The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-07

tine station several Of the buildings,
including the officers quarters are
down, but Surgeon Burford is safe
At the new docks of the Southern rail
road the eastern warehouse is down.
and much other damage done. Han
over park, the pride of Brunswick. is
wrecked. Every street is strewn with
debris.
! Reports from Boulogne, across the
river from Folkston, say that several
people were killed and others injured,
but no verification of these reports has
reached the Morning News yet.
OLD BEAUFORT SUFFERS.
BEAUFORT, Sept. 29.--Without warn
ing from the weather bureau or any
intimation of anything to be expected
Beaufort was visited today at II O'Clock
and lasting until 3, with quite as Vio'
lent and destructive cyclone for the
length of time it lasted As the memo
rable one of Aug. u, 1893. the vlo,
lence, force and velocity OF the wlna
eoualed if il did not exceed that OF
1898, and if we had experienced as
high ide the destruction OF lie ana
property would have been proportlon'
ately greater. AS it is, the town has
suffered terribly. The chief and great,
est sufferers are among the oldest and
most staunch houses. At about half
past 1 o'clock the wind shifted from
southeast to southwark and only less
ened its violence by about 3 o'clock,
when it appeared that the fury of the
gale had abated. Besides the wrecks
already recorded, along Bay street a
great many OF the brick chimneys OF
the most exposed houses and stores
were snapped off and had fallen into
the streets below and upon the roofs.
The masonry at the sides of the plaz'
zas of 7. w. Schepe's grocery store
and thatof G. A. Longs residence over
the express Office was blown down
with its brick and mortar. The yachts
Osprey, owned by Mr.. Miles, Nellie,
by Colvidere, Julia, by Henry Schep'
er, that lay at anchor off the sea wall,
and which, with timely warning have
been put in safe harbor were capsized
and sunk. All the pilot boats that lay
in front of the town from disuse OF
past week owing to heavy seas pre-
vailipg outside, rode safely through
the storm. The only one of fleet that
stopped down at Port Royal was the
Scheper, No. 4, and she was driven
high and dry upon the marshes OF
Jericho up Battery creek.
The handsome residence of the late
Geo. Waterhouse, now owned by his
estate, formerly the Lewis Sans house,
was terribly wrecked, the roof entire
ly blown off and swept away, and the
handsome columns and the upper piaz-
"a tern to pieces aud other damage to
the front of the house and fences. The
residence of the Messrs. Wallace, for
merly The Fuller house, on the corner
| of Bay street, had its roof torn and its
veranda destroyed.
There are great many other disas-
ters to property all over the town, but
I have only listed the above as among
the most important and extensive. 1t
| is, of course, impossible as yet to estl'
mate the amount of damage, but 1t is
likely to reach large amount IN
money. No loss of life in town is re-
ported. Two colored women from the
Oakland plantation were killed by the
falling in of their house. No news
has been received from the islands
From Port Royal. the damages to the
railroad properties are said not to be
very considerable. Some damages are
reported from the Sea Island Chemical
works (Coosaw), and to Balwins, but
particulars are not yet in.
FRIGHTFUL DAMAGE IN FLORIDA.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept. 30.-It is
a conservative estimate to say that 81
people have lost their lives from yes
terdav's hurricane and the number
may run much higher. News from
that portion of the State where the
storm first struck is very slow in com
ing, for wires are down and railroads
are impossible. Wrecking parties
which went out this morning have mo-
returned and it will be tomorrow be
fore the full extent of the damage /:
known. The hurricane struck Cedar
Keys and reports show that it passed
| in its path of destruction over twenty
Towns and that between thirty and for
| ty people have certainly been killed
Cedar Keys is about 100 miles South
west of Jacksonville. The hurricane
which had been churning the water
out in the Gulf first strucS this place
4 village OF 1,5O0 inhabitants. The
only report which has come concern
ing Cedar Keys is that the town ha'
been swept away and many lives have
been lost. This report comes from
Gainesville, which is fifty miles away
Nobody has been able to get anything
from Cedar Keys.
Moving Northeasterly the storm
struck Willistown, q small town
eleven houses were blown down, one
person was killed and several so badly
hurt that it is expected they will die
Near here is large turpentine farm
where State convicts are employed
Twenty of these were huddled together
in a cabin. A heavy tree was blowr
across the cabin and six OF the convict'
were crushed to death. In Alachumt
County the storm did fearful work
In Gainesville the Methodist Church
and twenty residences and business
houses were destroyed, and while
number of people were hurt no fatal
ties are reported. At La Cross, fifteel
buildings were destroyed. Rev. w
A. Barr, Mrs. f. +. Mcintosh and hel
baby are are reported killed. Nea
there four laborers who were in a cab
in on a turpentine farm were crushed
by falling trees.
Newberry, in WestAlachuma, is is to