Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-09-30

Ter or the storm, unat It's center pass
cd TO the west of the city. The cleo
trlc hight company, street railways and
IN fact all business has suspended.
The Mobile and Ohio railroad was the
nrst road to get out of the city. its
nrst train having left Mobile at 4
a M. Friday. Numerous saw mills
located in the northern and marshy
districts have been either washed
away by the terrific waves or torn to
Splinters by the wind Their lumber
and timbers are to be seen scattered
over the entire city and floating slow
ly down the slow falling river.
Harbor steamer James A. Carney,
plying between Mobile and the east
ern shore, lies beached just across
the river and opposite st. Francis
street. It's sides are jammed in and
Its upper structure blown away. Much
fear is entertained for Fort Morgan,
Ala, where the government quaran-
tine station is located and many sol
diers Quartersd The chances are that
much loss of hfe has been caused by
the storm to those lying on Dauphin
Island and other outlying Islands, in
cluding the marshy district, where
many fishermen live
In the city many people and much
1--we stock were rescued after heroic
efforts. Such cases are numerous.
Provisions are running low. Restau-
rants feed many, but have no supplies
on hand. Ham and eggs constitute
their food supply. These, too, will
soon become exhausted. Wholesale
houses lost many thousands of dollars
from the flood, willingly paid as high
as $150 an hour for common labor,
and earnestly they begged men to
accept such pay, so frantic were they
in their efforts to save goods Even
at this figure few men, white or black,
would accept work.
The railroads have started wreck
ers out to clean up and repair the
tracks. Never before has labor com
manded such prices in this city.
The office OF the Western-Union
Telegraph company's floor was feet
under water Its batteries were food
ed with water, and 1t is not known
how soon they will be in shape to
resume. The Postal Telegraph build
ing, while not quite as low lying also
suffered severely.
List of the Heavy Losses at Mobile.
The new Cawthon hotel, just COM
pleted, and the Bienville hotel are
damaged to the extent of $4,000 each.
The Windsor hotel, $4,000; St An
drews, $4,000; The Southern, $4,000.
The Southern Supply company esti-
mate their loss at 100000.
Among the wholesale houses that
have estimated the greatest damage
are: Pollock & Bernheimer, whole
sale drygoods; the English Manufac-
turing Wagon company, wagons and
buggies; S. Jacobson, drygoods; Dor
gan & Young Hardware company;
Cunningham Hardware company;
Barney Cavanaugh Hardware COM
pany; Mobile Drug company, whole
sale drugs; E. o. Zadek Jewelry Co.;
Draper & Burns, clothing; American
Supply company, mill supplies; Chris
tian Supply company; Cleveland
Bros, wholesale grain; T. G.. Bush
& Co, wholesale grocers; James Nc
Donnell Co., wholesale grocers; the
Marshau-Lyons Grocery Co.; Muscat
& Lott, produce dealers; the Mobile
Brewery; the Bienville Brewery; the
Dixie Grain Co.; James McPhillips
Grocery Co. Besides these many 9th
er wholesale houses in the city. The
Merchants bank, First National bank
and the Lienkauff Banking company
establishments were inundated.
At this writing 1t Is impossible to
estimate or to describe the loss.
There is no way to arrive at an es-
innate, owing to the ddsordered state
all business at present suffers. All
Is confusion. The city was astir early
Friday morning, however; the water
had receded and everybody, armed
with buckets and brooms, worked like
trojans to rid their shops Of water.
After this work Is finished, then the
task of gathering stock and estimat-
ing losses will begin. Hundreds of
bales Of cotton fioated through the
main streets and were carried out to
sea. Cotton not lost in this way was
damaged by being soaked with mud
dy water.
At Fort Morgan, located 35 miles
down the bay, the wind had much
higher velocity than at Mobile. For
two days previous to the storm, re-
ports came of expected high winds.
Towns along the Mobile and Bay
shore road suffered immensely, ow-
ing to their exposed condition. No
word Of coast towns along the Louis
Vile and Nashville road has reached
the CITY,
Judging from previous storms there
is no doubt that many lives have
been lost and severe damage expe-
rienced, both to residence and busi-
ness, along the gulf coast. There
have been erected many fashionable
and modern residences, some costing
$4,000 to 100000
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