The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
rs TO 100 LIVES ARE LOST
DAMAGE REACHES MILLIONS


for the men along the docks to do any
thing to save the boats which they could
see were being slowly driven ashore. Tugs
were sent out in a number of instances,
but they were not able to accomplish
much until the storm had abated some
what.
Enormous Damage In City Proper.
The damage in the city of Mobile proper
has been enormous. II is contended by
some that there is not a building in the
city which has not been damaged. In
some instances the amounts are a trifling
matter such as shingles ripped off or a
chimney blown down, but some of the
largest buildings in the city have suffered
severely. Prominent among those which
were badly damaged were Christ Episcopal
church. the oldest religious building in the
city. large part of the roof was tori
away the steeple was blown down, carry
ing more of the roof with it, and all the
windows were blown out. It is estimated
that great damage to this building alone
will amount to $4,000
The spire of ST. Francis Street Baptist
church was blown down, the remainder OF
the church being unhurt About $1,000
will cover this loss to this church Every
ether church building in the city was dam
aged in less degree, but none of them
not be used
Hotels Suffer Severely.
The hotels also suffered severely, the
Bienville losing part of its kitchen, which
was blown away, and the Cawthon losing
many windows through which the rain
poured, damaging carpets and draperies
to the extent of $1,000.
The heaviest loss will follow the mer-
chants along the water front, who, al
though warned of the coming storm by
the weather bureau, did not expect that it
would drive the waves in upon them as
it did. None of them made any effort to
remove their goods, and consequently all
of them sustained heavy loss by the
washing in of the tide and by the rain
which in many cases drove through holes
where the wind had ripped off portion
of the roof.
The damage to the docks along the river
front will amount to about 100000
Damage to Boats In Bay.
Reports of damage to boats down the
hay, and in the open gulf are numerous.
| The British steamer Doris Brook is said
| to be ashore on the end of Dauphine is
| land and so far upon shore that she can
| be walked around. The three -masted
schooner King of Avon is dsmantled, ana
ashore near the mouth of Dob river. Inc
| ship Pherugland has been driven ashore
49,
her masts gone.
The pilot boat Louis e. Harper had
| trying experience. She attempted TO
weather the storm, bat was unable to
keep off the shore and was finally car
| ried by the waves far inland, where she
now rests with her nose in a pine thick
et From where she now lies to the nearest
water which will float her is more than
| four miles.
| Scranton. Miss, Is said to have suf-
| fered severely from the storm. Many
! houses are said to be levelled with the
| ground, all the trees In the place are
| said to have been blown down. No lives
| are reported lost at Bi.e&i Bath houses
| and wharves. however, have been badly
| damaged and much OF its fine shell road
! is destroyed.
! Severe Along Whole North Coast.
| The storm is known to have ragged with
| great severity all along the north coast
| of the gulf but as yet reports from the
| places which 1t is feared have suffered
| heavily, have been few and far between.
| All wires leading out of Mobile In every
! direction are down and It is not expected
| that they will be in use before some
! time tomorrow and then only to limit
| ed extent Trains are running on the
! Mobile and Ohio and the Southern. but
| the Louisville and Nashville, whose tracks
| skirt the north shore of the bay from
| point eight miles east of Mobile to New
| Orleans, are in very bad shape, and it is
| not likely that they will be in condition
! for several days. From a small place
| called Hurricane, down almost to Mo-
| bile the tracks of the Louisville and
| Nashville are washed out In places, and
| where the roadbed was exposed to the
| full fury of the storm, logs and debris
| carried in by the waves are piled high. in
some places to a depth of ten feet The
| road by tonight had 2000 men at work on
| the line. The obstructions are so great II
will hardly be possible for any number
of men to open up the line inside of three
| or four days.
| Five miles of track are gone between
! Mobile and the west.
| No particulars have been received re-
| garding the tragedy at Coden, save that
! 1t was smaller in character to all the
| others along the coast the waves piling
up the water so high. and driving it so
| madly inshore, 1t is thought the building
| could not withstand the shock
Further nataiIe of MohiIa nieaefar