Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-11-02

Through Cult Hurricane. Which Hit
that Section Last Week.

LAX eiand Ii, Fla, Oct. 26.-south
Florida lIsnt yesterday recapitulal-
Ing the damage. estimated to run
well Into millions OF dollars, caused
by the gulf hurricane, which tore
ENTHUSIASTICALLY across the Florida
peninsula yesterday. At times reach.
ling a velocity OF seventy miles, an
hour, the gale wrought destruction
to smaller obstacles In its path, but
only in few instances, according to
reports, causing loss Of life
While there have been only three
or four isolated cases Of dea this from
the storm, 1t is feared that the clear
Ing away of the debris In Tampa's
wrecked portions may add to the
list. OF the cities and towns within
radius Of forty miles Of Lakeland
that could be reached by automobile
to-day, Tampa appears to have suf-'
fered the greatest damage. The Bay
Shore drive residential section from
Franklin street to Port Tampa Is a
panorama Of destruction. Trees arc
down, houses with roofs torn away
and foundations weakened from the
tidal wave that swept In over the sea
wall from Tampa Bay have collapsed.
and logs and other debris swept III
on the onrushing waters crest now
grace what were once the beautiful
lawns of the Hyde Park section, one
Of Tampa's most fashionable sub
urbs. Along the water front large
sections Of the sea wall were swept
away and parts of the streets were
washed into the bay. Houses immc-
diately adjoining the boulevard were
crushed in by the gale.
Sunset Beach Destroyed.
Sunset Beach, popular resort Of
Tampa, was completely destroyed.
Small houses were torn down and
washed away, and the white sands on
the beach now show no vestige of
ever having been inhabited.
The downtown section Of Tampa
was more fortunate than the subiUbs
the damage in the city proper }lss
confined to the breaking of Tfsf3b
glass windows, the tearing, away Of
awnings and the unroollng Of houses.
A warehouse occupied by the Gulf
and Southern Steamship Company
was destroyed, as was part Of the
Mallory Line docks.
Here and there throughout the
city are stranded street cars, the
victims Of the sudden failing of thax
city's power plant. Telephone and
electric light wires dangle in a tan
gled mass, giving little hope Of an
early resumption of service.
/ Conservative estimates place the
damage In Tampa proper at three
million dollars.
The storm, travelling north, ap-
peared to concentrate It's full force
on Ybor City, the Latin quarter Of
Tampa. Nearly Ave hundred houses
were wrecked In that section. In the
Palmetto Beach section approximate
ly four square miles OF ground was
inundated, women and children in
this section being rescued by a band.
of forty volunteers and carried TO
safety in the highlands Of the city.
All the dwellings In the Palma etto
section were completely demolished.
and 1t Is feared that some of the res
cuers may have perished. as boats
brought into play were swept out
from shore and wrecked later, gave
mute evidence Of their fate.
! The Students Are Safe.
! The anxiety felt for the safety OF
some three hundred students Of the
Southern College at Clearwater
Beach was relieved this afte,'
when messengers reached Tampa,
stating that all the students were
ken across the bay into Clearwater
early Tuesday. Fifty automobiles
from Clearwater negotiated the long
bridge while the storm was break
ing. The students and members OF
the faculty lied with only their i'm
mediate possessions. Several Of them
were taken to Grey Moss Inn at
| Clearwater, and 1t is reported some
slight injuries we're sustained when
that building later was badly dam
aged. The last automobile to cross
the bridge was barely ahead Of the
| tearing away OF long span Of the
bridge. it Is reported.
Reliable communication has not
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