Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-02
TELEGRAPHIC.
NEWS OF THE STORM
Cedar Keys, FlOrId', Almost Totally
Destroyed.
4 HUNDRED LIVES REPORTED Lest
An Imm,uss Tidal Wave tame frari
The Sou h Carrying leah
With IL.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 2.-Cedar
Ksysis place OF dcsolAiion and dosth.
Fstty.elght houfs ago u was n intiv.
,ng town of 1 500 inhab itants. To-day
many q the people are oorpscs. scores
Of others at0 injured. and there are but
nw houses LEFT standing. Twenty
ssfpses have bpen recovered, but few
have been ideniined,s9 muiilsied were
ib,y by falling timber. Many Of the
eofps,s we're jug oul OF the mud la
which they were buried by the mighty
tlLai wave thhs swept over the town
tuesday morning.
The town IL situated nj tho mouth Of
the sewante river on number Of
,msll keys connected ~ anJmuer Of
btidgss. II had no protection auI went
10 pitcss when tho west India hufTl-
cane with velocity OF eighty.nvo
failcs an hour came roaring from
inc gul. The storm struck the
pl.cs about $3.50 O'Clock Tuesday
mofnlng and continued for tovef.
nj hout. Though warning had
teen given nothing Indicated
a blow VI unusual severity. Up 10 II
o'clock tho nignt was calm aud quiet.
AtthAt hour a moderate breeze spfang
no rom the eastward, Increasing
gradually, until u thifty.mils wluu
was blowing. About I q. IN. II blew o
reflect tornado AMI suddenly changed
10 the s0utbeaE, bringing perfect
deluxe OF water, tho tide rising two
ieet higher than In tho memorable
gale OF 1904, which was NJ the time
sid " DO tue worst storm on record.
All O'Clock an immonso tidal wave
came Ia from the eouth, carrying do.
,,fuctiOn with n. Boats, whafvts anu
email houses were hurried upon the
shofs aud breaking into fragments,
covered tho streets with wfeckage nud
rendered them almost impossible.
White the touent OF water was Tush.
iug through every opou space II would
taIo tue strongest man OF his feet. IL
wss this tidal wave that eaus!i the
principal l.es OF life.
Many hOutes were swept from their
foundations anu tho Inmates drowned.
Oi the twenty bodi,a recovered,
twelve are whites and eight c1lorrd.
Of tue whites rix belonged 10 the
Whitson family, Il mother, four chil.
afea Anu young lady vlsi.0f. The
NAutt lNuA WutAo FtNtAhf ~ hhtNt huI
have not yet been idohtincd. Oi the
eight negroes only QUE. Peter Wood.
,on. has been identines.
Tho iofs Of lilo al Cedar Keya propef
: as nothing 10 c0mpnTi,On win ihe
number u spongers aud fisbHfnion who
were drowned. Toe Mary Ezra came
In this morniug dlsmast,d. aho an.
Chofei on tue spongs bar below Cedar
Keys apd that all Of them bu. about
twoaty were LOST. These bsaIs carried
from TOUR TO ton men each, aud the
Ices VI life was great. Eight cOrpsos
have already been wAshed ashore. The
schooner Rgsaiie was Huuk nuu ei<ht
Of her crow drowned.
Tue handsome Methods, Eplecopal,
the Cedar Key high school Duiiding,
tbs Cnfisusu ohuTcn anu three coloruu
cnutrher, tue EewAnte ice factory,
Wolfe cedar mlllanu the Ia Gle Pencil
clmIaDys mill, also ihe large lumber
mill VI T.. J. HefiOng anu the planning
mill VI George W. Moyor q 800. aud
scores " private Tssideuces were
wrecked by the wind Hnd wayus, some
Ct tho handsomest anu Apparently
most substantial buildings buiug dam.
aged beyond repair.
RsliAUle nownoi the storm from the
west Of Levy and Alachua counties
has lust feae he'd Jacksonville. Not les
thai 30 families arc lett dcalltute, ali
their houses, fences and crops ate totally
tsItOyed, ANA what they had gath.
cred was blown away with The build
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