The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-10-10
THE HURRICANE.

THE STORY OF THE STORM.
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION ALONG
THE GULF COAST.
The Loss Over $1.OOO,OOO-The Beau
tiful Shell Road at Mobile Is Hope
less Rutu-PensacOla Suffered MucI
from the Fury OF the Storm.
MOBILE, Ala, Oct. 3.-The details
of the storm which broke with such
fury on the Gulf coast Monday morn
Ing, and ragged with increasing fury
for five or six hours, are just beginning
to come in, and, as was feared, indica
tions are that the loss of life In the
low lands east of the city has been
very great. There 10 no doubt that II
will be q week or longer before the full
story of the storm, with all its atten.
dant details of death and destruction
will be fully told.
The sun rose clear and bright, as II
endeavoring by Its warm radiance to
dispel thu gloom cast over the city by
the wind and waves. The inundated
portion OF the city early presented an
animated appearance, and the work OF
clearing out the muddy sediment from
the stores, deposited by the receding
waters, and the debris from the streets
was pushed with the vigor and energy
q
bilian. The damaged goods were re.
moved from the stores and warehouses
to places whore they could be dried
out. Bridge gangs and section hands
were busy along Commerce street, re-
pairing the damage to the culverts.
bridges. and rOadbeds of the Louisville
and Nashville, which runs along this
street for nearly mile.
SHELL ROAD RUIN.
Nha hao ,1e1, Ill, Il T., f,l>
along the western shore of the Mobile
bay for q distance of nine miles,
through great rows of moss festooned
magnolias, is almost q total wreck, in
volving loss, that If it can be replaced
at all, which is extremely doubtful,
will require an outlay of between $40,
600 and $15,O 900. To-day it is washed
out, and where the road once wound
around the bend of the shore are moth
Ing but masses OF logs and drift wood
piled in most inextricable confusion,
while across the portion OF the road
which the storm has left the trees have
been blown down in a tangled net work
of foliage that makes passing even on
foot very difficult.
Communication between Mobile and
New Orleans by rail and wire has been
totally cut Off and will probably not be
resumed for weeks to come. Between
Venetia and Scranton thirty or forty
houses were blown down, but no lives
have been reported lost. AT various
towns along the route twelve churches
were wrecked, five of them being To-
Gated at Grand Bay. In Scranton and
West PascagOula, four miles distant
on the sound, houses were blown down,
stores flooded and stocks damaged,
while at East Pascagoula, which is the
port of entry, the entire beach is said
to have been wrecked. The losses at
the two points are said to reach $780,
900. The Louisville and Nashville
bridge across the PascagOula is slight
ly damaged. Two or three spans have
been loosed and badly washed. Be-
tween Scranton and West Pascagoula,
a distance of about five miles, three
miles of the track and road bed have
been washed away. There is three
masted schooner across the track at
West Pascagoula.
There are no authentic reports from
points south of Mobile on the Louisville
and Nashville road, except that 26O
spans of the Biloxi bridge are washed
away. The damage to the Louisville
and Nashville is beyond computation
at this time. Reports from Montgom-
cry are to the effect that the bridge
across three Mile Creek is damaged and
that q portion of thepTensas bridge is
washed away. There are 400 trees
across the track between Bay Minett
and Dyer's creek, a distance of about
ten miles. No trains can get any fur
ther south than Bay Minett and sew
eral washouts are reported.
DEAD IN THE MARSHES.
A row boat trip from the marshes
made to-day by an experienced news
paper reporter reveals scene Of DESC
lation and death that will almost
equal those sent out a month ago from
Savannah and the sea islands. At
every point touched houses were COM
pletely gone, while the eastern shore
was swept as if by a western cyclone.
From Blakely as far southeast as the
reporter had been the natives report
only death and destruction. Four miles
inland the trees are laid low and much
loss of life is reported along the shore
The rumors over there would place tho
loss OF life at so, but possibly not more
than 25 have perished.
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 seven children
and tied up two unknown bodies, one
of a girl aged seventeen, the other Of
a man aged about 35, both apparently
Germans. Five of the children, the
eldest not over eight years of age,
were found tied together in the marsh
opposite the mouth of Spanish river.
They said their father and mother had
gone In q boat after the house. They
could give no Ineligible account OF
themselves, being evidently Germans.
a little further up the river two more
children were rescued. Where these
children came from could not be learn
ed.
Near where they were found was
Mr.. DessOn, VIII Ose wife was drowned,
who said there was @ man and his
family living q little distance up the
shore who were reported drowned and
the children are probably theirs. but
speaking no English these children
could not make themselves understood.
The children were taken to the house
of widow on Pole Cat bay whose
house remained intact.
WILL NEVER BE FOUND.
In the upper delta of the river, de.
bouching into Mobile Bay, the streams
are reported to be full OF floating
bedding, furniture, and household ef
fects, showing that the reports of suf-
fering and death from this quarter are
hardly overstated. Owing to the
parseness of the settlement of these
marshes, and their inaccessibility ex.
cept by means of small sail or row