The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-10-10
SC0~ES OF LlVES1OSf AS'THE Re.
suit or FHB HURRICANE.
HEAVY PROPERTY LOSSES
liable Damage Done In r1osl1s-Nlae
School Children restsh-- eevea
Killed Near WesAoaGoon--
rhr.. purn.o !. bssaA
storm News

In Florida--Probably ffty people
killed, many OF them children. Many
injured. Property loss ineaiculsble.
In stanton. Va. An unknown num-
Der Of people drowned and great dam
age done.
At savannah. Ca Eleven killed;
nine injured. Losses s'50.0OO.
In and about Washington, y. O.
Eight killed and many injured.
Losses ses0.oO0
At Natalie. Ps.--six children
burned to death in ruinA
AT Alexandria. va-Fots killed
and many injured. Losses osSo.o00
Near Shamokin, Pa Two killed
and many injured. Losses s5OO. 900.
About Lancaster, Pa.--Sevcral in.
jurcd and q. 900, 900 OCdamagc done.
JACKsoNvILLE, Fla, Oct 2.-Tucs-
days great hurricane struck Florida
at Cedar Keys and passed in its path
Of destruction over twenty towns and
villages and reports show that be-
tween thirty and forty people were
killed.
1t is reported from Gs,ucsville that
Cedar Keys, q place Of 1900 pe ,ple,
about 100 miles south west Of jackson.
vile, was swept away and many livcs
lost. Nobody has bean. sblc to get
anything direct from !C1adnr. Keys.
Moving northeSstcrly mS sfor n
struck Willistown, o small town,
where eleven houses were blown
down, one person was killed and sev.
eral probably fatally hurt
Near Willistown was large turpen.
tine factory, where state convicts are
employed Twenty of these were
huddled together In . cabin. A heavy
tree was blown across the cabin and
elk were crushed to death.
In Gainsville the Methodist church
and about twenty dwellings and bust.
ness houses. were destroyed and quite
number Of people hurt, but none
killed.
At Lacrosse ffteen buildings were
destroyed aud the Rev. w. A. Barr,
/ Mrs. Il. Mclntosh and her baby killed.
Near there four laborers who were in
cabin at turpentine works were
crushed by falling treeA
DEATHS IN THE STORMS PATH
Newberry, in west Alachua county,
| was totally wrecked. C ). Eastlin.
Mrs Nancy Moss, Frank Olmstead
and David Jones were killed.
At High Springs, Melissa Harreu,
James Morris and Sallie Mobiles. q
colOred woman, are reported killed.
AZ Gracy twelve houses were blown
down aud woman was killed, but
her babe was unhurt, although IL was
carried some distance by the wind.
At Lake Butler, Brad ford county,
c. II. Iisrkey, Mrs. j. NJ. Futch. and
her infant were fatally hurt On
| Judge Richards turpentinc farm four
l convicts were killed by falling trees.
In Baker county McClenny,. Sander.
son, Glen 5. Mary and Olustee were
almost destroyed. No one was killed
outright, but many were injured.
At Live Oak the destruction is com.
plete, but no loss Of life is reported.
| Near Welborn the house of Amos
White was destroyed and 1.-TWO of his
children killed.
At Lake City eight business houses
and thirteen dwellings were de.
stroyed. Mrs Sarah Fletcher and
two boys were killed and Dora Jen.
nings, Samuel Hudson and Jonas May.
4 orcy WST0 IutbIly injured.
Six persons are reported killed q,
Fort White, in Columbiana county
but no names are given. 80
In this place, In the business and
residence sections, not building es.
capped serious damage Every church,
hospital, asylum and school building
was more or less damaged.
just north Of here IN Nassau oounty
Eve children were killed iu the \ reck
of . school house. ~
Al Hillysrds another school house
was wrecked and four children were
killed. s~
Az Kings Ferry, Andy johnson
Moses Lassiter. Simon Henderson,
May Jones and child were killed
Mrs. Fisher was nursing q sick child
and the infant died as the house fell.
The mother was hurt, but will re-
cover. Three sailors wiere- ktiied or
schooners that were loading lpmbeI
at Kings Ferry. So
Across the line in Georgia the dev.
astation was continued. At Folk
ston the school house was wrecked
and four children killed. In Camden
c0unty several more were killed.