The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-10-07
FURIOUS TEMPEST.
West Indian Cyclone Leaves a
Wake Of Devastation.
FRIGHTFUL HAVOC IN FLORIDA.

hieven htIbc0 ~ SaNouu0n, o0s anu 4Ap-
ooO.O In Property Wiped Out Of Ex-
istence-The Raging Storm sweeps Over
Pennsylvania aud the Loss OF Life and
Property Is Heavy-National Capital and
Vicinity Feel the Force OF the Gale.
Memphis. Oct. i. - The Commercial
Appeal has the following special this
morning:
Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. lit Is a con-
sentative 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-
ton of the state where the storm first
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
II passed I'm 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
vile. The hurricane which had been
churning the water of the gulf first
struck this place. village of 1900 in
habitants.
Cedar Keys Entirely 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 fifty 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 ii is expect
ed that they will die. Near here is a
large turpentine 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 lumber of peo-
pie were hurt no fatalities are reported.
A Dozen More Deaths Reported.
At Lacrosse fifteen buildings were
destroyed, and Rev. w. A. Barr, Mrs.
F. +. Mcintosh and her baby are re-
ported killed. Near there four laborers
who were in a cabin at a turpentine
farm were crushed by falling trees.
Newberry in West Alachua is totally
wrecked. Z. 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 it a distance of fifty feet,
and every person in IL was badly
injured. Steve Mason and George
Johnson have since died. At Crazy,
small place, twelve houses were RACED,
a woman was killed. but babe at her
breast was unhurt. although it had
been carried some distance by the
force of the wind
Other Details of the Horror.
At Lake Butler, Welborn, Art Lake
City and other points twenty other
persons were killed and many wounded,
while four or five towns have been
entirely blown away. Many of the
dead are women and children. The
money loss in this state is estimated
at $2.0OO,00O, but this may be excessive.