Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-14
LOSS BY HURRICANE
Tampa Damaged 100000
by Terrific Storm,
WIND SEVENTY MILES
FIVE HOTELS AND MANY CIGAR
FACTORIES SUFFER BADLY.
West Indian Visitor Struck Southern
Florida and Tore Across Peninsula
With Devastating Fury.
WIND SEVENTY MILES

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, September II.
Passengers arriving this morning by train
from Tampa report the property loss there
by the hurricane at $1,UO0o.
Beginning Friday morning on the east
coast. and Saturday morning on the west
ana lasting twonty-four hours at each
south Florida has been swept by the
strongest cyclone ever known In the his
tory of that part of the state. The wires
went down at the beginning and railroad
service was delayed. On ttat account no
details reached this place until today. Even
now they are not FULL for many places
that were In the center of the path of the
storm have not yet been heard from, and
the wires into the storm-swept district
are not yet working.
AT Miami the wind attained a velocity
of sixty-five miles per hour. The car shed
.of the East Coast railroad was lifted from
its foundations, clear of the cars that We're
under it. and demolished not even scratch
ing the cars. The tin roofing of the Beliher
blocl, was torn off and blown across the
street, completely demolishing the front
of the building that side. Great dam
age was done to plate glass windows. Large
trees were uprooted and several small
houses were blown down, but none of their
inmates was hurt. Several small boats
were sunk in the bay.
Many wrecks Seen.
Passengers on the East Coast train
which arrived in the city tonight reported
many wrecks along the shore between
Miami ana Hobes sound. Among them are
one four-masted and one three-masted
schooner and several smaller vessels None
OF their names is known. One of the
Standard Oil Company's 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 Cutler. AT Stuart ff-
teen acres of pineapple sheds We're blown
down, well the sheds across the river,
ami the building occupied by the post office
al Wa Wa The racing yacht No. % was
blown up into the woods, where she now
lies. high and dry. The residence of Capt.
Mcneil was blown from its foundations at
Stuart. At Jupiter the wind blew seventy
five miles per hour, with the rain falling in
torrents.
Wild Day at Tampa
Taking a day in cossing the peninsula
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 De Soto hotels was
blown off Several cigar factories were
peulS udHistStu at nor 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 reported. An unknown man was struck
by a falling roof and badly hurt but il 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 darkness
Other places on the west coast and in the
interior have not been heard from and il is
feared that when reports come in the
damage will be vastly increased The
orange and grape fruit 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
. O'Clock tonight, indicating that the cy-
clone is now raging in middle Florida