Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-01
HAVOC In FLORIDA
Hurricane Does Its Most Deadly Work in
the Southern Peninsula,
FIFTY PERSONS ARE PROBABLY KILLED
Path of Destruction Covers Some Twenty
Towns and Villages.
'lFTY PERSONS ARE PROBABLY KILLED
CEDAR KEYS is WRECKED AND ISOLATED
Carload Of Brick in One Place Taken Up
and Scattered by the Wind
JACKSONVILLE sUsTAlNS VAST DAMAGE
Gale Strikes All the Smaller Places
and Works Ruin in the Big City
Losses Figured at Two
Millions.

Millions.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept. 30.-Th,
great hurricane OF yesterday worked vas
damage in this city. The full lextent o
the losses will not be known for severa
days. In the business and residence sec
tions there was not a building that escaped
serious damage. Every church, hospital
asylum and school building in the city wa!
more or less damaged. The most complete
wreck was the Second Baptist church. Th
tower at the northeast corner was blown
down. carrying with 1t portion of tn eastern
wall. The spire of st. Johns Episcopal churcl
was partially blown down. The SECOND
Presbyterian church was unroofed and the
roof carried some distance away. The spires
of the cathedral of st, John the Baptist
were badly damaged, st. Philips African
Methodist Episcopal church suffered more
severely than any other church edifce in
the city. The steeple of the church was
demolished by the storm of 1898 and was
restored. The steepe fell yesterday, fall
ing northward across the body of the church
and crushing 1t in. The church appears to
be almost wreck. The Sa-
Vanan HoSpltal was unrooleu anu
the rof rolled up and carried
into the yard. The Georgia infrmary was
also unroofed The Savannah, Florida &
Western railway suffered the greatest loss.
The passenger depot is a total wreck. Six
new pullman cars. which were in the shed
when it collapsed, were overturned and
badly damaged, the loss amounting to sew
eral thousand dollars on these cars alone.
Th. nNRn hull nr t,aI rs
Georgia railway and the long freight shed
were badly damaged by the storm.
FIFTY DEAD IN FLORIDA.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 30.--A special to the
Commercial-Appeal from Jacksonville, Fla,
says: 1t Is a conservative estimate to say
that fifty people have lost their lives in
Florida from yesterdays hurricane and the
number may run much higher. News from
rfhat portion OF the state where the storm
FIRST Atruck is very slow In coming in. for
the Wires are down and railroads are i'm
passef!e. Wrecking parties which want
out this morning have not returned and 1t
will be tomorrow before the full extent OF
the damage is known
The hurricane struck Florida at Cedar
Keys. and it passed in its path OF destruc,
tion over twenty towns and villages, and
reports show that between thirty and forty
people have certainly been killed. Cedar
Keys is about 100 miles southwest of Jack
sonville. The hurricane, which had been
churning the waters of the gulf, first struck
this place a village of 1,500 inhabitants.
The only report which has come concern
ine Cedar Keys is that the town has been
swept away and many lives have been lost
This report came from Gainesville. when
Is fifty miles away Nobody mas peeh apie
to get anything direct from Cedar Keys.
Moving northeasterly the storm strucR
Williston a small town, where eleven houset
were blown down, one person killed ana seV,
eral so badly injured that 1t Is expected
they will die Near here Is large turpeh'
tine farm where state convicts are employeu
Twenty OF these were huddieu To-
gether in cabin. heaVy uet
vas blown across the cabin and
six OF the convicts were crushed TO ueath
In AIachua county the storm did trighttu
work. In Gainesville the Methodist churcl
and about twenty residences and business
houses were destroyed and quite NUMBER
OF people were hurt, but no fatalities are
reported At La Crosse, fifteen buildings
were destroyed Rev w. A. Barr, Mrs, f.
Mcintosh and her baby are reported Killed
Near there four laborers. who were In
cabin at a turpentine farm, were crushed
bv falling trees. Newberry is total!
wrecked c. j. Kastlin, Mrs. Nancy Moss
Frank Olmstead and David Jones were
killed.
BOX CAR WENT TOO
At High Springs, Melissa Warren, James
Morris and Salie Mobiles. colored women
OF people took refuge in box car which
was in the path OF the tornado. 1t was
blown along the track and then wrecked
and every person in 1t was badly injured
Steve Mason and George Johnson nave
since died.
At Gracey, a small place, twelve Mouse.
were blown down. woman was killed, bu'
O babe at her breast was unhurt, although
1t had been carried some distance by th'
force of the wind, At Lake Butler, Brad
sGra MR. ]. 'D'F, NJ Futeh and her infant wef, YER
fatally hSrt; Snxr Many buliSiasS tSia nIsr, Ter,
the wind blew to pieces two cars loaded
with brick. and Henry sullivan, negro
who was 800 yards away, was killed by beint
struck by one of the fying bricks. On Judg'
ichard tmrentine el'm, four convict
were killed by falling trees. In Bake
destroyed. They are McLenny, sanderson
Glen ST. Mary and Olustee. NJ
one was killed outright in the
towns but many were injured
among whom was Mrs. G. S. Richardson
James McAlpn and North Webster, all c
whom will die.
AT Live Oak the destruction is complett
but no loss of life Is reported. Near Wei
born, the house of Amos White was de
stroyed and two of his children were killed
At Lake City eight business houses an
thirteen residences were destroyed, Mrs
Sarah Fletcher and two boys were killed an
Dora Jennings, Samuel Hudson and iona
Maybrey were fatally injured
Six persons are reported killed at For
White. in columbiana county but no name
are given.
At Hillyards another school house wa
wrecked and four children killed At King
Ferry Andy Johnson, Moses Lassiter. Simon
Henderson, May Jones and a child wer
killed. Mrs. Fisher was nursing a sic
child, and the infant died as the house fell
The mother was hurt, but will recover
Three sailors were killed on schooners tha
We're loading lumber at Kings Ferry.
Across the line in Georgia the devastation
was continued. At Folstone, which is nea
the Okeefenokee swamp, the school hous
was wrecked and four children killed. Sew
eral casualties are reported in Camdei
county, Georgia. The storm then continues
on its ways TO Brunswick and Savannah.
There is no way 10 estimate the propert
loss in Florida. The losses may seem heay
Ter now than they will when more closel
examined but talk with insurance mel
here Is that Florida losses will foot u
100000. This seems, however an exees
>sSe estimate.