Show THE SOUTHERN STORM it if in its breezy path jacksonville fia sept 28 communication ni with southern florida la being restored and special dispatches to the times union relating to the damage done by the west indian cyclone tell the atory of houses wrecked end crops destroyed but no loss of lito is reported at tampa several large factories were wrecked the largo oliree etory brick factory ot burgA co was de et royed the factory of 0 A joyce was demolished as was also the factory of auber and Men arara and others the first presbyterian church and the palatial ceru badly several structures were alto de the totua lues on at trim pa is estimated at during the betorin at fernandina For alio boston city and collided and acro badly dam aced the etaamer edith was driven ashore the debarry was driven against tho drawbridge and wrecked the steam yacht maud waa eunk near urea cent city today advices from st augustine have been cut off since tuesday were received no lives were lost but ate elveral houses were wrecked and the loss will run into the thousand nearly all the windows in the city were blown out and the houses flooded with water the ponce de acon hotel waa damaged in this way abo loss on the hotel furniture is heavy at st augustine the waves dashed over the sea wall and mado rivers of the streets many wharves were blown away between green cove springs and palatka on the st carnei twelve wharves have completely disappeared between jacksonville and st augustine not a telegraph pole was left standing the damage to alie orange growers is great in large groves the ground is completely covered mth green oranges the loss is fully 20 per cent the east coast is still cut oft from communication muni cation below st augustine and palatka though communication may be restored res tired tonight every effort is being made to hear from jupiter and key west which towns are supposed to have been in the storms center the storm was as severe in the interior of the state as on the chaet it struck tampa and then traveled southeast sout to jacksonville and st augustine at ocala and orlando interior cointa beveral eels wore found afeei the storm passed it is safe to say that the storm coat florida more than a million dollars but no lives have been lost unless at key west titusville Titus ville jepter or other east coast points |