Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-10-01


Camelia, which, at the beginning of
the hurricane Wednesday night, had
CT ossed Lake Pontchatrain and was
about to land 40 passengers at Milne
borg and was forced to run back with
out making her dock and to recross
the lake. Nearly all the ports where
! the Camelia might have stopped for
shelter have been cut off from COM
munication with New Orleans.
Although the wireless telegraph sta
ton here managed to speak with
steamers 300 miles out in the gulf
yesterday and as far east as Key
West, no answer was returned to
calls for the wireless station at Pen
sacoIa. Steamers far out in the gulf
reported a calm sea.
TWO Fatalities in Hotel Collapse.
New Orleans, Sept. Passengers
arriving here over the Illinois Central
last night said that while the train
was stopping at McComb. Miss. no.
tel had collapsed in wind storm
there, killing two persons. They
had no further details.
Whipping Through Alabama.
Louisville, KY, Sept 28.-The trop-
/ icaI hurricane which for the past 81
hours has been churning the waters
of the gulf of Mexico and doing much
/ damage on the coast and far inland,
was last night whipping through
north Alabama in northeast direc-
ton. Reports received by the Assoc
! ciated Press do not indicate any loss
/ of life, but the damage to property
/ over the territory touched by the
1 storm is enormous. Ali wire com
/ munication is seriously disarranged
and in some instances has resulted in
cutting off cities completely, Mobile,
/ Ala. not having been heard from III
nearly "a hours
Property Suffers, but Lives Saved.
! New Orleans furnished numerous
wild rumors during the day but All
thentic reports from there last night
indicated that while there was con
I siderable damage to property, there
! has been no loss of life in the city.
/ The wires between New Orleans and
! the gulf are Frustrated and it will be
several days before anything definite
can be heard from the effects OF Tie
storm on land and sea.
Biloxi, Mississippi City and Moss
Point Miss, have not been heard
from for "a hours. Atlanta began
to feel the storm at noon yesterday,
but up to s o'clock last night it's force
had not been increased to the extent
Of serious results. Damage to rail
roads was heavy. The Louisville Il
Nashville road suffered losses ap-
proxfmating million dollars.
| At Pensacola, the Louisville Il
Nashville grain elevator was de-
stroyed and the entire trackage to
| Escambia Bay is ruined The rail
road wharf at Pensacola is reported
a total loss and 80 acres of coal OF
the company was washed into the
bay. Further reports indicate that
the roadbed between Bay Minette,
Ala, and Mobile, 80 miles, has been
washed away. The railroads suffered
severely in the vicinity of New Or
leans.
The waters of Lake Ponchartrain
which for the past "a hours have been
five feet above normal, causing serl-
ous overflow in parts of New Orleans,
receded appreciably. Water in the
submerged districts began to drain
off and the wind, which Veered to the
northwest, began to drive the waters
Of the lake towards the gulf.
Amino for Ohio Valley.
washington, Sept. 2S.-Belated re-
norts to the weather bureau from
Pensacola, Fla, announce that the
gulf hurricane passed inland west OF
there the winds reaching SO miles an
bour AT Pensacola The storm Is
nrobably conferred in south central
Mississippi. It is believed to be de-
creasng in energy and the weather
bureau predicts that it will move
slowly northward during the next II
hours. An increase in energy OF the
storm. however, is expected by the
bureau, when the disturbance reaches
the lower lake region. Its proDaoIe
course during the next "a hours VIII
be northward through Tennessee and
Kentucky into the Ohio valley.
Alfred ]. Henry, the forecast Of
fetal in charge of the weather bureau,
last night explained that as the
storm progresses inland it may be ex-
pected to show gradual diminution OF
strength. The cutting off OF com
munication with number OF points
handicapped the weather officials In
determining the precise center of the
storm. The Pensacola advices men
toned were sent during the day, the
regular night report being missing
and no night reports we're received