The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-28
DAMAGE IS ENORMOUS.
Storm Devastates Entire Southern
Country, Being Heaviest mt PEN

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Louisville, KY. Sept, 27--The tropi-
zeal hurricane which for the past TWEEN
ty-four hours has been churning the
waters of the Gulf of Mexico.and doing
much damage on the coast and far in
land. is tonight whipping through
North Alabama in a northeasterly dt-
rection at a velocity but slightly less
than that recorded In New Orleans
during the day.
Reports received by the Associated
Press do not indicate any loss of life.
but the damage to property over the
territory touched by the storm Is
something enormous All wire COM
munication is eeriously disarranged
and in some instances has resulted In
cutting off cities completely, Mobile.
Ala, not having been heard from In
nearly twenty-four hours.
Numerous washouts have occurred,
the interruption from this cause In
one case extending for thirty miles.
Pensacola, where the maximum vel
ocity of wind was probably felt early
this morning, reports a property loss
of 100000 In the city alone, and
sends rumors of loss of life, which 1t
Is impossible to confirm tonight as the
uncertain connection which had held
long enough to CLEAN this information
late this afternoon, failed with the
coming of night
Wires are Down.
| New Orleans furnished the subject
of numerous wild rumors during the
day, but authentic reports from there
| tonight indicate that while there was
considerable damage to property, there
| has been no loss of life in the city
Wires between New Orleans and the
Gulf are Frustrated and it will be sew
| eral days before anything can be heard
| from the vast territory between the
| Crescent city and the Gulf, and be-
| fore anything can be heard from the
lshipping which is riding out the storia
| IL the open, gulf.
Biloxi, Mississippi City and Moss
| Point, Miss. have not been heard from
| In twenty-four hours, Moss Point re-
porting the water four feet deep In
| the streets of the little town at 10
O'Clock Wednesday night.
| A gale is blowing at Birmingham to-
night, after a day of steady rain, and
at Memphis the rain has been contin-
uous for thirty-six hours.
| Atlanta began to feel the storm at
noon today, but up to o'clock its force
| had not been increased to an extent
| portending serious results.
| Railroads Suffer.
The damage to railroads is very
heavy. Reports to the officials of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad from
| the superintendent of the Mobile and
Montgomery Division, indicates thatthe
| loses approximate $1,000,000. The
| tracks between Flomaton and Pensa-
| cola, Fla, are obstructed in many
places. and in some places badly torn
up by falling trees, while the section
| between Georgiana and Graceville, Fla.
| has suffered similarly.
| AT Pensacola the Louisville and Nash
i vile grain elevator has been destroy
ed. and the entire trackage to Escam-
bia Bay is ruined. The railroad wharf
| at Pensacola is reported to be total
loss, ana thirty nine cars of coal of the
company were washed into the bay
| Further reports Indicate that the road
bed between Bay Minette. Ala. and Mo
| bile, a distance of thirty miles, has
been washed away. rendering traffic
impossible. Five hundred workmen are
being rushed tonight from Montgomery
and Birmingham to the scene of the
damage.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
also suffered several washouts neal
New Orleans, and no trains are being
run tonight over certain sections OF
tEis trackage. The New Orleans ant
/ Northeastern Road reports it's tracks
under water at several places in thu
vicinity of New Orleans No word has
come from any of the other railroad!
\ having their terminal at Mobile.
The waters of Lake Ponchartrain
which for the past twenty-four hour.
have been Eve feet above normal, caus.
ing a serious overflow In parts of New
Orleans, have receded appreciably. Tn,
water IN the submerged districts be
gan to drain off, and the wind, which
veered 10 the northwest, began to drive
the waters of the lake towards th'
gulf.