Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-10-08
HUNDREDS PERISH.
TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE IN
FLORIDA.
Auiul Effects of the West Indian Hur-
rIosne-Elghty BOats, with From Four
to Ten Men Each Undoubtedly Lost
Cedar Keys Almost Wiped Out.

In Florida = At least 100 people
killed, many of them children. Many
injured. Property loss incalculable.
In Stanton, Va.-An unknown num-
her of people drowned and great dam
age done.
At Savannah, Ga.-Eteven killed;
nine injured. Losses s750,00O
In and about Washington, D. c.
Eight killed and many injured.
Losses S75O,O0O ssa
AT Natalie, Pa.-Six children
burned to death in ruins.
At Alexandria, Va-Four killed
and mnhy,injured. Losses $3.50, 900
Near Shamokin, Pa Two killed
and many injured. Losses $500, 600.
About Lancaster Pa.-Several in
iured and 81 1000, 900 damage done.
Off Milwaukee, .Wis.-Barge sunk
and four sailors lost
All along the Alta ntic coast as far
north as New York and far inland
Scores of people injured and hmm
dreds of thousands ofdollars' worth
of property destroyed.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 3-Full
and authentic advices from Cedar
Keys show the almost total destruc-
ton OF the town and the loss of thir-
ty-nine lives This is believed to in
cIude the complete roll of the dead.
At Shell Mound, IL great pleasure re-
sort near the place, a party OF five
men, three women and three children
were camping out Some survivors,
making their way home after the
storm, found the eleven dead bodies
strewn along the shore, under logs
and brush. They were close together,
which would indicate that they werc
simultaneously killed by the tidal
wave. Eight other bodies ha5 re been
found on the beach. Twenty more
fishermen are still to be heard from,
all of whom are probabl dead.
During the ihirrieane at Cedar Keys
the water came up with the wind,
and down the principal streetsru ed
a mad torrent, upon which tioated
houses, boats and debris OF every de-
scription.' go 1ffrt ~ az.
1t Is feared, however, that the loss
of life at Cedar Keys proper is as
nothing in comparison with the num-
Der of spongers and fishermen who
were drowned. The Mary Eliza came
tn dismasted. She reports that at
dark Monday night nearly 100 vessels
were anchored on the sponge bar be-
low Cedar Keys and that all of them
but twenty were lost AS these boats
carried from four to ten men each,
the loss of life was great.
Eight corpses have. already been
washed ashore. The schooner Resale
was sunk and eight of her crew
drowned.
Beyond the bar there are a score of
.masts visible just above the water,
and EACH top indicates the burial
place Of sponging schooner and its
crew. 1t is possible that many Of tho
We ssels were blown out into the gulf
and rode out the hurricane, but the
Mary Elias captain thinks that by
far the greater number are beneath
the water with their crews. He saws
that there was not one chance in
thousand for such frall craft to live in
such hurricane.
Communication with the interior is
restored and the news of the destruc-
ton of life and property by Tuesdays
hurricane becomes appalling. Hun
dreds 'of persons are homeless and
must suffer from hunger unless relief
shall be quickly furnished, Reports
TO the Citizen from seven. Y.six differ
emit towns show that sixty-seven rer-
sons were killed and sixty-two inju Id,
These are the known casualties. 10
this total probably a considerable
number must be added to cover those
not yet heard from.
Redistribution of valuable timber,
turpentiue trees, farm crops, phos-
phate works and buildings OF every
description in the counties mentioned,
forming belt across the State from
to Northwest, will aggre-
gate hundreds of thousands, if not
millions Of dollars.