Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-02
THE FLORIDA STORM
D,,,Ils Of Tho Destruction Wrought
In The State.
HUNDREDS ALLIED OR INJURED.
IN, Loss Of Prop ry VIII Run Into
nlIllons--Mapy famills
Dcsiiu,e.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Oct. 2.-RB-
nat, received from Cedar Keyo today
iii The story OF great damage 10 pro.
AMY aud loss Of life there from nte and
sood. Early rumors from there tpoke
ofC.dar Keys having been wiped out,
m, fortunately, later aud more autben.
uc feport. show this was au exagera.
lion. However, filtoou persons arc ro'
tofled drowned. In Mira. Weidley's
house alone i've psraons pctishod by
the nood, including three Of MITE.
weldley's children aud her niece aud
the la,tet'a child. Bed % arc being re.
covered from along the oosst anu many
n,hetmen who went on, on Monday
night have not been hoard from ,iuce
they len.
Tue Florida Genital end Peninsula
failriAd will be- compelled 10 tulli All
entire new track distance tf four
miles. All this wharyes Of Cedar
Key. were washed away and several
houses blown down. Biz were de.
Ufoysd by IRE.
LOOKING FOR TIN NiCflMH'
The dlnleulty In recovering the tod
les Of those killed nj Cedar Keys by
too tidal wave on Tuesday Rfists from
Inc fact that The town Ia built OF sever.
81 tmall koys. Tho bridges connecting
the Keys were swept away and there
sfe bui few boals lett. Then, too, most
Of the victims were buried deep In tho
mud aud macy bodies probably never
viii be- recovered.
Beyond tue bar there ate q score VI
meals visible lust ABOVE thu vnier and
tuch top indicates the burial plnc. Of a
spuuging acnooouer hni IT, crew. IL 10
possible many vessels were blown out
inI0 the gull snd rode out the huff..
eau. Mary EizaA captain thinks by
fat the rtsaief nunber hIe beneath the
water with the cfews. lie rays there
was not Gus obanon 10 q thousand tor
tuch ifail erut 10 live Ia Hueh hur.
fcane. Two gentlemen who went
down the coast few miles reported
nnding the c9fps,s OF eignI men
washed ashore. ihese men were the
crew Of sponging vossol, and tho
efuv Of most other vesseln undoubtedly
mot q almi!ar iaie. IL IL expected that
heusys 10 come corrtes " spongef.
viii be found along the COST.
rhe steamer Gsrfuae IL dismautled
and abandonsu ffisep miles south OF
Cesar Keys. rns Mallory IL last Ia
the huanto river, BwAmIoi. The
steamer Belle Of Suanee aud g.. ID.
owens were | 9th wrecked Ia theSuanse
Ilver.
Tue Ossns IL last In tho river sv amTs
while tho Belle steamed slowly this
afternoon Into Cedar Keys with both
smoke stacks aud all the upper woras
gone.
ans TIDAL WAVE.
In Cedar Keys those who ESCAPED
death had n terrible experience. When
the tidal wave oAmo and overwhelmed
tue houses many inmates Il iEtsd Ia thu
vatsr, ciinging ~ pieces u timber
others chung TO tree top. tor hours unil
the water Teeedrd. They were bui.
ieled by the wird ANA waves and
many men tainted, olinging ever
while unconscious with n uoAth-griI
10 tho tuceumbiug limbr. Many Afi
tlill unacogunted for, aud families aud
itionis are fllsd win anxiety, HOPING
ltf the besi, but ieafiug tue worst. IL
view VI the utter destruction wrought
~ the storm II seems miraculous tina
lhtfe IL n single person alive In Csdal
Keys today.
FInE AND ELooD.
The property loss at Cedar keys Il
tnOtmous. while the gale was ~ III
height, fife broke out In the Buliellna
housf. Ina lew seconds the entire
tuliing wss Wrapped 10 nimes
which quickly communicates TO til,
NuuHauts... = d. i..st IL nj
short time nothing was lett " TIT
huse, except the bare walls. The In
mates saved nothing, 80 fierce ant
sudden was the fire.
With tho TOarirg Il lmsa above aud
tue raging flood below, they were to-
badly heightened u attempt more than
tAving their HE. They etcnIed by wau.
log through four feet OF water. Not Z
business house or residence In the
plaee escaped without some injury.
NEWS W THE DESTRUCTION.
R,labla nsws OF tho storm In III,
western part o. Levy aud Alachui
vile.
No, less than 200 families nre desll
la'e. Scores OF injuries have bsen 70
lon,d with over 80 fatalities Ia Low
county.
The town Of Fannin ia oomplotel,
sshFyed except Oue small house
ly,on a sehaiu' stOTeh0uie wa
biown iuio the Suanee river with II
,teh ~ general merchandise. TIL
loNn Nucdmofe was domolllheJ. tn,
loilinhtIrT eau Mud no part of tn
nlAl " the poslCliine nxluras. Ever!
mouse ~ fuiAre, Juds1n and Chiel
hll was destroyed with oue or tw
sievp'ions, killing people In both tn
l'imef places. Tue people OF Bfon
'oh Issued an appeal for all.
hspoiu nom Baker, Suanee, Ma
iau anu Columbia counties conflp
wou ofy OF death aud deatIuction 70
Ml Ia these dispatches last nlghl
nc ueAlh llst hos been increased neal
u1Esn. Columbia county fare
uauy. All tho county south o
'"Ae wy Differentiated.
~ me Caleb snd MAroum neigh Dol
hy.l scarcely u Ttriu,nce OF house
Sanding. In the vioinily OF Ia
Sne ann Mount Tabor poslc nice. ID
'uutlnu was great.
,'Nl hodge, q farmer OF that local
hai bis thigh and arm cIuphsd an
i,,s "ne was hllleh by the falling VI
wy on the house.
Cure +. Dtews's planning mills 4
Aula Clly were wrecked. Hildrel
uens Iufpsniine campp aud dil
h,ea were wrecked and all umb,
ssn That poinI anu Fort White, .