The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-27
PENSACOLA SWEPT
BY GREATEST AND
MOST DISASTROUS
STORM IN HISTORY
Whole Water Front Is StfeWn With
WreCkage and City Itself
Almost DeVaSted.

the other five persisted.
The wife and child OF, Tom Harris
who runs the store at Palmetto
Beach, are said to be among the
dead.
Two children are reported to have
been drowned in the vicinity Of Mus
cogee wharf and it is also reported
that three men were drowned at diff.
ferent parts of the waterfront.
Some Marrow Escapes.
Several narrow escapes are report.
ed. Two negroes were taken from a
house near the corner of Intendencia
and Cevallos streets this morning,
after the house was half submerged.
One of them, an old woman, was sit
ting on the mantel piece with her
feet hanging In the water when found
by the rescuers, who were forced to
swim to the house at imminent peril
of their lives.
Early Wednesday afternoon the
surf was reported breaking over
Santa Rosa island and it is believed
that the waves have cut the island
in two which would account for the
height OF the tide, to some extent.
Every effort to see the island to-day,
by the aid of marine glasses was fu-
tile, but it is believed that the pa
vilion is wrecked and rumor was
current on the streets at noon that
the Life Saving Station had also been
blown away.
Three vessels were reported In the
gulf late yesterday afternoon and
they certainly have not yet made
port. What their fate has been can
only be surmised, and it will be sew.
eral days before the extent of the
calamity to shipping will be known
even partially.
Waterfront Havoc.
The havoc along the waterfront
seems to have been evenly distribut.
ed, every section suffering greatly.
The storm seemed to be most severe
in the western portion Of the city
but the damage is so great in all sec
tons that it is impossible to make
any reasonable estimate of 1t.
Along the eastern waterfront the
damage was great. The bridge owes
the entrance to Bayou Texar. which
was covered completely with wreck
age is said to be badly damaged, al
though the extent Of the damage cUn
not be learned until the storm sub
sides. 1t is also said that the entire
waterfront from the. city to Escambis
Bay has been badly damaged, being
washed away In places. The Escam
bia trestle was under water yester
day morning.
South of the Bayou Texar trestle
number of small building< we're
wrecked, most of them being located
on or near the waterfront. The
wind in this section, when the storm
began, was not severe, East Hill of
fering protection while the wind re
NAMED in the east When It veeret
to the south, however, the full fury
OF the storm was felt and great dam
age done.
Museogee Wharf Wrecked.
| Muscogee wharf, the magpificen
structure Of the L. & N. R. R. Co., Il
practically a wreck, having beer
broken in two in the middle and tn,
the tracks on either side of the mail
deck washed away. Thirty-eight Goa
cars which were on the wharf hav,
gone overheard and five large vessel
which were at the wharf when tn,
storm began are hard ashore near tn,
head OF the wharf. These vessels
are the Norwegian bark Superb
Italian ship Olivero. Swedish bark
Alfhild, Portuguese ship Ferere ant
one other vessel whose name coul'
not be oscertained The ONCE at tn
end Of Muscogee wharf is completed,
washed away.
The boom between Muscogee whar
and Wright's mill (now owned by tn
Escambia Land and Manufacture
!, Coz was broken and the timber cas-
adrift, this timber and -wreckage Q