The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-20

AMobile, Ala, August 1.-THE gulf
cast from Pensacola to New Orleans
is at last under view. telegraphic COM
munication being re-established from
one point which is central. The gen
eral report is that aside from damage
to wharves and bath houses. sail boats
and smacks, trees, out houses 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
Mobile today to investigate the condi-
tions in Mississippi sound, where there
are many small islands and about
which some apprehension was felt. The
representative of the press on board
was instructed to report from the first
point with which he could communl-
1eate, but up to midnight nothing had
been heard from him.
The steamer Evelyn is ashore near
Pensacola. The chooner Asa c. Stow
ell is stranded in Mobile bay. The
schooner Rice is dismasted in the gulf
and has been towed into Mobile bay
A three-masted schooner, name un-
known. has been sighted in distress fiji
ty miles outside of Mobile harbor, and
the American bark Julia, is ashore and
capsized on the south beach of Horn
island. These are the marine dlSaS-
tiers so far as known tonight
The coast resorts suffered less dam
age than first reports indicated, ac-
cording to advices received here. Point
Clear, Mobile bay, the favorite resort
f&r this part of the state, lost a row OF
bath houses and part of the steam
: boat wharf. Battles, another resort,
host a part of the steamboat wharf.
Portersville, on the south coast, suffer-
ed loss of a number of pleasure craft
and smacks. The Bayou le Batre
ming factory, that was most exposed to
the wind, was miraculously protected
by the waves washing up a mass Of
oyster shells, that served as break
water as we'll as a windbreak.
Pascagoula, Miss. had the full force
OF the storm. Bester's cottage on the
beach was washed away. Captain
Volner Browns summer house went
also. The damage in bath houses and
wharves alone there is put at $4,000.
Several scows went adrift, one having
aboard lumber owned by The DantZler
Lumber company.
Moss Point, Miss, the saw mill town,
sustained heavy damage by logs being
carried away.
At Biloxi, Miss, the beautiful new
club house was demolished, together
with several cottages One fisherman
is reported drowned
The most serious damage to Mobile is
the partial destruction of the famous
bay shore shell road. This drive ex-
shore of the bay. 1t has been washed
out for a mile or more, the whole foun-
dation being carried OF, and in it's
place is a vast quantity of three trunks,
drift wood, and saw logs. 1t will take
several months work to re-establish the
road and a longer time to get it into
its06rmer perfect condition.
The first advices received from the
lower bay since the storm came today
by the United States quartermaster's
steamer Poe. For three hours the
D storm blew at the rate of sixty mikes
an hour at the fort. Three kitchens
of the officers quarters were blown
down. The mess hall was badly dam
aged and the building adjoining was
unroofed. The tents used by the work
men were blown away. The old shed
on the quarantine breakwater was
washed off. The railroad track acted
as a break water for the camp, but fl
nally gave way and the camps were
Hooded with water waist deep. The
schooner Foster Rice was dismantled,
but all hands are reported safe.
Asman schooner hailing from Bay
StyLouis is ashore on Sand island and
a harge cattle steamer is said to be
ashore eight miles east Of Pensacola.
The storm is said to have cut Sand is
laHS into three parts.
At Fort Gaines, the United States
engineers docks were badly damaged.
The sloop used for carrying passengers
and freight from Fort Gaines to Fort
Morgan is on the beach. The small
wharf on the north side of the fort was
blown down.
At Navy Cove the storm was espe-