The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08
Fearful Storm off Coast
of Florida.
" ANNIHlLATED
only Nine Houses Remaining az carr
rabelie Every Building at welntyrc
Dcstroyed-Thc Lanark snn blown
Into the Gait-Frncen ship. Lying
High on Land and Torn tn Pieces
Unea.,nes. M TO other vcs.eis-Nauy
Lives Lost.

Mobile. Ala, August Much con-
Germ Is felt here for the safety OF the
tugs Chief and Dio volente and the
dredge Craighill with scows hat left
here Saturday for Charlotte Harbor.
Fla, and have been in the centre
OF Wednesdays storm.
The steamer Seaboard. bound from
Mobile 10 Tampa was in the storm.
She made a safe harbor until the blow
was over and reached Tampa this
morning.
The tug Lebanon with the dredge
Bismarck, bound from Mobile 10 Pen
sacola wednesday, got In a critical
moment. The captain says 1t was tho
toughest weather he ever saw on the
coast.
River Junction, Fla. August 4.-The
most disastrous cyclone that ever visi-
ted this section OF Florida completely
annihilated Carrabelle, Mcintyre and
Lanark Inn, south Of here Wednesday.
At Carrabelle only nine houses re-
main of a nee beautiful and prosper
Gus town. Communications from tho
mayor state that two hundred fami-
lies are without homes or shelter and
many are completely destitute.
OF Mcintyre only two mill boilers
mark the site OF the town.
Lanark Inn, the famous summer re-
sort was blown into the gulf.
The Carrabelle, Tallahassee and
Georgia railroad Is washed away for
a distance OF thirty miles. A passen-
ger train was blown from the track
more than 100 yards. Many passengers
were injured, but their names are I'M
l o~btainable.
, Mary Williams. colored, was killed
at Carrabelle. Numerous others had
legs and arms broken. Daniel Neel,
of Apalachicola, had his back broken
| and is not expected TO recover.
No fatalities are reported from Nc
Intyre and Lanark.
Fifteen ships lying at anchor in Dog
island cove and upper anchorage are
now all high and dry on st. Georges
| and Dog islands. Twelve were loaded
with lumber and ready for sea. Moth
ing remains of them but a mass OF
wreckage. When the Italian bark
| Corteria struck, she split half in two
from stern to stern. The names OF the
ships blown on the islands and which
are total wrecks are as follows: Nor
wegian barks Ranavola, Edwartsen,
master; Vale, Andersen, master; JAZZ
mar, Tygensen, master; Hindoo, Mad
sen, master; Elsbeth, Petersen, mas
ter; Russian bark Latara, Krantman.
master; American schooners Benjamin
c. Cromwell. MCLEAN, master; Mary
E. Morse, Densmore, master; Grace
Andrews, Brown, master; Warren
Adams, Gibbons, master; James A.
Garfield, C~ottingham, master; bark
| Vidette, rWaldron, master Italian
bark Cortesia, fishing smack Albert
Haley.
Three pilot boats and steamers lola
and Capitola, and forty boats under
twenty tons were lost. Six lumber
lighters, loaded, are gone. Not n OF
| the entire fleet can be saved.
Five unidentified bodies were recov-
cred today, supposed TO be sailors.
Tug boats have gone from here to
the scene of the wreckage, all possible
aid is being given.
Fifty destitute sailors were brought
here today and are being cared for. A
mass meeting Of citizens is being held
here tonight and all possible aid will
be given the Carrabelle destitute. One
million dollars will not cover the loss.
The insurance is small.