Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-10-12
CYCLONES HITS
new ORLEANS
THREE CYCLONES VISIT CITY
IN ONE DAY.
LOSS OF LIFE and PROPERTY
Six Persons Killed, Nine Fatally In
jured and More Than Fifty Others
Hurt-Damage to Property 81 ,O0O,-
900.

New Orleans.-This region was the
center Of cyclonic disturbances Fri
day, at least three Of which We're tor
nadoes, and caused the loss Of six
lives and nine persons fatally injured.
About daylight heavy storms broke
throughout the country for one hun
dred miles west, north and east of
New Orleans. Reports of sugar cane
and cotton crops blown down or SUI
gar mills demolished are coming in
from this entire section. The dam
age, including that done in New Or
leans, is placed at over 100000.
The worst of the tornadoes was
north of New Orleans, where between
8 80 and 7 O'Clock a. m. it devasta-
ted portions of three parishes. New
Orleans was visited by another tor
nado, and a third passed northward
Of Biloxi on the Gulf coast.
The first tornado struck West Ba-
ton Rouge parish about clock, kill
ing Mrs. Theodule Foret and her
daughter, Mrs. White. Mrs. Foret's
body was found in a field near her
demolished house Two children in Mrs
F'oret's house were fatally injured
and five men were injured In the col
lapse of a sugar refinery on the st.
Delphine plantation. The city of Ba-
ton Rouge was slightly damaged. In
st. James parish one woman whose
name has not been learned, was kill
ed, while Mrs. H. R. Webber and
daughter and Mrs. John Meyer and
a negro were reported fatally injur-
ed. Fifteen buildings were blown
completely down in this parish.
At Pontchatonla, which the tor
noda reached about Z o'clock. George
Hawes, his son and a daughter, were
killed in the collapse of their house,
and another child was fatally injured.
A negro was also fatally injured
there, besides injuries to a dozen
other persons.
Another tornado struck New Or
leans about s O'Clock. While no lives
were lost here property damage reach
ed 100000, and about so persons
were hurt, one fatally. Fully 800
buildings were damaged, about Is Of
which were blown fiat. Most of the
demolished buildings were small ne
gro cabins, and it.was here that nearly
all the injuries occurred. The path
of the tornado through the city was
about eight miles long.
In places the storms path was
but 80 feet wide, a1d in few points
did it reach a width Of 100 feet.
The tornado here appeared at a
distance as cloud sweeping along
the surface of the earth. Its course
was undulating, some buildings being
skipped entirely as it bounded sky
ward. Frequently it demolished ver-
andas and fences Oh one side Of the
street, while not an object on the
other side was disturbed. The cloud
occupied several minutes in crossing
the city, and hundreds of persons who
saw and heard it approaching had time
to run out Of its pathway. One ex-
citing race of this sort was made by
Corondolet street car which was
loaded with passengers on their way
to work. At Morango street the
motorman realizing that a dangerous
blow was approaching, threw on full
current. The flying car was less than
half block past the Jai Ali roller
skating rink when that structure went
down.
Another street car was derailed by
the wind. A small negro girl was
blown so far across the new basin
canal as to be rescued by persons on
the opposite bank.
The saving of the charity hospital
from more than normal damage was
attributed to big gas tank which
stood between the hospital and the
tornado. The tornado struck full
against the tank, which withstood the
shock, although its iron sides were
dented by flying timbers. A curious
fact is that the big tank marks the
last place in the storms pathway
where serious damage was done, aid
many eye witnesses say it rose in the
air and disappeared after striking this
obstruction.
There were several forewSrnings of
the storm. On Lake Pontchartrain q
waterspout completely demolished a
frame club house belonging to the
Anglers Club, tearing the place apart
almost board by board At sunrise
with the entire sky red, low flying
clouds rodxz cross it, while on the
Sround there was scarcely a breeze,