The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-29
STORM AT NEW ORLEANS.
Little or Nothing Heard From AdJace
Gulf Towns.

Little or Nothing Heard From Adjacent
New orleans. Sept Is tvia Merid-
| Ian. 1.-The Picayune today says:
THE tropical hurricane, which
struck the Gulf coast Wednesday night
with a velocity of wind reaching eigh-
| ty miles an hour. spent its force early
yesterday morning and last night was
blowing its way up through Central
Alabama towards the inland.
This city was practically Isolated
from the outside world. All wires
were down. The Associated Press lost
all of its wires and was unable to fur
nish evening papers a line of news.
/ Both the Postal and Western Union
Telegraph companies lost all Eastern
land Northern connections and retained
only single wire TO Texas via Hous-
ton. over which all outward business
twas crowded.
The Cumberland Telephone Company
center.
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
yesterday, was thrown upon its own re-
sources for telegraph service.
Mobile could not be raised. Pensa-
cola was beyond connection. Not a
singie town OF the Gulf coast could be
reached. The lines up the Northeastern
Railroad were in the saHhe condition.
/ The last train OCT on the L. u N.
Railroad was Wednesday night at S:15.
The early train yesterday morning left
| the depot at 6:25, but only reached
Lake Catherine, where a big wishout
was encountered. That tied up the
system.
Construction ana relief trains were
sent out to Lake Catherine, but no in
formation could be had of thesituation
| beyond. The fact that the coast tram
did not reach Lake Catherine indicated
| that there was trouble east of there.
superintendent Marshall, who had
spent the night at his nome in Bay St.
Louis. did not get as far west as Lake
Catherine.
Up to the hour of closing this af-
| ternoon everything is in absolute doubt
and uncertainty as to the gulf coast.
The l.. and N. was unable to hear
a~thing beyond Lake Catherine.
| The New Orleans and Northwestern
was also put out of business until 8
o'clock last night, when temporary re-
| Woods, and the regular train was sent
out. Two trains that had been held up
reached the city at IL o'clock last
| night,
Passengers on these trains brought
the frst authentic news from the Pearl
River country. Hattiesburs and Hills
dale have suffered greatly from the
gale.
Ten per cent of the piAe timber ia
| the path of the hurricane is down.
A track walker was run over and
killed near Hattiesburg during the
storm. The greatest apprehension is
felt by residents of this city who have
relatives and friends on tine gulf coast
They besieged the newspaper offices and
kept the telephones going until mid
night last night in an effort to get
news. But none was to be had
An effort was made to get Pensacola
by wireless telegraph, but tha- station
could not be reached. Atlanta was
of either Pensacola or Mobile.
Lake Ponchartrain resorts suffered
heavily. Mllneburg felt the force of
the storm and there was great loss
ard much suffering during the early
hours OF Thursday morning. The wa
ter was running several feet deem
through the streets. Several families
took refuge in railroad cars on tho
sidings. Milneburg damage was rough
ly estimated at $4,000.
West End suffered severely. A por-
ton of the big wharf gave way near
the Penny Wonderland. 1t was badly
damaged. All approaches to the South
ern Yacht Club were swept away
Ducktown suffered the most school
house Was completely turned around
by the wind. Estimated losses, $685.
600.
The lower coast poinls were as COM
pletely cut off as the Mississippi coast
All wires to Port Eads and quarantine
train, arriving from Buras last night,