Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-27
'RANGE CROP HURT;
LOWLANDS INUNDATED

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ORANGE CROP HURT;
LOWLANDS INUNDATED
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 26.---
With the gulf hurricane apparently
having passed into the Atlantic
ocean after sweeping across the
Florida peninsula yesterday ana last
night in ncrtheasterly direction,
cities and towns today were taking
stock of the damage done. Wire
communication south of here Stlil
was severed, except down the rim
of tbs east coast, which was not
affected by the blow, and the only
reports on conditions in south Flor
ida were brought here by train
crews.
Meager reports indicate damage
to the orange crop and in undatiop
of the lands.
Low parts of the city of Tampa
were reported several feet under
water, because of the high tide in
Tampa bay and the Hillsboro river.
Train service generally was main
tanned in the stricken district, but
some lines were under several feet
of water, which forced detours by
other routes.
According to Meteorologist Mitch
ell, the gale was blowing at the rate
of sixty miles an hour at midnight.
A heavy downpour of rain was in
progress throughout the night.
Several cottages were torn down
by the wind at Seabreeze, a seashore
resort Of Daytona.
In st. Augustine
st. Augustine reported severe
gales, which brought down tele-
phone, telegraph and trolley lines.
Newspapers suspended publication
at Orlando when the city WAS thrown
into total darkness. Key West was
reported as having escaped the force
Of the hurricane. Slight damage was
suffered at Lakeland.
Clyde liners bound from New York
to Florida were held at Charleston,
S. c., last night. Officials of that
line expect to allow the vessels to
sail for Jacksonville today, il the
storm passes sufficiently.
Captain r. J. We'll and a crew of
fifteen men reached shore fifteen
miles north Of Jupiter from the sunk
steamer, Thames, plying between
Jacksonville and Miami. The vessel
carried a cargo of miscellaneous
freight.
At 10 a. m. today all efforts to
communicate with Florida cities
south of here had failed.
A report from Tampa reaching the
local Postal Telegraph office by mail
was that it was the most severe
storm since 1887.
The hurricane passed out to sea
between St. Augustine and Titus
Vile at midnight, according to the
local weather bureau, and is now
believed, however, that most of it's
force was spent in crossing the
state. The velocity of the storm at
it's center is not known here, as
there were no instruments between
Tampa and Jacksonville for record
ing it. In Jacksonville, however,
at least fifty miles away from the
center, the wind reached sixty miles
an hour.
Regular Tidal Wave
w. A. Kelsey, conductor Of the
first Atlantic Coast Line train ar
irving here today from Tampa, said
he was in Port Tampa yesterday
morning when the full effects of the
storm began to be felt. The rise in
tide he described as nothing short
of tidal wave. From two to ten
feet of water quickly covered the
greater part of Port Tampa City,
houses were unroofed and destroyed
by the wind and the extensive rail-
road phosphate terminals and eleva-
tors on the waterfront were heavily
damaged. Kelsey was due to leave
Port Tampa early last night, but
in order not to have his train ma
rooned, left for Tampa early in the
day, taking scores Of Port Tampa
City residents with him. Port
Tampa City, one mile from Port
Tampa, is virtually on the open bay
and the water had a clear path.
In Tampa, nine miles away, all
low parts Of the city were under
water, stores in the Franklin street
retail district being flooded to d
depth of eighteen inches. The rising
tide in the Hillsboro river flooded
the power plant at noon, putting it
out of commission. The city last
night at $50 o'clock, when the train
left for Jacksonville, was in total
darkness, except for the light of q
candle here and there, street car
service was suspended and tele-