The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-29
Many Vessels Near Mobile Are
Driven Ashore By Winds
and Wrecked
WATER POURS OVER WHARF
At DEPTH OF SIX FEET
Meagre Reports Come From Biloxi and
Gulfport and Grave Fears Are
Entertained for Their
Safety.

GulIpOfL dnQ 0FdNe FcdTS ARC
Entertained for Their
Safety.
Mobile, September 29.-Between seventy
five and one hundred lives lost; fully two
score vessels driven ashore or wrecked
IN various parts of the Gulf of Mexico,
damage amounting to s4,50O,OO0 in the city
of Mobile. and to the extent of millions
or more at outside points. is the record
of the storm which swept over Mobile on
Wednesday and Wednesday night.
No estimate of the number of casualties
can be made today, and it is doubtful if it
will be known for week or more.
Grave apprehension exists regarding the
situation at Gulfport and Biloxi, where it
is believed that many lives have been lost.
meagre and unsatisfactory. 1t is de-
clared by the local municipal officials that
no lives have been lost in the city of
Mobile. but that all of the deaths have
occurred at places within fifty miles of
this place.
The Dead.
The deaths as far as known at present
are as follows:
At Navy Cove
Mrs. D. Lanier and two daughters.
Alexander johnson.
Henry Johnson.
At coden.
Mrs. Simon Klosky
Little grandson Of Mrs rSlosky
Susan crevillon. servant of Mrs KloslSy.
o. Wernith
Mrs. o. Wernith.
Mrs. S. McRae.
Miss McRae.
Mrs. Henry Turner.
Capt ]. Stevens.
Three Misses Alexander.
Edward Hueland.
Mrs. Hueland.
Three Hueland children.
Three unidentified bodies found on the
beach.
At Bayou La Batre
Two brothers named Carraway.
At Alabama Port:
Mrs Elijah Nelson.
At Dechamps:
Mrs A. L. Hazen of Newcastle. Pa,
and two children.
One unidentified woman.
Two unidentified negro children.
Three negro men killed by falling
houses.
Mrs. Henry Warwick.
Boats Wrecked at Mobile.
The following boats have been wrecked
or driven ashore in the vicinity of Mo-
bile:
Tug Lebaron, barkentine Hornet pile
driver. belonging to Hollinger & Co.; a
soop and dredging boat of National
Dredging company; schooner Pendleton
of Pendleton Bros. New York; bark Tro-
jan. of Genoa, Italy; barkentine corrierre.
steamer Josephine. sloop Mneola, sloop
Olive. tug Overton; tug Hattie B. Moore,
steamer Daishoota. schooner King of
ANOns snip 1neT OBldiu, IeNciuc
Alert. sunk at her moorings.
The following steamers have been dam
aged:
Nettie Quill Mary.
In addition to these boats fishing smacks
and small craft in great numbers have
been driven ashore and smashed. Three
boats belonging to the United Fruit COM
pany. the Helen. Imperator and Colombia,
have not ZEN heard from, but 1t is be-
lIeyed that they have ridden out the storm
in safety.
Beqan With FitfuI Winds.
The storm which was first noticed by
the weather bureau when between ia
naica and Cuba, made its appearance in
the neighborhood of Mobile on Tuesday
afternoon when fitful winds from the
north began to blow and the barometer
commenced to fall. The wind rose steadily
all through Wednesday, and between 2
o'clock and on the afternoon of that
day blew with a velocity of 4s miles an
hour. All through Wednesday night it
rose steadily and at 7;15 on Thursday
morning it reached its greatest speed.
blowing from the easterly fuarter at the
rate of 55 miles an hour the barometer
falling to S.6b. A IeW minutes dIter 3
o'clock on Thursday morning the wind de-
creased and the barometer commenced to
rise The total rainfall in the city of Mo-
bile during the storm was 6.5S inches.
Water Driven Upon City.
While the storm was at its height the
water from the bay was driven in with
great force upon the city, the waves
coming over the ends of the wharves six
feet deep. Three blocks up into the heart
of the city the flood was driven, filling
every basement and store in that section
Of the city At Commerce street, which is
the first thoroughfare away from the
docks. the water rose in the stores to the
beight OF five and half feet The marks
on the buildings on Water street. which
,s next to Commerce, show a depth of
four and half feet. The flood did not
quite reach Royal street, one square be-
yond Water street.
During the time the storm was at its
worst 1t was utterly out Of the question