Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-10-11
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.

New Orleans, Oct. 6.-'rhis reg1on
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 froll
this entire section. The damage, in.
| Guiding that done in New Orleans is
placed at over $1,000,OOO.
The worst of the tornadoes was
north of New Orleans, where be.
tween $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 Focet and her
| daughter, Mrs. White. Mrs. FOret' :
body was found in field near he,
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. H. f.
Weber and daughter and Mrs. John
l.eyer and also a negro were reported
fatally injured. Fifteen building
| were blown completely down in this
| parish.
TWO Killed in Collapse.
At Pontchatoula. which the tornado
I.awes and son Were killed in the col.
lapse Of their house and a daughter
Cied of her injuries. One ether child
oi Mr.. Have was fatally injured.
A negro was also fatally III u"G,'
there, besides injuries to dozel OH
e" persons.
AnotAe: tornado struck New Or
leans about eight o'clock. While no
lives were lost here, property damag e
reached 100000 and about SO per
sons were injured, one fatally. Fully
500 buildings were damaged, abou,
OF the demolished buildings were ne,
gro cabins, and it was here that near
ly all the injuries occurred.
The path of he 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 a circUitc us
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 a cloud sweeping along the
surface of the earth. It's course was
| 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
ing that dangerous blow was ap.
preaching threw on full current. The
| flying car was less than half a 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 a big gas tank which
stood between the hospital and the
tornado. The tornado struck full
against the tank, which withstood the
shock, although it's 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 eyewitnesses say it rose in the
air and disappeared after striking this
obstruction. -. ..
There were several forewarnings
of the storm. Thursday night or
Lake Pontchartrain waterspout
completely demolished frame club
house belonging to the Anglers club
tearing the place apart almost board
by board. ~. H. X.
Near Biloxi, Miss, the third tornado
swept through the woods demolishine
part Of a lumber train and injuring
two men. @.5=.. ~ :. ID
Judge Lenient to Lawyer. s~.
Springfield, Mo-, Oct 6.-James B