The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-01
HUNDREDS ARE LOST.
Appalling Loss of Life by the Hur-
ricanc In Florida.
CEDAR KEYS HAS BEEN SWEPT AWAY
Other Towns In the Storms Path
Suffer Severely.
DAMAGE IN THE BIG CITIES.
Millions Of Dollars Worth of Properly
Destroy ed Floods Follow the
Heavy Rainfall.
DAMAGE IN THE BIG CITIES.


c:al to the ComnercIal-Appeal from Jack
SONY Ille, Fla, says;
1t IS p conservative estimate 10 say thai
fifty people have lost their lives from
Yesterdays hurricane. and the number
may run much higher.
News from 9an. portion of the state
where the storm first struck * very slow
in coming. for ahc wires are down ana
railroads are impossible. WrccSns ror-
ties which wopa out this morning havr not
returned and 4. w1l bo tomorrow before
the fuil extent of the damage is known.
The hurricane struck Florida at Cedar
Keys and reports show that it passed in
its path of destruction ovel. twenty towns
and villages and that between thirty, and
forty people have certainly bcon k.nAd.
Cedar Keys is about 1co miles southwes;
of Jacksonville The hurricane Ynich' had
been churnins the waecr of pc CUR first
struck this place. a village OF 500 inhabi-
tonts. The only report Itu has come
concerning Cedar Keys is that the +9wn
las been swept away ana many lives havi'
been lost This report comes from Ga'ncs-
wife. which is ffiy miles away. Nobody
has been able to get anything direct from
Cedar Keys. Moving nomheasterly the
storm struck Wiilistown. a small town,
wrerc eleven houses were blown down,
one person Killed and several so badly
hurt that It is expected they will die,
Near herc K LARGE turpeptiIe farm
where state cc7vcts are employed. wsral-
~ 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 fright
full work. In Gainesville the Mehodist
church and about twenty residences and
business houses were destroyed. while II
number of people were hurt.
AT La Crosse ffsoen buildings were de
stroycd. Rev. w. a. Bars, Mrs. F.. r.
Mcintosh and her baby are reported
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
destroyed, 9. ]. Eastelin, Mrs. Nancy
Mess. Frank Olmsread and David Jones
were killed.
At High Springs, Melissa Harden. Jane
Norris and sallie Noble. colored women,
are reported to have been Killed by being
blown against trees. Here n number of
people took refuge in a box car, which
was in the path of the storm. 1t was
blown along the track. and then off 1t a
distance OF fifty feet. and every person
in 1t was badly injured. Steve Mason and
George Johnson have since died.
At Gracy. small station. twelve
houses were blown down. A woman was
killed. bu, the babe at her breast was I'M
hurt. though 1t was carried some distance
by the wind.
At Lake Butler. Bradford county, Mr..
c. u. Harkey, Mrs. j. NJ. Futch and her
infant were fatally hurt and many build
ngs were blown down. Here the wind
blew to pieces two cars loaded with BRICK
and n negro. Henry Sullivan, who was ZOO
yards AWAY. was Killed by beng struck
by one of the flying bricks. At Jldge
Richards turpentine farm four oonvicts
were killed by falling trees.
In Baker rounty four towns were al
most totally destroyed.
At Live oak destruction is reported, hut
no loss Of life.
Near Welborn the house OF Amos White
was destroyed and two OF his children
were killed.
Al Lake City eight business houses and
thirteen residences were DESTROYED. Mrs.
Sarah Fletcher and two boys were Killed
and Dora Hennings. Samuel Henderson
and Jonas Mabry were fatally injured.
Six persons are reported KILLED at Fort