The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
FROM MANY POINTS.
NEW ITEMS OF VARIOUS KINDS
BRIEFLY RELATED.
Over 90 Peoples Reported Killed In Flor
ida--Georsia Suffers Tremendous Prop
erty Loss-I1 Killed In savannah
Pennsylvania Touched Up.

sylvania were visited by the worst cy-
clone which the southern Atlantic coast
states have experienced in years. The
total property loss is something enor-
NOUS and the loss of life can only be
estimated at present and until full re-
ports can be received, which will be
some time, as communication by wire
is completely crippled in the storm
stricken districts.
News comes from Jacksonville, Flor
ida, which say that fully so deaths re-
suited from the storm in that state.
The hurricane struck Florida at Cedar
Keys and reports show that it passed
in its path of destruction over 20 towns
and villages and that between 30 and
40 people have certainly been killed.
Cedar KEYS is about 100 miles south
west of Jacksonville. Moving north
easterly, the storm struck Willistown,
where ii houses were blown down, one
person was killed and several fatally
wounded. Near there is a large tur-
pentine farm where state convicts are
employed. Twenty of these were hud-
died together in a cabin. 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 Methodist
church, about 90 residences and bust
ness houses were destroyed. At La
crosse Is building were destroyed.
Rev. w. A. Barr, Mrs. A. Mcintosh and
her baby were killed. Near there four
laborers on a turpentine farm, were
crushed by falling trees. At Newberry
four were killed; five at High Springs;
one at Crazy; four at Lake Butler. In
Baker county four towns were almost
totally destroyed; they are McClenny,
Sanderson, Glen st. Mary and Olustee.
Among other towns which suffered
severely when Live Oak; Welborn;
Lake City where six were killed; TT.
White also had six fatalities. North
of Jacksonville, in Nassau county, con-
siderable destruction is reported. Five
children were killed in the wreck of n
schoolhouse. Miss Stewart, the
teacher. had her arm broken. Near by
Lila Rails, 12-year-old girl, was killed
at her home, her brother being fatally
| injured and Harry Johnson was also
killed. At IIillyards another school
house was wrecked and four children
were killed. At Kings Ferry, five were
! killed, besides three sailors on schoon-
ers that were loaded with lumber. In
/ Jacksonville no person was killed, but
almost every public building in the
city, including churches, hospitals,
/ schools, depots, etc. and very large
number of business houses and resi-
dences were more or less wrecked.
After crossing the state line between
| Florida and Georgia the cyclone con
tinued the work of ruin through the
country districts and came upon the
city of Savannah with terrific force.
1t continued two and half hours, en-
failing II loss of n dozen lives and over
81 200. 900 i'm property. Each report
received was worse than the preceding
one and the death list continued tc
grow until IL were reported killed and
large number injured Besides the
damage To scores OF business houses
churches and public buildings, hun
dreds of residences were partially, i
not totally, wrecked and the most beau
tiful trees blown down. The loss t.
shipping is over 500, 900. five large YES
sells were wrecked and many small
craft driven to sea. At Brunswick. Ga.
IL vessels in the harbor were wreckec
and a dynamite boat with 10000
pounds on board was sunk.
The loss in Pennsylvania was great
est about Shamokin and Lancaster
The Patterson breaker at Shamokin
a total wreck. Fourteen of the dwell
ing houses and 90 board shanties occu
pied by the mine workers were ais
, blow down. Two of the tenants wer
: killed, several injured and IL cattl
) were crushed TO death. Mt. Carme
Locust Gap and other surroundin
towns suffered heavily. Reports fror
the farming districts indicate tina
, barns were demolished by hundreds
l At the Colbert mine, the fan and Ell
| CINE house, and both boiler houses wer
. demolished, throwing 400 men an
4 bows out of employment. A block {
3 eight new houses erected by DIR. f. !
: Baker at Springfield were leveled
the ground. Barns and hundreds {
u OutDullulnpS WcTc III a.
portions of the town. Individual loss'
e were small at Lancaster but hundred
d of them make large aggregate
a The great Pennsylvania railroad bridi
across the Susquehanna river at Colun
t bia, comprising % spans and insure
n for $3.50, 900, was completely demolishe'
# A coal breaker at Natalie was blow
|. down, six houses demolished and S
l. people killed. The Conemaugh riv'
k rose IL feet and flooded johnston
4, The casthouse of the Temple furnac
is near Reading, was blown down al
81 a dozen men buried; two were kill'
e and the others badly injured. Va
is tracts of country districts were swe
TX and great damage done. Trainm'
d say the storm in the mountains was Il
worst they ever experienced.
n In ''ole Virginy" the Shenandoah VI
n lev suffered most and every tributa
r stream became roaring torrent.
TO Stanton the lower portion of the CT
o, was submerged, many houses carri
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