The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-03

= ne Storm.
x-...onv.sle, Fla. Oct. Cedar Keys Is
-. 81 es-o.z ssoG and death. Forty
-. .,,,,rs ago x was d thriving town ot
- ,rhasltanfE. Te&ay many Of the peo-
- rorpsss, scores o. others are in
80 mi ,hsse are but few houses lett
1000 Taenty cor2ses have been re-
--s@d hat few haze been identified. so
ee..ssssexa we're they by falling timDers.
- "a the corpses were dug out from inc
- ia which they were buried ~ the
-..stx fidAl wave that swept over the
- Tuesday morning Tho fova Il sit
80 !; the mouth OF Suwannee river. on 4
- AT small keys connected by d num-
- 4 bridges. IL aad no protection and
-. 70 pteces when The West Indian hGr-
.s.se. cssh a velocity Of eighEy-ase miles.
-. roaring from the gull Tine storm
100 me place about 3.2o O'clock Tues
.. sroruirsg and continued for several
s..~~x Though warning had beer given,
~1;.x indicated a blow OF sucn H3usual
| ss.rsty. About a. 10. IL blew i perfect
.s,asde and suddenly changed To the
ss.s,bas a. bringing perfect deI4ge Of va
q, ID. tide rising two feet higher than In
- memorable gale Of 1894. which Was q.
4. Zine said 10 be the worst storm on
.s-e<A Al o'clock an immense tl5ai wave
arr ID from the south. carryia sc-lr,ic-
~ xift H. Boats. wharves ans small
s.xs>s xere hurled on the shore and.
arsastrg into fragments, covered the
rree;s with .rechage md rendered thsga
.lsos, impossible While the torrents Of
r,ts- we're rushing through every open
~,aos II would take the strongest man or
a. 80. Il was this iIda! wave that caused
- principal loss OF life. OF the twenty
an3lex recovered twelve are whites and
sssht cosored or the whites six belonged
!. fhc Whisson family. The other four
vhit4 victims are men and nave not yet
tsea identified
rhs loss Of life at Cedar Keys proper "a
=, roth.ng In comparison with the NUM-
~ Of spongers and fishermen VINO were
Srssned. The Mary Eliza came IN this
uarniug dsmaniled. She reports that at
ssrt Monday night nearly l11 vessels we're
sacaotVi or the sponge bar neiow Cedar
gsys. and that ali Of theaa bat about TWEEN
n Esre lost. These boats carried from
s,sr to ten men each. and the loss of lffa
rs great. Eight corpses have already
sses washed ashore. The steamer Resale
sn sank and eight OF her crew drowned.
re handsome Methodist Episcopal church
seth the Cedar Keys high school build
ri the Christian church aud thee color
"A churches. the Volts Cedar mill and the
3eneil conipanys mill, also the large ium-
Der nil Of r. J. Merlond and the planning
Gil OF George W. Meyer f. Sons. ard
srsres Of private residences we're wrecked
b. the wind and waves Some OF the hand
sa1ss, and apparently most substantial
tslidsngs are damaged beyond repair
Reliable news Of the storm from the west
u Levy and Aluehua counties ms Just
reached Jacksonville. Not less than 800
families are left destitute. all the houses.
tsarinx and crops are totally destroyed.
sr6 what they had gathered was blown
sssy with the buildings.
Very Mild Denial.
Jacksonville. Fla. Oct. 2.-The reports
that hare been sent out concerning loss
Afe al Cedar Keys are grossly *
asgsfased. IL l. 50 far positively kno~n
tat twenty persons have been drowned
b that vicinity. Ia addition 10 this Il
, ssarel the crews OF numerous sponglng
vessels were lost. but as communication
y saH Impossible any statement of proh-
DE numbers would be the mersst gness-
work In the interior OF Florida the de-
rruction OF property VAS great. hut M
fss Of life Is reported. tSlgnedD The Jack
eouyigis Citizen.
seven Dead, Many Missing.
Tucson, Ariz.. Oct. e.-The greatest part
q tie damage done by the eloudbnrsst at
Nnson yesterday was In the town. the
rat end Of which was completely washed
tssy The express office was lifted from
~ foundation ard washed TAP against
NJ depot. Seven people are reported dead
I'D number are missing. No .~alnz con
Xf4 far nrpha l.ix- fort aki~ts
ssss are down and reports are rleager.
Large forces Of men are at work making
WARS. and transfers OF passengers and
sAgxaEe across the damaged portion or
ne southern Pacific track VIII he made
1nofros With wagons. II * reported
aM IartaeF damage Is done on the lower
81 Pedro
"asy-sesen known "a he Killed.
Jacksonville. Fla, Oct. 2-Commanica-
M With TIE Interior nas restored late TO-
IT, and the news of the destruction Of
- and properly BY Tuesdays hurricane
appalling. Hundreds Of persons are
s'nieless ard mast suffer from hunger
naess RELIEF shall he quickly furnished.
Aspef's to the C.tix from Sevenfy-Stx
snsfeat ievrs. Including all Or me i'm
sEsrt points IN I.llv. Lafayette. Column
-. :. - - 3" iNNFE to0fltftSt snow
- sx9f-seN'a persons Nere killed and
sas-two iniared. These are TIE known
ssaties. To this total prohahly a COR
.ssefasis number must be added 10 cover
'.ess not yet heard from.
loss az lsfa MS greatest Al Cedar
sess On The Calf of Mexico. where tac
:. .sseahe entered the state. over half %
AaaNn deaths occurred AZ thaf place.
- instruction ~ valuable SINNER. tuv-
~s1's Uees. farai crops. phosphate
= ana buildings o. every deScr. Etfaa
sS'ihtlss mentioned. forming a belt
- sae STATE from thc ssuthwes: -
. - aesaaeast. W aggregate hundreds OF
sseAaes, Y uot ~ iHars ~ dal.aFA