The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
THE WEST INDIA CYCLONE.

Its RAvages Throughout the State of Flor
Ida Beginning to Come to L~ieht-Great
Damage to Water Craft and All Other
Kinds of Property Reported From All
Quarters. but No Loss of Life.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept. aS.-Com-
munication with soutG Florida is being
restored and reports are pouring in
relative to the damage done by the
West India 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 is reported.
A dispatch from Tampa to-day,
which is the first information received
from that place since Tuesday, says
several large cigar factories were
wrecked. The large three-story fac
tory of Seidenberg & Co. was destroyed.
The factory of C. A. Joyce was demol-
ished, as were also the factories Of
Ybor & Manarara, Theodore Perez &c
Co. and O'Halloran. The First Pres
byterlan church and the palatial Tampa
hotel were badly damaged. Several
smaller structures were also demOi-
ished. The total los on buildings at
Tampa is estimated at $4,000.
Communication with Fernandina is
also restored to-day. 4 dispatch from
that place says that the schooner Ed
ward Stewart, which was loaded and
lying at anchor, was blown across the
river, pulling her anchor with her,
and is now lying on a mud Hat in
about five feet of water. The small
boats were all blown away. and num-
bers are now lying high and dry upon
the marsh, together with the floating
dock which was at the foot of Center
street. During the tor at Fer
nandina two British steamships ca me
in collision and suffered considerable
damage.
A dispatch from Palatka announces
great damage at that place to river
craft. The steamer Princess was sunk
between Palatka and Picolata. She
was valued at S12, 900. The steamer
Edith was driven ashore. The steamer
DeBarry was driven against the draw
bridge and wrecked.
The steam yacht Maude was sunk
near Crescent City.
To-day advices were received from
st. Augustine, which has been cut off
since Tuesday. The advices were
brought by Mrs. Anna NJ. Narcotic,
the Times-Union's st. Augustine re-
porter, who made the trip or a hand
car. Mrs. Narcotic gives a graphic
account of the condition of things at
O. -,o NJ -oe ,r-o~a 1aet hut
several houses were wrecked. and the
losses will run into the thousands.
Nearly all the windows in the city
were blown in and the houses flooded
with water. The Ponce de Leon no.
tel was damaged in this way. The loss
on the hotel furniture and other be-
longings is heavy.
At st. Augustine the waves dashed
over the sea walls and made rivers of
the streets. Many wharves were blown
away.
Between Green Cove spring and Pa
latka, on the st. Johns. twelve wharves
have completely disappeared.
Between jacksonville and St. Angus
tine not a telegraph pole was left
standing.
The damage to the orange-growers is
incalculable. In the large groves the
ground is completely covered with
green oranges. The loss will be fully
20 per cent.
Every effort is being made to hear
from Titusville, Jupiter and Key
West, which r supposed to have been
in the storms center.
Dispatches tonight indicate that the
storm was as severe in the interior
of the state as on the coast. 1t is safe
to say that the storm has cost Florida
more than 81, 900, 900, but no lives have
been lost unless at Key West, Titus
vile, Jupiter and other eas coast
points.