The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-30
SOUTHERN FORTS
BADLY DAMAGED
Naval Stations Along South
eastern Atlantic Swept by
Recent Hurricane.
SEVERAL LIVES ARE LOST
AUTHORITY GIVEN TO MAKE
REPAIRS.

Washington. Sept. 29.-Enormous
damage to both life and property was
done at several of the army forts and
naval stations along the southeastern
Atlantic coast by the recent hurricane.
Major General James +. Wade, COM
handing the Atlantic division, reported
70 the war department that six civil
ians were killed at Fort Morgan, Ala
bama. and one enlisted man lis missing.
The damage to the post is estimated at
100000. Chief Quartermaster Hodg-
son at Atlanta reported to Quarter
master General Humphrey the same
Iacts, adding that the fort was COM
pletely inundated
Authority was telegraphed to Cap
tain Thomas 3. Dwyer, commandment Of
Fort Morgan, 10 make such repairs as
are necessary in the present emergency.
In addition TO this action, Quartermas-
ter General Humphrey has ordered to
that post L. II. Doten, civil engineer,
attached to the Quartermaster's depart
ment, and Sedley w. Chaplin, civil en-
gineer and superintendent of construc-
ton at Fort Hamilton, to direct the
work of repair.
Fort McRae Destroyed.
Captain Lawrence s. Miller. COM
mandant of Fort Barrancas, Fla, re-
ported that three enlisted men are
missing from that port; that Fort Nc
Rae was almost totally destroyed, and
that Fort Hickens suffered severely.
Concerning the damage at Forts Bar
rancas and McRae, Quartermaster
Hodgson at Atlanta sent the following
telegram to Quartermaster General
Humphrey:
Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 29.-Quartermas-
ter General, Washington: Following
oil
at Fort Barrancas: With approval of
commanding officer. request authority
to purchase material and hire labor i'm
open market for temporary repairs TO
wharves and buildings at this post and
Fort Pickens; approximately $4,000.
Detailed estimate to follow. Fort Nc
Rae entirely gone, except eight-inch
battery and tank
(Signed) 'HODGSON,
"Chief Quartermaster"
The authority requested in the tele-
gram was given by the quartermaster.
Tugs Ordered South.
The naval tugs Uncas and Hercules
from this city and the Osceola from
Key West have been ordered by the
navy department 10 proceed immedi-
ately 20 the naval station at Pensaco-
Ia, Fla, 10 render such assistance as
may be possible. Rear Admiral Wash
ington /. Capps. chief naval construc-
tor. has been ordered to go to Pensaco-
la to investigate the damage and re-
port to the department. Rear Admiral
Capps said today that all of the vessels
sunk at Pensacola probably can be
raised and repaired, but that the work
vii Require much time and money
Superintendent Kimball OF the life
saving service today received tele-
grams from Senator Mallory and Su-
perintendeHt Broadbent, stating that
the Santa Rosa life saving station near
Pensacola had been destroyed and that
the crew were without money or cloth
ing.
Upon receipt Of these dispatches Su-
perintendent Kimball Immediately
wired Superintendent Broadbent to find
quarters for himself and men, and that
Superintendent Hutchings at Calves
ton had been ordered to Pensacola at
once 10 pay off the Santa Rosa crew
and do whatever else was necessary for
their comfort.
Naval Damages.
The following telegram was received
at the navy department today from the
commandant OF the Pensacola navy
yard, detailing the great damage suf-
fered by the government in the recent
storm:
Navy: Machias at mornings IN basin;
Waban sunk at wharf: coal barge No
j high on beach at west end of yard;
Gloucester on beach outside of yard,
west; wooden drydock destroyed; new
coal pen also gone; permanent wharf
destroyed; piles standing on the old
coal wharf and the steel drydock wharf
and ammunition wharf damaged. Also
Undine sunk: barge ashore; broken-up
target range; house destroyed; the Isla
De Luzon floating in basin, but leaking;
steel drydock apparently unchanged;
heavy wreckage in yard; trees uproot-
ed: wireless top gallant masts gone ali
electrical wires wrecked; power plant
damaged and not working; buildings
generally damaged by wind: one house
uninhabited; water damage to machin-
cry on ground floor. No lives lost In
navy yard.
(Signed) "BICKNELL."
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