The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-17
THE WORST THERE OVER
Much Damage Wrought to Property
in the City.
SEVERAL SMALL CRAFT WERE WRECKED
Many Wharves and Bath Houses Washed Away.
Violent Winds and Rains in Northern
Alabama. Waters Falling at
New Orleans.
By the Associated Press.)

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Mobile, Ala, August 16.-The Gulf
storm, which began with wind and rain
Wednesday, reached its severest force
about o'clock Thursday, the maximum
velocity being sixty-two miles an hour.
Considerable damage was done in Mo-
bile in the way of uprooting trees, un-
A falling wall demolished the rear emo
of Charles Mohr and Sons drug store,
161 Dauphin street. badly damaging his
stock. The flood water was backed by
the southeast gale over the cotton
wharf and Front, Commerce, Water ana
part of Royal streets blocks north OF
Saint Anthony were covered. The water
was eighteen inches deep in the Cotton
Exchange and both the Western Union
and Postal offices were flooded. The
power house of the electric railway was
flooded and electric car service was
shut down after 3 o'clock. All business
in the wholesale district was suspend
ed Care had been taken to elevate
lower floor goods upon temporary plat
forms. and the grocers suffered little
loss. The grain men were caught to
1900 barrels
The tracks of the Louisville and
Nashville, Southern and Mobile and
Ohio pass through Commerce street
and were under water. traffic of course
being entirely stopped. The Mobile and
Ohio are operating trains from Whistler
ten miles out, and the Louisville and
Nashville received one train during the
afternoon at Magazine Point, from the
north. No afternoon and night trains
came over that road from the south and
none is expected tonight.
The bay boats made their morning
trips from the eastern shore of the bay
to Mobile but no afternoon trips were
made to the other side. They went up
the river when the storm came and took
refuge behind Twelve Mile Island.
The schooner George E. Bentley, Cap.
tain Edwards left few days ago for
Cienfuegos, but meeting the storm, put
back, arriving here yesterday. The
schooners Mary e. Morse and Mary E.
Judge, sailed Monday and have, it il,
feared, been involved in the storm
The fruit steamer Espana, from Puer--
to Cortez, with General Cabello on
board, was due yesterday, but waited
outside and came in today, reporting
very heavy weather. The schooner Asa
T. Stowell, bound from Havana to Pas
cagoula was outside on Thursday morn
ing and when caught in the storm, put
into this port.
Her anchors would not hold and she
drifted all the way up the bay and lies
upright in the flats of Little Island, op-
posite the city. A small schooner laden
with 500 barrels. of rosin for New Or
leans overturned at the rosin wharf.
The tug boat Venture sunk at this
wharf.
The pleasure yacht Mayfiower with
JOS. McPhillips, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Pattison, Miss Retta Heutis and MiJs
Marie Davis on board was blown upon
Cat Island Mississippi Sound Thurs
day. The party took refuge in a small
house there and were rescued today
by searching party.
Several yachts and naptha launches
owned here and at Post Saville, are re-
ported wrecked and the canning factory
at Bayou La Batre, on the Southern
shore is damaged.
All the wharves and bath houses at
Fort Clear, Eastern shore of the bay
were washed away. The bay shell road.
the noted drive on the Western shore
OF the bay, was washed out for dis
tance of half a mile and the entire
road Us covered with logs and drift
wood
1t is learned tonight that one person
was killed and four injured in Mobile
by the storm.