Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-08-23
HAVOC BY THE WIND.
Much Ruin Is Caused Along the
Gulf Coast.
suobiIc Resumes Communication with
the Outside world-Property Loss
Hcavy-Six Lives Lost Nenr the
MississippPs Mouth.


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New Orleans, Aug. 1.-THE storm
has passed and seems to have done
no great damage anywhere except
along the river below the city, six
fatalities occurring near the rivers
mouth. In the city the only injury
was to the lakeside res orts and to
the section flooded by the break in
4 a canal bank, which was closed before
morning. Rice and orange farms on
the lower coast were severely injured.
The inhabitants there believe that
they were struck by n tidal wave
combined with cyclone. The lives
lost were half n mile above Quaran-
Ttine. A large house was overturned
with Is people in it, and Mrs. Rosa
Walker, her ten-year-old daughter,
Ida Walker, Miss Birdie Golden and
Miss Ella Golden, were drowned. The
crew of the tugboat Biloxi sought
refuge few hundred yards away,
and two of the sailors, Blaine David
son and Peter Yea, were drowned and
the boat lost.
Situation Mt Mobile.
Mobile, Ala, Aug. 1.-THE gulf
4Gtorm, which began with wind and
rain Wednesday, reached its severest
force about five o'clock Thursday, the
maximum wind velocity being 62
miles an hour. Considerable damage
was done in Mobile in the way of up
roofing trees, unroofing houses. and
Hoppling chimneys. a falling wall de-
rmolished the rear end of Charles
-Mohr & Sons drug store, 161 Dau-
"phin street, badly dann ging the stock.
The flood water was backed by the
southeast gale over the cotton wharf,
and Front, Commerce, Water and
part of Royal streets for several
blocks north of st. Anthony were COW
cred. The water was IS inches deep
lin the cotton exchange. and both the
Western Union and Postal office S
were flooded. The power houses of
the electric railway were flooded and
electric car service was shut down
after three o'clock. All business in
the wholesale district was suspended.
Care has been taken TO elevate lower
floor goods upon temporary platforms
and the grocers suffered little loss.
The grain men were caught to some
extent. Owners of cement lost l,2OO
barrels. The tracks of the Louisville
& Nashville, Southern and Mobile and
Ohio pass through Commerce street
and were under water, traffic of course
being stopped entirely. The Mobile &
Ohio is operating trains from Whis-
tler, ten miles out, and the Louisville
& 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. The bay boats made their
morning trips from the eastern shore
of the bay to Mobile, but no afternoon
strips were made to the other side.
They went up the river when the storm
came and took refuge behind Twelve
Mile island. Several yachts and
naphtha launches owned here and at
Portersville are reported wrecked,
and the canning factory at Bayou La
-Batre, on the southern shore, is dam
aged.
All the wharves and bath houses at
Port 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
distance of half a mile and the en-.
tire road is covered with logs and drift
wood.
Caused Great Excitement.
While the storm was not as severe
sas the record-breaker of 1898, there
was greater excitement among the
people because of recollection of the
great damage of the early storm. The
people were apprehensive of n repe
.tition of that disaster and spent a mis-
.erable night. Out of doors everyone
was thoroughly drenched by the heavy
rain that was blown almost horizon
tally. The rainfall was 5.s4 inches. Al
incident of the afternoon was the ap
pearance of wild bull in the street.
which was chased by the men ant
boys. The animal turned and chased
them, however, goring one man
Charles Wacker, very badly. Two
horses were injured, one of which hat
to be killed. The bull was shot to deatl
by the police at seven o'clock after be
ing in possession of the streets fol
.three hours.
In Alabama.
Huntsville, Ala, Aug. 17.-Violen,
winds and heavy rains have done great
damage to the crops in north Ala bama
All STREAMS are swollen.
Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 17.-Th'
storm from the gulf did considerable
damage in central Alabama. Specials
TO the Advertiser from Selma and Troy
say that cotton and corn were pros
.trated around those towns, and thu
loss to the farmers will be heavy
Trees were uprooted and houses un
roafed, but so far no loss of life ha!
been reported. AT Selma raft an
chored in the Alabama river and sup
porting a big pile driver was sunk, car
rying the machinery, valued At $4,000
to the bottom.
Fatal Error.
Marion, Ind, Aug. 17.-As the resul