The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-01
Work of Reconstruction
Begins.
WIRE CONNECTION RESTORED
Reports Gene in from Towns
Along the Coast.
Biloxi and GulfpOrt Escape without
Known Loss Of Life, But More
~ Bodies Are Found at
C0den.
BY FRANK G. BURROWS.

Mobile, Sept. So Especial Mobile
has shown its mettle. Stricken as never
before in its history, It has thrown on
the temporary terror which the fury OF
the tempest created and has entered up
on the work OF rehabilitation.
1t will be many q day before the Gun
City RECEIVERS from the immense amount
of damage 1t has suffered
The estimated loss of seven or eigh'
million dollars tells the story of the
havoc of the storm. But Mobile is not
crushed. The city is hopeful and in iess
than a week at the outside, all evidences
of the calamity will have been remoV-
ed except the damaged houses. the de-
nolished roofs, the ruined wharfage and
The demolished Christ's Church ana the
st. Francis Street Baptist Church.
Well IL Is that the officials of the city
Sere prompt to seize control Of the sit
iaticn. The day after the storm nao
assed, citizens set to- work to remove
a exterior evidences of the damage
one.
Today the city wears anything rather
han III usual Sunday aspect. The men
OF the Mobile Fire Department are az
work flushing the streets. The arr
wkicn- CO z.ffee -ssSA ,vv~shed away mas peer
swept UP in piles and Is being hauled
away. Every one has Joined in the work
of reha bilitation and in day or two a
stranger coming into the city would be
unable to discover from the appearance
Of the business section that Mobile
had passed through the greatest catas-
trophe in its history.
Mayor Lyons Indefatigabie.
Directing the work in person IS
Mayor Pat ]. Lyons. Every day since
the storm he has driven through the
streets Of the city seeing what was 10
be done He has been indefatigable IN
his efforts.
Although the downtown streets are
being cleaned up rapidly, little mas
been done as yet in the residence ols
tricts. There the trees remain "here
they have fallen. Many wires are SUN
down. Few of the houses have secured
electric light or telephone service.
Broken panes of glass. roofs torn on
sides of houses crushed In. bear elo-
uuent testimony to the violence Of the
storm I saw one house which had
been blown completely off its founda-
ton. Another house. one of frame
recently built on Selma Street. was
completely demolished. 1t was exposed
to the full fury of the wind and gave
way before 1t. Along the western part
Of Government Street for a distance of
perhaps half a mile, the telephone and
Telegraph lines were blown down.
The trolley poles for the most part
remained standing but other poles suf-
fered severely. many being snapped
completely off few feet from the
ground.
Every Block shows Ravages.
There is not a block in the city but
shows the ravages OF the tempest and
in many sections every house on it's
exterior shows where the whirlwind
struck.
AS have been over the town and
have seen the destruction 1t is cause
Of increasing wonder that the fatality
was not greater. Mobile has cause for
congratulation and for gratitude. Fall
ing walls. flying trees in every direc-
ton. the air filled with pieces Vt shin
gle, bricks, and the lighter debris of
demolition killed only three and al
though there were doubtless many in
Juries received only a few have been
reported to the authorities and tn.
physicians. Notwithstanding the I'M
mense properly loss. Mobile feels con-
fident of its ability to take care of Us
own sufferers. .>... -
There are many of these among the
poorer population but so far as they
are concerned the city is able to handle
their cases.
Now that the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road and tho Southern Railroad have
been able to get trains into Mobile
there is no longer danger OF a food
famine. One thing which Is worrying
the officials. however. Is the scarcity OF
ice.
Ice Famine Threatened.
Unless Ice can be procured from
outside sources. the city will be hard
pressed for this commodity. OF the
ten Ice plants in the city, only three.
and these of the smaller ones, arc in
operation. 1t is impossible with this
equipment to supply the city's wants
A. s. Lyons, owner of four of the lar
gest of the plants. has sent CAPTAIN
Thad Partridge t- Meridian and selma
in an effort to secure consignnents
of the article from those places. but
no word has yet been received from
him.
Although the city can care for IFS
own sufferers the people along the
gulf coast are reported to be in a ter
rible plight. Mobile citizens raiseE
$4,000 yesterday for the people along
the Alabama coast and sent RELIEF
corps to them this morning.
Subscriptions Are Needed
Mayor Lyons has given out that anv
subscriptions sent to these peonle viii
be gladly received. II Monteomerv
and Birmingham, as has been report-
ed, have made up subscriptions for
the storm sufferers down here. the neo-
pie of the southern coast can make
god use OF 1t. They are in DIRE dis
tress. Shocked by the exaggerated
0rst reports OF the storm att Mobile.