The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
GULF TOWNS ARE RGzED BY
 WIND, WITH MANY DEAD
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1.) front completely washed away. Store at depot slightly damaged
 Boyle's summer home washed away. Capt. Pat Lyons place swept off the map
 Mrs. Kennedy's cottage. occupied by Mrs. Williams. completely destroyed.
 Baulemet cottage. occupied by Mrs. Werneth and family, completely washed way. Four lives lost. MT Werneth Mrs. Werneth Mrs Beloucourt and Miss Una Werneth.
 Barrett's place completely gone; no loss of life.
 John Gaillards house is complete wreck.
 Molons place torn completely to pieces no loss of life. Was occupied by Taylors, Kimbrough, Boykin, Desha Molon and Pearl Molon.
 List of buried between Coden and Cir ard:
 Mrs. Frank Alexander, Miss Mary Alex ander, Miss J. Alexander, Maj. F. s. Stew ems, Mrs. Cooper and son, Mrs Wilcox and daughter and Mrs. Hagen and two daughters.
 Bayou La Batre.
 Everything badly damaged.
 Residence of E. w. Faith swept away. Melvin Kanes new residence destroyed. Methodist church blown to pieces.
 Emry Aldridges house blown away.
 Postoffice down.
 Zeff Robbys house down.
 John Robbys house down.
 Bridge over Bayou La Batre washed away.
 Tony Rohnf~~ .ee blown down. John Bryant's house down.
 Hubbard Bosorge's house down.
 Lewis Eckridge's house blown off of blocks.
 All boats in Bayou La Batre blown to pieces. Those that escaped being destroy ed were blown into the swamps.
 Artis Simmonsons store blown to pieces Billy Golletts house blown off of blocks.
 Canning factory and all buildings around 1t completely swept away.
 Smiths hotel split in two.
 Oliver Wintrell's barber shop down. Tommy Bosorges house blown away. Dan Bosorge's house received $500 dam- ages.
 Warren Whites house was damaged wy a falling tree.
 Turpentine still completely swept away. Turpentine scattered over Bayou La Batre.
 Catholic church blown to fragments. Flat cars were carried for one-half mile by the wind.
 About ten out of every fifty houses are standing in Bayou La Batre
 Houses for miles around were carried from their foundations.
 Narrow Escapes.
 Mir Cal Williams and Miss Werneth had a narrow escape for their lives hav- ing hung from a tree for five hours until the water subsided, so they were able to reach the shore in safety.
 They remained at home until the wa ter came in the front and were forced to take shelter in the tree.
 The giri gave up hope when she saw her father, mother grandmother and lit- tie sister drown and was only saved through the admonitlons of her cousin not to give up hope.
 MT. Pick of Citronelle MT. John Ewing and family of Mobile, consisting of Mrs Ewing, three children, clung to an oak three inches in diameter until rescued MT. Charles Clark rowed two of his family to his brother Billy's. While re- turning he saw his wife washed from the back door with her baby on her bosom and a child by the hand, when beam fell and killed the child, knocking Mrs. Clark unconscious. Upon recovering the first sight which met her eyes was her dead mother and two children.
 All people along the coast are in 1 terrible plight and assistance should be | sent at once.
 Relief Commlttee-D. R. Lasslng, chair | man, Judge Long, l.. D. Rayfield. c. Liv- ingston. Jr., E. P. Simeon, Reisonover, c. l A. Ellerman. l Those who lent valuable assistance were: Harry Vass, Leslie Jackson Hol- combe, Laurendine, Paul Wilson, Powers, l Haas Bros, Rudolph, Charles Johnson, | Ed Ford, Jake Rehm, Dan Robinson, William McCreary, Buck Rencher, the | Rev. J. D. Kersh, Steve Forbes, Dns- l more.