The Saint Paul globe., 1899-08-03
TOWN WIPED OUT
E8SE
TERRIFIC WIND AND RAIN sFoRM
CARRIES DEsOLATION TO SEC
TIONs OF FLORIDA
LOSS OF LIFE is REPORTED
PARTICULARS LACKING, OWING TO
THE FACT THAT COMMUNICA-
TION is CUT OFF
PASSENGER STEAMER MISSING

Quests at Summer Resorts to BE Ac-
counted FOr-Train Blown From
the Track and Wrecked-Bridges
and TrestIes Are Washed Awav-
Grave Anxiety as to the Ea+a 90
People in the District Affected.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Aug. 2. - The
town OF Carrabelle, a prosperous port
on the Gulf of Mexico, southwest ~
thls CITY, is reported almost completely
destroyed by terrific wind and rain
storm, which passed through this Sec
ton during yesterday and last night
many boats which were in the harbor
nave been wrecked, and most of the
long wharf is gone, together with large
quantities of naval stores. At I,anarlx
the boat houses, pavilion and boats bava
been destroyed
Cnconhrmed reports say that tha
steamer Crescent City has been lost
between Apalaciola and Carrabelle. Sew
eraI persons are reported drowned at ST.
Marks. few houses were DESTROYED
at st. Teresa. The Mcintyre. Ashennora
and Curtis mills suffered severely. A.
passenger train on the CarrabeIle. TalIa-
hassee & Gulf railroad, thirty-five miles
below Tallahassee, was badly wrecked.
but no one is reported killed or injured.
The turpentine interests in this section
are greatly damaged and much injury
has been done to crops.
The wires are down south of here and
railroad service to the gulf ports is
suspended
The storm was one of the hardest
that ever passed over this section. 1t
came directly up from the gulf and
started northward. For hours the wind
was terrific, blowing at high rate and
the rain fell in torrents, washing away
many bridges, endangering thorough-
fares and railroads.
The storm reached the coast yester-
day morning, and there was no cessa-
ton until far into last night. The wires
and railroads have been so interfered
with that the results of the storm are
just beginning to reach the city.
Along the coast the fishing industry
has been severely interferred with.
Many Talahasseeans are at the various
resorts along the coast from which no
reports have come, and the conditions
at these places is causing much anxiety.
Parties who returned on the wrecking
train which went to CarrabeIle this
morning report that the country along
the route shows the effects Of the
storm. The train was compelled to run
with great caution, owing to the condf-
ton in which the storm had placed
no he
the tracks in many places Passengers
on the train which was wrecked say
the train was blown from the track.
COMMUNICATION CUT OFF.
The city of Apalachicola, at the mouth
of the Chattaoochee river, is entirely
cut off from communication and moth
ing can be learned from there
A new trestle over the Ochlocknee river,
at Mcintyre, was blown away. The
wrecking train which went out today
into the stricken territory found over
2O0 trees on the track in a run of thirty
miles. General Manager Crittenden, who
had charge of the train, says that every
town along the line is desolated. Hotels,
houses, churches, saw mills, wharves and
paV1lions were in many places blown
from their positions, and in many in
stances completely wrecked.
There are many rumOrs afioat here to-
night as to the loss of life. One mill
hand is known to have been drowned at
Mcintyre. One man was drowned at st.
Marks, but rumors place the loss of life
there at fifteen.
1t is not believed here that any lives
were lost at the numerous summer re-
sorts, but reliable news is unobtainable.
A large relief party will leave Talla-
hassee for the stricken section tomorrow
morning.
The steamer Crescent City, which is
reported lost plies between Apalachicola
and Carrabell. She carries a crew Of
eight, but the number of passengers on
board is not known. Her captain is
known as a very cautious man, and it is
believed here tonight that he made the
Chattaoochee river in a run for safety.