Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-18
Great Damage Reported in West Indies
key West Cut Off from Commu-
niCation--HurriCane Hourly In
CreaSing Over Florida.
KEY WEST CUT OFF.

Tampa, Fla, Oct. t1-With COM
munication with all the points south
Of here sut off and wireless stations
out of communication Tampa and all
that territory between Tampa and
the Floriad Keys is being storm swept
tonight.
1t is impossible at this hour to es-
innate the damage, no reports hav-
ing been received from nearby towns.
In Tampa up to IL o'clock the dam
age is confined to telephone and cleo
trio light wires and minor damage
to shipping.
A steady gale is blowing ct the rate
of so miles an hour and increasing
in intensity every moment.
Indications at "A late hour are that
the storm will pass little to the
south of Tampa. 1t is probable it will
spend itself somewhere in the Ever
:sHldcs.
Grave fears are felt for 46 members
Of the Plant City Artillery. encamped
1T Egmont. Considerable fear is also
entertained for residents at Passe-A-
Grill a resort on the bay.
Tampa, Fla, Oct. IA wireless
message received here at ) o'clock
states that the hurricane is sweeping
over Key West at d rate Of 50 miles
an hour. The barometer reads 2o.8D
Local forecaster Wurtz announced
that hurricane of at least 50 miles
an hour will be experienced here or
in this immediate vicinity tonight
$50 p. NJ. The storm is increasing
int tpnSitN tia wind ho1rp,r ,ft
q velocity of 45 miles an hour Eff
forts to communicate with Key West
since early this evening have been
fruitless. Wireless station out Of
commission and the telegraph com
panies report no wires working south
of Tampa.
Jacksonville Fla, oct. 17-At 1.%j
o'clock tonight, the Western Union
Telegraph Co., reported wire com
municatiun with Key West entirel
cut off on account of the storm
Key West. Fla. oct. IA gale of d,
miles an hour, accompanied by Il fallnr
barometer and high tides this morning.
indicated that the West Indian hurricane.
which yesterday was lettering about til
Gulf of Mexico. has taken a sudden turn
and is moving back in Il northeastern.
direction. High tides are reported al!
along the eastern Gulf coast.
Savannah. Ga, Oct. Redistribution t.
change the northeast storm warnings t.
hurricane warnings were received at So
vannah at 10 o'clock tonight. The tropi-
cal storm was reported central in tbs
east gulf between Key West and Tampa.
For the first time since the system was
naugurated here nearly year ago. hun
ricane rockets were fired upon receipt o.!
the warnings tonight.
Miami, Fla, oct 17.-Weathcr bulletin J
were posted here this morning. announc-
ing the approach of hurricane and all
vessels along the Atlantic coast have
been warned to prepare for severe weath-
err No trains have arrived here sine"
Saturday over the Florida East Coast
Railroad being held up at West Jupiter
on account of "A serious WaShout. Relief
trains have been sent from Miami and
Jacksonyille Continuous rains have fa-
len for three days and the entire country
is flooded.
St Augustine, Fla, Oct. H.-At o'clocr'
tonight waves were dashing over the sea
wall here. flooding the streets on the wa
ter front and inundating the marsheT'
and low lands. At that hour heavy
sea was running in the lower bay
swampng small crafts.
MASCONE is DEAD.