The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-04

| MOBILE, Ala. Oct. A southeast
gale broke here this morning about
o'clock The wind increased in velocity
until it reached at least fifty miles an
hour The barometer is still falling.
The wind has blown the water in from
the gulf until the river has reached
Royal-st., which is four blocks from the
river and at an elevation Of about fif-
teen feet from the main river hight.
There is no possible chance of estimat-
ing the money damage. All the whole
sale and great portion of the retail dis
trict of the city is some four feet under
water and thousands of dollars worth Of
| goods have been damaged.
The pilot boat Ida Low has been driv-
| en- on the wharf at the foot of st. Fran
cis-st The bay boat Heroine was lriv-
en- on the Mobile G. Ohio wharf and al
most totally wrecked. The Crescent City,
another bay boat, left Point Clear At the
same time the Heroine did this morn
| ing and has not since been heard from.
It is reported that three dredges work
ing on the channel have been lost. 1t
is also reported here that some fifty
miles of the Louisville & Nashville rail-
road along the coast are under water,
and that the Biloxi bridge has been
swept away by the gale. Nothing has
been heard from the gardeners in the
marshes Of the city and the worst is
feared. Telegraph c. nmunication is
cut of In almost e<s. !, erection. and
from the present outlook Mobile will be
| side world when dark comes. In this
| city houses have been unroofed, trees
blown down, and one cotton warehouse
has succumbed to the fury of the gale.
| All the smokestacks of all the manu-
| featuring industries have blown down.
Street car traffic has been totally sus-
| pended because of the damage TO the
electric wires. and the city will no
| doubt be in darkness tonight, as the
waves are fast encroaching on the cleo
| trio light works, which may be under
water in another hour. The busiest
thoroughfares of the city are being
| navigated in boats, and parties are
| wading up to their agmpits in an effort
to save goods. 1t is conceded by all to
be the worst storm that has ever visited
Mobile.
The southern part Of the city presents
a scene of wreckage as If it had been
bombarded. The towers on the court
house and Christ church are tottering.
Dredge No. overturned near the light
house and three men were thrown in
| the angry waves. At great peril the
crew Of the tug Capt. Sam steamed to
the rescue and saved two of the men,
| the other being lost An unknown white
man lost his footing while wading from
| the Union depot at the foot of Govern
n1ent-st. and was swept under the bridge
/ and drowned
| Turn of the Gale.
The storm reached it's hight about 1
| d. m when the wind reached a velocity
| of seventy-five miles an hour. From that
| hour the fury Of the gale began to in
/ crease and the wind gradually changed
| from southeast to west. The rain has
| been falling in torrents the entire day
| and tonight the city is in darkness and
| there is not an electric light Of any kind
/ burning.
| The bay steamer Crescent City dragged
| her anchor seven miles and went ashore
/ on the beach between Arlington and
| Monroe Park, about three miles below
/ the city on the western shore of the bay.
| Capt Lumsden and crew and one passen-
| ger, a cotton broker named r. Lewis,
/ donned life preservers and swan safely
| ashore through the angry waves. Nearly
| every bath house along the western shore
1 was blown down, and at Morgans an
| attendant named Graham was swept
| away with Eve bath houses and drowned.
| The Magnolia and Cooleys ware
| houses were blown down and two un-
| known negroes were drowned in the cot
/ ton yard Magfhcent oaks all over the
| city are laid low, and the earth is COW
cred with the green leaves which
| dropped from the trees by the wind.
| Houses all over the city have been un-
rooted and fences blown down, and to-
| night IL is simply impossible to give de-
| tails. Nothing has been heard from the
eastern shore nor from the market gar
/ deners I'm the marshes, where IT Is ex-
pected great damage to properly and
\ possibly loss of life has occurred.
The Waters Recede.
The storm at this writing, 10 p. m,
| has .abated and the waters have re-
ceded. There is not wire in the West
ern Union office affording intercourse
with the outside world, and this is writ
| ten to be sent several miles out of
| town, where 1t is hoped communication
may be established.
| The loss of the Crescent City repre-
| sents 1900. Cleveland Bros, grain
| dealers, estimate their loss at between
/ FIVE and seven thousand dollars. One
merchant lost a thousand barrels of ce-
| ment. another thousand sacks of salt,
] another a quantity of lime. A large