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Show THE HURRICANE. Washington, 27. The War Department De-partment has received a dispatch from Fort Jefierson, Florida, giving an account of a severe hurricane thereon the 16th inst. Nineteen beef cattle were washed to sea, and drowned. Tho cattle yard was damaged, dam-aged, and tho slaughter house and stable were undermined. Roofs were carried away and windows broken, and many rooms were flooded, doidg great damage to clothing and stores, and makinc necessary the removal of tlicMck. One hundred thousand dollars dol-lars will be required to put the quarters, quar-ters, barracks, and store house in good repair, and make the fort inhabitable in-habitable for troop?. |