The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-15
The GREAT STORM OF MONDAY
Key West eEHaced From the Map-Cuba Badly Dew
astased--Miami and the East Coast Hit Hard---The
East Coast Extension Suffers Big Loss.

MN.IMf noFcau AoOIt was hOe
uruar When he signalIed warnings of
~ approach 81 a terrific storm from
a. West India Islands and said that it
saa gafhering force in its onward
narcA a.
ms paper Was sent a special mes
aars from Key West. but as Manager
Ianan stIn regards ocaIa as a village
a. telegraph once here is only re-
ouired 20 keep village hours. so the
me.saEe vas not delivered until next
mnrnlng
Great devastation is reported from
cuts. in the western portion of the is
laud. and I'm Havana many business
huuseE we're unrOofed: some were
biosn down and many trees were up
roued Forty or fifty lighters, launch
e. and other small craft in the harbor
sero either sunk or beached.
Ths main force OF the storm
seems. however. 20 have spent its
fury ~ Key West
We quote from a special to the
Tampa Tribune:
AZ q result OF the hurricane which
struck the southern coast of Florida
Monday morning. Key West is
mass ~ Wreckage and the damage to
property IL estimated at 100000.
Martial law was proclaimed by the
mayer 90 G O'Clock and the Key West
guards are patroIling the city.
A. soon a. the wind had subsidized
plundcring began. The city police
forcs was unable TO cope with the
situation. and the mayor decided to
take stringent measures to suppress
ths looting. his proclamation Of mar
fini law resulting. Almost every ma
tionality IL represented among the
clty's population Of more than 10000,
about one-half Of whom are employed
an the cigar manufactures, sponge
nsheries and salvage companies.
Tho United States government has
ben asked 20 dispatch troops here
without delay to assist in patrolling
he storm swept area.
Chaos reigns on every hand and
few people remain in their homes,
hundreds OF which have been totally
wrecked or damaged. 1t is impossible
at this hour 70 say whether there has
been loss Of life. 1t is feared that
many lives have been claimed along
the coast
Many Are Injured
n is known that many have receiv-
ed more serious injury and reports
arr current that several lives have
been lost. but these have not been YER
Tied.
The storm reached its height at 1
O'Clock this afternoon, when the wind
reached the estimated velocity of 100
miles an hour. There was a hard,
steady blow from a. m. to p. m,
when the wind began to die down.
and BY 4 O'Clock the center of the hur-
rtcane had passed this point.
While the hurricePe is the worst
that Key West has ever experienced.
the local weather observer annOunc-
I'd tonight that the indications are
that the entire east coast OF Florida
win suffer terribly tonight. OF one
hundred local vessels in the harbor
this morning but FIVE remain at an
chor. the others having either gone
90 sea or has been washed upon the
beaches. The streets along the water
front are a mass OF wreckage.
Buildings Blown Down
Brick a. well as frame buildings
throughout the city suffered alike
from the fury Of the heavy winds and
many miraculous escapes from death
90 debris injury have been reported.
Besides the several score of residenc-
81. each totally wrecked or blown
from their pillars. nine factories were
partly destroyed. including the Ha-
fana-American. Martinez. Nicols, Ruy
Lopez. Manuel Lopez, Fleitas Torres,
Coriez and Wolf cigar manufactures.
No. I and No. engine houses of
the city FIRE department were destroy
"a. the firemen narrowly escaping,
bat several OF the horses were killed.
TIE top OF the First National Bank
was blown OF. the pOstoffice damaged
and the running gears of the govern
ment coaling station were wrecked.
Every telephone and electric pole
on Duval street. the principal thor
oughfare % the city. was blown down.
Miami Is Stricken
Miami. Fla. Oct 1.-THE storm
which has prevailed here since yester