New-York tribune., 1906-10-21
STORMS TOLL GROWS.
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f6e was three feet higher IN Barnes Sound than
'ssfactwe,er Knight Key dock and crew are
SAFE
About fifty men have just arrived at Miami
rom Long Key. They report about twenty-five
men and the quarter boat at Long Key safe;
also two barges remain at Long Key. but the
remainder Of the men and plant located there
sre gone: It is estimated that fifty lives were lost
on dredges at Lower Matecombe.
The dredges Oyama, Micado. Manetto and
Dodge are safe. Two men were lost on the pile
driver At Long Key about forty men were
picked UP and safe
There was heavy loss OF life the dredges
and Long Key steamer. The steamer Vigilancla
IS expected tonight with bodies. and Will bring
details of the storm news.
The steamer Biscayne arrived this morning IN
good condition. She met the steamer Virginia on
her way after the bodies Of tie men who were
washed ashore from the St. Lucie. The Biscayne
gave the Virginia twenty-five men to assist in
picking up the dead. The Biscayne was ar Long
Key after the storm, and reports boat No. gone
TO sea- The launch Enterprise and all other
launches on Long Key except the Edna, are total
wrecks.
Key West Fla, Oct. 20.-The Austrian steamer
Jennie. Captain Dudnich. bound from Gulfport
for Genoa, has called at this port to land forty
nine worlzmen picked up at sea near the Bahama
coast, $50 miles from Key West The men were
part OF a force Of $50 workingmen belonging TO
barge No. 1. engaged on East Coast extension
work Most Of the others were either killed or
drowned in the storm early Thursday. Nine
other barges crowded with workingmen were at
sea with barge No. 4. There is no news of then
and il is feared all were lost.
W P. Duzenbury. one of the engineers saved
by the steamer Jennie, says the storm struck
Barge f. at 3 o'clock Thursday morning One
hour later the houseboat went to pieces in the
raging sea, and thirty to forty men were killed
in the crash. Duzenbury says nine other boats
working on the extension at Long Key went TO
sea with Barge 4. He fears for their safety.
Officers of the Jennie say that they heard cries
for help Thursday night and following the d.
rection Of the sounds came upon forty-nine men
floating in the sea. clinging to logs. lumber and
small rafts Boats We're lowered and the forty
nine men brought here We're rescued.
Three other steamers, using searchltghts, came
on the scene and assisted in saving life. How
many they rescued was not ascertained by those
aboard the Jennie.
The Florida East Coast Railway IS building
extension of the road along the Florida Keys from
Miami 20 Key West. This will be the first at
tempt that has been made to build a road
more than hundred miles long over a series of
islands, making necessary the construction of more
than half OF the road oyer water. The cost OF
construction is enormous.
When this road is finished Il will it is hoped,
handle q large part Of the rapidly increasing
passenger business to Cuba. 1t viii also oe the
nearest mail point IN the United States to the
Panama Canal
From Largo Key 20 MatecuT6e Key the islands
lie close together, but between Matecunbe and Long
Key a wide channel tntervenes, as IS ene case be-
tween Long Key and Estetta Key. In the last case
however. the way is broken by tne Dutch Keys;
which really nothing more than points or coral
sticking out above the surface of the waters These
will serve anchors to the bridge work
From Boot Key TO Bahia Honda an extremely
difficult piece Of bridge work will have TO be done
The bridge will be seven miles long and will cost
millions build.