The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-14
FLORIDA IS STORM SWEPT
GREAT DAMAGE TO ORANGE AND
 OTHER CROPS.

Roofs Blown or Hotels mud Some
 BuiIdings Are Blown Down-streets
 of Tampaa Network of wires--sIany
 Wrecks Reported Along the Coast.
 Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. 13.-Begin- ming Friday morning on the east coast and Saturday morning on the west, lasting twenty four hours at each, south Florida has been swept by the strong est cyclone ever known in the history of that part of the state. The wires went down at the beginning and rail- road service was delayed. On that ac- count no details reached here until to- day, and even now many places that were In the center of the path of the storm have not yet been heard from.
 At Miami the wind attained a veloc- Iity of sixty-five miles per hour. The car shed of the East Coast railroad was lifted from it's foundations, clear of the cars that were under it, and demolisf- ed. not even scratching the cars. The tin roofing of the Beliher block was torn off and blown across the street, completely demolishing the front of the building on that side Great damage was done to plate glass windows. Large trees were uprooted and several small houses were blown down, but no one was hurt. Several small boats were sunk in the bay.
 Passengers on the East Coast train which arrived in the city tonight re- ported many wrecks along the shore be- tween Miami and Hobes Sound Among them are one four-masted and one Ethree-masted schooner and several smaller vessels. None of their names is known. One of the Standard Oil com panys large steamers with two barges Is beached near Boynton. The crew of fifteen men were saved. Bodies of two unknown white men drifted on the beach near Boynton.
 The storm did not extend as far south as Key West and did no damage as far north as St Augustine. Trees and small houses were blown down at Cut Ter.
 At Stuart, fifteen acres of pineapple sheds were blown down as well as sheds across the river and the building occu- pied by the postoff1ce at WaWa. The racing yacht No. 23 was blown into the woods. where she now lies high and dry. The residence of Captain McNiel was blown from it's foundations at Stuart.
 At Jupiter the wind blew seventy five miles per hour uith the rain falling in torrents.
 Taking a day in crossing the peninsu- la the storm struck Tampa Saturday morning. soon attaining a velocity of seventy miles per hour, and ragged all day. The roofing of the Almeria and DeSoto hotels was blown off. Several cigar factories were badly damaged at Ybor City. and several buildings were unroofed. In Tampa the Hampton block was unroofed and six small buildings were blown down. No loss of life is re- ported. An unknown man was struck by falling roof and badly hurt, but it is thought he will recover The streets are a. tangle of wires. Street car lines made no effort to run cars. The wires leading from Tampa in all directions are down and the city is in total dark ness. a Other places on the west coast and in the interior have not been heard from and itiis feared that when reports come in the damage will be vastly increased The orange and grapefruit crops have been greatly injured, the fruit being blown from the trees or cut up by thorns.
 The wires west of Madison went down at 8 o'clock tonight, indicating that the cyclone is no raging in middle Florida.