The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-02
The Relief Parties Are
Active.
MUCH MONEY IS NEEDED
Offers Of Assistance Pour Into
Golf City.
Governor Jelks's and Mayor Teagues
Proners are Gratefully Accepted.
Conditions A: ing the Coast
are Beyond Description.
ny FRANK G.. BURROWS.

ny FRANK G. BURROWS.
Mobile, Oct. 1.-(Special.)-With the
most dest ructive storm ever experienced
on the Alabam coast four days OLD In
its history, Mobile is again holding It's
head high and proceeding with tho
everyday affairs Of life.
This does not mean that All tho
wreckage has been removed or that the
property loss has not hit the Queen Ci.y
OF the Gulf severely. On the contrary.
debris still litters the streets, espe-
cially in the residence districts. and the
monetary loss to the merchants or the
city will be felt for many months TO
come.
But Mobile has Strengthened up from
the blow and has gone to work man :
fully, and every department ut the lie
OF the city has been resumed. People
are attending to their affairs. and the
reha bilftation Of the city is well under
way.
From a comparison Of the reports re-
ceived here from different sources. 1t Is
now estimated that the tornado which
struck the gulf coast thursday morn
ing has resulted in the loss OF ABOUT
150 lives. In the neighborhood OF 2,5oO
people are homeless and destitute. ana
that approximately Slo,VVO,VVV "oas ia "
property has been destroyed.
This last item includes the loss to the
timber and turpentine industry which
has been practically ruined in this sec
ton for years to come.
Situation Well In Hand.
In Mobile the situation Is well In
hand. Although many have lost their
homes by the hurricane, the city reefs
about to take care Of itself. For the
sufferers along the coast. however. the
greatest anxiety is felt. The means
OF supplying them with food are in
ADEQUATE and seems almost impossible
to get the necessary supplies here.
OF the dead. eighteen bodies have
been brought here for burial. Many
bodies have been buried along the
coast wherever found and bodies still
continue to come ashore These. Tor
the most part are TOO oaoy oeco
buried Immediately. 1t VIII never De
Known how a number OF the missing
hive died No less than three 'elief
committees has been formed here IN the
city to furnish supplies to the sufferers
along the coast.
The Mobile Commercial Club raised
s5. 900 and sent a corps of workers to
Coden Saturday.
The Woodmen Of the World have also
furnished supplies for the destitute.
while the Greeks Of the city sent
boat load of provisions to the destitute
on Dauphin Island.
In addition to these sources OF sup
oily kilograms have been received by
Mayor Pat j. Lyon from Governor
Jelks. Mayor league OF Montgomery
and Robert Jemison, Jr., OF the COM
mercial Club of Birmingham Offering
any assistance. In each case Mayor
Lyons replied stating that any assist
ance offered to the people on the SOUTH
sern coast would be appreciated.
Today a telegram was received from
Governor Jelks announcing he had Is
sued a proclamation calling upon the
people of the State to send contrtbu-
tons to the stricken district.
kilograms have also been received
from Governor Vardaman of Missis-
sirpi, Mayor Atkins Of Selma and ex-
Governor Joseph F. Johnston, who Is
now in New York.
RuxxeII's Handsome Offer.
This afternoon a telegram was re-
ceived from Edward L. Russell. of the
Mobile and Ohio, offering $4,000 to the
relief cause in the name of the rail-
road company and $4,000 personally
When supplies are received from the
different sources 1t is thought the sit
uation will be well in hand for the
people along the coast as well as here
in the city.
The property loss throughout the en-
tire southern part of the State is
enormous One of the heaviest losers
was the Union Naval Stores. which
have lost millions. its business is prac-
tically ruined, all the forest lands in
Baldwin and Mobile counties and in
the western portion of Escambia Coun-
ty are wholly or.partly LAID low.
This company employs in the neigh
borhood of 5000 hands. many of whom
have families dependent upon them
They will nearly all be thrown out OF
work.
One prominent lumber man of Mobile
who last week paid $4,000 for a trac
OF land in the northern part of thi.
county. said today. that the propert!
was not worth $50 in its present condi
ton.
The timber men from Mobile and vi
entity today held a meeting to devis
som eplan to eliminate petty thievery
which is reported from the various lum
Der camps and mills. A committe,
was appointed as custodians to de
eide right of ownership OF lumber which
has been blown or has drifted from it
place.
People are Alarmed.
Tonight the people are greatly alarm
ed by the government warning o
storms in the gulf approaching tn,
Florida coast. Although Indication
point that 1t Is headed for the Atlanti,
rather than the gulf side of Florida
the fact that the barometer here ha.
been falling, Is cause Of the alarm
which in some cases amounts to a fren
zy
The public officials are doing all Ii
their power to allay the fears Of tn,
timid, but the people are In a state o.
nervousness and unrest
Several thousand people on the Gulf
coast of Alabama are hungry. They
are without homes. they are without
food, they are almost without cloth
ing.
With everything they have in the
world washed away by the hurricane
and tidal wave they are hopeless, help
less, and dependent for the upon the
humanity of their fortunate fell
lows inland.
Were 1t not for the efforts the peo-
pie in Mobile have made in their be-
half many of them would have died
from weakness brought on by the ter
rible experiences through which they
have passed. AS it is despite the heroic
efforts that have been made they have