Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-10-15
Mr.. ETTEL'S LOSS
AT FAIRHOPE, ALA,
Came Near Being Driven From
His Home by Heavy Gale.
wAs q EEARFuL DIsAsIgR

Many Years Swept Away in One
NIght--An interesting Letter.
John w Ethel. who ls spending the
nmmer with HE good wife at Fair
nope, Ala, wheFs be has owned for
keefrel years fine home, hsd
teffible experience 10 the recent storm
here. apd writes his con. Joseph A.
9siel, Of thls city, Of the same.
Being we'll known here, the letter
VIII prove Of especial interest to the
people OF GaInesvilIe. and In order to
let those OF this section know how the
peypIe who were IN the storm suffered
laome Of ihem more than Mr.. and
Mrs. Ettel) We produce a part OF
She letter. which IL as follows;
"Fairhope. Ala, Sept. o.
Your mother came home last night
very much fatigued did not 60 to
meet her on account of the severe
rain storm, but she reached home
safely Itkept on raining and storm
Ing daring the night. and We we're
awakened every half hour.
sat- o'clock 10 che morning we
heard a terrible crash, bat IL was 80
dark one could not see bis hand before
HE face. However. Ne supposed The
corn crib had blown down, and fearing
thai some trees might blow down
went up 70 the garrett and moved the
hos (referFlng 20 the servant boy)
where he soon Tell fast asleep. Short
~ after there developed regular
bombafdment on top Of the roof, aud
against the esst eide OF the house. We
attributed II TO flying pine bnrs and
twlgp. but found later that Il WAS
cansed by fylng shingles taken oti the
roof We most anxlousiy waited for
the break Of day, and iust - the dawn
came We looked out aud saw the crib
cp The ground, and 9 number OF our
fne pine trees laying around
1.-THE storm kept Increasing with
alarming force. and a. 9 o'clock trees
eommenced 20 tumble right snd left
and every where, some crashing Inn
mediately a. our be6ro window bat
90 fac Is 4. M none have struck the
house. Mang trees broke on twenty
feet or more from the ground, and Il is
. dstolute sighst 30 aoiice che etosnIess
stnmpe Our fasorIte cedar tree be-
hind che Kitchen was not broken. hat
was ternAop by che roots, and Il now
laying op top Of the we'll house We
locked our chickens IN the COOP Iept
night, aud they seem 10 be- buried with
debris, ~ ! only see nine o. them this
morning.
"At 3 o'clock che rain abated some,
but the stor1n continues with great
fury. We ventuEed oat towards the
roads where thete was no danger Of
ge,ilne hit. and lind our beautiful pine
grove, in which We have mAnifested 50
mech pride. almost demolished This
was % course SD sight 10 Jour
mother aud myself.
"The fences around the place, a.
we'll ~ che division fences, are now ell
down. A large mulberry tree which
We greatly admired has been demol,
lshed and All che fruit has been blown
~ the pecan trees, This fruit 10 not
yet ripe, and. although we gathered al
large qpantuy, We test that they will
not keep
Although this Is = northeast sioFm
tolf shorel che tide 10 A. high AZ u vss
during the Galveston ilood. The waves
nov Washlne over Ous wharf shout q
foot hlgh. The surrounding private
whAFyes are completely gone, And she /
waves are now daahlag over The ateasas 7
.hir whatves Of fairhope, Sea CID i
And volanta
eve could only stay cat About at.l
,een nlnu,es. aDd will =, yoa knov
what hAppensd u the good Lard spares /
me 20 do -.
"rhe bridge asFoss The tl'rlpg AZ lhs
foot Of The blud I haye iust distov,
efet u gone. AID the water IL nov
aesslf 60 ihe blvd We had O. cook
chat hstle breakfast We ate In che
,.a.ig oon. as the draft ln the kl,cheu
ollh everything clo,ed wss - stroag
IA uoald nos permit the nre % hnra.