Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-10-03
death LIST GROWING
SEVERE STORMS In SOUTHERN
STATES WAS DEVASTATING.
Over a Hundred Are Known to Have
Been kiIled-3,00O Are Homeless
Miles and Miles Of Wreckage-
Fort McRae Damaged - earrancas
Navy Yard Lost a Million.

Pensacola. Fla, Sept. 3O.-Already
the list Of dead from Thursdays storm
has grown to 26, and it is known that
many more have been lost, others In
jured, while more than 5000 persons
are homeless. For two days rescuing
parties have been working to bring
conditions to some degree Of order.
but their efforts have not shown to
any extent, and there are many yet
underneath the masses Of wreckage.
For 10 miles east and west Of the
city are strewn the wrecks of homes
and vessels of all kinds.
At Fort McRae five lives were lost.
The 20 men there had a terrible expe-
rience. They sought the batteries and
lashed themselves to the guns. There
they clung for more than IL hours.
Only one lady and her little child were
at the post. She was the wife Of Ser.
geant Prentice, and although the big.
strong soldier fought to save the lives
of his young wife and baby. they were
almost literally wrenched from his
arms. Three artillerymen were lost
by being washed from the batteries.
The fort was almost razed.
Fort Barrancas was badly damaged.
The navy yard suffered probably to
The extent Of $1,0O0.0 900. Many of the
new buildings have been damaged or
destroyed completely. The floating
dock crushed against stone one. the
latter was damaged, and the gunboats
Vixen. Isla de Luzon, and number
Of tugs and launches are a complete
wreck. Some of these vessels have
been driven in shore for more than
200 yards.
Further down the island the United
States main quarantine station has
disappeared. except one house. Gus
toms Inspector Bailey. stationed there,
saved the lives OF eight of the attach
es by swimming with a line across a
channel to the remaining house, and
the men were enabled to reach that
point The hospital there collapsed
early in the night. With two nurses.
Collins and Bass. three others clung
to the floating roof. The five spent
the night ON the raging sea and were
brought in the next morning.
At Escambia trestle. a mile In
length, was the cottage Of the keeper
OF the drawbridge. This was carried
away, and his wife and little children
drowned. He and his assistants were
washed upon the beach Ave miles dis.
tant,
Across In the city 1t will be fully
three months before the vessels can
be dug out from their positions. OF
the 20 ships and barks of foreign flags
anchored in the harbor only one re.
mains, and 1t is badly damaged. Some
Of the immense ocean ships OF 1000
tons are resting in front yards. others
have been driven through houses;
some have their noses pointed into
over on their side In the bay or piled
up In masses OF wreckage. Only four
tugboats out of a feet of ABOUT 20 re.
main.
About 30 fishing schooners Of so or
rs tons were moored alongside
wharves. and tow remain intact. Some
of the schooners are a mile in shore.
For one mile west OF the city we're the
small cottages Of fishermen, all close
to the beach. These have been wiped
out.
At New Orleans.
Six persons drowned, eight good
sized sailing vessels wrecked. about
30 smaller vessels sunk or ashore and
property damage of more than q mil.
lion dollars was the result Of the hur.
ricane in the Mississippi sound.
At Birmingham, Ala.
Mobile is still cut OF from the out.
side world. Dispatches just reaching
here by mail. which left Mobile at $3.50
a. m. Saturday say that the city will
suffer a loss of 5000, 900 in damage to
buildings, steamboats,. shipping, rail
roads and commercial houses. The
famous shell road is gone. and prob.
ably will not be rebuilt. F1fty-nine
are known to have lost their lives al
points west Of the city, the loss being
heaviest at Coden.
Al Meridian, Miss.
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