The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-06

fer no assistance to the unfortunates, and
nothing has been heard from them
since. mThe pilot boat Chicora. about
which great deal Of uneasiness was felt,
was discovered TO be ashore on Cat
Island. beached high and dry with two
veteran pilots. Captain John Nelson, Sr..
and Joe Lewis, on board. with the cook
and sailor. A number OF other vessels
were badly damaged. but IL will be sew
eral days before the full and complete
record Of the total loss Of life and prop
erty can be made. Captain Sheppard,
assistant bridge tender on the Biloxi
railroad bridge. was washed overheard
and drowned. His body was recovered
the next day and buried at Ocean
Springs He leaves a wife and several
children. From information received
from Mississippi City. Handsboro, Pass
Christian and Ocean Springs. II IS learn
ed that the destruction of wharves. bath
houses and boats has been complete.
At Handsboro the mills Of II. Leinhard
and the T. j. Liddle Company have been
damaged considerably. but TO what ex-
tent is not known.
Appeals for aid have come In so swift
" from the stricken sections that 1t
IS impossible 30 render the necessary
assistance. The Red Cross Society mas
taken the matter in hand and issued
call LOT diu'
On the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
NEW ORLEANS. La, Oct. 5.-The first
definite news from the Mississippi Gulf
coast reached here this morning. All the
wires have been blown down. and the
Louisville and Nashville railroad wash
ed out at intervals from Mobile 10 New
Orleans. The financial loss along the
coast will foot up not less than "A million
nj Pal hundred 1ixfaa
lost. The news is almost as appalling as
that from the Gulf coast of Louisiana.
At Biloxi, nothing escaped the fury Of the
elements. on every side could be seen
wrecks Of boats, piers. and lighthouses,
and In many instances fronts Of houses
on the beach were totally demolished.
| out OF more than one hundred boats on
| the front bay only three rode the storm
| safely on the back bay only one or two
weathered the gale. The velocity Of the
| wind must have been 100 miles an hour. At
| Ship Island. previous to the storm, seven
| ships were loading for foreign ports,
and all were damaged, two being COM
| petely wrecked, and ten men drowned
| Probably the worst damage and loss Of
| property was at Chandelier Island. Here
| were located the United States quaran-
| tine buildings AZ this point the fullest
| strength OF the storm developed, result
| ing not only in almost complete distruc-
tiOn OF an buildings on the island, but
fearful loss OF life. The velocity OF the
| wind reached one hundred miles an hour.
The building and pier known as the dis
| injecting plank, supplied with all modern
| appliances for disinfection Of vessels,
| from infected ports, is a complete loss,
everything being washed away, while
! other buildings on the island are more
or less damaged and uninhabitable. The
largest house connected with the station
was also carried away.
The following persons are missing and
! It is almost certain that they are drown
ed Steward A. L. Duckett, New Orleans;
! Nurse Mckenzie, Mobile; Seaman Null
| Ter, Amsterdam: and two patients, one
| named Lazen, Of the steamship Ravens
| dale, and George B.. Salmis. bOatman Of
| the American bark Rebecca Goddard
| Neither Of these patients, however, were
suffering from any contagious disease,
| and there was no disease of that charac-
| ter existing at quarantine DR.. Guiteras
has notified bar pilots that vessels from
| infected ports will hereafter report at
| Ship Island instead Of Chandelier.
The Damage in A ALBANIA.
MOBILE, ALA, oct. 5.--The schooner
| Alice Graham, Captain Loris Graham,
| which left here Sunday night for Por-
| tersV.'ie, having on board Miss Susie
| Heron. a young lady school teacher
| who was bound to Dauphin Isllnd TO
| open the public school there Monday
| has been wrecked, and Captain Graham,
| Miss Heron. and the mate name un-
| known. were lost These were all the
souls on board the schooner. which is
| lying bottom up miles off j. j. Del
champs place.
A tug will be sent down tomorrow TO
search for the bodies Charles Graham,
brother Of Captain Graham. Is satisfied
| of the identity Of his brothers vessel
and lis confident all on board were
drowned The schooner Coasuella,
which left here Sunday night for the
oyster reefs. IS on the beach at Heron
| bay. and is not damaged.
From Cedar Point comes news that
about twenty-five houses, all there were
ON the Point have been blown away
and great damage done.
Reports from Portersville, the popular
surnner resort south Of Mobile are 10
the effect that the town has suffered
terrible destruction. entailing possible
loss ~ $50 900 or more From Mr.. Joshua
Clemmons, who came up 10 the city, IL
is learned that the Booth Canning Fac
tory has been destroyed and the general
merchandise store Of Charles Graham
bIown away and the stock destroyed
Mr. d Bosarde, Of PoTtersville, reports
to-nieht the following additional list of
losses at Portersvlle and other points.
the residence Of Mr.. Frank p. Andrews
was badly damaged; Poftersville Public
HAN torn TO pieces; the sloop Bride,
ashore IN Jerry Howlands field. and the
Matilda ashore. but not damaged; Gulf
Coast oyster Company's plant gone;
/, II. Faiths residence total wreck;
Ravyiew Hotel, Mrs. J. NJ. Nolan, Of
Meridian. Miss, proprietress, total wreck;
i. e. Rahelds residence, Chares era
hau's residence, and Major f. 5. Parker's
residence badly damaged. No pecan trees
are left. and all the orange trees are up
rooted John ROstOn's residence was bad
" damaged and the sloop Irene jammed
under the flooring The residences Of
s T. Webster. and Mrs. N S. b. Ander-
son damaged slightly. James Crenshaw
lost everything except the main building.
]. JulIan's terrapin farm, out Of five thou
sand. four thousand were swept away.
The sloop Ella Forbes was washed into
Smees' field.
Al Grants Pass three buildings were
swept away.
AT Little River j. NJ. Mclean lost a
cottage and a terrapin farm. All me
bridges I'm the above section are gone
except the Bayou lie Batre bridge. Eigh-
teen market gardeners and their families,
living on the marshfs. lost everything
---.,.t the clothes On their hacks and are