The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-28
HARD TO LEARN TRUTH.
New Orleans Virtually Gut on From
Outside World.

Outside World,
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 27-All
efforts 70 penetrate even the edge of
the food caused by the hurricane OF
the Gulf OF Mexico coast to the
east and south of here has been fruit.
less tonight up TO a period almost
twentv.four hours after the receipt of
+he last message from the exposed
towns. Apprehension was increased by
,he fact that these places, beginning
at Lake Catherine, the scene of the
loodine of the Louisville Nash
vile tracks and the fertbest point
east reached thus far, are much
more exposed TO wind and weather
than the larger Gulf cities which have
harbors.
From Lake Catherine eastward these
towns arc st. Louis, Pass Chris
tian. Mississippi City, Biloxi, Ocean
Springs, Pascagouls and Scranton.
These places face the Mississippi
sound, across which the wind has a
long sweep. Some of them extend up
10 the very brink of the sound, which
is in places not more than SIX to ten
feet above the normal sea level. Many
of these banks are, moreover, OF soft
earth.
staff correspondents of local news
papers who Yesterday afternoon left
here and distributed themselves along
the shore of Mississippi sound IN an
+icipation of the storm, have not
been heard from. Although their
papers have tried to reach them by
round-a about kilograms northward into
the middle of Mississippi and thence
10 the coast. not an intimation Of the
situation has been received long. after
dark tonight Not only was all rail
and telegraphic and telephone com.
nnunication cut of with the Mississippi
sound towns, but there was no I'M
mediate prospects of news by boat. NO
craft of any sort has come up the
Mississippi river after dark.
Wireless Station Abandoned
The wireless station at the mouth
OF the river was abandoned early IN the
storm. the last report being that there
was about eight feet of water over the
floor of the operator s room.
Despite the anxiety here tonight.
however, there was a general belief
that few, if any, lives have been lost.
This hopefulness was due TO the f2ct
that the coast inhabitants bad two
DAYS warning Of the approaching
storm. All reports form these places
last night were to the effect that water
was rising and the inhabitants prepar-
The full extent of the isoaltion Of
New Orleans today from other Cult
centcrs was apparent in lull IN busi-
ness in wholesale circles.
Ry long distance telephone New Or
leans could reach only Baton Rogue
and Houston, Tex, while the available
telegraph wires ran to Galveston,
Houston aud Memphis. Railroad ser
vice north and west was uninterrupted.
No news has been received from the
steamer Camelia, which at the begin.
ming of the hurricane last night had
crossed Lake Pontchartrain, and was
about TO land forty passengers at
Milnbere, bat was forced to run
back without making her dock and to
recross the lake. Nearly all the ports
where the Camelia might have stopped
for shelter have been cut of from COM
munication with New Orleans today.
Trains are Cut Of.
Officials of the Louisville & Nash
Vile railroad this afternoon said there
was little likelihood of any trains ar
irving or leaving New Orleans, They
said the northwest wind was washing
the sea over the tracks at Lake
Catherine for distance Of two miles,
and that il is impossible TO do any
work Of reconstruction until the wind
abated Louisville and Nashville
officials say they were absolutely with
out advices as TO the situation on their
road east of Lake Catherine.
Although the wireless station here
managed TO speak with steamers 800
miles out IN the Gulf of Mexico today,
and as far cast as Key West. no answer
was returned to calls for the wireless