Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-01
FURIOUS TEMPEST.
West Indian Cyclone Leaves a
Wake Of Devastation.
fRIGHTPUL HAVOC IN FLORIDA
0.ath Roll in the State Now Estimated
at Fifty and viii Be
Greater.


: Heavy lsaew ON the Lakes-Rarge Fean-
defs OF Mnwsakes and Four Nes Ars
lsrowued. s e.
Memphis. Oct. 1. The Commercial
Appeal has the following special this
morning:
Jacksonville. Fla. Oct. lit Is a con-
serSative estimate to say that fifty
people have lost their lives from Tues
days hurricane. and the number may
run much higher. News from that por-
tioa Of the state where the storm farst
struck Is very slow in coming, for the
wires are down and the railroads are
impossible. wrecking parties which
went out yesterday morning have not
returned. and il will be some hours be-
fore the full extent Of the damage Is
known. The hurricane struck Florida
at Cedar Keys. and reports show that
1t passed in its path of destruction over
twenty towns and villages, and that
between thirty and forty people have
certainly been killed. Cedar Keys is
about 100 miles southwest Of Jackson
churning the water of III, gulf first
struck this place. q village Of 900 in
LA bitants.
Cedar Keys Estirely Swept Away.
The only report which has come con-
corning Cedar Keys Is that the town
has been swept away and many lives
have been lost. This report comes from
Gainesville. which is nifty miles away.
Nobody has been able to get anything
direct from Cedar Keys. Moving
northeasterly, the storm struck Willis
town, where eleven houses were
! blown down, one person was killed and
several SO badly hurt that it is expect
ed that they will die. Near here is q
large turpentire farm where state con-
victs are employed. Twenty of these
were huddled together in a cabin. A
heavy tree was blown across the cabin
, and six of the convicts were crushed to
death. In Alachua county the storm
did frightful work. In Gainesville the
| Methodist church and about twenty
! residences and business houses were
destroyed, and while a unmber of peo-
; pie we're hurt no fatalities are reported
| A Dozen More Deaths Reported.
At Lacrosse fifteen buildings were
, destroyed, and Rev. w. A. Barr, Mrs
! L. +. Mcintosh and her baby are re-
ported killed. Near there four laborers
| who were in n cabin at a turpentine
, farm were crushed by falling trees
Newberry in West Alachua Is totally
wrecked. e. j. Eastlin. Mrs. Nancy
Mosa. Frank Olmstead and David
Jones were killed. At High Springs
Melissa Harden. Jane Morris and Sallie
Mobiles. colored women, are reported
to have been killed. At this place a
number Of people took refuge in a
box car which was in the path of the
cyclone. 1t was blown along the track
and then off II n distance Of fifty feet
and every person in 1t was badly
injured. Steve Mason and George
Johnson have since died. At Gracy. q
small place, twelve houses were razed
q woman was killed. but a babe at hel
breast was unhurt. although it hat
been carried some distance by ths
force Of the wind.
Other Details of the Horror.
i At Lake Butler. Weiborn. Art LAX,
City and other points twenty othe,
persons were killed and many wounded
while four or five towns have beer
entirely blown away. Many Of tn,
dead are women and children. Tn,
money loss in this state Ia estimated
at $4,000. 900. but this may be excessive
THE DESTRUCTION AT SAVANNAH.
Loss Of Life Reaches Eleven and Of Prom
eray One Million Dollars.
! Savannah, Ga, Oct 1.-The hurri
cane which swept over Savannah Tues
day cost nearly a dozen lives and en-
tailed q financial loss OF nearly 81. 600,
900. Each report received is worse thai
at first. 1t was thought that only on
death would be the result Of the hurri
cane. but the number has increased un
til there are eleven persons reporte,
dead. The following is list of tn
dead: ]. w. wallaceJohnsion: Capt c
! r.. Murray. of the tug Robert Turner
and the followin. all colored-Mary War
ing. Eliza Betty. Fannie McFali. Rub
} Williams. Julie jackson, two dec
hands of the Robert Turner, an un
! known man and an infant.
A great many persons We're injured
The most seriously hurt are: Fanni
, jackson, back broken: ". F. Thomp
son, back broken: Alb Farnham, lie
broken: James Smith. seriously hun
StruCh W ldIinS ttthbeIs, D. NouU
Pritchard, hurt by falling bricks; Be
West. colored. struck by falling barn
Joseph Hamilton. colored. struck b
. falling barn; John Wilson. hit by fall
ing chimney: John Sheehan. struck b
falling timbers.
Many prominent buildings and hun
!, dreds Of residences are badly wrecked
and the most beautiful trees In the cit
are down. The loss to shipping wi
amount to over 100000. The most ser
! Gus casualties were the capsizing !
mid-stream in the Savannah river {
the Norwegian bark Rosenius: III
grounding Of the Morgan boat Cal
drifting Of the Norwegian bark r. 1
Metcalf. and the total loss Of the tn
Robert Turner. The steamer GOvernc
Sanford, Of the Beach & Miller line,
aground In Copper river. and sma
| craft has suffered much. many napfh
launches and small sailing vessels ha,
ing gone out to sea. The Tybee raj
road is badly damaged. many bridge
being out of plumb. Tybee. Thunder
bolt. Montgomery and Isle Of Hope. a
, prominent resorts near this city. Wei
hurt by the blow
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