New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-18
STORM SWEEPING GULF
Fears of Great Losses at Tampa
and Key West.

Tampa, Fla, Oct. 11.-With communi-
cation with all points south Of mere cut
off and wireless stations out of COM
mission, Tampa and all that territory
between Tampa and the Florida Keys
is being storm swept tonight. 1t is i'm
possible at this hour to estimate the
damage, no reports having been received
from nearby towns. In Tampa up to
II o'clock the damage is confined to
telephone and electric light wires and
minor damage to shipping.
A steady gale is blowing at the rate
Of fifty miles an hour, and increasing in
intensity every moment. Many small
craft anchored in the vicinity of the
Tampa Bay Hotel are stranded. The
storm has blown the water out of the
bay. causing tide at least seven feet
below usual low water.
Indications at a late hour are that the
storm will pass little TO the south of
Tampa It is probable that it will spend
itself somewhere in the Everglades.
Grave fears are felt for fOrty-sX mem
bers of the Plant City Artillery en-
camped at Egmont Key. The company
landed there this afternoon, and soon
after the tents were pitched the wind
blew them down. Fear is also enter
tanned for residents at Passe-a-Grille,
resort on the bay. There are at least
fifty persons there. and it is believed they
will feel the full force of the disturbance.
Fortunately, the four days warning given
bv the Weather Bureau served to
put all shipping on guard Not boat
has sailed in that time and none has
came in 1t is feared the schooner Bra
EOS. which sailed several days ago, is lost.
as no tidings of her have been received
She was bound for Cuban ports, lumber
laden.
Untold damage is being done to the
oranges, which gave promise of bump
or crop. The trees were loaded with
fruit.
Passengers arriving this afternoon
from Sarasota and other points south
report considerable damage along the
railroads The wireless here is work.
ing. but its range is limited.
St. Augustine, Fla, Oct. 17.-At 8
O'Clock tonight waves were dashing
over the sea wall here, flooding the
streets on the waterfront and inundating
the marshes and lowlands. At that hour
a heavy sea was running in the lower
bay swapping small craft.
The situation along the Florida East
Coast Railroad is hourly growing worse
Several barges of the roads extension
have been sunk and three miles of road
way were washed out. The last message
received from Key West. early tonight,
reported wind velocity of ninety miles
an hour.
Kew West, Fla. oct. 17.--At noon the
barometer read 29.30, and is still falling.
The wind had increased to eighty miles
an hour Telephone lines are out of
commission, and the northeast land lines
are disable a rush of water on the
glade between Key West and Bocachica
carried away grade train which had
been working all morning to stop the
fiow. The government wireless outfit
was carried away at o'clock this morn
ing.
Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 17.-At 1880 to-
night the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany reported wire communication with
Key West entirely cut off on account OF
the storm.
All wires on the east coast of Florida
are down south of Fort Pierce. 40 miles
from this place, and il is impossible to
get news from that section. Before the
wires failed the wind was reported blow
ing at an estimated velocity of sixty
miles an hour.
Galveston, oct, 11.-Perfect weather
prevails here to-day. There is not tho