The Cairo bulletin., 1906-09-29
PENSACOLA STREETS TURNED
INTO RIVERS BY WATERS
FROM THE BAY.
SHIPS DRIVEN UP TOWN.
While Water Front Is Piled Htahf
With Wrecked 6cais~-Buslness
District unroofed--Fire
Adds to Storms Terror.

Pensacola, Via Flomatfon. Ail..
Sept. 2S.-The worst hurfi ane to
visit this city In its history ragged
here fur ously all last night ana ta.
lay with a stiff gale still blowing.
The city presents Il wrecked appear
ance and he damage is estimated at
| S5005,000 The loss Of life viii be
heavy among the marines but tIus
far only one body has been recovered.
Commencing al O'Clock last night
the wind blew ar 50 miles for three
hours and then increased to G5 miles
an hour From that time until tbs
morning il remained at about so ana
90 miles an hour
Waves from the haY h1ckel into
he city for blocks. deslrotine homes
and making rivers out of iii street.
Fire Adds to Terror.
When the gale wa al its HIGHEST
this morning and w0meg and ohildraa
were running fran cally about the
streets IN darkness. an alarm Of fire
was sounded and this added to The
confusion. The fire started in the Pitt
mill, near the business district and
the horses Of the fire department re-
fused TO go out in the wea her. With
lin roofs hying about them trees anG
wires falling over them, the firemen
tolsk their hose wagons BY hand aud
h'ushed down the streets To the scene
md after several hours OF work. con
troled the blaze
This afternoon the water rose untl
The business districts presented all
most an indescrihable s-ene.
OF the 80 or so big steamers ard
ailing vessels lying in the harbor
only five or six are there now. They
have been driven ashore, and the
water front is massed with wreck
age OF steamers and craft of al de
script ons Thirty fishing yes sels In
port have been das roved or damaged
and the three big nsh houses with
their wharves are gone
Business District Unroofed.
Muscogee wharf and the Command.
lncia and Tarragona wharves OF the
louisville and Nashville railroad are
badly damaged. A great iron ship. OF
wo or three thousand to1s has been
lriven not only ashore but has gore
through houses a block from the
fater front
Every house along the water front
or distance of ten miles has been
destroyed and the wonder l. hat the
oss Of life is not greater
Tracks Of the Terminal railroad TO
he navy yard. and Parrancas have
all been destroyed together with
restles and bridges
Every business house fiom the
wharf to the Union DEPOT has been
'nroofed. Many plate glass windows
ire broken. Stocks are badly 1amagel
md wires and poles are mixel %.
-erhcr. There are 40 electric lighfs.
ars or teleg aph or telephone service.
he track of the Louisville & Nash
ile on the Pen acoIa and Atlantic
iyision have been washed out for
o miles and two engines acd cas-
N oUt TO the ouarant ne station
ave been destroyed
Thieves Are Busy.
All saloons have heen orde-ei
loScd and fifty extra police have
cen sworn in. Homeless families are
eing housed in all parts OF the citv.
Mt many will walk the treets with
Mt food or places - s:eep.
Thieves are breaking omen trunks
I along the beach entering uno cu-
led houses and stealing everything
sight. Several a-res have been
ade. bat it is impossible % project
.operty under such conditions.
Five sailors from a Bri ish teamar
ere clinging TO a roof that wa
lshed ashore today and three others
ON the same vessel had been
owned