The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-15
FLORIDA COAST
 STORM SWEPT
HURRICANE IMPERILS LIVES AND PILES UP WRECKAGE WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
KEY WEST WAS HARD HIT
The Government Weather Bureau Forecasted the Direction of the Storm and Issued Warning Bull c. tins Which Resulted in the Saving of Lives and Property.

Key West, Fla.-The coast of southern Florida and the small isi- ands near by were swept by a ter rife tropical hurricane Monday and Monday night, and as result Key West is mass of wreckage, win property damage totaling mi lions O. dollars. Many vesseIs are missing and it is feared that several thou sand workmen on the Florida Easl Coast line have lost their lives. The loss of fife and property along the coast could not be estimated Monday night, for the fury of the storm had not abated. It is feared that mony lives have been lost in some of the less protected localities. The storm is traveiing northward
 Key West Hardest Hit.
 Key West seems to have suffered most severely and chaos fol owed the storm. Plundering of the wrecked houses began, and in defense the mayor of the city proclaimed mar tial law and asked for United States lioOpo. oI JllG Iullul Su FcSSGlS which were anchored in the harbor at Key West Monday morning only five remain there now The remain der have either put to sea to ride out the storm or have been thrown upon the beach. Several liners are missing and fears are expressed for their safety.
 Miami Was Given Warning.
 At Miami the peep were warned of the approach of the storm and fortified their homes and the vessels in the harbor. Banks of suphuroas yellow clouds first appeared and then the storm broke with terrible fury It is near Miami on the Florida Eas Coast lines extension to the small keys off the coast that between 2,500 and 5000 workmen are supposed to be marooned and at the mercy of the storm. There is no chance for them to escape to the main and
 Storm Did Great Damage in Cuba
 The storm swept in a northe-ly direction from Cuba, where it stru K early Monday morning, causing grea destruction of property and slight JOSS of life. The government weath- CT bureau forecast the movement of the hurricane and issued .,iorm warn iEgs. This no doubt saved many lives, for a fast launch was dis patched from St. Augustine to warn residents along the coast owlands of the approach of the hurricane and to urge them to flee to places of safe ty.
 Mobile Was Alarmed.
 It was at first believed that the storm area would include all that portion of the gulf coast from Key West to Mobile, but the S 'orm veered and kept close to the Allan tic coast line. The residents of Mo- bile, alarmed at the repeated warn ings of the weather bureau, prepa cd for another storm like that wh ch recently swept the Louisiana, Ala bama and Mississippi coast, caus n ? terrible destruction of fife and prop erty. Late bull etins from tho wealth CT bureau, however, relieved their fears.
 Fears for Railroad Workmen.
 Gravest fears are entertained for the safety of the workmen employed by the Florida East Coast railroad in the keys of the extreme southern peninsula. Between 2,500 and 5000 workmen are there with almost no protection from the fury of the storm. It is impossib to reacl with them. In the 1906 hurricane 140 men lost their lives there.