Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-03
MOBILE STORM SWEPT.
Thousands Of Dollars Damage Caused
by the Water
BLOWN INLAND FROM THE GULF.
The Business District Of the City
Under Water-Smoke Stacks,
Steeples, and Chimneys Blown
Down-Houses Unroofed-The
Electric Wires Down-Commu-
nication Shut OF.

MOBILE, Ala, October "A south
east gale broke here this morning about
4 o'clock. and the wind has been In
creasing in velocity ever since, until At
this hour Il p. M IL is blowing at least
fifty miles an hour. The barometer 10
still falling. The wind has blown the
water In from the Gull until the river
has reached Royal street, which Is four
blocks from the river, and al an eleVA-
tion OF about fifteen feet from the main
river height.
There is no possible chance OF esti-
mating the money damage. All the
wholesale and a great portion OF the re-
tail district is some four feet under VA
ter, and thousands OF dollars worth OF
goods have been damaged.
The pilot boat Ida Low has been
driven on the wharf At the foot OF ST.
Francis street
The bay boat Heroine was driven on
the Mobile and Ohio wharf and almost
totally wrecked. The Crescent City,
another bay boat. left Point Clear At the
same time the Heroine did this morn
ing and has not since been heard from.
1t II reported that three dredges,
working on the channel, have been lost
1t Is also reported here that some nifty
| miles OF the Louisville and Nashville
railroad along the coast are under wa
ter, and that the Biloxi bridge has been
swept away by the gale. Nothing has
been heard from the gardeners In the
marshes east Of the city aud the worst
is feared. Telegraphic communication
is cut of In almost every direction and
from the present outlook Mobile will
be entirely cut of from the outside
world when darkness comes.
In this city, houses have been un-
rooted, trees blown down and one cot
ton warehouse has succombed TO the
fury OF the gale. All the smokestacks
on all the manufacturing Industries
have been blown down. Street car
! traffic has been totally suspended be-
cause of the damage TO the electric
wires, and the city will no doubt be In
darkness tonight as the waves are iast
encroaching on the electric light works,
which may be under water In an hour.
The busist thorougfares OF the city are
being navigated in boats. and parties
are wading up 10 the Nmpits In an ef-
| IOTL 10 save koOues ~ SNAN -
all to be the worst stor that has ever
visited Mobile.
The southern part OF th, Hty pre-
sents a scene OF wTeckage as !. w had
been bombarded. The towers the
court house and Christ Church
totterlpg. Dredge No. turned
near the lighthouse, and three m,
were thrown into the angry waves. AZ
great peril the crew Of the Captain
Sam steamed up, and rescued two, one
peing lost. An unknown white man
was lost while WadIng from the union
depot on Government street.
The storm reached its height about
%. m, when the wind reached a yeloc-
ity OF rs miles hour From that hour
the fury Of the gale began TO Inc
and the wind gradually changed y
southeast 70 west.
The rain has been falling 10 torrents
the entire day and tonight the city Is
! in darkness and there Is not an electric
light OF any kind burning.
Magnificent oaks all over the city are
laid low and the earth is covered with
green leaves whipped from the trees oy
! the fierce Winds.
The storm at this writing 10 p. NJ
has abated and the waters have recedeo'
There IS not wire IN the Western
Union Office affordinE intercourse with
the outside world, and II is written 70
be sent several miles.