New-York tribune., 1909-10-14
FLORIDA TRAIN CAUGHT
BLOCKED BY L4NDSLIDES
Little TO Edt-TsoO Tugs Lost
Dead Number T1ceIUe.
lRr relerrnnh 70 The rIibune. ]

Miami Fla, oct lS.-Iate reports from JewhSh
Creek the Florida East Coast Railroad eNten-
sion state that a passenger train is held between
Jewish and Quarry, with four passengers aboard
Washouts holds the train blocked on both sides
-Four thousand feet % the track has been shli'eo
fifty feet from tie roadhed between Manatee an"
Jewish. The provisions at the jewish EXTENSION
camp are low. There have been no fatalities there
r. " Carter on khe railroad companys launch
II Moro. reports the loss Of the tug Sybu. Cap
tain Parker and eleven OF the crew, AT Bahia
Honda J. n. Brown drowned at the Mara
thon extension headquarters. There was no loss
Of life at Spanish Harbor. West Summerland
Pigeon or Bou Key. The tug Sadie was wrecked
at Bahia Honds. The crew escaped.
The loss OF life the tug Syhil includes besides
Captain Parker. two engineers, named Fox ana
Peterson: Whtmore, the pilot, and seven deck
hands
The following statement was given out to-day 10y
Ernest Cotton. engineer cf the Floria East coast
Railway
The loss of life on the Florida Fast Coast eNten-
sion r limited TO the Of the tug SYoii ana
Tlmekeeper J. H. Brown. at Marathon. total ot
twelve persons. The floating equipment OF me
road and unoompleted work were badly damaged
There vas. however. no damage 10 the co"'i''7
u-ork 81 any point. All Of camps were more ol
less wrecked hut the largo forces Of woTkmen are
being cared for and have sufficient supplies OF 1000
The men behaved well. and already every gang mas
gone to work clearing away the Wreckaee anu Pi'-
uarinE for reopeniEg the extension 10 uaHlc'
II vas announced to-day that the steamers Whlch
have been connecting Wttr trains at hnlsht ny
dock will begin sailings tomorrow from Miami, Mali
continuing this service until the extension Is as"
opened 10 traffic.
Key West. Fla. oct lS.-Hundreds Of laborers
are clearing the streets and the waterfront OF lhe
debris resulting from the hurricane Which PIao-
ticary destroyed half Of the city on MONDAY.
II will be many days before normal business CON
ditions may be resumed here.
Great rejoicing IS felt the reports from
points near Key West showing that the loss OF me
from the "bs blow" has been the smallest ever
recorded along the Florida coast The properly
damage however. is the heaviest in the history
Of the peninsula
Acting on a resolution of the City Council. last
night Mayor Fogarty issued appeal for help
from the people of the United States. saving;
Scarcely a house in this city Of twenty thou
sand persons but has been either entirely demol-
ished partially damaged. Many are homeless
snd those who have homes are hardly IN a
position 10 help the other sufferers
Starvation ana distress face cur people. who
have always themselves responded generously TO
the call OF other cities afflicted as We are now
Cash contributions for the poor will be gladly re-
oeved by the Mayor and applied by him TO the
sid Of those who sorely need IL"
Along the wharves alone here the losses VII
reach into hundreds Of thousands OF dollars. AT
the Peninsular and Oriental docks the port
stewards building and stores are destroyed, but the
cock is practically without damage.
AT the Mallory dock a great quantity Of merchan-
disc was ruined. The steamer I.amPasas, which
arrived from New York Sunday. left late yes
terday for Tampa.
The coal conveyorE al the naval station broke
loose from their moorings and plunged through
the dock. The schooner MedfOrd was sunk ana
the schooner Frontenac is aground and may be a
total loss.
The weather observer here has Just returned from
sand Key. He reports that four steamers passed
the station there Tuesday going west. The
Armenia passed Al a. m. and the Fife at p. m.
Two Morgan Line steamers also passed small
steamer al a. IN. and A large steamer Al 4 .. IN.
TIE latter probably the MomUs. The steamer
sun. obost, arrived to-day with steering gear
gone and one member of the crew with broken
leg.