The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-10-01
THE GULF
HURRICANE
Track OF Great Storm StreWn
With Wrecks.
ABOUT 200 LIVES LOST
WarShips Beached or Sunk at Pen
sacOla-3S Vessels Ashore in
Mississippi Delta.
ABOUT 200 LIVES LOST

the great hurricane which swept over
the gulf states show 1t to have been, In
point of territory affected, property
damaged and lives lost, one of the most
disastrous the southern section of the
country has ever experienced.
Later reports are expected to add to
the loss Of life, for telegraphic commu-
nicatlon is only partially restored, and
hundreds of outlying towns in the
storms path have not been heard from.
At Mobile 102 lives are reported lost
Thirty have been Identified, and the
property loss Is placed at $10.000,000.
Damage to shipping cannot be estimat
ed, but many ships are high and dry
and may never reach water again.
Twenty-Five persons were drowned at
Pensacola, the property damage is 49,
100000, and scores of vessels were
wrecked
At the Pensacola navy yard many of
the warships berthed there were beach
ed or sunk. The Santa Rosa hospital
was swept away. The patients went
with the building and are believed to
be lost.
Fort Morgan. in Mobile harbor, Is n
complete wreck, the loss there reaching
100000.
Thlrty-eght vessels are known to be
ashore in the Mississippi delta. Six
lives were lost below this port, and
damage in the lower Louisiana planta-
tons will reach 100000. Fort St
Philip sustained $4,000 damage.
-Four bodies not before counted have
been found at Coden, and 1t Is estimat-
ed that twenty-three lives have been
lost from the oyster fleet around Cedar
point, near Mobile. This last estimate
includes among the dead every man
aboard a fishing boat which has not
been heard of since the storm. 1t is
| known that some of the boats on which
! these men were have been driven
ashore, and 1t Is entirely possible that
the shore 1t does not seem likely nj
present that the death roll will amount
| In this vicinity to more than 125.
Apprehension is still felt in some
quarters for the safety of Gulfport. n
| town on the Louisville and Nashville
Just west of Biloxi, Miss, but the fear
that there has been great loss of life
there has died out. Men who are In.
miliar with conditions at Gulfport pre-
diet that the damage will be mainly
confined TO that done by the wind.
The anxiety regarding the residents
of Dauphin island was relieved when
word was brought TO Mobile that there
had been only four deaths. which, with
the twelve lost with the British steam.
er King OF Avon. make the total cas-
ualties there sixteen. Every building
on the island has been swept away
The survivors took refuge In the trees
in which they remained until the storm
wore itself out.
The situation along the coast TO the
west of this city is now fairly wei
known. At Scranton, Miss, on'
church. the Odd Fellows hall and sew
eral buildings were blown down. A
Pascagoula Beach not a residence II
left standing. the river front at tina
point is completely torn up and th'
lighthouse there has been destroyed
Shipping at this point has been badl!
damaged. The revenue cutter Winona
for which much fear was expressed
Is now known TO be safe The crew o
the cutter rescued the keeper Of tn
Pascagoula lighthouse aud his famil!
during the storm. The keeper OF tn
Horn Island lighthouse, just outside
OF Scranton, lost his life. The captain
Of tug which came near the house n
the beginning Of the storm urged hin
10 leave. but he refused 10 abandon hi
post aud I'm short time was drowned
The entire part Of the island on wbicl
the lighthouse was situated Is said &
have been carried away 10y the waves
Five out OF eight vessels at Shl
island at the time Of the storm wer
beached, and two will be total wrecks
Several vessels. the names Of whlc
are unknown, are ashore or Horn Is
! land. and the small Islands marRin
the passage between Daupbn ISLAM
and the mainland have been destroyed
The schooner Alice Graham OF Mobil
is known Ia have been lost with he
J crew Of six men.
I The known dead nj Dauphln islam
b are Captain John WOrtcn Of III
, schooner Irene. Captain Robert Peter
y Of the schooner Louisa II. and Miichc
. I...." .. t. 40 sits sru'n h1tf
. II IL difficult TO give any adcqunt
] idea OF the magnitude Of THE stori
? devastation at irnsacUla. ibe cntif
+ water front Is mass Of tanglc
d wrccknge. The costly bridge Of th
r Louisville and Nashville railroad. spai
= ming Escnmbia bay. was dcmolishe,
r and Il will be- many days before train
can 90 eastward. During the hurr
cane the water rose eight aud n hal
feet In the hay. inundatlng all parts {
: the city. Fourteen ocean going shiI
are wrecks aslnr"