Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-10-02
WORK OF RESCUE
HANDICAPPED BY RAIN
Isolated Survivors of Hurricane
In Distress.
MANY ARE ALMOST STARVING

Gulf Population Who Escaped With
Their Lives From the Hurricane
Now Face Death From Starvation.
Mobile, Ala, Oct. IA heavy rain
storm, which is greatly interfering
with the railroad and telegraph com
panies, set in Sunday night and is
still on No wind has accompanied
the rainfall as yet, but the doWnpour
has been exceedingly heavy and has
enormously threatened the difficulties
OF construction gangs.
1t is feared, too, that it will cause
much increase in suffering and some
deaths along the coast of the south
end of Mobile bay. Many people are
homeless in that section and are liv-
ing in the woods with a scanty supply
of provisions. The exposure of an
other storm cannot but have a serious
effect on women and children. On
Dauphin Island there are 500 people
homeless, with only three small build
ings in which they can obtain shell
ter.
Despite the fact that two relief ex-
peditions were sent out Sunday, there
are not more than enough provisions
for more than one day, and additional
supplies were sent down early Mon
day.
While there is no suffering in Mo-
bile proper, there is urgent need at
many points on the southern part of
the bay, and assistance for these peo-
pie Will be gratefully received.
Arrests were made at some of the
lower coast resorts Monday Of negroes
who were caught looting some OF the
wrecked houses, and it has been de-
teEmined to send additional details
of militia to Coden and other points
near by to protect property.
Word was received Sunday night
that from 30 to 40 Creoles on Mon
louis Island are destitute and in i'm
minent danger of starvation. 1t is
doubtful, however, if anything can be
done for them before Tuesday.
The citizens Of Mobile have under
taken relief measures with energy and
are sending food and clothing to the
stricken points as rapidly as possible,
but there is so much suffering at
various points to which access is so
difficult, that it is certain that great
suffering must follow. Next to food,
the great need is for clothing Men
and women in some places have been
reduced to wearing coffe sacks for
clothing, and there are few sacks to
be had at that.
The first thing done by the relief
expedition sent from here to Coden
was to give to the people clothing
with which to cover themselves.
The suffering has been intense at
Bayoulabatre, and is still acute.
Members of the relief committee
which visited that place Sunday re-
ported that they were followed
through the streets by little children,
who were crying and begging pite-
Ously for piece of bread.
A large number of tents was taken
to Dauphin Island Sunday night, and
more will be taken later.
Pensacola, Fla, Oct 1.-While
much was known and considerable
surmised previously as to the death
and destruction by the hurricane, the
full extent of the terrible blow to
Pensacola and surrounding territory
is now just being realized, as reports
reach the oity from small towns and
settlements along the bayou and on
Santa Rosa Island, bringing news of
disasters Sunday brought forth four
more deaths and many tales of suf-
fering from exposure and starvation.
There are known to he 80 dead
Death and destruction are on every
hand, and It is believed that possibly
10 days from now, when the debris
Is all cleared away and reports in
from outlying districts, that the death
list will reach rs.
Washington, Oct 1.-The weather
bureau says the remnant of the gulf
storm OF last week is centering Mon
day morning over the northeast por-
ton OF the Gulf of Mexico. 1t has
not developed as yet sufficient energy
to cause more than fresh winds and
rain in the gulf and South Atlantic
states.
The winds along the middle Allan
tic coast will be fresh northeast;
along the South Atlantic coast brisk,
probably high northeast; along the
east gulf coast fresh to brisk north
west; ON the lower lakes fresh south
east.
New Orleans, Oct. 1.-Fourteen
dead and as many more missing is the
result of Last Thursdays hurricane
in the vicinity of New Orleans.
Twelve persons were drowned in the
Mississippi sound, two were killed
in interior towns of southern Missis-
sippi and more than a dozen fisher
men are reported missing in the del
ia region of the Mississippi river
, south of this city.
This summary is based on reports
from almost every town or settlement
in or about the regions named, such
places as could not be communicated
with by telegraph having been reach
ed by boat or horse. New Orleans is
still without sufficient telegraph COM
municaton, and eastern mails are
three or four days overdue.
Macon Arrives at New York