Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-28
CORRESPONDENTS MISSING
Newspaper Men Sent to Coast Not
Heard From
Rv esociated Press

Bv Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 27-AU ef
forts to penetrate even the edge of the
flood caused by the hurricane In the
Gulf of Mexico from the east and south
OF mere has been fruitless tonight UP to
a period of almost twenty-four hours of
the receipt of the last message from the
exposed towns.
Apprehension was increased by the
fact that these places, beginning at
Lake Catherine, the scene of the food
ing of the Louisville & Nashville tracks
and the farthest point each reached
thus far, are much more exposed to
wind and water than the gulf cities
which have harbors.
From Lake Catherine eastward those
towns are Bay ST. Louis, Pass Chris
tian, Miss, Biloxi, Ocean Springs. Pas
cagoula and Scranton. These places
face the Mississippi sound, across
which the wind has long sweep. Some
of them extend up to the very brink of
the sound, which is in places not more
than six to ten feet above the normal
sea level. Many of these banks are.
moreover, of soft earth.
Staff correspondents of local newspa-
perS who Yesterday afternoon left here
and distributed themselves along the
shore of Mississippi sound in anticipa-
ton of the storm have not been heard
from. Although their papers have tried
to reach them by roundabout kilograms
northward into the middle of Mlssissip-
pi and thence to the coast, not an inti-
nation of the situation has been re-
ceived long after dark tonight.
Not only was all rail and Geographic
and telephone communication cut off
with the Mississippi sound towns. but
there was no immediate prospects of
news by boat. No craft of any sort has
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dark.
The wireless station at the mouth of
the river was abandoned early in the
storm. the report being that there was
about eight feet of water over the floor
of the operators room.
Despite the anxiety here tonight,
however, there was a general belief that
few If any lives have been lost. This
hopefulness was due to the fact that
the coast inhabitants had two days
warning of the approaching storm. All
reports from these places last night
were to the effect that water was rising
and the Inhabitants preparing for
emergencies. The full extent of the iso-
lation of New Orleans today, from the
other gulf centers, was apparent in a
lull in business. especially in wholesale
circles.
New Orleans Cut OF
BY long distance telephone New Or
leans could be reached only from Baton
Rouge and Houston, Texas, while the
available telegraph wires ran to Gal
weston, Houston and Memphis. Rail-
road service north and west was unin-
terrupted.
No news has been received from the
steamer Camelia, which at the Begin
ming of the hurricane last night had
crossed Lake Ponchartrain and was
about to land forty passengers at Milne
berg, but was forced to run back with
out making her dock and to recross the
lake. Nearly all the ports where the
Camelia might have stopped for shell
ter have been cut off from communica-
tion with New Orleans today,
officials of the Louisville & Nashville
railroad this afternoon said there was
little likelihood of any trains arriving
or leaving New Orleans.
They said the northwest wind was
washing the sea over the tracks al
Lake Catherine for a distance of two
miles and that 1T is impossible to dc
any work of reconstruction until this
wind abates Louisville e. Nashville
officials say they were absolutely with
out advices as to the situation on theii
road east of Lake Catherine.
| Although the wireless station here
managed to speak with steamers 30C
miles out In the Gulf of Mexico today
| and as far as Key West, no answer was
| returned to calls for the wireless tatior
! at Pensacola The steamers far out In
| the gulf reported a calm sea-