The Washington times., 1906-09-30
Storm Fatalities
Approaching 200;
Soldier Drowned

MERIDIAN, Miss, Sept -ZS.-Late
adVices from Mobile this afternoon. via
the Mobile and Ohio railroad, the only
outlet from the stricken city, state
that the damage and destruction by
the storm is greater than al first expect
ed, and that the death list viii proc
ably reach two hundred when the re-
ports are received from the interior.
The great tidal wave at lowest point
was ten feet deeper than that OF thirteen
years ago. swept Tar inland and
wrecked many Of the small saw mill
plants, and many lives are feared for
az a result The turpenttne orchards
have been wrecked all around Mobile,
and the loss will reach millions OF dol
lars to that and the timber business.
Soldier Washed in Sea.
The first word from Fort Morgan
came late this afternoon. Private Muir
ply Of the Ninety-ninth Regiment rush-
ed to the wharf when the first distress
signal gun was hred, ana was washed
into the sea Two others, said to have
followed, are reported lost. All wharSks
and everything outside OF the walls at
the wharf are demolished. and nearly
every house is unr0ofed or overturned
No fatalities are reported, however All
ofhcers and female members OF their
families are housed IN the hospital
building. which was unroOfed, but which
provides a safe retreat and protection.
Coden. Ala. and Bayou, la. have
been swept from the map. II is stated,
only the hotel building being left stand
ing at Coden. where the greatest loss OF
life so far reported occurred
Mother and Children Killed.
Mr.. G.. /. Hazen and TWO children. Of
New Castle, Pa. are the only guests
at Del Champs reported killed. Mrs
Stuart McRae. wife Of State Senator
McFae, ard her youngest daughter were
killed at Coden. Major d. J. Stevens
ard Ma Simon Klosky, whose husband
founded the famous hotel there Of that
name, her grandson, and colored sci j.
want we're drowned at Coden. III q
Misses A.exandra, sisters. one deaf and
the other blind, were other victims at
COder.
Every house in Mobile has been dam
aged. the greatest havoc being confined
TO the business district
Beautiful Bionvnle Park is wrecked. |
From one of the best and most beautiful
shaded cities in the South. Mobile is
now a barren waste. Only fo'Ir lives ars
known TO have been lost at Mobile. |
Three colored people and a colored baby |
were killed by falling walls.
The cotton crop and lumber industries /
are paralyzed by the STORM all through |
the South and the Mississippi Valley, |
both being damaged 80 per cent.
Millions Lost in GuIfport.
Property damage at GuIfport Will run
into the millions. the Gulf and Ship Is |
land railroad being the principal loser.
The great pier was wrecked by some |
thirty schooners and other vessels being
dashed against it. the boats being re- |
duced TO kindling wood. The new op- /
era house was destroyed and hundreds /
OF buildings unroofed and otherwise !
damaged. The town is in darkness.
Havoc in Hattiesburg.
DELAYED information by mail from /
brings advices this after
noon OF great havoc wrought in and 1
around that section and South Missis- /
sippi by the storm. It is estimated that
fifty Del. cent Of the yellow pine timber
has been destroyed and il is feared that
many lives have been lost.
A dispatch from New Orleans says
that passenger traffic was resumed on
the Louisville and Nashville railroad to-
day as far as PascagoUla- forty miles
west Of Mobile. Ninety passengers from
New York and other Northern cities ar
rived in New Orleans on the first train
this morning. They had been detained
in sleeping cars on the Gulf coast dur
ing the recent hurricane Many OF them
became excited and the women were
frightened The Louisville and Nash
ville east Of Pascagoula, Is still washed
out in several pla .es. preventing the
operation of trains from Mobile 10 New