The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11
Loss OF LIFE NEAR MOBILE.
The Numer Placed as High as Fifty
other Reports.


MOBILE, Ala, Oct. 3.-The details
of the storm which broke with such fury
over the gulf coast Monday morning
and ragged with increasing fury for five
or six hours. are just beginning to come
in, and, as was feared. indications are
that the loss of life in the lowlands east
OF the city has been great. There is
no doubt that it will be fully a week
or longer before the full story of the
storm with all the attendant tales of
death and destruction will be fully
told
The sun rose clear and bright as if
endeavoring by its warm radiance to
dispel the gloom cast over the city yes
terday by the wind and waves. The in
undated portion of the city early pre-
scented an animated appearance and the
work Of clearing out the muddy sedi-
ment from the shores deposited by the
receding waters and the debris from the
streets was pushed with that energy and
vigor that characterize the average
MobilIan
The damage to the L. & n. railroad is
beyond computation at this time. Re
ports 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 Minett and Byas Creek, a distance
Of about ten miles. No trains can get
any further south than Bay Minette and
several washouts are reported. A row.
boat trip Of the Marshes was made today
by an experienced newspaper reporter
revealed a state Of desolation and death
that will almost equal that of a month
ago at Savannah and the sea islands.
Ae every point touched houses were COM
pletely gone. while the upper eastern
shore was swept as If by a western
cyclone. From Blakely as far southeast
as reports could be had the natives re-
port only death and desOlation.
For miles inland the trees are laid low
and much loss of life is reported all
along the shore. TherumOrs over there
would place loss of life at fifty. but pos
sibly 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. The reporter
who made the trip rescued several chill
dren and tied up two unknown bodies,
one Of girl aged seventeen, the other
of a man aged about thirty-fve, both
apparently Germans. Five Of the chill
dren, the eldest not over eight 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 a boat after the house. They
could give no account Of themselves, be-
ing evidently German. A little further
up the river two more children were res
cued. Where there came from could not
be learned. as the only family known
TO reside on the point where they were
found was that of Mr.. Besson, whose
wife was drowned. There was a mill
man and his family who lived a little
distance up the shore who were reported
drowned and the children are probably
theirs. but speaking no English.
MOBILE, Ala, Oct. 4.-The tale Of the
storm has been half told. Not only
daily but hourly reports reach here Of
additional disasters, and with it come
the sad tidings Of more lives sacrificed
upon the altar of the storm king From
Baldwin county, which skirts the eastern
shore Of Mobile bay from BIakeIy TO
Mullet Point. distance OF forty miles,
and the shores of Bon Secur bay to FIT
Morgan, a distance OF twenty miles,
come reports of great destruction to
property, but thus far there has been no
news OF other human sacrifice from this
direction.
At Blakely the destruction wrought
among the forests and turpentine orch
ards is reported to have been very
great and many fences were swept away
and gardens damaged. All reports are
paaniEnoIas thai snrtY miles along this