The sun., 1901-08-17
GULF HURRICANE GOES INLAND
DAMAGE ~ LOUISIANA WILL
REACH S2,JOO.0OO.
One rsm,l, ef F,fse~n said 10 Have besn
Drowned Coast Towns DIDN'T suner
10 severei, % Was Feared -t'ai,csssr
E.cspesi -Mesile's Night sf Terrer.

NEw ORLEANS, Aug. ie.-lt was possible
to-day 20 got som. idea of tho damage
done by Yesterday. storm. II ~ less than
was thought at first for the storm turned
inland nj night and the exposed place~ on
the Gulf coast escsIed. Shell beach, TIE
terminus of the New Orleans and southern
Railroad, and some small placc- ON tbe
coast we're wiped out. Galveston escaped
injury. although there was a had ranic
and a small hood. Grande lsle. atou'
which there was grea, apprehension. also
escaped. although there was some damage
there.
There was little lo-S- of life. thanks to the
timely warning OF the storm The tug
Biloxi was wrecked near Quarantine and
two ~ tho crew los, II was also reported
that the Cobien family on the lower coast
between New Orleans and the passes. ~as
drnwned The Golden house was DESTROYED
and no, n ,race can he found ~ any of ns
innate. nf,ecn In ALL including nine shil-
drrn. One man u said to be drowned at
Shell Bach.
The total ia mage from he storm II PLACED
az Al, ,?is.0Oo for New Orleans and neighfsor-
hood. A. follows West End. t?3o.oo
Milneburg and spanish Fort. N1S.ooo
Mississippi Sound. from New Orleans To
O,,.an spring.. si0o.cno; lower cnast. from
New Orleans Ia the passes, s25O.0oO. river
shipping. siyoooo sea vessels and harses
wrnckcd. ssOOoo city damage from over
flnw. s7s ODo. damage In other parts of the
state. tsj.CDo
The damage In New Orleans. as will b.
-aen. IL very small The loss Cor other parts
- the coast affected - probably as great,
hut the total damage will no, rin over 81
pO0O without including the possible dam
age 10 the sugar cane crop. which cannot
10 determined for some time Be-id~-
IN. Neptune and Henry Marks already
reported losi. the Bi-as. Ernicc. Haw kins,
Chamberlain and Emma arr wrecked, and
some twenty small lusgers and schoon.rs.
The steamer Nabie Com~aus WAS blown
ashore. hut not injured Six hargcs of
th. coal feet valued ~ tis.ooo were lost,
hut tho hulk ~ the fleet was saved by a
dozen tugs that went up 10 their relief
from New orleans
Part Of the United States barracks NJ
Fort NJ Philip were destroyed and the
for, was several feet under water The
new officers quarters at Fort jackson
hig hotel was blown down and st0.oS of
uNiltRf upnf NV AFuiu ''hih wv ~
within seven miles 81 the town Five
houses were destroyed NJ Venice Plaque
mines narish. incIddins the schoolhouse.
and seven at Bu as, including the Lopez
canning factory The water stood four
feet deep In the town Tn. Texas and
Pacific elevator al Gretna, Jefferson ia rish.
was injured A. BIcktown hhlf n dozen
houses, inc'iding the schoolhouse. were
blown down
The sr.ate~, damage H. to th" rio. crop.
which In Plaqu-mine~ parish is injured
from 81 10 10 per crn' Business. which
was completely suspended along the river
front a New Orleans. was reopcned to
day The Louisville and Nashville and
New Orleans and Northeastern railroads,
which were badly crippled by washouts.
will he able to resume their train service
tomorrow.
MoRiLs. Ala. Aug "a. M far a. known
no lives have been lost In the storm which
ragged here on "Wednesday and increased
In Intensity yesterday hut th" property
losses and damage To shipping are rs-
tensive Tn" highest velocity sitain~i bv
the wind VA. sixty-one mil"s al hour, be
tween S and O O'Clock Last evening A. this
time the business part - the city was
foOdcd. boats being used ON the streets by
those who were compelled TO leave their
officc- to save their liNer. All telegraphic
communication with the outside world
was cut OF shortly after o'clock, and with
the telegraph wires went eiectric hgh'.
telephone and fire and police alarm wires.
The darkness of the city added terror
10 the Wind and food Electric carr were
left standing all over the city. the service
bcing stopped when the wires were blown
away. To reach their hornes men who
had been working to save their properties
dntins the day had To face tho sixty-m,le
gale Ia a binding rain and frequently to
wade through water up to their waists
When the newspaper wire fell, the last
one to 70, the operators were standing
In four feet 81 water in the Western Union
once. and a deluge 81 rain was pouring
into the Postal offica, half a block away.
through the rear skylights. The men tn
III. Western Union offce are commended
for the way In which they stuck To their
posts and this company was the hrst 70
reestablish communication To-day only
one wire was working out north
Railroad commune alton with the south
II entirely suspended General Manager
Evans Of the Louisville and NaShvill. arrived
from Louisville this evening and viii super
intend the work Of restoring HE line In
person All the district suIrrtntendent-
are Also at the head of gangs of men.
estimated to number ooo. engaged IN
rslaying the track between this city and
The wors, damage on this road took
plsce AT the Hgoets, where two-miie
tr~ile wa completely washed away. Ihe
Southern and Mobile and Ohio roads have
their wir,-- fell. passenger and freight ser-
vics~ were abandoned No mail has beri
received during the day. but train l. en-
Is-cted from the North tonight
The firsi sign o, relief from tho elements
came ai clock last might, when a rise
was noted in the barometer. which hal
which had fallen :ay2 six inche~ Of rain
was the official record for the twelve hours
preceding Prom this time un the wind
ahated, until 10y midnight Il had fallen
twenty ml.S an hour. and with the de
GREASE ih., velocity 81 southeast wind. the
mus, dangerous point of the Cornp.sS for
this citv and district. the river rapidly
returned TO it's original confines
In. falling water lcft behind COLLECTION
Of wreclage. extending Tor miles aboN.
and l,-low the city The Asa Z Siovell.
American schooner. Capt Wells. vH-
driven before the gale for thirty mi~s
and b-srhed on IN" western shore. Two
tuSboats and several smaller achooisr~
were cAu-iz.d OF driven ASHORE The
famous shell road south of the city was
washed away Every riric'ur~, howeNrf
--Dlidly l,iit, on the Cnasi line from Mobile
,o Fowl River NAs blown down TINS
IL a. far south a. communication can b"
obtained 4 church Wa overturned in
the sulnIrt- Several hig mtl~ aird msuu-
featuring planis. two bu,lding- In the cstN
anu the large ~archou-s-- of the southern
Railroad b.t th-tr roof- Tres ~efr
torn nm h., the roots and are wing tH The