The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-29

1t is feared that the crews of these
placed under control of the militia No
Douy is permitted on the streets except
newspaper men and persons wearing
badges. Much apprehension is felt for
the suburban towns, as IL is feared they
have been obiterated The chances are
that the loss of life i'm Daupin island is
ineavx, Many fishermen live there and
IN other outlying marshy districts and
ceived. =
Great Suffering in City.
The suffering i'm Mobile is severe. The
annihllation of transportation facilities
mas shut off all supplies and unless help
result 80 "'ii
Every church in Mobile was damaged.
Inc Christ church cathedral and St
francis Street Baptist suffered more
IMAM others. The damage TO the former
Is estimated at $4,000. and st Francis
street Baptist church at $4,000. Mobiles
shipping suffered more than anything
else. Many OF the river boats are now
oeached or sunken, all complete wrecks.
Docks Are Wrecked.
The docks and those of private corpora-
tons are fearfully wrecked. The revenue
cutter Alert has gone down i'm Mobile
river she was rammed by some other
vessel and sank Immediately. Her crew
is believed TO have ESCAPED but nofbin9
mas been seen of them: The CITY was
put under martial law at dark Thursday
and no persona allowed to enter the
,'.ns district The city authorities
All wharves from Frascati street. the
extreme south end of the city. as far
up the. river as Three Mile creek. are
t0tal wrecks. This includes also the New
Mobile and Ohio docks and the IouisviIIe
& Nashville docks.
Telegraphic communication is paraIvzed
WItn poor prospects of wire for several
Business Suspended.
Electric light companies. street rail-
ways and in fact all business has been
suspended. The Mobile & Ohio railroad
was the first road to get train out
of the city. its first string of cars hav-
ing left Mobile at 4 a. m. Friday. Nh
merous sawmiIls located in the northern
and marshy districts have been either
washed away by the terrific waves or
torn TO splnters by the wind. Their
lumber and timbers are scattered over
the city or floating down the slowly
falling river.
plying between Mobile and the eastern
shore. lies beached just across the river
and opposite St Francis street It's sides.
are TANNED in and its superstructure
Much fear is entertained for Fort Nor
gan, where the government quarantine
station is located and many soldiers are
quartered.
Many Heroic Rescues.
In the city many persons and much
livestock was rescued only after heroic
efforts Provisions are almost exhausted
restaurants feed many, but have no sup
pies on hand. Ham and eggs consti-
tuted their food supply. These too will
soon become exhausted Wholesale
houses lost many thousands of dollars
from flood and willingly paid as high as
$50 an hour for common labor and
earnestly 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
Horrors of the Storm.
Words cannot describe the terrors of
the storm: Between p. m. Thursday
and noon Friday trees fell and roofs were
crushed by the hundreds. Through the
street carried by the terrific wind.
were hurled thousands of pieces of slate
tin roofing. cornices, shingles and ali
kinds of debris. Blinds were torn from
their tastenings and windows smashed
as though or tissue paper Many people
were seriously injured and cut by the fiv-
ing slate and tin. The railroads have
started wreckers out to clean nm and
repair the tracks, but their task is her
culean.
The office Of the Western Union Tele-
graph company was six feet under water
It's batteries were flooded with water. and
be resumed The Postal Telegraph build
ing. while not quite as low lying. also
suffered severely.
Some Heavy Losers.
The new CawthOrne hotel Just com
Dleted. and the Bienvlle hotel facing
Bienville square are damaged to the exe
.ent Of 5000 each; the Windsor hotel.
8. 600: ST. Andrews. $1,000: the Southern
g. COO. The Southern Supply companv es
Inmates it's loss at 100000. Among tbe
houses that have sustained the
greatest damage are:
Pollock d. Bernhemer wholesale dry
goods: the English Wagon MANUFACTURING
5. Jacobson. dry goods: Dor.
gan 81 Young Hardware company: Gun
bingham Hardware company: Barney <
Cavanaugh Hardware company: Mobile
Drug company: +. o. Zadek JeweIrv com
Dany; Draper d Burns, clothing: Ameri-
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