The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-05
FIERCE BLOW IN FLORIDA.
HURRICANE SWEEPS UP THE GULF
COAST.


Storm First Reported Grazing the
Coast at Tampa ON Tuesday-BlOw
Had All the characteristics of n
Genuine West India CycIone-scV-
eraI Houses UnrOofed and Three
Tugs sunk at Observation-Disclosures
Church and other buildings De-
molished at ChipIey.
Jacksonville, Fla, Aug. 4-specials to
the Times Union ana Citizen indicate that
a hurricane of unusal severity swept the
Gulf coast of Florida yesterday
The storm had all The characteristics OF
a genuine West Indian cyclone.
Ii was first reported at Tampa on Tues
Gay, where it grazed the coast, but caused
sufficient wind to detain all steamers in
port.
A wrecking barge, in charge Of c. f.
Hardestcr was sent adrft and Mr.. Har-
dester, twenty miles out in the bay, de
serted the barge and took refuge upon
beacon, where he remained for forty hours
without food or water until rescued.
The sorm evidently pursued a northwest
erly course Before making a recurve, for
it was next reported between Apalachi-
cola and st. Teresa. just south Of ITALIA
hassee.
AT Chipley a negro church and several
other buildings were blown down and
thousands of acres OF mrpentine forest lev
eled
AT Tallahassee, st. Teresa, Mariana and
CareyWlle considerable damage was done
to houses. fences and trees. as wen as
TO corn and cotton. A deluge Of rain fell.
The wind first blew from the northeast,
but shifted around the compass, reaching
a furious velocity on the shift
The telegraph wires are all down in
Western Florida and details are meager, 1
but so far as learned there were no casual
ties.
Alphabetical, Fla, Aug. A hurricane
visited Apalachicola last night, and from
about s o'clock to 2 this morning the We
locity reached was eighty-hve miles per
hour.
Fences were leveled, many houses were
unroofed and hardly a shade tree of any
size remains in the city.
1t was fortunate indeed that no unusal
tide accompanied the tempest, otherwise
the damage would have been frightful.
Up to this writing no fatalities have been
reported, but the damage was especially
heavy to small shipping
Quite a number of sailboats were sunk
or demolished in front of Water street and
the following tugboats are reported sunk
in the river, Eva, Ocean Gem and Hud-
son Pet.
A number of lumber piles were scat
tered. but the principal damage sustained
by the Cypress Lumber Company was the
loss of the smokes lacks at the mill.
The large dry goods stock of A. H.
Ginsberg was considerably damaged by
reason of the blowing in of the windows.
The wind came up out of the northeast |
and about 1890 veered to the east-south- !
east when the velocity greatly increased |
until about l o'clock, when it Gained.
Rain fell in torrents, and probably more
water has fallen in the last twenty-four
hours than for the entire year previous,
Nothing has been heard from East Pass
or Carrabelle. 1t is feared that the ship
ping at East Pass has suffered
The wire from this place to Mariana is
fiat, and there will be no Geographic COM
munication with the outside world for
several days.
Tallahassee, Fla, Aug. A local storm
prevailed throughout this section Tues
day night. There was quite a gale at
Carrabelle lasting about twelve hours. A
quantity Of naval stores was washed from
the wharf and a lighter loaded with lum-
Der went adrift from a vessel in the har-
Dor. The storm came on receding tide
or the damage would have been much
greater.
There was an eleven-hour gale at St
Teresa, and one bath house is reported
gone Tuesday morning George Lewis,
Jr.. and B. A. Meginnis, Jr left Teresa
In sail boat bound for Penacea Spring.
Nothing was heard from them up TO 3
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, and Messrs.
George Lewis and b. A. Meginnis fathers
of the missing boys, left on the evening
train for Teresa. Some anxiety is felt
for the young men, and no tidings have
come since the departure of their parents
from here
The storm reached Tallahassee about
midnight Tuesday, and ragged furiously
until O'Clock Wednesday morning No
damage is reported The rain came in tor
rents four inches falling in eight hours.
while the total rainfall in twelve hours
was 5.02.
COBB SPEAKS AT JESUP.