The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-15
WRECK OF THE lNCHULVA
Nine Of the Crew are Drowned---The
Schooner Martha Thomas Beaten In
to Fragments---Details Of the Ruin
Which Began Friday Night Still
Coming On.
(By the Associated Press.)


Jacksonville, Fla, Sept 14.-The wires
southwark are still down and viii not be
in operation for a day or two yet The
Western Union Telegraph Company sent
a large force of men and a camp train
down the east coast last night.
Further details of the Florida storm
disaster came by. mail coast last night.
The steamer Inchulva, of Liverpool,
owned by the Inch Shipping Company
from Galveston, loaded with lumber and
cotton seed meal and bound for Hampton
Roads for coal, went ashore near Boynton
Friday night at o'clock The ships
steering gear broke and she floated at
will, striking the beach with great force
and breaking into three pieces. The cap
tain and mates and fourteen of the crew
were saved. Nine were drowned, among
them the engineer. The boats had hard
time landing. One boat with five men in
it was battered to pieces by the waves
and its occupants were drowned. The
schooner Martha T. Jones, 750 tons, Cap
tain Watts, with cargo of lumber bound
wrecked nine miles south of Jupiter.
The schooner is split in half. The crew
were all saved.
At Palm Beach the damage was serious.
Gruber's Opera House was partially un-
rooted, as well as his business block on
Narcssus street and his warehouse. The
Seminole block suffered heavily and the
Palms block to a small extent. The roof
of the Tropical Sun building is gone and
all the glass in the lower front blown out.
The Lake Worth News was also a heavy
sufferer. The Masonic Temple, the Dade
County State Bank and the new Jefferson
block were also greatly damaged OF the
latter a portion of the roof was torn off,
All the boats on the lake front except
three were sunk anu are total wrecks On
the east side the loss is heavy The hotel
Royal of Pincana was slightly damaged
Beyond blowing down number of trees
and leaving a few small houses slightly
out of plumb the storm did no damage
at Plant City
On Sunday the Jacksonville correspond
ent of the Associated Press sent out the
following:
Beginning Friday morning on the east
coast, and Saturday morning on the west,
and lasting "a hours at each, South Flor
ida has been swept by the strongest cy-
clone ever known in the history of that
part of the State. The wires went down
at the beginning, and railroad service was
delayed. Z. On that account no details
reached this place until today. Even now
they are not full, for many places that
4 1o
storm have not yet been heard from, as
the wires IN the storm-swept district are
not yet working. At Miami the wind at
tanned velocity OF 65 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 demolished
not even scratching the cars. The tin
roofing OF the Belcher 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. Sew
eral small boats were sunk in the bay
Passengers on the East Coast train which
arrived in the city tonight reported many
wrecks along the shore, between Miami
etiih AAOCC POuhd. 1uuOnS lucIu II OHC
fCur-masted and one three-masted schoon-
er and several smaller vessels. None of
their names is known. One Of the Stand
ard Oil Companys 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 far
north as ST. Augustine. Trees and small
houses were blown down at Cutler At
Stuart, Is acres of pineapple sheds were
blown down, as we'll as the saw mill and
sheds across the river and the building
occupied by the postoffice at Wa Wa.
The racing yacht No. %, was blown up
into the woods, where she now lies high
and dry. The residence of Captain Nc
Neil was blown from its foundations, at
Stuart.
Taking a day in crossing the penin-
sular the storm struck Tampa Saturday
morning, soon attaining a velocity of 10
miles per hour. and ragged all day, the
roofing of the Almera & De Soto Hotels
was blown off Several cigar factories
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