New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-10-10
NEW ORLEANS SWEPT
BY HUGE CYCLONES
THREE ToRNADoEs PLAY HAVOC
WITH GROWING COTTON AND
SUGAR CANE.
Six Lives Are Crushed Out, Nine Per-
sons Seriously Injured, and Prop
erty to the Extent of 100000 Is
Damaged by Storm.

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. erty to the Extent of $1,000, 900 Is
Damaged by Storm.
New Orleans, Oct. This region
Friday was the center of cyclonic dis
turbances at least three of which
were tornadoes and caused the loss of
six lives with nine persons fatally In
jured
About daylight heavy storms broke
throughout the country within 100
miles west, north and east of New
Orleans. At night reports Of sugar.
cane and cotton crops blown down or
sugar mills demolished came in from
this entire section The damage, in
Guiding that done in New Orleans is
placed at over 81 ZOO, 900.
The worst of the tornadoes was
north of New Orleans, where be-
tween $3.50 and seven o'clock it de-
vastated portions of three parishes.
New Orleans was visited by another
tornado and another passed north
ward of Biloxi on the Gulf coast.
The first tornado struck west Of
Baton Rouge parish about six o'clock,
killing Mrs. Theodule Foret and her
daughter, Mrs. White. Mrs. Foret's
body was found in field near her
demolished house. Two children in
Mrs. Foret's house were fatally in
jured, and five men were injured in
the collapse Of a sugar refinery on
the st. Delphe plantation
The city of Baton Rouge was slight
" damaged. In ST. James parish one
woman was killed, while Mrs. Fl. R.
Weber and daughter and Mrs John
Meyer and also negro were reported
fatally injured. Fifteen buildings
were blown completely down in this
parish.
Two Killed in Collapse.
At Pontchatoula, which the tornado
reached about seven o'clock, George
Halves and son were killed in the col
lapse of their house and daughter
died Of her injuries. One other child
of Mr.. Have was fatally injured.
A negro was also fatally injured
there, besides injuries to a dozen 9TH
er persons.
Another tornado struck New Or
leans about eight o'clock. While no
lives were lost here, property damage
reached 100000 and about SO per-
sons were injured, one fatally. Fully
800 buildings were damaged, about
Is of which were blown flat. Most
of the demolished buildings were ne
gro cabins, and it was here that near
" all the injuries occurred.
The path Of the tornado through
the city was about eight miles ling,
entering from the Mississippi river
at Audubon park and travelling north
west to Marengo and Carondelet
street, and then after circuitous
course to Gravier and Magnolia
street, it went northward out of the
city. In places the storms path was
about SO feet wide and only at two
or three points did it reach a hundred
feet in width.
Freak of Storm Cloud.
The tornado here appeared at dis
lance as cloud sweeping along the
II.
undulating, some buildings being
skipped entirely as it bounded sky
ward. frequently it demolished YER
andas and fences on one side Of the
street while not an object on the 9TH
er 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 it's pathway. One exciting race
of this sort was made by a Caronde-
let street car, which was loaded with
passengers on their way to work. At
Marengo street the motorman, realiz-
ing that dangerous blow was ap-
preaching threw on full current The
flying car was less than half block
past the Jai Alai roller skating rink
when that structure went down.
Girl Blown Across Canal.
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 nominal 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
denied by flying timbers. A curious
fact is that the big tank marks the
last place in the storms pathway
| where serious damage was done and
many eyewftnesses say it rose in the
air and disappeared after striking this
obstruction.
There were several forewarnings
Of the storm. Thursday night on
Lake Pontchartrain a waterspout
completely demolished frame club
house belonging to the Anglers club,
tearing the place apart almost board
by board @
Near Biloxi, Miss, the third tornado
swept through the woods demonshing
part of a lumber train and injuring
two men.