Show WIL WINDS PLY HAOC IN THE EAST West Indian Hurricane Is Rapidly Approaching New York J ST AUGUSTINE SUFFERS SEVERELY DAMAGE IS VERY GREAT I JACKSONVILLE JACK-SONVILLE 1 Sew York Steamship Owners Chary About Going to SenSouth Carolina Caro-lina Crops Ruined In Georgia the Damage is Not So Great as Val at First Reported News of Other Points New York Sept 27The West Indian hurricane is making Its way steadily In r this direction Early in the day i was off the coast of South Carolina I Is traveling slowly In a easterly direction I with a heavy rotary motion describing a circle of about 2000 miles in diameter I Speaking of the storm the weather forecaster fore-caster said We shall begin to feel the storm by tonight or tomorrow The rain rn fall attending the storm Is the heaviest ever known on the coast I do not think however we shall get the full violence of the storm here and do not anticipate that i will be so severe as they resort having down south I the storm Is continuous con-tinuous in its course we may get only Its western edge The report received at this office today tells of terrific seas running run-ning all along the coast The wind is blowing from 50 to 70 miles an hour At Sandy Hook the wind this morning was 2 miles a hour When the storm reaches here it will probably last two or three days Steamers coming from the other side may strike the hurricane |