The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-29
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chain of islands out in the gulf which
form the Mississippi sound.
Tho little news which arrived from
the Mississippi river delta added to the
property damage there. but although
the lower end of the delta had been
submerged as far as the eye could
reach and although steamers coming
up the river reported that they passed
floating household goods, no loss of
life was reported. 1t may be several
days before the details are learned
about the fishing and oyster country in
the low delta lands, which are isolated
even from quarantine and Pilot town.
the only places on the lower river
having Geographic communication
with this city.
Reports from Hattiesburg. Miss,
we're that the town had suffered about
$4,000 damage from wind and water.
During the latter part of the blow
there such was the quantity of wreck
age in the streets that few persons at
tempted to walk about. The fire de-
par&nent was called out in the vicinity
of Gordon creek to rescue women
and children imprisoned n their
homes by an overflow Of the creek
Five buildings were blown down, one
of them being a large warehouse. The
First National bank was unroofed-
Brook Haven reported that an engine
and caboose. the latter carrying q the
atrical troupe, ran into a Washout on
the Mississippi Central railway near the
town. The report said that the engine
and tender dropped into the hole made
by the washout and that five trainmen
were injured. three perhaps fatally.
Many of the Mississippi reports ex-
press apprehension about the rural ne
gro population, saying that their little
! cal bins have been blown down by scores.
( All reports thus far received agree that
damage to the cotton crop will be the
most serious results of the storm in
Mississippi These reports are by no
means comprehensive. but they are we'll
scattered and they agree upon 20 to %
per cent estimate OF the loss.
| On the Mississippi gulf coast, in ad-
dition 10 the % small schooners report
ed wrecked last night. Ship and Cat Is
lands in Mississippi sound have five
wrecked barks on their shores. There
! is doubt about the names Of these
wrecks which were imperfectiy made
out. The information was brought to
New Orleans by launch via Lake Pont-
/ chartrain.
The barks Neurnberg and Hercules
are reported as total wrecks. The Ncr-
wegian bark Mandelina, or Mandaiay,
is full Of water and q Norwegian bark,
name made out as Sigravn, was partly
dismantled.
An American bark. name given as
Florine. was ashore and pounding to
pieces.
During the storm at Bay St. Louis,
small schooner Is reported to have cut
her way through several tight places
and then to have knocked a bath house
on the piiing on which 1t stood
/ Reports from the 100 miles of gulf
coast through which the Louisville &
Nashville opened communication last
night say that there is an apparently
founded run1or that several men were
drowned during the hurricane while at
/ tempting to save their boats.
! Despite the large loss of shipping on
/ the coast the towns and health resorts
dotting the waters edge, suffered al
most no damage up to the so mile radius
out of Mobile.
Reports which the Louisville & Nash
] vile received from within this radius
said that several miles of track have
! probabl been washed away between
/ Scranton. Miss and Mobile. Between
/ West Pascagouba and Scranton, where
4 the railroad bed was built over a marsh.
almost completely away. Rails attached
/ to ties we're found about half q Ynile
away from the former roadbed. The
/ loss incurred by the railroad has not
been estimated.
/ In the Mississippi river delta country
/ the damage to Fort st. Philip was re-
/ ported by two pilots who made trip
1 UP the river, Immediately after the
/ storm They said that backwa ter from
/ the gulf covered the land in the vicinfty
| OF the fort for a distance OF i've miles
along the river. At a point 70 miles
down the river they said the hurricane
tide opened a hole in the Mississippi
/ river Ievee and it was not until late
Thursday afternoon that the gulf water
stopped flowing through this break. The
i pilots also saw hshermen's lugger boats
/ lying on the land high out Of water.
/ They reported that the wind had carried
/ several overhead wooden cisterns into
Mississippi and driven them across the
river, leaving them stranded on the op-
posite shore from their owners. This
! pilots also brought complaints Of the
orange growers that about 80 per cent
of the oranges were blown from the
/ trees.
The captain Of the steamer FL cid
passed up the river yesterday afternoon
4 ne saw the Inhabitants Of cabins which
had been unroofed and in some cases