Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-29
MANY LIVES LOST
 BY THE b|C STORM Mobile Suffers Severely and the Property Loss Will Nearly Reach
 Five Million Dollars
VESSELS DRIVEN ASHORE
Water Rose More Than Five Feet and Flooded Stores and
 Offices.

MODlle, Ala, sept ZS.-BetWoen ( and 100 lives lost. fully two SCOT vessels driven ashore or wrecked i various parts of the Gulf of Mexico damages amounting to $4,500, 900 i
 the city of Mobile, and to several mil
 lions at outside points, is the recor, of the storm which swept over Mo
 bile on Wednesday and Wednesda,
 night. No accurate estimate of tn,
 number of casualties can be mad,
 yet and 1t is doubtful if 1t will b.
 made known for week or more.
 Grave apprehension Is beini
 aroused in the situation in Gulfport
 where 1t is thought many lives wer,
 lost. Reports from this point a1t
 meagre. It Is declared by municipa
 officers that no lives were lost in Mo
 bile, but all the deaths occurred 1T
 places within a radius of fifty mile.
 of this place.
 The dead are, as far as known:
 At Navy Cove, Mrs D. Lamer and
 two daughters, Alexander Johnson
 Henry Johnson.
 At Codonk, Mrs Simon Klosky and
 her grandson, Susan Creviflor. O.
 Werneth and wife, Mrs s. McRae
 Miss McRae,, Mrs Henry Turner, Cap
 tain J. Stevens, three Misses Alexan-
 der, Edward Hueand and wife and
 three children, three unidentified
 bodies.
 At Bayou La Batre, two brothers named Carraway.
 At Alabama Port. Mrs Elijah Ma son.
 At Delchamps, Mrs Al Kazen of Newcastle, Pa. and two children; one unidentified woman, two negro chill dren. three negroes killed by falling house, Mrs Henry Warmick.
 The following boats were wrecked or driven ashore near Mobile: Tug Le Baron, barkentine Hornet, a pile driver belonging to Hallinger & Co. sloop and dredging boat of National Dredging Go, schooner Pendleton of Pendleton Bros of New York; barken. tine Trojan of Genoa, Italy; barken- tine Corrieriore, steamer Josephine, sloOp Minoa, sloop Alive, tug Oveton,
 
 cota, schooner King of Avon. Phor Ugland, revenue launch Alert. sunk at her moorings. Fishing smacks and small craft in great numbers were driven to shore and smashed Three boats belonging to the United Fruit Co. the Helen, the Imperiator and the Columbia, have not been heard from, but 1t Is believed that they have ridden out the storm in safety.
 The storm made its appearance in the neighborhood of Mobile on Tues day afternoon, when fltful winds began to blow and the barometer be- gan to fall. The wind rose steadily all through Wednesday, and between and 6 o'clock on the afternoon of that day blew forty-eight miles an hour. All Wednesday night 1t rose steadily and at 7:20 on Thursday morning i. reached It's greatest speed, blowing | from an eastern quarter fifty-five | miles an hour. the barometer falling to 2S.S4. A few minutes after 5 | o'clock on Thursday morning the | wind died and the barometer began to rise. The total rainfall in Mobile | during the storm was 6.5S inches. | While the storm was at its height. the water from the bay was driven In with great force on the city. tke waves coming over the ends of the wharves six feet deep. Three blocks into. the city the flood was driven. flling every basement and store in that part of the city.
 At Commerce street, which Is the irst thoroughfare away from the locks, the water rose in the stores i've and a half feet. The marks on he buildings in Water street. which 6 next to Commerce, show a depth of our and half feet. The edge of the lood barely reached Royal street. one quare beyond Water street. While he storm was at its worst, 1t was im- 'ossible to do anything to save the oats which were slowly driven shore. Tugs were sent out in q lumber of instances. but they were ot able to accomplish mach until the torm abated somewhat.
 The damage in the city of Mobile roper Is enormous. It IS contended ' some that there is not tuilii1g n the city that has not been dam ged. In some instances the damage j trifling. as shingles ripped off or chimney blown down, but some of he larger buildings suffered severely rominent among those which were realty damaged are Christ Episco- al church. the oldest religious build- ig in Mobile A large par. O. the of was torn away. the steeple was lovn down. carrying mere of the ,of with 1t. and all the windows ere blown out. The damage to this hiding alone Is s40.0oo.
 The spire of St Francis street Bart- s { church was blown down, the re- a ainder of the church being unhurt I bout s1o.eoo will cover the los to i Iis church Every other church ziIding in the city vas damaged in les degree. but none of them vas It out of use. Hotels suffered se- . rely. the Bienville loeing It's hitch i, l. which vas blown away, and the . lwthorn losing many windows rouGh the which rain poured.