Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-04

nnoUic, AID, ocpl. A5.-btlWeen 10
and 100 lives were lost, fully two
score vessels driven ashore or
wrecked in various parts of the guilt
of Mexico, and damage amounting to
s4,500,000 in Mobile and to the extent
of millions more at outside points is
the record of the storm which swept
Mobile.
Mobile, Ala, via Meridian. Miss,
Sept. 29.-Loss of life here is various
| ly estimated at to so. Many people
| were injured and 5000 homes dam
aged, business sections devastated and
This Is the effect of the tropical hur-
ricane upon Mobile. The storm which
struck the city Wednesday at mid
night. ragged for hours, the wind reach
ing the velocity of 10 miles an hour.
Water from Mobile bay was blown in
| to the city by the gale and for time
was seven feet deep in the wholesale
| business district. The loss of life is
| believed to be mainly among negroes,
although conditions are so choatic
that definite information is impos-
sible. Shipping suffered severely.
The United States revenue cutter,
Alert, seven steamers and many small
Ter crafts sunk. 1t is feared that the
crews of these boats were lost, but
nothing of contirmasory nature can
be given at this time.
The city has been placed under con.
troll of militia. Nobody is permitted
on the streets except newspapermen
and persons wearing badges. Much
apprehension is felt for surbur-
ban towns, and it is feared that they
have been obliterated. The chances
are that loss of life on Dauphin island
is heavy. Many fishermen live on
Dauphin island and other outlying
marshy districts, from which no It'd
ings have been received.
Suffering in Mobile is severe. The
humiliation of transportation facili-
ties has shut off all supplies and IN
less help reaches Mobile from the out
side world soon, great distress will
result. Every church in Mobile is
damaged, though Christ's church
cathedral and st. Francis street Bap-
list church, suffered more than the
others. The damage to Christ's church
cathedral is estimaed at $4,000 and
to the Francis street Baptist church
$4,000.
The general docks and those of
private corporations are fearfully
wrecked. The revenue cutter Alert
was rammed while in Mobile river by
an unknown vessel and sank immedi-
ately. Her crew is believed to have
escaped.
Telegraphic communication is para
lized with poor prospects of wires
for several days.
All Business Suspended.
Electric light companies, street rail-
ways and in fact all business have
been suspended. Numerous saw
mills located in the northern and
marshy districts have been either
washed away by the terrific waves or
torn to splinters by the wind Their
lumber and timbers are to be seen
scattered over the entire city and
floating down the river.
The harbor steamer, James A. Car,
ney, plying between Mobile and the
eastern shore, lies beaehed just across
the river, its sides jammed in and up
per structure blown away.
s-
Morgan, where the government quar-
antine is located and many soldiers
live. Wholesale houses lost many
thousands of dollars from the flood
and willingly paid as high as $3.50 an
hour for labor and earnestly begged
men to accept such pay, so frantic
We're they in their efforts to save their
goods. Even at this figure few men.
white or black, would accept work.
Streets Full Of Danger.
Words cannot describe the terrors
of the storm. During the hours Of
s p. m. Thursday and noon Friday.
trees fell and roofs were crushed by
hundreds. Through the streets. car
ried by the terrific wind. were hurled
thousands of pieces OF slate and tin
roofing. corniccs. shingles and all
kinds of debris. Blinds were torn
from fastenings and windows smashed
as though of tissue paper. Many peo-
pie were seriously injured and cut by
flying slate and tin.
The office of the Western Union
Telegraph company wss six feet I'M
der water. Its batteries were flood
ed and IL win be some time before
business can be resumed. The Pos
tai Telegraph building. while not
quite as low-lying, also suffered Sc
verely. The following hotels were
severely damaged:
Cawthorn, Bienville Windsor St