Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-09-18
FLORIDA SWEPT
BY HURRICANE
Many Lives Lost and Property Loss
Will Reach Millions.
HALFTH ORANGE CROP RUINED
Many sections cut on From the OUT
side World and No . ~ M unica-
ton Can lie und-One Town
Completely washed Away.

Jacksonville, Fla. Sept. i5.-The
wires south OF Palm Beach and Tampa
are still down, and will not be in OPP
Grafton for a day or two. Further de-
taIls of the destruction wrought by the
hurricane have been received by mail
and passengers on the incoming trains.
The steamer lnchulva of Liverpool,
owned by the inch Shipping Co. from
Galveston. laden with lumber and cot
tonseed meal for Hampton Roads.
went ashore near Boynton Friday
night. The ships steering gear broke,
and she iloatcd AT will, striking the
beach with great force and breaking
into three pieces. The captain. mates
and ii of tho crew were saved. Nina
were drowned, among them the engi-
ncer. The small boat. with five men,
was battered to pieces by the waves.
and It's occupants drowned.
The schooner Martha T. Thomas, $50
tons. Capt Watts. cargo of lumber
Ap~palachicola for Baltimore. was
wrecked nine miles south of Jupiter.
The schooner Is split in half. The crew
were all saved.
At Palm Beach the damage was seri-
ors. Grunslcr's opera house was part
~ inundated, as were eight other bust
hess blocks. which were also damaged
in other ways. All the boats on the
Lake Worth water front, excepting
three. were wrecked and sunk. The
Hotel Royal Poinciana was slightly
damaged.
TWO lives were lost in Tampa by the
storm. Louis Baron. a cigarmaker.
Who was struck by the falling cornice
of II building. died the next day. His
skull was fractured. l.. Y. iiunnicut, a
motorman, met his death near the
Cunsta Rey cigar factory in West Tam
pa. He received a shock from u live
wire, which proved fatal.
In Ybor City several cigar factories
were badly damaged.
Passengers arriving here. Monday, by
train from Tampa report the property
loss there due to the hurricane at
about s, 900, 1000,
II Is expected that half the range
crop mas Decn cut OH aTDiilu tampa
and onc-fourth on the east coast.
1t il feared that many Of the beauti-
lul winter homes of northern people
have been swept away or practically
ruined.
There are no wires south of Tampa.
and trains are delayed. What has
happened at Punta Gorda, Punta itasSa
and Miers Is not known. II is reported
that Punta i;aSsa has been completely
washed away, but no communication
with the place has yet been possible.
Owing to the timely warning of the
/ weather bureau all shipping remained
in the harbor after Friday morning, II
is feared that the schooner Eva j. S.
ilenton, which sailed for New Orleans
early Friday, has been lost. Much APP
prehension Is also felt for the steam
ship tombstone, which is reported to
have sailed from Mobile for Tampa last
Friday.
Middle and west Florida are entirely
cut OFF from the outside world. A train
which left here Monday morning for
River Junction could get no further than
Greenville. There Is no wire Onnec-
ton beyond DrIfton. Both OF these
places are approximately 100 miles
west OF Jacksonville. Nothing Is known
or can be learned here OF the storm
which swept the middle portion OF the
state.