The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-21

Attaining a velocity of so miles an
hour and holding steady at this height
for over Ave minutes, with one puff
that recorded SO miles, the storm OF
yesterday morning did considerable
damage to shipping and property along
| the waterfront, though in no single
| instance, was the damage great. Sew
| eral small boats were sunk, wharves
| damaged, roofs carried away and II
| number of ocean going vessels ground
| ed, but all of the latter were fioated
without damage apparently. The pilot
| boat Pilot, which went broadside on a
reef west Of MusCogee wharf, was
| fioated at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon
after several tug boats had worked all
day.
NO ELECTRIC POWER.
The power plant Of the PenSa cola
| Electric Co. was in trouble all night.
practically. Starting at IL O'Clock the
night previous il was not until
O'Clock yesterday morning that power
was furnished The Journal for the
| presses and stereotyping machinery,
and as a result the paper was late iH
| being delivered in the city, and missed
| the east mall
The railway system was also in a
muddle during the early morning hours.
the Eighth avenue tracks being either
washed up or covered with sand
While the storm ragged all Of Tues
day night It was not until after
| o'clock yesterday morning that it
reached hurricane velocity. At 4:3O
O'Clock there was a puff which reached
Sc miles an hour, while for a period OF
over five minutes it blew at so miles
an hour, the highest ever recorded at
| this port during the month of Decen-
Der. The direction was from the south
east, the wind shifting at that time
! from the east, from which direction it
had blown steadily. ..
Several foreign vessels moored at
wharves parted their cables and went
aground. The ship Gantoclx Rock broke
away from Baylen street wharf, tear
| ing up a portion of the wharf in doing
SO and grounded on the rocks on tho
south side of the Warren Fish Co.
stlild II :. lSho was foR.tsa without All
great damage. The bark Due Cugini.
grounded on Rat Island. from which
she was pulled by tugs early in the
| morning.
Several vessels in the harbor dragged
| their anchors, but succeeded i'm hold
ing OF from shore.
The gasoline freight boat Jack.
| n1ocred at Palafox wharf, was rsmmed
| and her wheel torn off by some Of the
5arges of dredging company. A num-
Der of these barges broke their haw-
se-s and landed up in the north end
IA.
The greatest damage to vessels was
at Muscogee wharf, where early In the
night the Pilot parted her lines s1d
went ashore. The steamer Skioton
Castle in colliding with the Saint Je-
| rome had the letter's anchor to dent
| her hull considerably.
The barge Teddy raJnmed the steam
er Hylos. the bark Feoiipa and then
went into the wharf, tearing Up some
| Of the planhng. At Muecogee wharf
| and at all timber booms large lots
| Of timber broke up and some OF it
was carried up on the beach, while
| number of small boats either sank or
| were driven up in shallow water.
Roofs and sheds suffered to some
! extent, g. number of new sheds on
| South PaIafox street being torn away,
while several roofs rolled up. About
sixty feet of roofing on the east side
| of Commandments warehouse was torn
| away during the blow.
WARSHIPS AT ANCHOR.
The 5attleships Florida and Utah
and the German cruiser Hanss re
n1ained at anchor during the blow but
| there was rot much sleeping aboard
| them, according to the men, for not
rocked considerably. The Hansa lost
/ one of her launches but it was recov-
| cred later in the day.
| The warning sent out by the weather
| bureau gave vessels and shipping in
terests time to prepare for the blow,
| and this prevented great damage
| THE OFFICIAL VELOCITY.
The official velocity of the wind for
periods of five minutes or over fol-
| lows:
Tuesday.
S:57 .. m.-48 miles from east
9:12 p. m.-54 miles from east.
1917 p. ms miles from east.
11:56 p. MO miles from east