The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-05
WRECKED BY WIND AND WAYE
Narrowing Tales Of Carnage by The
Storm Continue to Come In.
LIVES LOST and PROPERTY DESTROYED
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MOBILE. ALA. oct. 4-The tale Of the
s,orm has not been half told, for not
only daily. but hourly reports reach here
of additional disasters, and with it comes
the sad udlngs Of more lives sacrificed
upon the altar Of the storm king.
From Baldwin county, which skirts
the eastern shore Of Mobile bay, from
Blakely to Mullet Point a distance of
forty miles, and the shores Of Bon Sc
cour bay TO Fort Morgan. distance OF
twenty miles, come reports of great
destruction 10 property. but thus far there
has been no news OF other human sac
ridce from this direction.
AT Blakely. the destruction wrought
among the forests and turpentine or
chards Is reported 10 have been very
great and many fences were swept away
aud gardens damaged. All reports are
unanimous that forty miles along this
shore forests have been devastated TO
nu extent unknown in the history OF
this section. Every steamboat wharf,
private wharf and bath house along this
Buure stretch Of coast, Of which are nu-
mor0us summer resorts TO which the cit
liens Of Mobile flock for the heated term.
have Succumbed, partially or wholly, to
the devastating powers OF the winds
and waves. Parties who witnessed the
storm from some Of the summer re-
sorts give graphic descriptions of how
the waves ripped the planking from the
WhaUes with much more ease than a
lady rips threads from seam, and
when the waves had done their part
iu the work Of destruction, the wind
took up the broken debris and dashed
lt away as IL anxious TO give vent to Its
ungovernable fury.
Some idea Of the devastation wrought
iu the forests OF Baldwin county may be
cleaned from the fact that there are
fifteen hundred trees across the pubic
road from Daphne. the county seat, 10
the LOXley logging camp, a distance ot
fifteen miles. fu a distance OF two miles
two hundred and forty trees were counted
across the logging road OF the LoXieys,
vho also had their boom and warehouse
az Sppnish Fort swept away. At howards
the hotel pavilion and magnificent grove
Of oaks and hickory escaped injury nut
the entire wharf Is swept away, while the
water was six feet deep az the loot or the
bluffs. and when IL subslded 1t was dls-
covered that a new beach had been haue'
A quarter Of a mile below HoWards' at
Daphne, the county seat about half or
q
high bluffs, fully haif a mile into me pay,
has been swept away. The pier-head ana
several spans Of the seaward end are
gone and about twonty-fve feet or more
Of the shore end The wharf AZ Montrose'
further south. is also gone. as are all the
fine private wharves and bath-houses'
while many OF the summer homes nave
been damaged. and the little Catholc |
church that stood on the summit OF the |
BLUFFS two hundred yards from the water |
was completely wrecked. This is said 10 |
be the highest point on the Atlantic coast |
from Tampico, Mexico, to Mont: |
rose. Further south. at Battles |
wharf the wharf was demolished |
and some thirty or forty yards OF the |
bluff and roadway were washed away. |
half mile further south, Point clear, the |
Long Branch of the South, extends west
ward into the bay. on this point stands |
Grand Hotel facing south, while IN rear
OF the hotel the north wharf extends into /
the bay nearly half "a mile. lhe storm
seems TO have taken special delight IN |
this wharf, for the waves |
even dashed away the string pieces ana
cross beams. leaving nothing but the gaunt
piliucs TO stand sentinel over the ruins
Around in front Of the hotel was the
short south wharf, which was also de-
molished and the wreckage deposited on
the sandy beach and grassy lawn IN tiont |
OF the hotel. The hotel with It's broad
galleries presented n splendid target for
the demon of the storm and the wonder
is that plank of the structure stands
to tell the story. AS 1T was. the waves.
which usually lap the beach I'm quiet rip
Pies one hundred yards away from the
front OF the hotel dashed with surly roar
over the verandas and beat with def
ancs against the doors Ike a bowling
m0b az the barred entry to some Jail
demanding the life Of a prisoner. Ever
lud anon huge timbers and pieces OF
prockage would be dashed up to be used
Is % hattering ram by the waves. The
greekage and debris is piled high in
front of the hotel and the west end of
fe point has been washed away. Some |
'f the galleries of the out buildings were |
Wept away and according to some. the
lining hall has been completely turned !
around. The summer residences owned |
hy prominent and wealthy Moblians
.ud located along the curve Of the shore
1uih OF the hotel are said not to have
uttered much damage further than the
oss of all the small crafts and bath
houses. Further south the wharf at
.-udels was carried away