The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-10-11
DEATH AND RUIN
Mark the Path Of the Great Storm
on the Gulf Coast.
Many Lives We're Lost and the Destruction
OF Property Runs Into the Millions
A Fierce Gale Mt Pensacola, Fla
Hogan, Ca, Demolished
by Tornado.

done by Mondays storm will reach up
into the millions. The steamer Cres-
cent City was wrecked on the bay. In
the gardeners district across the river,
dwelt twenty-three families, the homes
OF whom could be seen from any emf
nence in the city. Only one OF the
homes can now be seen standing and
as no news has as yet been received, 1t
is believed many of the inhabitants
have been lost. Three or four hun
dred head OF cattle have perished. The
home Of Stephen Walker was swept
away and his entire family, consisting
of himself, wife Christina, and his
niece, Miss Carrie Wise, were drowned.
There is only one wire out OF this city
and no trains are running At Grand
Bay, four churches were destroyed,
while at Scranton five churches suf-
fered like fate. Houses have been
scattered, crops ruined and desolation
appears on every hand.
Five children, the oldest not over 8
years old, were found tied together in
the marsh opposite the mouth OF Span
ish river. They said their father and
mother had gone In boat after the
house. They could give no intelligible
account of themselves.
New ORLEANS, Oct. AT English
Lookout, the track has been carried
away, the water dashing over the en-
bankment and when it receded the I'LL
ing was taken out into the gulf leaving
NO support for the ties and rails. The
prairie and lake have lost their divid-
ing line and are now one vast sheet OF
water in an area of hundreds Of acres.
The pier head Of the Pearl river bridge
was moved nearly four feet by the
wind, rendering 1t useless. The two
mile bridge which spans the bay OF St
Louis midway between New Orleans
and Mobile, also suffered and the ap'
proach from the south side with sew
eral hundred feet Of the bridge has
been carried into the bay. This bridge
is the second longest in the United
States. The bridge between Biloxi
and Ocean Springs is also reported as
down.
In the parish Of Plaquemine the vii
lages of Bohemia, in Mississippi, and
Shell Beach, on Lake Borgue, were
wiped out and at least four lives lost In
each place.
PENSACOLA, Fla, Oct 4.-The mos
destructive storm that Pensacola hai
experienced in twenty years began a.
Q 6oclock Monday morning and ragec
with increased fury until q late houl
in the afternoon The nearest approach
TO this gale was the storm Of 1881. tn
storm had been brewing since Satur
day.
When the storm reached its climax
the wind was blowing at the rate o
sixty-six miles an hour. The rain fel
in torrents and was swept In binding
sheets through the streets Al the BAY
front, people stood In drenching rair
watching the elements In the work o.
destruction. No loss OF life has beer
reported, but upon every street up
rooted trees, broken fences and roof
less buildings testify TO the storm
force
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct A dispatei
from Atlanta, Co., says: A tornado
knocked the little town OF Hogan. Ga
all to pieces yesterday morning, killet
aboy and injured several others. Hogan
Is in Tatnal county, ffty-hve mile
from Savannah. Nine houses were do
demolished. George Barnett, lad
was killed In the wreck Of his father
house. Bales of cotton were blown 2O
yards from the depot platforms. Th,
storm was preceded for five minute
by a rumbling sound. The tornado
track was only two miles long.
MoyCroN, n. b., Oct. A terribl
wind storm has prevailed along tn
coast in this vicinity for two or thre
days, doing great damage to shippin
and land property. The barks McLeor
Kiffyn, Malona and orna are ashore o
the beach at Richibueto. The McLeo
and Malona are lumber laden and tn
Orna Is with ballast inward bounC
There is a rumor that ship Is ashor
further north and that her captain wa
drowned. Two vessels In the harboi
Bessie Markham and Emanuel, ar