The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-10-28

ins uhlI nearly O'Clock in the af-
ternooD, attaining an estimated We
Ifocity of betv cen 80 add 90 miles an
hour.
The principal damage IN Tarpon'
Springs consisted in flowing off Of
roots, the breaking of windows, and
the destruction of many fine trees.
Key West Untouched
! According to a report from ST. Pc
iteTsburg wireless message receiY-
Led there states that Key West was
not touched by the hurricane.
Fruit Growers Big Losers
Orange groves in the path of the
storm were striped of fruit, little of
(which can be saved, because Of the
fact that many packing houses are
out of commission. The loss cannot
be estimated at this time, but is
known to be heavy.
Jacksonville Not Damaged
Little material damage resulted
Ito Jacksonville from the severe gulf
storm which Tuesday morning hit
1.-THE Tampa coast region with such
fury and which Tuesday night passed
into the Atlantic ocean between Tt
tusville and st. Augustine, causing
i damage to crops and property.
The loss of the Vann Line steam
er Thames, off Gomez, near Jupiter,
Tuesday and the wreck of the schoon-
er Seholme, of Mobile, off Key West,
Were the only marine disasters record
! ed during the gale Tuesday.
Storm Swept Regions Recovering
All Of the storm swept regions in
South and Soutbwestra Florida are
now taking stock of the damage done
! and in almost every instance it is
found that first reports were some
what over-estimated, and steps are
rapidly being taken to reapair the
damage.
In general summary special from
| Tampa says:
The tropical storm which blew in
early Tuesday morning from down
about Yucatan channel blew out again
early wednesday morning, leaving
| trail Of destruction over a consider
able portion of southwestern Florida.
II was heading northeastward when
| it left this section and is believed 70
have spant much of it's force before
striking the Atlantic coast somewhere
between jacksonville and Charleston.
The east coast of Florida was merely
.sideswipedo by the gales which
afringed' the eastern edge OF the dis
turbance.
From Punta Rassa on the lower
southwest tip of the coast, where the
hurricane first struck the state, on
IN along the Gulf coast to Tampa, and
for perhaps fifty miles to the north
ward the gale spent its greatst force,
I4ba wind at times reaching velocity
of seyenty-fve miles an hour at Tam
pa.
4,ha nroperty loss in Tampa is es-
s.;a4e,l at between one and a half and
Two million dollars, with a total ior
tba entire section Of southwestern
florida 81 perhaps fTe million dol
lars. =.
M,,ch Of the loss will fall on the
.t,.,,s er,.it growers, estimates Of fruit
.torn fro.n the trees varying from By
- 40 Der cent in the coastal region
. pinelias county with 50 e ae per
-. s. 14;llsborough, down to s to lo
80 cAnt in Orange and Polk Counties
|. son,a sections oil Orange ana Polk
he loss win exceed 10 per cent, ana
s. others fail below As is the ease
a,;,b Eli storms. there were areas
swant s. winds Of greater force sthan
others.
lass of life has been small. only
80 aat,,al deaths being traceable to
~ storm, three at Tampa and Il ne
s,cin,ty Of this city, and two at s..
| petersburg.
& ST Petersburg the property loss
l,rss greater than elsewhere except
| s Tanpa. Danass to property there
S estimated at between s5eo,eoo and
81 .oOo. 900,
punta Rassa seems to have been VIZ
.s.,Ilv wiped OF the map. The storm
ssaa there from early Monday night