Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-10-19
THREE ARE DROWNED:
HOUSES WRECKED At KEY WEST

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HOUSES WRECKED AT KEY WEST
Key West. Fla, oct 1S.-The trop-
! ical hurricane that has been sweep
| ing over the West Indies and south
| ern waters for several days. took Key
/ West in its grip today and tore away
the roofs of houses. shook a number
Of buildings from their foundations.
blew vessels from their noorings and
did other damage the extent of which
cannot yet be told The only loss
| known Of is negress and two chill
dren who were drowned.
The first mutterngs of the storm
were heard last Thursday when the
winds rose and there was q deluge
Of rain This storm continued until
Sunday the velocity of the wind not
exceeding fifty miles an hour Then
there was a lull for several hours but
in the evening the hurricane swept
over the island fiercely until by Mon
da. tiio Wiae Tesistered ninety miles
an hour when the recorder was
blown off
The south beach section and the
western 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
We're either wrecked or blown from
their foundations. The new govern
ment wharf was pounded by the heavy
waves until sections of it were brok-
en- away. The damage to the cleo
trlc light company's plant amounts to
$500 while the naval station will
cost many thousands of dollars to put
in repair.
The steamer Olivet broke from her
moorings at the Peninsula and Occi-
dental Steamship company wharf
and swung into an abuttment. Later
when the wind veered she was blown
back to her wharf and safely secur-
ed. Several schooners We're demasted
and sunk.
Water Covers Tybee sland.
Savannah, Ga oct 49, - Tele-
graphic communication with south
savannah is practically destroyed Re-
ports from Tybee island received at
o'clock are that the tide is higher
than it ever has been before, except
during the storm of 1881, when prac-
tically all of the island was submerg-
ed It is two hours before flood tide
but water is covering the island.
At 9 o'clock the wind has attain
ed hurricane velocity in intermt-
tent guests. The barometer read %.
55 and still falling News from the
ocean resorts show that the tide is
almost unrrecedently high and still
rising. though the flood tide hour has
passed.
The wind has attained a so miles an j
hour velocity and the business Sec |
ton of this city is directly i'm the |
path of the storm Because of un- I
usual high tide much alarm is felt |
for the safety of lives and property |
along the ocean front. Tybee reports /
gale blowing with the heavy seas /
breaking over the retaining walls of !
the government reservation at Fort |
Screven and the island almost flood |
ed.
The residents are preparing to come /
here on . special train tonight, fear
ing a repetition of the disaster OF /
1885.
81. Augustine i'm Darkness.
st Augustine. Fla. oct. 1S.-At low
tide water is breaking over the sea
walls here today and high tide viii
flood many streets. Power plants are
out of commission and the city is in
darkness. Stores are closed. with wa
ter running into lower floors. The
wind is blowing so miles an hour.
storm Center Near Savannah.
Charleston. : c.. oct. lS.-At 9.15
o'clock tonight the wind velocity had
increased to 40 miles an hour The
storm center Is out at sea To the
southeast Of Savannah. The clyde
liner Iroquois has been lying to all
day. <s8s
Wind Blows 100 Miles AN Hour.
Washington. oct. 1S.-rho follow
ing telegram was receicved by cable
from the weather bureau observer az
Key West, Fla. today:
Pressure fen rapidly to eight forty
six at 3.45 p. m. then shifted 20
south. since steady rise; thermometer
cups blown away $3.50 ,. m. Tho es-
timated maximum velocity was over
100 miles an hour. wind blew over
so miles an hour for three hours
storm lasted fifteen hours. y, tides
have been extremely high a NX.&d-
ines inundated over ten feet Na,S
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