The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-15

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calculable damage to property was
done in that section
1t is said that the construction
camps are better fortified now, and it
is known that the engineers on the
works have been preparing for a big
blow for a number of days past. In
spite of this, however, the exposed To-
cation of the railroad, which skirts
the very brink of the ocean, stretches
of the massive concrete columns even
being out of sight of land, leads to
grave concern for the safety of the
wOrkmen.
From Thursdays Daily:
Key West, Fla, Oct. 12.-Half the
city is practically in ruins, over 500
homes have been destroyed and more
than 100 ships wrecked as a result of
the hurricane which swept this city
yesterday afternoon. Seven churches
and nine of the largest cigar factories
in the south were also destroyed.
Hundreds of men are now at work
cleaning up the streets under the d.
rection of Mayor Fogarty.
One death is reported, that of
Frank Gray, a photographer.
Today hundreds of homeless were
roaming the streets. Fortunately the
weather is bright and warm and there
is little physical suffering.
Later
Key West, Oct. 1.-THE city is i'm
proving in appearance. Hundreds of
men are at work cleaning up the de-
bris.
The dead are: Frank Gray and Mate
Andrew Cooper of the schooner Med
ford, the latter body having been
washed overheard. Three of the crew
who attempted to get ashore as the
vessel broke from the wharf are miss
ing.
OF the wounded the condition A.
Nj. Ferguson is serious; Fred H. :,
Mathews was badly bruiss soDh e.
wardlow is suffering froG ban, tSsc
wound, and Frank O'Brien was"Iooh
cut; Felipe Mariners ribs were brok-
en-; Rev. John Beers was hit by fall
ing timbers; Jose Fidalgo is suffering
from a fractured arm; Ziolio Alvarez
from a broken leg.
Seven churches were destroyed:
Sparks Chapel, Methodist, st. Paul,
Episcopal, and the balance colored.
Martial law is still on. All the
stores are closed at night.
The damage at Stock Island, Boca
Chica and Sugar Loaf is serious to
the grade No lives are reported lost
there.
The launch Lunette, from Matacum-
bic, with the crew of the Nimkee on
board, brings news that the fill be-
tween Matacumbie and Long Key has
been washed away. All barges and
concrete mixers along the line were
sunk. The launch did not stop on the
way down. All viaducts and trestles
are safe.
The quarantine boat Senator at
Knights Key is in the bushes. Small
boats from Marquiz bring information
that three steamers off that point are
ashore. A Greek sponger near Mar
quiz is lost with all on board.
Matacumbie reports no loss of life
there.
The Florida East Coast railway ex-
tension steamer Phil Sheckle arrived
here this afternoon from Sugar Loaf,
bringing the first direct news from the
thousands of men employed on the ex-
tension, concerning whom there was
grave apprehension. The camps at
Boca Chica and Sugar Loaf were de-
stroyed and the grade for thirty miles
above Stock Island is badly damaged,
but there has been no loss of life along
the line.
The United States weather bureau
and ship-reporting station at Sand
Key was swept to sea at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning. Observers Dague,
Keiter and Willard on duty there, are.
safe.
The launch Lunette, with the crew
of the dredge Nimkee, arrived here at
5 o'clock this afternoon, bringing ad-
ditional details of the effects of the
hurricane along the coast. The dredge
Nimkee of the East Coast extension
feet, lies disabled at No. trestle be-
tween Matacumbie and Long Key,
which is badly washed in places. The
grade of the extension at Jew Fish
Greek is washed away. the dock at
Pigeon Key is wrecked. the fill at
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