The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-19

Washington, oct 1S.-Two remark
able storm conditions existed on the
weather map of the United States
tonight and the situation is a Sc
rious one, according to experts of
the bureau.
The Gulf storm is sweeping north
eastward from Florida, and a storm
is approaching from the west, bring
ing with it the coolest weather Of
the season.
In the middle states an excessive
drop in temperature probably will
come in twenty-four hours.
Behind the western storm, which
extends from western Lake Superior
to Texas, is an extensive area of
high barometer that has developed
the extreme cold. The cold will be
felt in the Atlantic states by Thurs
day night.
Should the gulf storm and the
western storm meet along the coast,
the situation would be doubly So
rious, but, in the opinion of
forecaster, the southern hurricane
will have passed out to sea before
the western storm can meet it,
So dangerous Is the southern sit
uation regarded that hurrican
warnings are displayed on the coast
from Florida to the New Jersey
coast
In the lake region storm warn
ings have been ordered displayed.
Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 1S.-What
undoubtedly will prove to be the
most destructive storm in the history
of the southern extremity of the
United States last night and today
swept the entire Florida Peninsula
doing damage estimated at several
million dollars.
Forty thousand square miles o.
territory south Of Jacksonville has
been without any means of communi-
cation with the outside world for
more than twenty-four hours.
The last reports from this section
embracing all that territory south
of line from Tampa to St, Angus
tine told OF hurricane winds, hour
ly increasing in intensity. and rap
idly falling barometers.
The orange crop in that territory
and the vast trucking industry prob
ably were ruined.
Jacksonville sustained heavy prop
erty damage, but 1t is believed there
was no loss of life in the vicinity.
Along the eastern coast many
lives are believed to have been lost
and the property damage must have
been great.
The maximum wind velocity, sew
enty miles an hour, was recorded
here at 7 o'clock tonight when the
center 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
Johns river, experienced a wind of
eighty to ninety miles and hour
and half the houses were wrecked.
There has been no communication
with any point south OF Jackson
Vile, with the exception of ST. Aug
ustlne, since Monday afternoon, and
all wires north were severed. with
one exception, shortly before dark.
II probably will be several days
before the telegraph companies can
restore their service to the vast
storm-swept territory of southern
Florida.
panied the high winds everywhere.
Al ST. Augustine houses in the bust
ness section were flooded tonight
at low tide. with promise OF I'M
mense damage to business property
when the high tide came in
The city is in darkness. a gale
was still blowing at o'clock tonight,
the swelling seas were breaking
over the sea wall, and at that hour
thousands OF dollars damage had
been done property along the water
front.
Not a word has come from TAMPA