Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-09-29
WRECkACE IN WAKE
OF FIERCE HURRICANE
AS It Swept Along the Gulf
Coast.
FLORIDA CITY ROUGHLY USED

Not In More Than Century Has
Pensacola Been Visited by Such a
storm-Feared Definite News viii
Show Loss of Life.
New Orleans, Sept 28.-New Or
leans early Friday was still cut off
absolutely from points on the gulf
coast east OF here. For SO hours no
information of any sort had come from
towns less than an hours ride by rail
in the direction of Mobile and anx-
iety regarding the situation in those
places became intense. The gulf
towns are a summer resort for New
Orleans and the members of many
families have been separated by the
storm. All day Thursday and all Of
Thursday night the washout on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad 20
miles from here marked the farthest
point east reached by rail, telegraph
or telephone.
For hours after the hurricane had
passed the 2-mile portion of the rail-
road tracks which was submerged by
the incoming tide was exposed to the
equally dangerous outward flow of
the receding high water. Local Lou
isville and Nashville oflcials Friday
announced all trains cancelled until
further notice. Friday morning Lake
Ponchartrain had calmed and the high
water fallen to very near its normal
level.
The first reports from interior Mis-
stssippi towns indicated that the hur-
ricane did great damage in it's north
ward progress Vicksburg and Nc
1omb City reported buildings injured
and Jackson brokehaven reported
damage Of 10 per cent to the cotton
crop.
DR.. w. N. McGallaird, a passenger
on the first New Orleans and North
eastern train which came into the
city late Thursday night said the
train was compelled to run slow
through the Storm, with trees conttn-
ually falling, some of them threatening
to block the tracks in their CRASH.
Unroofed or demolished negro cabins
were continually passed F1equen ~,
he said, lashing of the wind and crack
ing trees made roar which drowned
out the trains rumble
Pensacola, Fla, Sept 2S.-The
worst sea storm and hurricane that
the gulf coast has experienced since
the village of Pensacola, on San Rosa
island, was swept away, 10 years
ago, began Wednesday night and is
still raging. Every house in the city
has suffered damage Roofs are
blown off, telegraph, telephone and
electric light wires are a tangled
mass, the water front Is strewn with
wreckage for miles on either side of
the city, and vessels are piled on the
wharves, or where the wharves were,
in utter ruin.
Big iron steamers and many larger
sailing ships, are now lying high up
in the city where the tide has never
known to have reached before. and
every WhaM Tor miles around has been
swept away or is damaged beyond
repair.
1t is reported that many lives be-
tween the city and the navy-yard have
been lost, but no definite details can
be secured. 1t is known, however
that many Of the houses In that Sec
ton are now under from to 10 feet
OF water, and many women have been
taken from the second story windows
and carried to safety In boats.
There is no street car traffic and
communication with the outside world
is entirely cut off.
The scenes In parts of the city al
most beggar description and the
streets are strewn with timbers, tin
roofing and broken glass.
The Western Union has men hard