New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-19
THOUSANDS FLEE FROM
PATH Of BIG STORM
Repetition of Disaster Of 1893
Feared in Florida and.
Georgia.
NO WIRES TO TAMPA
Family of Late Governor Brow
ard Rescued Near Jackson
ville-Large Loss Of Life
and Property Feared.

Jacksonville. Fla. Oct. 1S-What IN
douhtedly viii prove 10 be one of the
most destructive storms in the history of
the southeastern extremity Of the United
States swept the entire Florida penin-
s,ila last night and to-day. doing dam
age estimated at millions of dollars
Thousands of persons are fleeing from
exposed places.
Forty thousand square miles of terri
tory south Of Jacksonville have been
without means of communication with
the outside world for more than twenty
four hours. The last reports from TINS
section. embracing territory south OF
line from Tampa 20 St Augustine, told
OF hurricane winds. hourly increasing
in intensity, and rapidly fall barometers-
The orange crop and vast trucking IN
dustry in that territory were reported
probably ruined. Jacksonville sustained
heavy property damage, but 1t is be-
heved there was no loss of life there.
Along the eastern coast many lives are
believed to have been lost, and the prop
ertv damage must have been great.
tugboat was sent TO st. George
Island to-day 10 bring the family OF the
late Governor y. b. Broward TO place
Of greater safety. The wire TO Tampa
was restored momentarily this forenoon.
but did not hold long enough to furnish
any news Of the situation in that section.
The maximum wind velocity, seventy
miles an hour, was recorded here at I
o'clock tonight when the centre OF the
disturbance appeared TO have passed up
the Atlantic coast toward Savannah.
The wind velocity along the coast was
greater than in the city. Mayport. at the
mouth of the St. John River. expert
creed a wind Of eighty TO ninety miles
ar hour and one-half the houses there
We're wrecked.
There has been no comm unication with
any point south of Jacksonville. with the
exception of ST. Augustine. since late this
afternoon. and all wires north, with one
exception, failed shortly before dark. IT
probably will he several DAYS before
the telegraph companies can restore their
service TO the vast storm-swept territory
of Southern Florida.
A heavy downpour Of rain accompa-
MED the high winds everywhere. At St.
Augustine houses in the business sec
ton were flooded tonight at low tide,
with a promise of immense damage to
business property al flood tide The city
is in darkness; a gale was still blowing
at q O'Clock tonight; the swelling seas
were breaking over the sea walls and
AT that hour thousands of dollars of
damage had been done to property along
the waterfront.
Not word has come from Tampa
.,rce ! 30 o'clock this morning, when
ri. ASS, lated Press wire to that city
foi,ad in the midst OF a story which told
: INCREASING winds. falling barometer,
.,,,,,age 10 roofs etc. The telegraph
~l,,,,,,,oies do not expect to restore COM
..-,,,ai.a,ion with Tampa before tomor-
-. o,,bo,gh several hundred men were
800 o,,t from here on the construc-
ton gangs.
savannah. oct 1s.-The wind here at
,at,ed fifty mile velocity early tonight
- r. Local weather officials believe
his CITY is directly in the path OF the
s,orm Because Of the unnsuahy high
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