The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-22
HEAVY TOLLS
Claimed BY Tie Hurricane That s'1s55es
Cuba and Southern flsfida.
ONLY FEW LIVES LOST i }

UNL7 EEW uVES AWSH
But the Property Has Been Damaged
/. to Untold Degree.-Storm Worse
Than Last Year's.--Orange Crop
Damaged Twenty Per Cent.-Crew
Of Sloop Nabob Perish. ..,.,
With, telegraphic communication
between that section Of Florida and
the outside world established Thnrs-
day, says Tampa dispatch, a recapi-
tulation shows devastation of hum
dreds of thousands Of dollars in the.
wake. of the West Indian storm, that
swept across the peninsula Tuesday.
The toll of LIE, SO far reported. is
| limited to six. seamen, who are subj
posed to have perished when, vessels
on which they were quartered broke
from their moorings at MaaquesaS
and were driven. out to sea.
Wire communication with points
south of Tampa has not yet been, es-
tablished, but dispatches brought by
mail indicates thar the storm passed
south Of Tampa. devastating orange
groves, levelling frame houses and
| doing much damage to small ship
ping in many passes along the Flor
ida inland waterways.
SO far reported Key West was the
worst sufferer. Despite the optimistic
dispatches sent out by wireless in
which the damage there was mir
imized, passengers coming in on tho
steamship Olivette Thursday after
noon report the general damage to.
the island city greater thar tha. of
year ago. The electric light plant.
was wrecked, the wireless station
blown down, half dozen of tho
largest cigar factories. which with
stood the blow year ago, are in
bruins, with half hundred other
building damaged.
Reports of the severe damage, at
Key West were confirmed at Tampa.
by the exhibition Of photographs,
showing that. houses had been moved
from their foundations and carried
a distance Of several. blocks. Some
Of these. were deposited without ma
lterials damage to the buildings them
selves. Six Of the lives reported lost
were seamen ON the sloop Naheb,,
(which slipped its mooriugs Tuesday
morning ad was washed out to aea-
One of these was white man. the
other Ave being negroes. Two other
lives are reported lout'. on the East
Coast Railway extension.
The American steamer Herman
Frasch. which has been the source OF
much interest. is ashore in three
fathoms OF water at Crocker's Reef.
There are no tugs available with
which to send relief to the vessel.
The steamer Florida. about which
there has been much concern, is re-
ported safe. She has a barge in tow
which is leaking badly. Many other
strong vessels, seeming in distress,
have been reported. but it will be
several days before list of the miss
ing is obtainable.
News is brought from Key West.
the present Southern terminus OF
the Florida East Coast Railway. is
entirely cut off by washouts and
breaks into the cement roadbed, aud
that 1t will be two weeks before the
trains will be running between Miami
and that point.
,Belated reports ar coming In
from all nearby towns. but so far
none OF them have reported any loss
of life. The most serious damage in
this section is to the orange crop,
which General Manager Temple. Of
the Citrus Exchange. says will not be
over 20 per cent.
During the height Of the storm
the sloop Nabob broke loose from
her moorings at Marquesas and Vas
swept to sea. Six men aboard per-
ished.
The American steamer Herman
Frasche is ashore in three fathoms OF
water at Crocker's Reef. northeast Of
| Alligator light.
The British steamer Inventor ra-
ports having rescued six men from
the schooner Harry T. Hayward and
ten men from the bark Huga. both
vessels being adrift in the Gulf. Tia
Inventor proceeded TO Liverpool with
the rescued.
The schooner Huron is safe. BIT
it was necessary to chop away her
masts. The Norwegian steamer Fos,
loaded with naval stores from Tampa
10 Germany. is wrecked in quick
sand at Mlrquesas. The schooner
Vivian was swept to sea and lost.
There was no one aboard. Ths
schooner Standard broke from her
,moorings at Marqnesas and drifted
to sea.
| Washou:s between Tampa aud
Jacksonville on the Atlantic Coasf
Line make it necessary to transfer
passengers and baggage by boat. The
Seaboard service is uninterrupted be-