedar mill just started up
by w. 81. Anderson was badly dam.
aged and about 5000 logs of cedar
scattered for miles.
The city hall, a two story concrete
building, with offices below, has the tin
roof blown off and one entire side knock
ed out by logs, etc. The city jail cannot
be found. The five bridges to the shell
road leading to the main land are
washed away. A great many smsll
boats were wrecked aud fish camps
washed away. One sloop came In Tues
day morning with five men who had
clung to single palmetto tree since
Monday night Another came In this
afternoon with three men who were
wrecked Monday night and had been
on shell bank ever since without food
or water. 1t Is reported that five
sponge vessels went ashore during the
storm and were driven seven miles into
the woods.
From Cedar Key the cyclone travelled
up the. West coast until 1t reached
Apalachtcola. 1t was even more severe
at Apalachicola than that at Cedar
Key, If possible, as the following dis
patch indicates:
APALACHICOLA, Fla, Oct. H.
Never before in the history Of this town
was snch havoc and destruction played
by storm and tide as Monday night be-
tween the hours of 7 and 10. Water,
Commerce and Market streets are q
mass of logs, boats, lumber and dead
| fish. So far, two lives are reported lost.
Two residences were carried half to
three quarters of mile and placed In
| the marsh near Cypress mill uninjured,
| one of which had just been completed
for newly married couple. All the
docks were totally destroyed. houses
were unroofed, and fences scattered
every where. Murat's wholesale fish
house was laid fat and thousands of
| dead fish line the streets.
Families sought safety on the hills,
only to be routed by the terrific gale.
The water Is six feet deep on Water
street and some Of the best dry goods
! and grocery stores were battered into by
floating timber and shattered to des-
| truction; soft mud and brush line the
floors and shelves. Five barges loaded
with lumber were blown from East
Pass and lodged In the marsh Jwo.
miles North of this place. The Kim
bali Lumber Company are the princi-
pal losers. Their loss Is about $4,000.
Murat's less Is about $4,000. At present
it is impossible to get at an estimate OF
the loss Of goods or buildings. Fish
houses, oyster factories aad shanties
were literally demolished. The loss in
the aggregate will be fully $4,000.
The people are dismayed and an appeal
for aid will be sent out.
From many other points In West
Florida come reports Of the storms
destructive work, but Cedar Key and
Apalachicola seem to have been the
principal sufferers.
PENSACOLA, Fla, Oct. 1l.-Flfteen
fishing smscks belonging to this port
were on the Gulf during the storm.
Nothing has yet been heard Of them
and much anxiety is felt.
Tho Split In New York.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-In regard to
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