The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-04

MOBILE, Ala, Oct 3.-The details OF
the storm which broke with such fury
over the gulf coast Monday, and ragged
with increased fury for Ave or six hours,
are just beginning to come in, and as
far as can be learned. the loss of life in
the low lands east of the city has been
very great. There is no doubt that 1t
will be fully week or longer before the
full story of the storm will be at hand,
and the death and destruction will be
fully told.
and the inundated portion of the city
early presented an animated appear
ance and the work of cleaning out the
muddy sediment from the stores de-
posted by the receding water and the
oeor1s from the streets, was pushed with
that energy and vigor that characterize
the average Mobilian. The damaged
goods were removed from the stores and
warehouses in the places where thew
could be dried out. Bridge gangs and
section hands were busy along Com
MERGE street repairing the damage to
the culverts, bridges and roadbed OF the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, which
runs along this street for nearly q mile.
following are all that are known up to
the present time: Eastern Shore steamer
Crescent City, beached on the western
shore of the bay, two miles below the
city: river steamers Lee and Lotus,
driven on the marshes high and dry
about two miles above the CITY and will
probably both be a total loss; tug Col
onel Woodruff, driven in the marsh and
may be floated;the sloop yacht Annie L,
owned by A. M. Marshall, almost bottom
up near the mouth of Chickasabogue
creek aud may possibly be saved in a
damaged condition.
In addition to these vessels quite a
number of barges were blown in the
marshes that line both banks of the
river. North of the city one OF the
barges used in the dredging work on the
channel was blown high and dry on the
eastern shore a quarter OF milo below
the city.
Communications with New Orleans
are totally cut off and will probably not
be resumed for weeks to come. Be-
tween this city and Scranton the West
ern Union has barely pole left stand
ing. though the Postal Jared somewhat
better. Between Venetia and Scranton
thirty or forty houses were blown down,
but no lives have been reported lost.
At various towns along the route
twelve churches were wrecked, FIVE of
them being located at Grand Bay.
In Scranton and at East Pascagoula,
four miles distant on the sound, houses
were blown down. stores flooded and
stocks damaged, while at East Pascs-
goula, which is the port of entry OF the
entire beach, is said TO have been
wrecked.
The losses at the two points are said
to reach 100000. The Louisville and
Nashville bridge across the Pascagoula
is slightly damaged, two or three spans
having been loosened and badly washed.
Between Scranton and West Pascagoula,
distance of about five miles, three
miles Of track and road BED have been
washed away.
There is three tasted schooner across
the tract at West Pascagoula. There
are no authentic reports from points
south of Mobile, on the Louisville and
Nashville road, except that 26O spans
OF the Biloxi bridge are washed away.
The damage to the Louisville and Nash.
vile railroad is beyond comprehension
at this time. Reports from Montgomery
are to the effect that the bridge across
the Three Mile creek is damaged, and
that portion of the Tensas bridge is
washed away. There are 400 trees
across the track between Bay Minette
and Dyas creek, distance of about ten
miles. No trains can get any further
south than Bay Minetts, and several
washouts are reported
From Blakely as far southeast as
reports can be had the natives report
only death and destruction. For miles
inland the trees are laid low and much
loss OF life is reported all along the
shore. The rumors over there would
place the loss Of life at fifty. but posi-
bly, not more than twenty-five have
persisted.
This side of Blakely, in the marshes,
whole families have been swept away,
and the actual loss Of life will probably
never be known. A reporter who 10 AIDE
the trip rescued several children and
tied up two unknown bodies, one of a
girl. aged II, the other of man about
35, both apparently Germans. Fl We of
the children. the eldest not over 8
years of age, were found tied together
in the marsh opposite the mouth of
the Spanish river. They said their
father and mother had gone in boat
after the house. They could give no in.
ing evidently German. A little farther
up tbs river two more children were
rescued.
Where these children came from could
not be learned. In the upper helta of
the river the streams are reported to be
full of floating bedding, furniture and
household effects, showing that the re-
ports of suffering and death from this
quarter are not Overstated. Owing to
the sparseness of the settlement OF these
marshes and their unaccessibility, ex-
cept by means OF small sail or row boats,
it is probable that many have persisted.
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