The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-05
FLORIDANS IN WANT.
Many People Made Destitute by
the Storm.
CONTRIBUTIONS sORELY NEEDED.

HE situation So Serious That There Ia
Strong Talk of Having the Governor Call
an Extra Session of the Legislature to
Make Provision for the storm-Stricken
People-some Late Details of the Terri
BILE storm.
Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 5.-The big
storm has left the people of the west
ern part of Aluchua and Levy, and
the eastern part of Taffat counties.
homeles, with no food, the cotton crop
destroyed, and no resources at hand.
so serious is their situation that the
people who have visited them are earn
estly advocating special session Of
the legislature to make some provision
Tor them In the western part of Ala
chua county, where thousands of peo-
pie lived, most of them well-to-do
farmers, all of their homes have been
destroyed, together with the provisions
that the people had stored for the win
ter. At Iulee the storm made a cleaner
path than at any other point. Not
tree remains standing; every store is
down, and some parts of the buildings
were carried for three miles. Goods.
such as clothing and dress fabrics,
were found five miles away, tossed
around tres or floating in the Suwanee
river. The people have gathered what
lumber they could find. and together
with logs, have made a camp in which
men, women and children are being
sheltered by the hundreds.
Food Nearly Gone.
Their food is nearly gone. They can
not use wagons or horses to get fresh
supply, but have sent men to Brand
ford, and they will make an effort to
bring groceries down the Suwanee riv-
er in a boat. Nearly every house in
Lafayette county has been destroyed.
Nothing is left of Mayo, the county
seat. East of the Suwanee river the
probable loss TO phosphate plants Is
estimattd at S500,000. In Lafayette
county the valuable cedar forests are
lost. Stock has been killed by the hum
dreds. All crops have been destroyed
and hundreds of people are in distress.
They have no homes and nothing to
eat. To add to their distress their
farms are covered with trees, which
will have to be removed before the
farms can be cultivated. The turpen-
tine men on either side of the Suwanee
river are financially ruined. All had
invested all the money they possessed
I'm turpentine lands and stills. and ev-
erything is destroyed. Nearly all of
them have discharged every laborer
they had. This means that at least $500
men are out of employment. Most OF
the laborers, most OF whom have fami-
lies. must live on charity until they can
find something to do.
VIII Cost Much Money.
In Suwanee county many houses
were unroofed and fences blown down.
To clear the roads of trees will cost
Alachua county $1,000. There are
twenty-five turpentine stills with their
equipments camps, hands and teams
between Lake City and Cedar Key. and
not one of these will ever run another
charge, all the timber being destroyed.
Yulee, a town of 800 people. with fif-
teen or twenty business houses, is
gone. The citizens called massmeet-
ing and appointed a committee to So
licit aid for the sufferers. Similar ac-
tion has been taken at MacClenny Ba-
ker county. Every phosphate plant in
the vicinity of Fort White, Columbia
county, is a total wreck The turpen-
tine people are completely ruined,
hardly a tree being left standing in
the woods The suffering will be great
and assistance has already been asked
for and the mayor will make an APP
peal to the governor of Florida for as
sistance. In Alachua and Levy coun-
ties two hundred families are reported
destitute. The charitable contribu-
tions of other states will almost GER
tainly be required to alleviate the suf-
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