The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-04
WRECK AND RUIN WROUGHT.
Appalling Destruction of Property Along
the Gulf Coast.


MOBILE, ALA, oct 3.-The detaiis
OF the storm which broke with such tury
over the Gulf coast Monday morning
and ragged with increasing fury Tor uVe
or six hours are just beginning TO come
in and. as was feared indications are
that the loss OF life in the lowlands east
of the city has been very great. Ihere
Is no doubt that it will be fuiiy Il week
or longer before the full story Oh the
storm. with its attendant tales vi destfac-
ZION will be fully told. The sun rose
clear and bright, as IL endeayorlng, by us
radiance. TO dispel the gloom cast over the
CITY Yesterday By the wind and the waves.
The inundated portion OF the city, carry
presented an animated appearance, and
the work OF cleaning out the muddy
sediments from the stores deposited Dy
the receding water and the debris from
the streets was pushed with that energy
and yigor that characterizes the average
AIoblliau. The damaged goods were te-
moved from the stores and warehouses
TO places where they could be drled OUT
Bridge hands and section hands were Dusy
along Commerce street repairing lhe
damage to the culverts, bridges ana lodu-
bed of the Louisville and NashVllle
railroad, which runs along TINS street lor
nearly a mile Among the casualties
TO shipping, the following are all tha'
are known up TO the present time' Aas'-
ern Shore steamer, Crescent Clty, peaoh-
ed on the western shore OF the pay t"o
miles below the city; river steamers '1Io
and Lotus, driven on the marshes "is"
and dry, about two miles above ule 'Ig,
and viii probably both be totaI 'oaS,
ing Colonel Woodruff, driven III ONo
marshes and may be floated the tiooP
Yacht Annie L., owned by l. ~ 30 'ua
shall. almost bottom up, near 'he 'i'ou''
of ChickasabOque creek, anu may =
tI,, no saved in a damaged condition III
I,,t,oa Diy 20 these vessels, quite a humber
% hargas were blown in the marshes
that line both banks OF the river hot1l
80 ,be city. and one OF the bar6es usen
=, The dredging work on the chahhel
,Tas also blown high and dry on lhe
oastern shore a quarter OF mile peio"
the city. -..t,oh ,,ound
.lopq the western shore OK the MoDie
pav for a distance Of nine miles llTous'
elades of nloss-festooned maSholds' -
almost a total wreck, inNoiVlhs d. toS9'
that II il can be replaced AT all "hi0H
is extremely doubtful, VIII involve an
outlay OF between ten and hfteen tnouS,
and dollars To-day is is washed out, anu
where the road once W0und arounu VIC
Iands ~ the shore, are nothing but masses
~ I0es and driftwood piled IN a most IN
extrtcable confusion, whle dclo9S 80
nortion Of the road which tbs STORM naS
left intact. trees have been down "" -
in a tangled network oil loHdee, az a,s
makes passing, even on ioo'' 'e''
fcuit. ...,.oo, Mobile
Communication direct between ai'pi'e ge
| and New Orleans by rail- ana "rS nia i.'
anu -" -, - on and will probably
-, - resumed for weeks 20 come. De
~ .o, mis- ci,y and Scranton the western
T,io, has barely a pole LETT stahulhb'
,tn',~h The Postal Jared somewhat De'-
1a,u,esn Venetia and scranton thif-
for,v houses were blown down. VI
| ~ t,,,as have been reported lost Al va
rio,,a towns along the route t"eiFe Vnu'
60 we're wrecked. five Of theih pelns ~.
| cated al Grand Bay. In Sefai'on go ~ -
| East Pascagoula four miies uiSs@'.e on
| the Sound, houses were plonn uo"i'' o,,s
| stores flooded. and stocks usIhSseI, 49,
| s.',ee poscagoula. which is the port OF
az ,he entire beach Is said 10 have
| s,, sna,' vyreeked The losses at the two
.ns"ts are said TO reach 100000. The
| r. n railroad bridge across Pas-
| ~s,o,,ia "a slightly damaged, two or three
| snsns having been loosened ana haoly
| ashed Between Scranton ana west IaS-
"asouIa a distance OF about five miles
,hree miles OF track and road-bed nave
| hean washed away. There Is three-
masted schooner across the track al
| West Pascagouia. ,,oo,
| ,rhe-e are no authentic reports ilon
,ointe south of Mobile on the l>onis'his
and Nashville road except that TWO nun nun,
dred and sixty spans Of the siloNi orias'
- washed away. The damage 20 th'
louisville and Nashville railroad Is os
yond computation at this time. Keposs'
from Montgomery are to the erect t"s
the bridge across Three-Mhe sfeea
dsmaeed. and that q portion OK tne ieh