The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
TRAGEDIES
OF THE FLOOD
Correspondent Tells Of
Suffering.
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AN RALL H. G0SMA&SkAAs asass
Mobile, Ala. Sept %. - Special z;1a
a. m.1--Snmmary OF storm. 1 cave
just got a wire. First cut OF Mobile.
The loss In Mobile will reach eight uIft-
lion dollars damage to property ssteam-
boats. ocean going vessels and TO the
viver front. Loss OF life in Mobile ana
vicinity up 20 midnight OF Saturday
will reach 100 and reports are eth sons
ing in.
People of Dauphtn island are sur-
fertng for food. only having thetx
clothes on their backs. As the dead
are coming ashore on the South beach
below here they are being buried
The Louisville and Naehvs IL. Ratl=
road viii be severai days Ia Aetfsn&
trains out OF hEobife etthef nNesn eef
south, The loss OF life in Mobile ii
small There Is no telling what reports
will bring I'D from the Interior points.
Gulfport is damaged TO small ex-
tent
Tom Ryan. an operator who just A.
rived from Pensacola walking part Of
the way. says thar half haas not been
told of the damage at thar place.
Between eighty and f1G 1ive1sags lost
there.
The tropical cyclone that began hers
on Thursday morning at o'clock ane
lasted until ii o'clock the same day.
cut Mobile off from the outside world
until 1906 o'clock this morning. This
story Is being sent out from a Telegraph
Office in the marsh several miles out Of
Mobile and I have the only wire. The
gale here, and on the seacoast OF this
county, has left in it's path, which is d
wide one, death and desolation.
Tugs CHASTITY Crew.
Reports of the death list has reached
SO far 100, and more dead bodies ere
being brought here. A tugboat Is dump-
Ing it's CHASTITY cargo on a broken
wharf at a remote part of the business
section, nearly every eight hours. The
greatest number of lives lost IL at a
place known as Sans Souci Beach,
summer resort just below Codens wherN
thlrty-nine bodies have been recovered.
H d. streaker, one of the crew OF this
three masted schooner King of Avon
from Cfenfuegos to Mobile. which was
in quarantine last Wednesday when the
storm made it's first appearance. arrived
In Mobile yesterday afternoon ana re-
norts the loss of the schooner and cap
tain ana crew, together with the wife
and four children of the captain,
1 saw Streaker, who was seated N
the police station conversing with Chie1
Rondeau and Sergeant Schreiner. ana.
heard him tell one of the most tra8t@
tales of the great storm yet given 70
the public. ~,-,. "a.
wife Nellie; his sister and four chill
dren, three girls; Cuban. who was
passenrer from Cienfuegoes; Mate
owen a Norwegian, Boatswain. Lewis
the cook and four members of the crew.
Phillip Gibaut, Jim Journey. Harley
walsh and Arthur Hayes.
The vessel IS Of $50 tons. ". Tnes ses,ss
shore report that the desoiation r
something fearful, and the storm af
these points must have been turned into
a tidal wave.
Here are some of the narrow escapess
Cal williams and Miss Werneth hAd
a narrow escape for their lives, haVAnG
hung from a tree for five hours Until
the water subsidized so they were able
to reach shore in safety. They remains
ed at home until the water came in
the front and were forced to take shell
ter in the tree. The girl gave up hops
when she saw her father, mother ana
grandmother and little sister drowned
and was only saved through the adj
monitions of her cousin, MI. Wliitain4a
not to give up.
Mr. pick of Chronicle, John r, Wing
and family of Mobile, consisting o.
Mrs Wing and three children, ciung 70
an oak tree three inches in diameter.
until rescued.
CIarlxe's narrowing Hour.
Charles Clarke rowed two OF his fain~
While returning. Ne saw his wife wash
ed from the back door with her baby
on her bosom and n child by the hand.
when a beam fell and killed the chiid
knocking Mrs. Clarke unconscious.
Upon recovering, the first sight which
met her eyes was her dead mother
and two children. Everyone along the
coast are in terrible plight and assist
ance should be sent at Gnce. Refugees
who arrived here tonight from Dauphin
Island were without money and were
scantlly attired. They reported that
the people on this island, which faee4
the Gulf CT Mexico, were saved By
into tall trees and hanging
there from Wednesday night until III
o'clock Thursday. They came out Of
their place Of safety to and everv
house gone and all live stock washed
away, leaving them without necassitlaS
OF life.
The relief train which first left hsha