Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-29
Loss of 100000 Reported in
the Alabama City, and Death
Loss of Sixty
MANY GO DOWN ON SHIPS
Seven Feet of Water Covers the Streets
in the Business District-Desolation
and Hunger in Storms Wake-$5,-
100000 Loss at Pensacola, FIa.-News
of the Storm.

| weston.
The city Just escaped the fate Of
Galveston and that is all. The loss OF
| life is estimated at sixty. Two conf
| panies of artillery were cut off at Fort
Morgan, and their fate unknown.
| Scores of sailors persisted with their
! vessels. The United States revenue
| cutter and their crew are gone. A doz-
en- big steamers are lost, and the entire
| CITY Is devastated and the property
loss Is at least ,sS,O00,O0O; 5000 build
ings are damaged Torrents are rush
ing thru the streets and carry mef-
chandise out to the sea. Hundreds are
! homeless and the city is in darkness,
and the food supply is almost exhaust
| ed.
To those who lived, thru the storm 1t
seems miracle that the city still ex-
| lists, and that as many of its citizens
! remain alive. That scores persisted is
certain.
Three million dollars will not cover
the property loss in Mobile
| The full fury of the storm winch
swept the gulf coast was centered on
| Mobile bay. The hurricane, driving up
! the bay at velocity of ninety mlies
an hour, hurled the water OF the Day
| in a wall against the city. The result
was devastation.
| For hours yesterday seven feet OF
water covered the wholesale business
district, which includes that section OIL
| the city from Royal street TO the Ala
| bama river. At one time 1t seemed
that the bay would sweep over ana ODD
| literate the city. The streets were
awash with goods swept from ware
| houses. Hundreds of bales OF COTTON
were carried on the rivers that ran
| between walls of buildings out to sea
| and lost.
Crews Lost With River Ships.
The shipping along the water front
| for the most part was wiped out oi eA
| ;stence The crews of many vessels
| went down with them in the MAD swift
| of water.
Among the steamers of which no
trace is left were the river boats, ). I.
Schulz, the Mary e. Staples, the MARY
S. Blees, Cana, Overton, Hattle
Moore, City Of Camden, and the ohiteu
States revenue cutter Alert.
The revenue cutter Alert went down
in Mobile river 1t was rammed by
some unknown vessel and sank lmnle-
| diately. OF it nothing has been seen.
Desolation and Hunger
| The CITY is under martial law, IN
da rkness. and half submerged. FRO
visions are almost exhausted Restau-
rants feed many, but have no suppfes
on hand. Ham and eggs constitute
their food supply These, too, soon VIII
become exhausted.
Words cannot describe the terrors OF
the storm. During the hours between
%. m. Thursday and noon Friday huge
trees fell and roofs were crushed py
hundreds Thru the streets, carried by
the terrific wind, were hurled thousands
| of nieces of slate, and tin roofing, cor
nices. shingles and all kins of debris.
blinds were torn from their fastenings
and windows smashed as tho OF tissue
paper. Scores of persons were serl.
| ously injured by the flying slate and
| tin.
Five thousand buildings in the city
were wrecked or damaged. Every
church was damaged tho Christ church
cathedral and ST. Francis Street Bap>
fist church suffered more than others.
The damage to Christ church cathedral
| is estimated at $4,000, and st. Fran.
els Street Baptist church at $4,000.
Devastation in Business District.
| Last night the office Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company was SIX 1eet
under water. The new Cawthorn hotel,
u ha n.
| tel. facing Bienville square, are dam
aged to the extent of $4,000 each; the
windsor hotel, $4,000; the ST. Andrews
SO, 600; the Southern, $4,000 Inc SOU
thern Supply Company estimated us
loss at 100000. Among the wholesale
houses that have sustained the great
est damage are:
Pollock & Bernheimer, wholesale dry
goods; the English Manufacturing Wa
gon Company; S. Jacobson, dry goods;
Dorgan & Young Hardware Company;
the Mobile Drug Company; the Cum
ningham Hardware Company; Barney
Cavanaugh Hardware Company; 10. o.
Zadek Jewelry Company; Draper &
Burns clothiers; The American Mill
Supply Company; The Christian Sup
ply Company; Cleveland Bros, whole
sale grain; II. o. Bush & Co.. wholesale
grocers; James Mcdonnell Company,
wholesale grocers; the Marshal Lyons
Grocery Company; Muscat & Lott, pro-
duce dealers; the Mobile brewery, the
Bienville brewery, the Dixie Grain
Company, James McPhillips Crockery
Company.
The Merchants bank, the First Ma
tional bank and the Lienkauff bank
were inundated.
The roof of the Mobile Medical Col
lege was blown off. The college had
valuable collection of relics and Curl
osities which was damaged. The ST.
Pauls Colored Methodist church was
blown to the ground. The Girls asy-
lum and the Creole school on Cont
street are badly damaged.
The Mobile county court house pre-
sents wrecked appearance. The clock
located in the tower was blown COM
pletelY out by the wind. The Union
depot, situated at the foot of Govern
ment street. which caught fire several
days ago. is damaged. The water came
up so rapidly when once it began to
rise that the railroad employees were
Unable to remove the numerous trunks
placed there for transportation to 9TH
er cities. Some were saved and 9TH
ers were seen floating down toward the
bay. A traveller for a jewelry house
was nearly frantic when he saw his
trunk. which. it. is said, contained over