The Cairo bulletin., 1906-09-30
CA|RO|TE|N MOBILE.
WRITES INTERESTING STORY or
STORMS TERRIBLE WORK
IN SOUTHERN CITY.
Wires Were Down and Railroads
Stopped-Wind Blew 100 Miles
Per Hour--Whoesal Dis
trict Most Damaged.

bic, Mir Spencer is rate clerk in the
office of the foreign freight agent Of
the Mobile Il Ohio railroad in Mobile,
Ia1d his parents were much worried
about him until the receipt of let
ter from aim yesterday from which
the following extracts are made:
Mobile, Ala, Sept 2S.
81 wrote you this morning and let
ter should have gone on the morning
train which | hope got through. No
train has gotten here since train that
should have arrived here yesterday
morning, so il Is rather doubtful as to
the northbound train getting far. RI
! hope you have sent me some papers
telling of the storm, as we, Of course,
| knew nothing Of what hes been the
effec at other points. and present |
prospects are that the wires won't be |
working for days. and that the out |
side news will be that copied from |
newspaper. brought here by train. |
Wish | knew what reports have been
p inted so that | can know whether
You are worried
The town looks quite similar to
what Cairo did after the sleet storm
except that the treets were muddy
instead OF slippery, and quite a few
chimneys and tin roofs had been
blown to the ground The wind storm
continued all night before last. but in
the northeast until moTning-avarag
ing 80 or 60 miles an hour The
Reg ter came out yesterday morning
stating that there was little appre
hensi0n of damage by water. About
daylight the wind shifted from north !
east to southeast. at one time blowing
100 miles an hour, and in an hour or
50 the water had been blown over T.
he Wharves. Front street, Commerce
street, Water stree. Frances, Cont
md Government. These streets divide
he town into north and south like W
wise seem to be on top of ridge q
rom which the ground slopes down in 81
10Th directions, and some of the
treets west of ROYAL were flooded in
he outskirts Indeed. it flooded from
he north down within a block and a r
alf of the postoffice. l.
Il was just talking to Mr. Pigferd, |
superintendent of the Mobile division '-'
tho had just gotten in on this morn,
lg's train. which arrived at D. m.
0 yoF ought TO get my first letter
morrow morning. -
None of us were frightened We'd A,
asday night. | didn't leave home un.
| after ten yesterday and stayed II,
)wn town until about three. We 40
ere in luck last night TO be using me
mps as there was no electricity. no
Nearly the whole of the wholesale "a,
strict sustained the most damage, js
alter being all the way up to seven mn
ct above the level of the street mn,
hen | came down this mo ming the toi,
lter was all off of the streets and An,
larves but there was a terrible lot mo
slime and debris. The fire hose was no
aged on the streets and garden hose ha
the stores and by noon, when of
mt o dinner down town, the streets ran
re clean and dry. gao
The worst thing was the desruc no.
n of Christ church Two church can
'eples were blown down. The Bap- the
{ steeple fell in enc street but MOI
fist church steeple fell square on The
roof, tearing it all down. The her
lis are S I'll standing The Sunday mar
lool building was untouched, ap- are
emily. and presume services will }uct
held there Am,
About noon word was received imail
m Coden that the storm PLAYED = 90
'oc there and that thirty or forty so I
pie were drowned A relief train TT
J made up. carrying collins. physi- Al
rs, etc, and sent there. The news the
pretty anthehtlc' hst OF most peop
tne dead being given Mrs. Judge was
'rd ing among the dead. petit
VA probably be several days be- them
-'"eet car service : entirely re- reas,
81 Government poles are down have
great MANY places. Dauphin de.ir
rs in pretty fair shape. after trees he
removed. They suffered consider atina
damage to their plant hear, but were
in good enough shape if it wasn't beea,
danger of having curren, in the Amer
ey wire. they could be running press
ont to B-oad now. and a far as All
tomorrow night. name
have TO sing in the Jewish Syna party
g at $50. % will not get home the G
until bed time. as on
he damage at home is slight. was
aberry tree in wood lot down was f
lut hit ling anything. big limb ti-n
T OAK tree In front took twenty red W
irty feet of fence with it. which intens
2 sum total not counting three or paopl,
bricks from chimneys A great event,
chimneys are down in the plishs
boIhood. new houses, on which Thi,
himneys are higher than Ours. Cuba
yeTal store and residences were pcople
y or partially unroofed, which They
,urse was quite costly. because their
mage TO furniture and goods by occupa
but Christ church is the only in. restor;
e I know where great damage to sheddi
ng resulted and of course the blow n
steeple did that tion b
- Ameri,
sion to ST. Louis and Return folly O
J Mobile & Ohio Railroad. ness o
iHnday, September Goth. the No have e