Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-05
TORNADO STRIKES
new ORLEANS
Passed Through Five Feet Of the
Residence and Factory Sec
ton OF City.
SCORES OF PERSONS INJURED.
Path of Storm Was About Fifty Miles
Widc--Propcrty Damage
Heavy.

New Orleans, Oct. ga tornado pass
ing through five miles Of the residence
and factory section of New Orleans
today Injured at least score Of per-
sons, and did fully 100000 damage.
Half an hour after the tornado had left
the city travelling IN a northerly direc-
ton telegram from Hammond, Pa,
30 miles north of here. said that four
persons had been killed I'm tornado
at Pontchaloula, town near by. A
great property damage was also re-
ported. report was bpught in from
the neighborhood of Lake Pontchart-
rain, outside the city limits. that lives
had been lost there. Later the death
Of man named Howes, was reported
at the lake, but these reports lacked
confirmation Although several deaths
We're reported in New Orleans immedi-
ately after the storm. investigation
showed that probably not a life was
lost here. Many of the injuries &C.
CURED near Roberts street and the
river front where the Columbia oil mill
and the Jefferson saw mill were badly
damaged
A woman and child were injured by
the blowing down OF building at First
and Magnolia streets, and a negro In
Douglas parish was reported to have
been picked up bodily by the wind and
carried several feet, being badly
bruised.
The tornado entered the city near Au-
dobon park having crossed the Mis-
sissippi river from the farming coun-
try opposite that point. The wind was
accompanied by low hanging cloud
and heavy rumble. 1t travelled north
west until 1t reached the fine residence
portion of the city at st. Charles and
Napoleon avenues. Here the damage
was tho lightest done in any part Of
the tornados course. From st. Charles
the wind proceeded straight ahead to
Marriage and Carondolet streets where
It veered sharply to the northward and
IN this direction passed out of the city
The path OF the tornado through the
city was from 80 to so feet wide. This
narrow zone was strewn with bricks
from demolished ehimneys, detached
boards, uprooted, trees, fallen tele-
graph poles and an occasional roof. 1t
was the falling of these objects which
| caused most of the Injuries.
peculiar feature of the disturbance
| in the city was the fact that few per-
| sons within half mile OF the tornado's
| path knew there had been storm and
| the local L. s. weather bureau received
| the first intimation of tornado from
| newspaper
Forecaster l. NJ Cline said the tor
| nado probably was local disturbance,
Buildings unroofed included the st,
L. - IS. f1.. az nr1g a
| Furniture company at the foot Of Belle
| castle street. the Jaialai roller skating
| rink and the gas works at the corner
| of Pydras and Magnolia streets At
! the gas works standing pipe was
| blown down
other buildings damaged included
| the ST Stephens church, (Roman Cath
| olic). a market house in prness OF
| construction at Holedano and Sarato-
! ga streets and the two mills previously
mentioned. About % houses and cab
| ms were either wrecked or blown down
| completely,
FOUR PERSONS KILLED.
New Orleans, oct. 5.--A special from
| Hammond, La, on the Illinois Central
| railroad about so miles from New Or
| leans says that tornado struck Pont-
| ichatoua near there this morning,
| killing four people and injnring a num-
| Der. The damage to property was
| heavy.
NO STORM AT MOBILE.
Mobile, Ala, Oct. 5.--There is no
| storm in or near Mobile at this hour,
| 1890 p. M, but the wind is blowing
| 30 miles an hour in the lower bay with
| rain falling The wind is expected to
reach the same velocity In Mobile ac-
| companied by rain.