The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-01
AWFUL DEVASTATION
Tales of Disaster From
Tuesdays Storm Grow
Worse as the Wires
Work Better.
PROBABLY A $50 LIVES LOST
Cedar Keys Blown Away and
Florida's Islands Gener-
ally Laid Waste.
Georgia, Virginia and Pennsyl-
yania Lose Many Lives and
Hundreds of Thousands
in Property.

ATLANTA, Oct ], 1Sss-A special from
Jacksonville Fla, to the Constitution,
Says
..The West Indian hurricane which en-
tered Florida at Cedar Keys on Tuesday
morning and swept the State in north
easterly direction left death and destruc-
ton in its path.
lowing to the prostration of the tele-
graph wires and delay of trains due to
washouts, only meagre reports have been
received, and yet, meagre as these reports
are, they show that over twenty towns
and villages have been wrecked and forty
probably thrice that number have re-
ceived wounds of more or less severity.
about four o'clock in the morning the
hurricane, which had been churning the
Gulf, left the water and swooped down on
Cedar Keys, town of 1,500 inhabitants,
about 100 miles southwest of Jacksonville.
Thirty-six hours have elapsed since the
storm struck Cedar Keys, but. not one
word has been received directly from that
place as to the damage done or the num-
Der of lives lost. No trains have been
able to reach there because the tracks
are covered by heavy timber.
The. only report from Cedar Keys
comes by way of Gainesville, fifty miles
northeast of the Gulf town. and is to the
away and many persons killed and
wounded. This report reached Gaines
VILE by courier from willisten. which is
twenty miles north of the. keys. The
report Is hardly exaggerated. as Cedar
Keys was directly in the path of the hur-
ricane and received its full force as it
leaped raging from the Gulf.
After dernolishing Cedar Keys the
storm, moving III northerly direction,
struck Williston. village of 400 inhabi-
tants. In Levy county. At that place
killed and fifteen wounded, some, 1t is
feared fatally.
employsd. twenty of these e conviets ontts were e
huddled In a cabin across which the storm
plew a great tree, crushing six of the
Leaving Levy county, the hurricane
dashed across Alachua, one OF the most
populous counties In the State where a
seSereg Vs ured ta M fort spd Wfe
Columbia county. It is reported that six
persons were killed, but the report has
county the hurricane dashed across Duval
county, its edge striking near Jackson
vile, but deing little damage there and
causing no loss of life
Tn Nassau county, however, just north
of Jacksonville. the hurricane seemed to
gather additional force and did awful
wrecked and five children We're killed
Miss Miss Ada Stewart, the teacher, escaped
with a broken arm. Lila Raines, 12-
year.old girl, ran from the schooIhouse
just before 1t collapsed to her home. Just
as she entered the house It was wrecked
yyf Who vas with her, was also killed, and
Mrs Raines was fatally injured
wraaLad al adiinaTdss, and s the schooihouse was
At Kings Ferry, on the St. Mary's River.
Andy Johnson, Moses Sassiter, Simon
henderson lsaraa Mary !; Jenes and her child, ali
nursing a sick child and the infant died
as the house collapsed. The mother es-
capped injury.
Two schooners unloading lumber at
Kings Ferry were blown from their moor
ings and three of the sailors were killed.
From Nassau county the hurricane
passed into Georgia, destroying a logging
the line and killing six persons Folkston.
Ca, near the Florida line, in Charlton
county, was also struck the school house
peing wrecked and four children Killed.
1T Is impossible to estimate accurately
the property loss in Florida, but con-
seryative men say it will exceed 81 coo 600 .
Fifteen buildings were destroyed at La
crosse by the storm. The Rev. W. A
Barr, Mrs. F. F. Mcintosh and her baby
are reported killed.
Newberry, in West Alachua, is totally
wrecked. G.. J. Eastlin, Mrs. Nancy Ohm
STEADY and David Jones were killed. At
High Springs Melissa Harden, Jane Nor
ris and Sallie Mobiles, negro women, are
reported to have been killed. At this
place number of persons took refuge
III q IVA Sdi Which, WdS III Tue pain Oh the
tornado. 1t was blown along the track
and then off it a distance Of fifty feet
and every person in it was badly injured
Stephen Mason and George Johnson have
since died from their injuries.
At Grady, small place, twelve houses
were blown down. A woman was killed.
but babe at her breast was unhurt al
though it had been carried some distance
by the force of the wind
At Lake Butler, Bradford County c.
H Harkey. Mrs. J. NJ. Futch and her in
FAINT were fatally hurt. Many buildings
we're blown down. AT this place the wind
blew to pieces two cars loaded with
bricks. and negro, Henry Sullivan. who
was 200 yards away. was killed by being
strucBr by one of the flying bricks
Four convicts were killed on Judge
Richards turpentine farm by falling trees
In Baker County four towns were al
most totally destroyed. They are Me
Clenny. Sanderson, Glen St Mary ana
Olustee. No one was killed outright in
these towns but many were ir7iured
among whom were Mrs. C. 8 Richard
son. James McAlpin and North Webster
all of whom will die.
At Live Oak the destruction is complete
but no loss of life is reported.
Near Welborn the house of :Arnes White
was destroyed, and two of his children
were killed.
At Lake City eight business house.
ana thirteen dwellings were DESTROYED
Killed, and Dora Jennings. Samuel Hud
son and Jonas Mabrey were fatally in
5ured.
DEATH AMI RUIN.