The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-03
LEFT WRECKED
| and RUINED.
Desol1tion and Death Left at
Cedar Keys.
THE TOWN WIPED OUT.
twenty Dead Bodies Pound Among
the Rubbish.
NO TELLING THE EUMBEROF DEAD


without Counting the Deaths Of sponge
Fishermsn, the KILLED Ia Florida Il
Put Down at One Hundred, with
Millions Of Dollars worth Of Prop
srty Destroyed-several other Places
Were Totally Devastated Besides Cedar
Keys-TWenty-Two Turpentine Farms
Ruined, Crops niown Down and Stock
Killed.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct Cedar
Key is place Of desolation and death
Monday night It was thriving town Of
1900 inhabitants Today many Of the
people are corpsos. scores Of others are
injured and there are bat few houses
left standing. Twenty oorpses have
been recovered, and il Is known that
many Others are dead. or those recov-
cred but few have been identified. 20
mutilaiod were they by falling timbers.
Many Of the oorpses were dug out Of the
mud in which they were buried by the
mighty tidal wave that swept over the
town Tuesday morning.
The town is situated At the mouth Of
the Sewaneo river ON a number Of small
keys connected by bridges Il had no
p'otection and went 20 places when the
West India hurricane, with a velocity
Of ~ miles an hour, came roaring from
the gulf. The storm struck the place
about $3.50 O'Clock Tuesday morning
and continued for several hours. Al.
though warning had been given, moth
ing indicated blow Of unusual sever.
ity. Up to II o'clock Monday night It
was calm and quiet At that hour a
moderate hreeze sprung up from the
eastward, increasing gradually until a
S0.mile wind was blowing About 1 a
m. Il blew a perfec, tornado and sud.
denly changed 10 the southeast. bring.
ing in a perfect doluge Of water, the
tide rising two feet higher than in the
memorable gale Of 1894, which was, at
the time, said to be the scveres, storm
on record.
At o'clock an immense tidal wave
came in from the south. carrying de.
ssruction with It, Boats, wharves and
small houses were hurled upon the shor,
and breaking into fragments. covered
the streets with wreckage and rendered
them almost impossible. While th,
torrents Of water was rushing through
every open space It would take th'
strongest or his feet. Il was this tida'
wave that caused the principal loss o.
life, many houses being swept from
their foundations and the inmate
drowned.
OF the 30 bodies recovered ~ arr
white and s colorcd. OF the whites sii
belonged to the WhitsOn family
mother, four children and young lad!
visitor. The other four white victim
are men and have not yet been identi
fed. OF the eight negroes only one
Peter Woodson, has been identified
The loss Of life at Cedar Keys proper /
nothing in comparison with the numbe
Of spongers and fishermen who wer
drowned.
This Mary Eliza came in this morn
iES dismasied. She reports that a
dark Monday night nearly 100 vessel
, were anchored ON the sponge bar bolo'
l Cedar Keys aud that all Of them bu
about 30 were lost. These boats carrie
from 70 10 men each and the loss q
life, consequently, was great Eigf
oorpses have already been washe
. ashore. The schooner Rosalie was sun
and eight of her crew drowned.
The handsome Methodist Episcop'
7 church. south, the Christian church an
three colored churches, the Cedar Key
high school building, the SowAnee icl
factory, VOLTS cedarmill and the Eag
Pencil oompany's mill, also tho lars
lumbcrmin Of V. J. Herlong and q
: planingmill Of George W. Meyer
Sons were wrecked. Scores OF priva
residences were also wrecked by u
= wind and waves. Some Of the ham
somest and apparently most substant
buildings are damaged beyond repai
Reliable news Of the storm from u
western part Of Levy and AlachV
counties has jnst reached Jaoksonvill
No, less than cp0 families are left desi
tute, al their houses, fencing and Gro
are totally.dcstroycd, aud what htCy h
gathered was blown away with q
=, buildings.
FROM INLAND TOWNS.
Thiriy Deaths Reported In Two ceu
= tlss and Many Villages Wrecked.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Oct. e.--Rclial
news Of the storm from the wesis
T. pars Of Lazy and Alachun counties +.