Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-27
THE TROPICAL STORM
Il RACES With Great Fury On South
Atlantic Coast.
TERRIFIC WIND VELOCITY
rIybtv.eicht Miles an Hour Reported at
Tybcc-Damagc to Orange ana
I;ice Crops

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. September 26.-
The expected hurricane from the West
Indies struck Jacksonville to-day at III
a. NJ, with the wind blowing at We
loci,y OF forty-six miles per hour ana
rain pouring down In torrents. BUSINESS
is absolutely paralyzed. the everett
Hotel. the largest In the city. Is un-
rooted and flooded with water. The un-
finished Union Depot is blown down.
The loss is $4,000. y number of people
were injured; none killed. There Is no
communication with South Florida, but II
is said that many InGian-river orange
groves are totally ruined. and the orange
crop damaged incidentally.
The streets Of the city are flooded, the
river being three feet above the normal.
The wind at the mouth OF the river re-
corded sixty-seven miles an hour May
port, at its mouth. is flooded. and seve-
raj houses there are in danger No per-
sons lost their lives there. Two houses
in Jacksonville were blown down. but no
person was killed No trains are ar
riving or departing from Jacksonville,
many washouts being reported.
EFEECIS IN OlANGEsBl NJ.
CHARLESTON. S. c., September pa
special to the News and Courier at
o'clock tonight from Orange burg, $ G.,
says \ terrible wind-storm struck here
this afternoon at o'clock. and is blow
ing at n velocity OF forty-five miles an
hour Trees and telegraph-poles are
down. Great damage to corn ana cotton.
Wind blowing from northwest. 1t is fear
ed the worst is yet to come. No reports
from the country.
AT WILMINGTON.
WILMINGTON, y. c.. September ga
wnd-s:orm with continuous rain, Is now
prevailing here. Thus far no serious re-
suits are reported Indications point TO a
heavy storm during the night or early In
the morning
At SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH. GA. September 26,-The
tropical cyclone which has been approach
Ing Savannah for the last two days ragged
here all day and last night The wind
reached maximum velocity Of sixty
miles an hour. At Tybee 1t blew eighty
eight miles an hour. The storm seems to
have split somewhere south Of here, and
the centre passed east into the Gulf
Stream.
The damage In this section cannot be
estimated with any accuracy. Grave APP
prehens0ns are felt for the rice crop.
The crop Is cut and stacked, and the
principal damage will be by the scattering
Of stacks caused by overflow Of the plan
tatlons Whether they have been over
flowed cannot yet be learned
No trains heYe passed north on the
Florida Central and Peninsula RAILROAD.
A washou, on the Savannah. Florida and
Western railroad sixty miles south OF
Savannah has caused a suspension OF
travel on that road. No vessels have LEFT
port in the last two days. The shipping
in the harbor has been tied up. and 50
far no damage has been reported 20 ship
ping interests.
AT CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON, S. G.. September @
The cyclone struck tn;s city this morn
ing and has ragged all day The maximum
| velocity of the wind up 10 midnight has
| been is miles an hour. except at times.
when IT was as high as 50 or ~. AS far
| as IS known but little damage has been
| done to the shipping in port or 70 the
CITY proper. The stOrn-tide was only
| 81, feet, against - feet in the August
| cyclone Of 1898. The most serious damage
| is feared in the rce-tie,ds and 10 the
Sea-Island cotton crop. The Indications
| are that the city will get through the
night without serious damage. The cleo
| trlc-llghts are out and the telephone-wireS
| disabled. The teIegraph-wIres still mold
ont. II is impossible ut this time 10
| give an estimate Of the damage done on
| the exposed waterfront, where thou-
| sands Of bales Of cotton are stored for
| shipment.