The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-10-05
DEVASTATION
At MOBILE

Mobile, Ala, oct. 1.-Haln, Wnlcn
began to fall at midnight Sunday, and
has continued almost uninterruptedly
ever since, increasing in volume until
it now can be best described as torren-
tial is causing the residents of this
stricken city much inconvenience and
suffering. In addition fresh wind
from the southeast has blown down
number of the buildings that were al
ready weakened by the storm For
tunately, however, no one has been
hurt and the relief committee is doing
all in its power to provide shelter for
all who have been driven from their
homes
The circulation of report that the
mayor had received warning from
Washington that storm of cyelonic
intensity, was sweeping up from the
night caused a panic this evening,
but the mayor promptly denied the re-
port, and this had the effect of re-
assuring the weak-hearted.
Good progress was made today de-
spite the rain, in clearing away the
debris caused by the storm, and it is
now possible to make a fairly correct
estimate of the damage. In Mobile
harbor and bay ID vessels were susk,
"a we're driven ashore, and may prove
a total loss, while about fifty barges
and launches met a similar fate
REVIEW OF THE DAMAGE.
Captain Arthur Kimball took the
correspondent of the Publishers Press
association in his tugboat Dawn Sun
day on a trip about the harbor and in
the river that lasted until noon today
1t was possible in this way to secure
a line on the damage done. The tug
first proceeded to Daphne in order that
an attempt might be made to get over
land to Pensacola so that the exact
conditions there might be learned
However, at Daphne DR.. Mason, of
just returned from like mission that
had proved failure He declared that
the dirt road running from Daphne to
Pensacola, was almost washed away;
that big trees covered it in spots;
that beds of quicksand had been un-
covered that were impossible and that
the scenes of ruin along the line were
terrible. He declared that to get to
Pensacola from Mobile it would be
necessary to take a boat across the
" Tensas river, and walk to Bay Min
cite, from which point trains were run
ming. However, he stated that Pensa-
cola was now all right and that the
residents there were not in want of
anything at present
FORT MORGAN WRECKED.
The Sand Island light is still burn
ing, but the assistant keeper, his wife
and four children are missing. The
quarantine plant is still intact as is
Fort Gaines. Fort Morgan was wreck
ed, and will hardly be restored for
some time as the four batteries there
are under orders for Cuba. The fort
is in bad way. All of the houses are
splintered the windows are smashed.
The guns in the batteries are badly
damaged and all of the range finding
stands are wrecked. The ordnance
house was washed away and supplies
of all kinds, including a lot of rifles
and swords, are missing. Several of
the cannon on wheels were washed
out on the beach and one was washed
into a sand hole below the level of
the ground. The flagpole was broken
off at the ground and the building
used for headquarters was one of the
most badly used. The fort, which rests
upon a hill of sand, has been lowered
from its former level at least three
feet. 1t is a singular thing that be-
lore the hurricane the fort has been
increasing in height all the time. The
civil war graveyard which has not
been seen since that period of strife,
was unearthed by the storm. 1t lies
on the south beach and II graves can
be seen. The ground has washed away
on level with the remains of the cof
fins and the skeleton in each of the
graves lie exposed to view on the
white sand.