The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
HURRICANE and
FLOODS SWEEP
THROUGH SOUTH
Buildings Torn From Founda-
tiOnS and Three Drowned
at Key West
Loss in Florida Will Total Mill
lions; Savannah in Grip
of Storm


has been sweeping over the West
Indies and southern waters for
five days took Key West in it's grip yes
terday and tore away the roofs of
houses. shook a number of buildings
from their foundations, blew vessels
age, the extent of which can not yet
be estimated. Three lives were report
ed lost a negress and two children
drowning
The first mutterings of the storm
were heard last Thursday. when the
wind rose and there was a deluge of
rain. This storm continued until Sun
day, the velocity of the wind not ex-
ceeding 80 miles an hour. Then there
was lull for several hours, but in the
evening the hurricane swept over the
island f1ercely until by Monday the
wind registered 90 miles an hour, when
the recorder was blown off.
Pours Over Shores
The South beach section and the
western part of the city suffered the
greatest effects from the storm. The
sea. poured over the lowlying shores
and many houses facing the ocean were
either wrecked or blown from their
wharf was pounded by the heavy
waves until sections of it were broken
away. The damage to the electric COM
panys plant amounts to $4,000, while
the naval station will cost many thou
sands of dollars to put in repair.
The steamer Oliyet broke from its
moorings at the Peninsula and Occi-
dental steamship company wharf and
swung into an abutment Later, when
the wind veered, it was blown back to
the wharf and safely secured. Several
schooners were dismasted and sunk.
Towers Blown Down
SAVANNAH, Ga, Oct. 1S.-The wire
less towers, 20s feet high, were blown
down here at midnight The sea at
Tybee is rapidly encroaching upon the
island Government concrete walls of
the piers are washed away and the Ty-
bee road from Fort Screven to Point
Station is wrecked. The residents of
Tybee are preparing to come here on a
special train tonight. fearing a repeti-
tion of the disaster of 1893.
This city is directly in the path of
the big storm.
At o'clock the wind had attained
hurricane velocity during intermittent
gusts. The barometer read 1856 and
was still falling. News from the ocean
resorts show that the tide is unprece-
dentedly high and stl rising, though
the flood tide hour has passed
Florida Suffers Greatly
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Oct. 1S.-That
the property damage from the storm
throughout Florida will total several
millions and that there has been loss of
life is not doubted here.
A 40 mile wind here this morning had
increased to so miles an hour at S /
W St
creasing and the barometer had fallen
rapidly since noon, standing at a frac
tion above 20 inches early this evening. |
The property loss in this city is great.
Semipanic conditions prevent definite |
to loss of life.
The only means of communication |
with the outside world is a single tele- |
graph wire between here and Augusta. |
1t is reported that half the buildings |
in the town of Mayport, Is miles below
Jacksonville at the mouth of the. ST |
Johns river, were wrecked. 1t Is al |
most certain that there was loss of life |
there The velocity of the wind was |
said to be 20 miles an hour before the |
heaviest blow struck the town. The |
population of Mayport is about 700.
St. Augustine Flooded
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Oct. 1s.-The
entire business section of st. Augustine
Is nOOQeQ To-Day, WTlle lHe- vino ana
waves are still rising. The water is
pouring over the sea wall from the
highest storm tide in 16 years. 1t is
feared it will sweep high over the city.
So far there has been no loss of life
and the property damage is confined |
mainly to the unroofing of a few
houses, the tearing down of a few
porches and the uprooting of trees, all
due to the wind
Peaceful in Havana
HAVANA. Oct. 1s.-The sun shone
upon Havana today after deluge that
continued almost necessarily for five
days The day was c1oudless, the wind
and sea had subsded and there was no
sign of another storm.
The damage wrought was hardly as
great as had been feared. The loss
of life in this city was confined to the
The loss to property will not exceed
81. 10000
The business life of the capital was
today.
Telegraphic communication with the
interior is still impossible, but it is be-
lieved that the principal damage was
done in Pinar del Rio province, where
1t is officially estimated by Lopez Leiva.
the secretary of the government, that
900 casualties occurred including,
Cable From Key West
WASHINGTON. Oct 1S-The follow
ing telegram was received by cable
from the weather bureau observer at
K eIr West Fla f0day-