New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-19
THOUSANDS FLEE STORM


tides much alarm was felt for the safety
of lives and property along the ocean
front at food tide Tybee reported a
gale blowing. with heavy seas breah-
ing over the retaining walls of the gov
eminent reservation at Fort Screven-
The residents OF the island were pre-
paring to come to this city on speciai
train, fearing a repetition Of the disaster
OF 1893. Lowlands in this territory are
submerged. All vessels are staying IN
port.
A telephone message from WaycrosS
states that the passengers on the AT
lantic, Birmingham & Atlanta train
which passed through there early To-
night. reported that Brunswick, Ga was
in the grasp of the most severe storm III
its history. The water was backing UP
into the city from the bay, and the
streets were under water. Hurricane
winds were being experienced. All COM
rnunication with the outside world was
cut off. Many persons were fleeing OH
the trains in terror. expecting great IosS
of life and property.
The wireless tower, POS feet high, was
blown down here at midnight. The sea
at Tybee is rapidly encroaching upon the
the pier are washed away, and the Tybee
road from Fort Screven to Point Station
is wrecked.
More than one hundred thousand bales
Of cotton, warehoused on the docks here,
are in danger tonight. Water in the
Savannah River has been backed up by
the spring tide and northeast wind until
it threatens to set the cotton adrift.
Wharf gangs are working feverishly TO
save il. For several days cotton ship
ments have been congested here because
Of a strike among 'longshoremen.
st. Augustine. Fla, Oct. 1S-At low
tide the water is breaking over the sea
wall here tonight, and high tide viii
flood many of the streets of the city
The power plants are out Of commission
and the city is in darkness. All stores
are closed. with water running into the
lower floors of many Of them
The entire business section is flooded.
The water is pouring over the sea wall
from the highest storm tide in sixteen
years.
Scores of persons were driven from
their homes to-day by the rising tide
Several hotels on the waterfront were
flooded Two launches were sunk in the
bay. but no lives were lost.
All last night rockets were fired in
the city to warn the residents of outlying
sections Of their peril. This morning
found streetcar traffic tied UP. some of
the cars standing deep in the water
Key West, Fla, via Havana, Oct. IS
The tropical hurricane took Key West in
its grip yesterday and to-day and tore
away the roofs Of houses, shook a num-
Der of buildings from their foundations.
blew vessels from their mornings and
did other damage, the extent of which
cannot yet be estimated.
The South Beach section and the west
ern part of the city suffered the greatest
effects from the storm. The sea poured
over the low lying shores. and many
houses facing the ocean were either
wrecked or blown from their founda-
tons. The pleasure resort, La Brisa, a
large wooden building. was hurled from
its supports and broke in half. The
Consumers Ice Company's plant and the
Havana American cigar factory were
badly damaged. The handsome resi-
dences Of NJ. B. Darnell and n. B.
Rhodes were blown down. The new
government wharf was pounded by the
heavy waves until sections of it We're
broken away. The damage TO the cleo
tic company's plant amounts to 500
600, While the naval station will cost
many thousands of dollars TO put in re-
pair.
The steamer Olivette broke from her
moorings at the Peninsula and Occi-
dental Steamship Company's wharf and
swung into an abutment. across DuVaI
street. Later. when the wind veered,
she was blown back TO her wharf and
safely secured. The Standard Oil tug
broke from her mornings, but anchored
in the harbor- Standard Oil barge
81 dragged her anchor and is now on j
bank mile from the city. Several
SchoOnerS We're dismaSted and sunk in
the harbor
Only three lives were reported lost
here. Alexander Johnson. a negro. his
wife and four children, while attempting
TO leave their home, near South Beach,
We're caught by the waves. The mother
and father each carried two of the chill
dren. The father escaped, while the
mother and TWO of the children were
drowned.
Charleston, s. G, oct. 1S.-At 9:15
O'Clock tonight the wind velocity had
increased to forty miles an hour here
The storm centre is TO the southeast of
Savannah and out at sea. The Clyde
liner IrOQuOis has been lying TO all day.
Shipping in the haTbor is taking pre-
and a number OF sailing YES
sells and steamers have gone up the river