Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-10-04
I Gulf HURRICANE
Coast from Florida to New Orleans
Swept by Wind Causing
Great Damage.
REACHED So MILES AN HOUR
Damage 10 Wires Makes Il ImDOs-
sIbIe to Get Reports from Many
Points, some Having Been
Ont on "a Hours.

Louisville, KY. Sept. 2S.-The trop'
ical hurricane which for the past "a
aours has been churning the waters
u the Gulf Of Mexico and doing much
lamage on the coast and far inland,
was Thursday nigat whipping through
North Alabama in northeasterly d.
-ection at a velocity but slightly less
..aa that recorded In New Orleans
during the day. Reports received by
he Associated Press do not indicate
any loss of life, but the damage to
property over the territory touched
BY the storm is something enormous
All wire communication Is seriously
disarranged and in some instances
has resulted in cutting off cities COM
pletely, Mobile not having been heard
from in nearly "a hours. Numerous
washouts have occurred, the Interrupt
ton from this cause In one case ex'
tending for 30 miles. Pensacola,
where the maximum velocity OF wind
was probably felt early Thursday
| morning, reports a property loss Of
90 1000 900 in the city alone, and SENDS
rumors Of loss Of life, which 1t is Inn
possible to confirm, as the uncertain
wire which held long enough to CLEAN
this information late Thursday AFTER
noon failed with the coming OF night.
New Orleans furnished the subject
of numerous wild rumors during the
day but authentic reports from there
indicate that while there was consid-
cradle damage to property, there has
been no loss of life in the city. Wires
between New Orleans and the gull
are Frustrated, and it will be several
DAYS before anything can be heard
from the vast territory between the
Crescent city and the gulf and be-
fore anything can be heard from the
shining which is riding out the storm
in the open gulf. Biloxi Miss: ana
Moss Point, Miss, have not been
heard from for "a hours, Moss Point
reporting the water five feet deep In
the streets Of the little town at III
o'clock Wednesday night.
Pensacola, Fla. Sept. 28.-The
worst sea storm and hurricane that
the gulf coast has experienced since
the village Of Pensacola, on San Rosa
island, was swept away 40 years ago
began wednesday night and was
still raging late Thursday afternoon
| II IL reported that many lives be
tween the city and navy yard have
been lost, but as many rumors OF this
character have been current all DAY
the report does not obtain credence
It is known, however, that many Of
the houses In that section are under
from five to ten feet Of water and
many persons have been taken from
second.story windows and carried
safely to boats,
The estimated property damage Is
100000. Every house in Pensaco'
la has suffered damage and many
roofs are blown off. Telephone and
electric light wires are among the
mass. The water front Is strewn
with wreckagge for miles on either
side Of the city and vessels are piled
on the wharves. or where the wharves
once we're, in Utter RUN. Big IIon
steamers and many lighter sailing
ships are lying high and dry up in the
city where the tide has never before
been known to reach. Every wharf
for miles around has been swept away
or IL damaged beyond repair. The
electric power was shut Off at
o'clock Thursday morning. There Il
no street car traffic and communities
ton with the outside world Is practi
cally cut off. The streets OF Pensa'
cola are strewn with timbers,tin roof
ing and broken glass. This dispatch
with other telegraphic matter, Is be
ing carried to Flomation, Ala, by the
Western Union manager, who makes
the trip by train to ascertain the ex
act extent Of damage done else
where. II is feared great havoc ana
loss Of life will be shown when re
ports from the entire section along
the coast can be gathered.
washington. Sept. 2S.-Belated 70
ports to the weather bureau Thurs
day night from Pensacola, Fla, an
nounce that the gulf hurricane
passed inland west Of there. the wind
reaching 90 miles an hour At Psnsa
cola. The storm was probably cen
tered Thursday night In south central
MIsuIsaippi. n d believed 10 BE- Dc
creaslng IN energy and the weather
bureau predicts that Il win move
slowly nurthward during the next y
hours. An increase IN the energy O
the storm, however. d expected b.
, the bureau when The Disturbance
reaches the lower lake region ~
probable course during the next y
hours wFil be hcrthward through Ten
nessee and Kentucky into the ohis
valley.
New Orleans. Sept 2s-An EFFORT
TO penetrate even the edge Of th'
flood caused By the hurricane of tn
Gulf Of Mexico coast to the east ans
south Of here has been fruitless up z
a period almost "A hours after the re
csips Of the last message from the ex
posed towns Apprehension vas n
- i a.. 80 lh.l h.. nlln.-