The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-18
No serious Damage Z o Property and
No Loss Of Life Yet Reported
I'm Vicinity of Mobile.
ALL SAFE AT FORT MORGAN
SOME OF THE BUILDINGS DAMAGED,
But NO PERSON HURT.
Railway Traffic In North Carolina In.
terrupted by Flood-Roadbeds
SubmerGed-One Life Lost.

MOBILE, Ala, Aug. 1.-THE gulf coast
from Pensacola to New Orleans is at last
under view, Geographic communication be-
ing re-established from one point which
is central. The general report is that aside
from damage 10 wharves and bath houses.
sailboats and smacks, trees, outhouses and
fences the instances of serious loss are
few. There has been no loss of life as far
as is known here.
A tug was sent down the bay from Mo-
bile to-day to investigate the conditions
in Mississippi sound, where there are many
small islands and about which some APP
prehension was felt. The representative
of the press OF board was instructed to
report from the first point with which he
| could communicate, but up to midnight
! nothing has been heard from him..
The steamer Evelyn is ashore near
Pensacola. the schooner Isaac Stowell is
stranded in Mobile bay. the schooner Rice
is dismantled in the gulf and has been
towed into Mobile bay. a three-masted
} schooner. name unknown, has been sighted
i'm distress fifty miles outside of Mobile
harbor and the American bark Julia is
ashore and capsized on the south beach
| of Hearn island. These are the marine
disasters so far as known tonight.
The warnings OF the approaching storm
were so thorough that nearly every place
in this region was prepared. The coast
resorts suffered less damage than was first
reported. according TO advices received
here. Point Clear, Mobile bay. the IA
| vorite resort of this part Of the State. lost
a row of bath houses and a part OF the
steamboat wharf. Battles, another resort,
lost a part Of the steamboat wharf. Por-
tersville. on the south coast. suffered the
loss of a number of pleasure craft and
smacks. The Bayou LIE Batre canning rae
tory, which was most exposed to the wind.
was miraculously protected by the waves
washing up a mass or oyster smells tnai
served as a breakwaster as we'll as a wind
break.
Pascagoula, Miss, had the full force of
the storm. Bester's cottage, on the beach,
was washed away. Capt. Volney Browns
summer house went also. The damage to
the bath houses and wharves alone there
is put at $4,000. Several scows were adrift.
one having on board lumber owned by
the Dantzler Lumber Company. Moores
Point, Miss, the sawmill town, sustained
heavy damage by logs being carried away.
At Biloxi, Miss, the beautiful new club
house was demolished. One fisherman is
reported drowned
The most serious damage to Mobile is
the partial destruction Of the famous bay
shore shell road. This lrive extends seven
miles down the western shore of the bay.
IT has been washed out for a mile or more,
the whole foundation being carried off,
and i'm it's place is a vast quantity of tree
trunks, driftwoOd and Sawlogs. 1t will
take several months work TO re-establish
the road and a longer time TO get IL into
its former condition.
The first advices received from the lower
hay came to-day by the United States
0uartermaster's steamer Poe. The storm
| blew at the rate of sixty miles an hour al
Fort Morgan steadily from 10 o'clock until
4 n. m. Wednesday,. and blew down three
kitchens of the officers quarters. The
ness hall was damaged and the building
adjoining was unroofed. The tents used
bv the workmen were blown away. The
old shed on the quarantine breakwater was
washed off. The railroad track acted as a
breakwater for the camp, but finally gave
way and the camps were flooded with
water waist deep.