The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
FLORIDA TOWNS WRECKED.
NOTHING left or CARRIBELLE, MIN
TYRE AND CURTIS MIL.
The People Driven from Their Houses and
Forced to Camp Hungry In the Woods
Great Loss of ShippinE-Scores OF Fish
ermen Missing aud Probably Dead.

The People Driven from Their Houses and
Forced to Camp Hungry In the Woods
Great Loss OF ShippinE-Scores OF Fish
ermen Missing aud Probably Dead.
TALLAHASSEE. Fla. Aug. 4.-Persons return
ing from the storm stricken section OF the
Gulf coast corroborate tho reports sent out
Yesterday. In fact. the damage is far greater
than had been reported The first train In
Ave days from Carrabelle reached this city last
night. and the tranmen and passengers told
an appalling story. Carrabelle IL completely
wrecked. Only three huts remain standing In
the town proper. The whurves and docks.
containing hundreds OF thousands of feet of
lumber. have all been swept away. and large
number OF lumber vessels. which were in the
bay, are now lying partly on shore. Many Of
them will DO lost The crews OF some OF them
are missing, and IL is feared that they have
been drowned.
The people OF Carrabelle are demoralzed
and dlsheartenod by the destruction Of their
homes They are focking in all directions.
seeking shelter and the town is deserted.
Many are camped in the woods Food is scarce.
The reports which reached Tallahassee to-
day from Mcintyre and Curtis MIL confirm tho
reports OF the humiliation OF those villages.
together with the lumber Industries in them.
At st. Teresa and I.anark. which we're summer
resorts. the damage is great. The pavllons
and lighthouses are all demolished and the
guests have also sustained considerable loss
party Of fifteen men were seen fishing at
Dog Island. near Carrabele. few minutes be-
fore the storm broke. and nothing has been
heard from them.
Another relief party left this city day for
Lanark and Panacea Springs. where a large
mum Der Of people are waiting to get transport
tation. No news has been received from st.
Marks. Tho town was submerged and 1t Us
supposed that large number of people have
been drowned there.
The steamer Crescent City was to have left
Apalachicola on Tuesday morning but nothing
has been heard from 1t. and many have con-
cluded that II is lost. 1t was n handsome vessel
capable Of carrying 200 passengers.
Two negro women and six children were
drowned 1t Is reported. at Carrabelle. II. d.
Rohrcr OF st. Marks is also reported drowned.
The water is five and six feet over the lower
floors of all houses and the domestic animals
are nearly all drowned
fleet Of twelve fishing vessels which were
far out In the Gulf when the storm came are
missing. and are undoubtedly lost There were
sixty men aboard.
The storm district is on the Gulf coast from
st. Marks to Appalachicola. st Marks is not
more than twenty miles south Of Tallahassee
on an air line. Anpalachicola Is eighty miles
from Tallahassee in a southwesterly direction.
and is reached by way Of the Carrabelle. ITALIA
hassee and Georgia Railroad from Tallahassee
to Carrabelle. and thence by mail steamer
thirty miles
PENSACOLA Fla. Aug 4--Great uneasness
is felt in Pensacola by owners OF ishing smacks
over the fact that no news whatever can be
obtained from them. The vessels are frail.
They carry crews OF eight or ten men. and
some Of the masters are property owners in