Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-28
Today's Telegraphic News
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY BY
HURRICANE.

Memphis, Tenn. Sept. 2S.--Great
loss of life and property loss running into
millions is now believed to have been
wrought by the hurricane which swept
the coast Wednesday night and yester-
day. Mobile, one of the storm centres,
is still to be heard from, as well as many
villages in the bayou district of Louis
lana. Today the storm is sweeping up
the Ohio valley after devastating the
eastern Gulf states.
Pensacola has suffered the worst Of
any city yet heard from. Fifty lives are
reported loss snd the property damage
Is roughly estimated at 50, 900, 600. The
entire water front is reported wrecked.
Piers were destroyed and ships were
hurled into the street by force of the
wind. Houses we're blown down and
the streets flooded. These reports are
brought by fugitives who have reached
points of communication by wire with
the outside world. Pensacola is still
cut of.
Great anxiety is felt for Mobile. The
wires are still down. While the wires
in surrounding towns we're working at
infrequent intervals, yesterday, enough
was learned TO know that the storm IN
that vicinity was of great violence. 1t
| is feared Mobile suffered as badly IS did
| Pensacola.
To add to the horrors wrought by the
hurricane on Wednesday night fire
broke out which caused no little terror
until 1t was placed under control.
Louisiana, along the Mississippi, is
known to have suffered severely. No
reports have been receievd, however, to
give definite idea of the damage
wrought. Water driven by the high
wind from the gulf rolled up the river
and overlooked the whole country.
Under the circumstances nothing but a
miracle can have prevented loss of life.
New Orleans escaped with a severe
drenching, aud property lIss OF about
$75, 900.
Fears are entertained for the safety OF
ferry passengers known to have been
on the steamer Amelia, which started
across Lake Ponchsrtrain just before
the storm broke. She has not been
reported from any point on the lake.
Numerous pleasure parties are known
| to have been out in small yachts among
the Florida Keys. beyond the reach OF
storm signals, and ii is feared there may
have been loss of life among them.
Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 2S.-Losses to
the amount of slS, 1000, 900 we're caused
BY the terrific hurricane which visited
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana, according to reports received
here today.
The greatest damage is to the cotton
crop. Railroad property to the value oil
81 900, 900 is reported to be lost. None
of the dispatches tells OF any loss of life.
Jackson, Miss, reports that 300, 900
bales of cotton were ruined with an esti-
mated loss OF $l2, 900, 900. Dispatches
from Montgomery are meagre, but say
the Alabama cotton crop likewise suffer
81 severely. The damage to the property
of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
bstween Flomaton and Pensacola will
be about million. This includes the
wrecking OF the grain elevator at PeDsa-
cola, the washout of the tracks to Es-
Gambia bay, and thirty-nine cars of coal
washed into the bay.
Washington, D. c., Septem Der Is
The southern storm is central this
morning in northeastern Arkansas, much
diminished in strength. While reports
from the lower Mississippi Valley have
not yet been reached, enough is known
to warrant the statement that the wind
has subsidized, end that nearly normal
conditions prevail. The storm will
doubtless continue in q northerly direc
ton, and merge with second disturb
ance that is moving eastward north Of
the Dskotas.
The winds along the Middle Atlantic
Coast will be fresh northeasterly.
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