The Cairo bulletin., 1906-10-01
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] Wednesday and Thursday is gradually
being revealed in all its horror
through news brought by couriers tc
towns miles our of the zone of de
Istruction. The latest estimate on the
loss of life is placed at $50 dead, but
there is no way OF verifying these es-
Inmates at present.
The property loss will range from
10000 600 10 $i5,000,0oo
According 70 the latest advces from
Mobile hundred people are dead In
that city and vicinity and five thous.
sand houses more or less damaged
100000 in the city. Many ships are
reported sunk in the bay. II is feared
that reports received when communi-
cation is fully restored with the coast
will swell even the above estimate Of
the killed
Pensacola is reported to have suf.
fered a loss OF twenty-five lives aud
many ships lie stranded on the beach
Fifty ships are reported missing so
far from the bay front, and not a
house remains standing near the
beach. The streets are strewn with
debris Of every description and the
people seem benumbed with horror
at the awful destruction.
Othnp tou.pc al puo rho oaogY rapDrS
their quota of dead. which will easily
bring the number of dead to 1870
The Louisville & Nashville railroad
has lost $1,O00,U0 in the neighbor-
hood of Pensacola.
Railroads Hard Hit.
In many portions o. the Cotton belt |
visited by the hurricane reports say
that the cotton crop has been totally
destroyed. No reports have been re-
ceived from the lower Delta country
and fears are felt for the safety of the
people Of that vicinity
The train service from Montgomery
and Meridian in all directions has
chen abandoned. Many miles of track
are gone between Montgomery and
New Orleans, and it may be weeks
before all damages 10 the tracks can
1e repaired
The @eayiest Of the storm struck
he coast from Pensacola to a few
niles east of New Orleans, that city
eporting little more than a heavy
sind and rain storm Water swept in
~ the high winds and hurricane We
oeities of the gales are the agencies
which combined to wreak the dread
I'll disaster on the coast
The Western Union, Postal and
american Bell Telegraph and Tele
hone companies have not been in
wire communication with Pensacola
r Mobile since last Wednesday even.
ng. New Orleans has been reached
or few moments ar a time. but :
ublic service is practically nil
The Doforest Wireless Telegraph
local Office reports that
hey can obtain no response from
ither Mobile or the government wire y
ass station at Pens cola, and it l.
nfcgred that thH have been de- !
troyed. u
Slight in Comparison, t
De- pie the large loss of shipping -
n the coast. the towns and health =
asorts near the waters edge suffered ! .
light damage in comparison with ~
and Mobile up to the fifty !"
lie radius out Of Mobile. Reports
hich the Louisville and Nashville +
lad received from within This radius |
i'd thar several miles of track have [
.obably been washed away between
,ranton, Miss, and Mobile. Between
est Pensacola and Scranton, where
@ railroad bed was built over a
arsh about two miles of filing was
rept almost completely away The FL
IS incurred by the railroad has not
en cstima ed. u
Six persons drowned, eight good la
,ed sailing vessels wrecked. about II
ity smaller vessels ank or ashore pr
d property damage Of more than a IT,
llion dollars wa the result Of the ia
I;r;cane in Mississippi sound. il'
The fun extent of the disaster there al
came known today when Ship IL
land, Cat and Horn Islands were az
ard from They had been complete
ubme~ged. according to reports Of te
o. sent out from the mainland TO II
q islands TO investigate from ten 10 DE-
teen miles off shore. III
All the loss of life and the greater IT
rt Of the wreckage occurred az the OF
stern end Of the sound. about fifty ! {
lies away from Mobile. The worst b
tastrophe was at Horn Island where pl
ghtkeeper Johnson with his wife OF
d daughter were swept into the gulf r.
IN their Ign house and drowned. q
fore the storm Johnson refused an OF
er to go ashore.
One negro was drowned when the
booner Daisy Of New Orleans went b.
hore on Horn Island. He climbed a al
re to escape the rising water, but III
uld not hold on The other four G.
ambers Of the same crew escaped, III
though three Of them were precipl- th
led into the water by the blowing ST
wn Of the pine tree into which they ht
i climbed in