The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-06
ELEMENTs AGAINST PENSACOLA.



tiers Work Of Rebuilding.
Pensacola, Fla, Oct. 5-(Special.)--
The elements again interfered serious
ly with work Of rebuilding the wrecked
portion of Pensacola. there being a
down. pour Of rein from early morning
to 'nightfall. but notwithstanding this
fact, hundreds of men t5iled in the rain
removing debris and pushing the re-
building work. In fact there was no
cessation Of work which has been going
ahead steadily since Monday. and which
Is causing the city to begin to assume
normal appearances.
Charged with violating the Mayor
proclamation by selling whiskey durins
the period that saloons were closed
four saloon keepers were today found
guilty in the recorders court, and each
fined 325. The saloons are still run
ming under restrictions. closing at
o'clock each night.
East, Pass. the fishing village from
which no report had been received wa'
heard from today, one of the men
finally reaching the city. He reported
that every family there was destitute.
and had no means Of making liveli-
hood. All of their boats. seines. ETC.,
have been carried away. and they are
homeless, without means Of making
anything with which to provide new
boats.
Some effort will be made to assist
them; their plight Is even worse than
some of the destitute in the city. as
they cannot follow their trade without
equipment.
A cable was received today from the
Brazilian Government extending
through it's vice-consul. the sympathy
of that Government for the stricken
city. Dozens Of letters and kilograms
from wholesale merchants and bushes"
men were also received either enclos
ing checks or else offering to assist
Pensacola IL such was needed. All
were declined with thanks.
The bark Nagporea. from East Lon
don, which arrived up today. reports
that she discovered, 200 miles south OF
Pensacola, the wreck OF big American
schooner Jennie Hubert. which sailed
from Moss Point about the 25th. for
Cuban ports. loaded with a cargo OF
lumber The crew had evidently aban-
doned the vessel and attempted to
reach shore in small boats, but II Is not
believed that small boats could
live in such hurricane. es-
pecially as the point where
the wreck was directly in the path
of the hurricane. The master of Nag
apOro D0ardeQ the schooner Nhu iouhu
all small boats and the compass gone.
The stores had also been carried of,
showing that the crew went well pro-
vided They had evidently remained
on the wreck some days after she
was dismasted. as sheets were tied to
the stub Of the masts in an effort to
signal passing vessels. The wreck is
In the direct path Of the vessels and
is a most serious menace to naviga-
tion.
Gathering on deck under some pre-
text, ten Cinnamon composing the
fire room crew Of British steamer f
o. Saltmarsh. made a dash for liber-
ty and fought hard when special OF.
ficers employed to watch the vessel
grasped them. The vessel was along
side of the Arragona wharf, and ;he
Cinnamon swarmed over Its sides to
gain freedom but after some clubbing
on the part Of officers, they were fore
| ed back. A few minutes Afterwards
they made another dash for liberty
and this time fought more desperate
ly, but a call for assistance broueh.
wharf workmen to the aid of ofiicers
and the Cinnamon went back to work.