Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-30
MOBILE LOSES MUCH.
Alabama cty suffers ercat Los.
by a Hurricane.
OVER FOUR MILLIONS
Is the Estimate In Dollars Of the
Damage That city Sustained by
the Furious storm Which
Ragged Many Hours.

Mobile. Sept 29.-Thls city has been
visited by one OF the worst storms
ever experienced IN rs history. While
the velocity OF the wind did not eX.
coed that of 1908. II was much moro
at s4.5O0.0OO. and fully 5000 houses
destructive and lasted longer \ con.
seryatiye estimate Of the loss Is made
have been affected in various ways
Every church in the city has also SUI.
fered though Christ Episcopal church
and st. Francis Street Baptist church
suffered more than the others. Tho
damage 10 Christ church is estimated
at $4,000 and St Francis Street Bap.
fist church at $4,000
Mobiles shipping suffered more
than anything else Many OF the riy.
er boats now are heached or sunk,
all complete wrecks Her docks and
those OF private corporations are fear
fully torn up The revenue cutter
Alert has gone down In Mobile river
She was rammed by some unknown
vessel and sank Immediately Her
crew is believed 20 have escaped. The
city was put under martial law at
dark. and no person allowed TO enter
the wholesale district. The city au-
thorities were quick 10 act. and there
fore no disturbances Of any sort result
ed.
The loss OF life so far known Is one
negro baby killed by falling walls and
two negro men drowned In the flood
The depth OF the water In the whole
sale district. which includes the entire
business section from Royal street TO
the river. was seven feet
Among the steamers synken are the
river steamers J. p. SchuN. Mary. Mary
L Staples, Mary 5. Blees Cana over.
ton. Hattie u. Moore. City Of Camden.
tug revenue cutter Alert and hundreds
or smaller craft.
wharves from Frascati. the extreme
south end of the city. as far up the
river as Three Mile Creek. are total
wrecks. This also includes the new
Mobile and Ohio docks and the Louis
Vile and Nashville docks.
Electric light companies. street rail-
way companies and. in fact. all busi-
ness has been suspended. The Mo
bile and Ohio was the first road TO
get out OF the city. its train having left
Mobile at 4 n. m. Friday. Numerous
sawmills located In the northern and
marshy districts have either been
washed away by the terrific waves or
torn TO spllnters by the wind. Their
lumber aud timbers are TO be seen
scattered over the entire city and
floating slowly down the slowly falling
river
The steamer James A. Carney. ply
ing between Mobile and the Eastern
shore. lies beached fust across the
river. It's sides are damned In and Its
upper structure blown away.
In the city many people and much
livestock were rescued by heroic et-
forts. Such cases are numerous. Pro
visions ran low. Restaurants feed
many. but have no supplies on hand.
Ham and eggs constitute their food
supplv. Wholesale houses lost many
thousands OF dollars from flood. and
willingly paid as high as $3.50 an hour
for common labor and earnestly they
begged men 20 accept such prices. so
frantic we're they In their efforts 10
save their goods Even az these zig.
ures few men. white or black. would
accept work.
Words cannot fully describe the
storm. During the hours between
u m. Thursday. and noon Friday, trees
fell roofs crashed by the hundreds.
Through the streets. carried by the
terrific wind. were hurled thousands
of pieces OF slate and tin roofing. cor
nlces. shingles and in fact all kinds
OF debris The railroads have started
wreckers out 20 clean up and repair
tracks. Many people are seriously
Injured and cut by the flyig slate ana
tin.
The office OF the Western Union
company was six feet under
water. Its batteries were flooded with
water. The Postal Telegraph and Ca
bic company's building. while not quite
rs low lying. also suffered severely
The new Cawther hotel, just complet'
ed. and the Bienville hotel abe damag-
ID 10 the extent OF $1,000 each. The
Windsor hotel. $1,000; 81. Andrews,
b 900: the Southern. $4,000.
The Southern Supply company esti
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