Salt Lake Herald | 1873-09-23 | Page 2 | Terrific and Destructive Storm

Terrilicand Destructive Storm. Tallahasse, Florida, 21. A terrific storm prevailed throughout this section sec-tion of country on Friday. Several stores were unroofed, thirty or forty houses blown down and several others badly damaged. A great number of gin houses were destroyed. The crops arc considered mined. Three or four lives were lost and several persons were wounded. A large number of cattle was killed. The roads arc blocked by fallen trees and telegraph wires, and fences are down for miles. The loss in this country is immense. Bridges were completly washed away, houses iloated and families made homeless. Newport is also reported swept away.