The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-04
FEARFUL RUIN IN FLORIDA.
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- are doing all in their power to
ny .te unfortunates, but their means are
aiu NJ inadequate and an appeal for help
W. been issued. 3d.,
h4s A1achua county it is just as bad.
~ cullen, who has returned to Gaines
NT i from Townsend's Ferry on the Su"
W. river, reports that the scene can
van e described. He says hundreds are
NJ. ,,,+ shelter and food, and many farms
Wet country are ruined. Trees are
II u in every direction, and it took him
Cow hours to travel eighteen miles on
lN,hack. The above is the way things
MIN in the entire western part of the
co1-',| are suffering for food and shelter.
p55p p9lzer county the situation is we'll
-.b indescribable.
Ne, Huiard fully thirty, and perhaps
a. Families are left homeless. They
I.2 NJ alnost without food, all of their be-
SSl az being swept before the wind.
T Suwanee Shoals fences were all
,-a,yn down. A great many houses
nv unroofed, most of them outhouses,
WI +hree or four dwelling-houses were
,i,n,n over No lives were lost so far
s heard from.
d. rbe church, Masonic lodge and gin
III a+ LevyviIe were blown down and
nan named Phelps was killed near
here The center of the storm seemed
go, 30 70 the west VI <AlDAOA4. ICiN5 ctpAl
lines are not working yet.
M Az otter Creek several houses were
,-a,,-, away. Jacob Henderson's house
r9s blown down The falling house in
s,red members of the family, breaking
his sons leg This place received slight
danages. compared with others nearby.
A. Albion several phosphate dry sheds
--ore blown down, and other property was
damaged. There was one dwelling house
Govn off the pillars, but no one was
bnrt The damage to timber is great The
iocaI damage will not exceed $1,000.
Al Lacrosse Rev. w. A. Barnes. Mrs.
r. r Mcintosh and baby, and several
others. were severely injured. Many
6niIdings were blown down, among them
beingt DR.. H. c. Parker's residence and
knights large commissary. The turpen-
fine men are the heaviest losers in that
locality. In the western part of the coun
Nv the loss of the farmers is said to be
heavy as the entire cotton crop was
greatly damaged, and many of their
fences were blown down.
In the country surrounding Bronson and
in Alachua and Levy counties in the track
of the storm desolation is general. AT
Bronson a meeting has been held and a
committee appointed to solicit aid from
everyone in and out of the county to re-
Heve the distressed. 1t is reported that the
turpentine men in the western part of the
country will abandon their farms. Any
one desiring to assist by contributions can
send to either of the following gentlemen
Of the committee, P. NJ. Colson clerk cir
cult court O. J. Farmer, editor Times
Democrat; or w. J. Epperson, merchant.
White Springs escaped with small loss.
Trees were blown down, and the interior
of the college building was damaged by
water The outlying towns suffered badly
At Tolend, near Lake City. the buildings
on the Meyers place were destroyed. The
residence a fine old house that has stood
there many years, was unroofed and great
damage done to furniture. Crawford Mat
tox. living near Lake City, lost ali his out
buildings and five fine horses. Beddis Wes-
son, near Columbia, lost part of his dwell
ling and suffered otherwise. The home of
R. S. Pritchard, near Lake City, was badly
wrecked. The kitchen and dining-room
were completely destroyed. All the roads
are blocked, and it will require two weeks
of hard work to open the way to Lake City,
a distance Of five miles, The turpentine
districts are ruined
AT La Crosse several houses were blown
down, among them H. C. Parker's store
house, the Hoffman house, mot occupied
the blacksmith shop, Knight & Edgerton's
commissary The roof off j. w, McCannis
barn A small house in the ginyard of j.
H. Wilson was wrecked; Rev. w. A
IDIQNi LODh Sii6IlbE III II, anu WdS SeTlOuS-
ly and perhaps fatally injured by the fall
ing building The kitchen of w T. Nc
lntosh was blown down, hurting Mrs. Nc
Intosh and baby very badly. In the coun-
try districts the damage is very great.
Reports received here from Fort Call
and Providence, Bradford county, are
that the storm was worse there than at
La Crosse
The large two-story house belonging to
Ire a sol, ,oila Of
Lacrosse, was blown down, and killed one
of her sons outright and seriously injured
Mrs Kennedy and one other of the boys.
couple of colored children were killed
near there.
The death roll, by counties, so far as
has been reported, stands about as fol-
lows:
teldr Keys OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 70
Levy county, outside Cedar Keys ......13
Alachua county Observation-Disclosures.
odhtr county ..'.......'............... Z
Bradford county Observation-Disclosures. 5
columbia county Observation-Disclosures. 8
SuWahee county ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .
Nassau county ...........14
Judging from past events, another hur-
rcane should hit Florida between now
ana Oct. "a, the latest date upon which
any have occurred since 1892. Prior to
IVY Florida enjoyed an immunity from
west India hurricanes From 1892 up to
the present year they have either visited
the state in pairs, or narrowly missed it.
These storms were as follows: Sept. 10,
l&2i Oct. "a, 1892; Aug. e. 1885, Oct. Y,
1888; Sept 26, 1894; Oct. 9, 1894; Oct l, 1895;
Oct 81, 1895
The question of why storms prior to 1892
should, in the majority of cases have
passed to the east of Florida, while those
OF recent years should pass over the state
OF 10 the west of the state, is one which
Will no doubt interest the meteorologists.
Inc storm of Sept. 20 was remarkable
because Of its difference from the hurri-
cane type. 1t resembled a tornado in that
II bounded. Some places it struck with
great severity, skipping place ahead and
men coming to the earth again with re-
uouD!ed fury Many reputable persons,
VINO nave visited South Georgia and have
Witnessed the havoc there, were particu-
larly struck with this characteristic.
A CREDULOUS JURY.