Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29
HURRICANE At
PENSACOLA FLA.
Worst in Its History RACES Fur.
lousIy All Night and All
Day.
PROPERTY LOSS IS IMMENSE.
How Great That Of Lives Unknown
Business District l. SUBJ
merged.

Pensacola, Fla, Sept, 2s. Via Fiona.
ton, Ala.-The worst hurricane TO visit
THIS city In It's history ragged here fur!.
ously all last night and this morning
and today, with gale still blowing.
The city presents wrecked appear
ance, and the damage Is estimated al
100000 The loss OF life win be
heavy among the mariners. but thus far
only one body has been recovered. A
man named George Morgan a fisher.
man. Other bodies are reported along
the shore. but have not been recoy-
cred.
commencing at O'Clock last night. the
wind blew at 80 miles an hour for three
hours, then increased TO 81 miles. From
that time until o'clock this morning
II remained at about 50 and 20 miles
an hour The tides from the BAY
backed into the city for blocks. destroy
ing homes and making rivers out OF the
streets
When the gale was al its highest aud
women and children were running
franucally about the streets I'm dark.
ness an alarm Of fire added TO the
confusion, The fire started In the
PItt mill near the business district,
ana horses Of the fire department re-
FUSED TO 60 out In the weather. With
TN roofs, trees and wires falling around
them the firemen dragged their hose
wagons by hand to the blaze and after
hours OF work controlled Il.
This afternoon the water rose until
the business district presented an at.
most indescribable scene. or the 80
or 60 big steamboats, and sailing YES.
sells I'm the harbor only FIVE or six re-
main. They have been driven ashore
and along the water front is a mass
OF wreckage from steamboats,. towboats.
launches and sailing craft Thirty
fishing vessels have been destroyed or
damaged, and the three big hsh houses.
with their wharves. are gone Musco-
zee wharf and the Commandancia aud
TaTagona wharyes Of the Louisville G.
Nashville railroad are badly damaged.
Great iron ships Of 1900 and 5000 tons
have been driven not only ashore. but
have gone through houses a block from
the water front
Every house along the water front
for 10 miles have been destroyed and
the wonder Is that the loss OF life is not
greater. The tracks OF the Terminsl
railroad 10 the navy yard and Barran-
cas- have been destroyed, as also tho
trestes and bridges.
No communication can be had with
the navy yard, but Il is believed that 1t
has been badly damaged. number of
warships were there, and these un-
doubtedly have been destroyed.
Every business house from the wharf
on Pala Fox street 10 the Union station
has been unroofed, many plate glass
windows broken. stocks badly dam
aged, and wires and poles all mixed
together
There are no electric lights. no cars.
nor telegraph or telephone service rhe
track Of the Louisville 4 Nashville rail-
road on the Pensacola and Atlantic
divisions has been destroyed for 80
miles. and two engines and cars sent
out TO the quarantine station have been
lost
Acting Mayor Maura ordered every
saloon closed this morning, and 80 e1-
ira policemen have been sworn I'm. The
homeless families arc housed In all
portions OF the city, but many will
walk the streets without food or a place
10 sleep until some order can be
brought out Of the chaos Thieves are
open trunks along the beach.
unoccuvied houses and stealing
everything I'm sight Several arrests
have been made, but II is impossible
10 protect property under such condi-
lions.
Five sailors from British steamboat
were clingng to a roof that was washed
ashore today. Three others from the
same vessel were drowned
War vessels at the Pensacola navy
yard undergoing repairs were the gun
boats Vixen. Machias lsla de Luzon
and Gloucester. besides several smaller
crafts. and the quartermester's steam
er Poe They were in an exposed posi-
tion. and it is feared they may have
been beache1.