The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-06
SOUTH VISITED
BY T0RNAD0ES
New Orleans the Center of
Three Cyclone Disturbances
at Daylight Yesterday.
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED
PROPERTY LOSS is PLACED AT
$1,000, 900.

New Orleans, Oct. 6-This region was
'ooaY the center of cyclonic disturbances,
az least three of which were tornadoes
ana caused the loss of six lives, with nine
persons fatally injured About daylight
heavy storms broke within one hundred
miles west, north and east of New Or
leans, Tonight reports OF sugar cane and
SSotton crops blown down or sugar mills
su'eI 1 ,Sd are coming in from this sec
NNoh- Inc damage, including that done in
Tew orleans, is placed at over 81, 100000.
ne worst or the tornadoes was north of
new orleans, where. between $50 and
CLOCK, II devastated portions of three
parishes. New Orleans was visited by
another tornado, and third passed north
"ard OF Biloxi on the gulf coast.
Two Women Killed.
Inc first tornado struck west of Baton
Houge parish about o'clock. killing Mrs
Iheodule Forel and her daughter Mrs
Wnite. Mrs. Forels body was found in
ned near her demolished house Two
tau.1 s IN Mrs; ForePs house were fa-
,ally injured and five more were injured
IN me collapse of a sugar refinery on
TIE st; Delphe plantation. Baton Rouge
vas slightly damaged.
In st. James parish one woman whose
name mas not been learned and Mrs ii
Weber and daughter, Mrs. John
i nfiyer5 and negro, are reported fatally
completely down in this parish.
At Pontchatoula which the tornado
reached about o'clock. George Halves
ana son and a daughter were killed by
the collapsing of their house and an
other child OF the family was fatally in
A negro was also fatally injured there.
besides injuries to a dozen other per-
sons
The third tornado struck New Orleans
about O'Clock. Although no lives were
d lost mere, property damage reached $500
ore fatally: Fully 800 buildings were
damaged. about seventy-five being blown
fiat. Most of the demolished buildings
were negro cabins and it was here that
nearly all the injuries occurred
The path of the tornado through the
city was about eight miles long, entering
from the Mississippi river at Audubon
park and travelling northwest to Marengo
ano Carondolet streets, and then, after
a circuitous course to Magnolia street,
u passed northward out of the city. In
places the storms path was about thirty
feet wide and only at two or three points
did it reach hundred feet.
Some Buildings Skipped
The tornado here appeared at a dis
lance as a cloud sweeping the surface
OF the earth. Its course was undulating
some buildings being skipped entirely as
IL bounded skyward Frequently il de-
molished verandas and fences on one side
Of the street. while not an object on the
ether side was disturbed. The cloud oc-
cupled several minutes in crossing the
city and hundreds of persons who saw
and heard it approaching had time to run
out of its pathway. One exciting race
was made by a Carondolet street car
which was loaded with passengers on their
way to work. At MarengO street the mo-
torman threw on full power. The flying
car was less than half a block past the
Jai-Alai roller skating rink when that
structure went down Another street car
was derailed. A small negro girl was
blown so far across the new basin canal
as to be rescued by persons on the op-
pcsite bank.
Charity Hospital Spared.
The saving of the charity hospital from
more than nominal damage was attributed
10 a big gas tank which TODD between
the hospital and the tornado. The tornado
struck fun agains the tank, which with
stood the shock, although its iron sides
were denied by flying timbers. A curious
fact is that the big tank marks the last
place in the storms pathway where seri-
Gus damage was done. and many eye
witnesses say that the cloud rose and
disappeared after striking this obstruc-
lion. There were several forcwarningS of
the storm.
Last night on Lake Pontchartrain
waterspout demolished frame club house
of the Anglers club. tearing it apart al
most board by board. At Biloxi, Miss,
the tornado swept through the woods. de-
molishing part of a lumber train and in
juring two men.