The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-05
Fifteen Ships Cast High and Dry by
the Cyclone.
MICH LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED
Five Unidentified Bodies Have Been
Recoycred-Fifty Destitute sailors
Taken To River Junction-Ihc
Loss Will be over Mil
lion Dollars -- There was
No Insurance.

RIVER JUNCTION. Aug. A-rhe most
disastrous cyclone that ever visited this
section OF Florida completely annihhated
Carrabolle. Mcintyre and Lanark lnn'
south of here Wednesday.
A. Carrabeue only nine houses remain
OF a once beautiful and prosperous town
Nommunications from the Mayor states
that Two hundred families are without
homes or shelter. and many are complete
ly destitute.
OF Mcintyre only two mill-boilers marx
the site of the town. Lan9rk Inn me Ia
nous summer resort, was blown INTO 'ho
Gulf
The Carrabelle. Tallahassee and Geor-
eia Railway is washed away for a ais
lance of thirty miles. A passenger train
was blown from the track more than one
hundred yards. Many passengers we're
Injured, but their names are unoptain-
able.
MANY CASUALTIES.
Mary williams. c0l0red. was killed al
Carrabellc Many Others had legs ana
arms broken. Daniel Nell, Of Apaiachico-
la had his back broken and IS not cx-
I,cted 10 recover. No facilities are re-
ported from Mcintyre and ianark.
Fifteen ships lying at anchor in Dog
Island Coye and Upper Anchorage, are
now an high and dry on 81. Georges and
Dog Islands. Twelve were loaded with
lumber and ready for sea. Nothing re-
mains of them but mass Of wrcckase.
When the italian Bark. Corterla, struck,
she split in Two from stem t0 stem. The
names of the ships blown on ,he Islands
and which are total wrecks. are as fol-
lows.
Norwegian barks Ranavola, Edwartsen.
MASTER Vale. Andersen. master, Jafnar.
Tygensen. master; IIndoo, Madsden.
master; Elsbeth. Petersen. master. Rus
sian bark Iatara. krantman. master.
American schOOners-B BENJAMIN T.. Crom.
wen. Mclean. master; Mary T.. Morris.
Densmore. master: Grace Andrews.
Brown. master; Warren Adams. Gibbons.
master James A. Garfield. Cottingham.
master; bark. Yidotte. Walron, master.
Italian bark Cortesia. fishing smack Al.
bert Haley. three pilot boats and steam.
ers lola and Capitola and forty boats
under twenty tons were lost. Six lumber
lighters O0ldeD are g0n not one Of the
entire fleet can Doe saved.
FIVE DEAD BODIES.
Five unidentified bodies We're recovered
NN-NNF. nNIINrfA TO UN nNliNlrs
Tugboats have gone from here Ia the
scene Of the wrcckage. All possible aid
is being given
Fifty destitute sailors were brought
here to-day aud are being cared for.
mass meeting nj citizens Is being held
here tonight and dil possible ald Will bee
given the Carraboile destitute. One mii-
lion dollars Will not cover the loss. The
Insurance is small.
MISSING VESSELS
MOBILE. ALA. August i-Much con-
Germ IS felt here for thc tugs Chief and
DeD Voicnte and the drcdse rraighhl.
with sc0ws that left here saturday for
Charlotte harb0r Fla. and must have
been i'm the centre Of Wednesdays storm.
The steamer Scaboard. bound from No
bile to Tampa. was in Che storm. She
made a safe harbor until the blow WAS
over. and reached Tampa this morning
The tug Ledran. with tho barge Bis
mlrck bound 90 Pensacola went ashore
near that harhor The captain says ~
was the roughcst weather he ever saw on
The coast.