Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-02
WINoNA ARRIVES SAFELY IN
PORT AFTER REsculNe LIGHT. !,
HOUSE MAN AND FAMILY
HOMELESS NUMBER 500
On Small Island With only Three
Small Buildings for sheIter-Forty
creoIes in Danger of Starvation
Much Need of Food and Clothing.

washington Oct. 1.-Orders direct
ing the dispatch Of forty marines from
.iie PENSACOLA navy yard to Havana
nave been revoked. A dispatch from
fensacola says the men are needed at
that place to preserve order and pro-
tect property, owing to conditions
arising from the recent hurricane.
WInona Safe.
Mobile, Oct. 1.-The revenue cutter
Wlnona, which for time was thought
10 be gone to the bottom In Wednes-
uay'e storm. mas arrived at Mobile.
Her crew tell thrilling story of the
dangers through which they passed,
al narrato in a modest way the he
rolc conducl of two members Of the
crew who rescued the keeper of the
Fest Pascagoula light house and his
FAMILY. The men We're Master-at- Arms
Peterson and Quarter .ster Peterson.
Storm Still on.
The heavy rain storm, which is
greatly interfering with railroad and
telegraph companies set in last night,
is still on. 1t is feared that the storm
Will cause much increase in suffering
and some deaths along the coast of
southern Mobile bay Many people are
homeless In that section and are living
IN the woods with scantly supply and
provisions. On DauphYn island there
are 500 people homeless with only
three small buildings in which they
can obtain shelter Forty crc c,!as are
reported In imminenc danger of star.
walton en- Mon Louis island.
Need Food and Clothing.
While there is no suffering in Mobile
proper, there is urgent need at many
points on the southern part of the bay
and assistance In the shape Of food
and clothing, for these people will be-
gratefully received. In some places,
men and women are wearing coffee
sacks for clothing.
Arrests were made at some Of the
lower coast resorts today of negroes
who were caught looting wrecked
houses. 1t has been determined to
send additional details of militia to
Coden and other points nearby to pro-
tect the property.
Twenty Are Drowned.
Eighteen boats were wrecked and
twenty persons were drowned in Her
ron bay, according to the list received
today. All the houses in Heron bay
were destroyed with the exception of
four. All the houses at Alabama Port
were destroyed except two.
| Heavy rain continued throughout the
greater part of the day and caused
much loss and great discomfort BY
noon the total precipitation was close
to four inches. Every building in the
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nearly all of them, was leaking badly
Business men are In dispair, many of
them declaring that continuation of
the rain would utterly destroy their
stock of goods. Much suffering is ex-
pected down the bay, where 1000 peo-
pie are homeless and destitute.
Fatalities In New Orleans.
New Orleans, Oct. 1.-Fourteen
dead and as many more missing Is the
result of last Thursdays hurricane In
the vicinity of New Orleans. Twelve
persons were drowned in Mississippi
sound, two killed in interior towns of
southern Mississippi and more than
dozen fishermen are reported missing
in the delta region Of the Mississippi
river. The summary is based upon re-
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tlement in the region named.
| News From Mobile.
Louisville. KY, Oct. 1.-The first
news by telegraph out of the stricken
city of Mobile was received in Louis
Vile yesterday by the Courier-Journal.
whose correspondent sent dispatch
in roundabout way from an improv-
ised Office in the swamps just on the
edge Of the city. The information Is
given in the dispatch that the loss Of
| life in Mobile and vicinity from the
great storm Of Thursday will probably
reach 120, although the death list in
the city itself will not be large. The
greatest number of lives lost, accord
ing to the dispatch, is as place known
as San Souci beach, a summer resort
near Mobile, where thfrty-nine bodies
were swept away. The dispatch says
are reported to have been recovered.
The property loss in Mobile and
along Mobile bay will probably APP
proximate $8,000,0o0.
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