The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-03

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and that after crossing Baldwin Cour .
1t delivered its fetal blow at Co.'S a
and the Portersville country. IS
Mr. Mann says that the beauty bit
OF Gulf coast known at Florida F.yit, at
the opening Of Perdido Bay. been
was formerly long and be- .iful pe"-
white sand. -
At Caswell. Mr.. Mann and his neigh
borhood sustained a total loss of
$4,000. but the homes were saved.
though badly damaged
News From Harris.
The first news since the storm from
Harris, on the sound, east Of Pensac ola,
also reached the city this afternoon.
The storm devasted the water front
there and destroyed several houses.
Mrs. A. 9. Harris, the postmistress and
who conducted the largest business in
the place. lost both her home and her
store.
Senator Stephen R. Mallory, who has
been In Pensacola ever since the storm
and Collector Of the Port ]. Estillman,
this afternoon went over to Santa Rosa
Island to Investigate the damage done
Pensacola's famous natural break wa
ter. They found that this IL land so
valuable to the Pensacola harbor had
ultimately effect the excellence of the
harbor which was called by Chairman
Theodore Burton Of the rivers and har-
bors committee. the finest natural an
chorage grounds In the world
They found that there were two
large breaks in the island at the site Of
the life saving station and the wreck
OF the quarantine station. They pass
ed through these breaks from the gulf
to the harbor over the island In a row
boat One OF the breaks. the one near
est the site Of the life saving station,
Is the quarter Of a mile wide and two
and half feet deep.
The other Is q mile nearer the quar-
antine station. 1t lie a mile wide and
three, feet deep. There never before
was break Of any sort in Santa ROSA
Island. No sailor remembers such a
thing and no history has an appropria-
tion FOR building jetties to stop the
break. the excellence of the Pensacola
harbor would be seriously jeopardixed.
Teague's Oner Received.
Mayor c. H. Bliss today received a
telegram from Mayor w M. league Of
Montgomery offering Pensacola $500 on
immediate needs. Mayor Bliss replied
expressing Pensacola's deep apprecia-
ton Of the generosity Of the officer,
but voicing the confidence of the City
OF Pensacola that she was able to meet
all the needs and requirements Of the
emergency. Montgomery's offer was
the first direct offer received by PEN
sacola. Governor N. B. Broward, also
wired Mayor Bliss today offering the
aid Of the State of Florida in the city's
needs and expressing his willingn ess
to see that Pensacola got any immed-
late assistance she might need. The
mayor, however. replied that Pensacola.
while deeply grateful for the offer of
the giver and of others would not find
1t necessary to take aid from outside
sources.
In the meanwhile the public spiri
and generosity Of the people Of Pen
sacola Is arounsed as 1t has neve
been aroused before. The firm OF Rocl
and Company. Of which Emil Roch, late
ly Of Montgomery. is a member, ant
which Is the Oldest firm of restauran
ters in the city. today gave to the re
lief committee $50 meal tickets to b.
distributed among the hungry and tn
needy. This incident shows how tn
people Of Pensacola. with a pecuiia
pride. are generously rising 70 NEE
every need
In the meanwhile the relief com
mittee and subscription committee ar,
feeding the hungry and clothing tn,
destitute. If there are any poor suffer
ing in and around Pensacola 1t is onl!
because they haven't made their wants
known. Each day, agents of the relic
committee visit Woolsey and othel
points that suffered severely from tn,
storm looking for the modest poor wht
have hesitated In making their wants
known.
Work Of Sanitary Department.
The jewellers in inland cities, whit
may not yet have obtained an adequat,
idea Of the violence of the hurricane
with it's one hundred miles an hour We
locity. may get 1t from the reports mad,
Of a single days work by the sanitar!
department. The report dealt freel!
with the violent death met by domesti,
animals and fowls as indicated by tn,
dead bodies pile up in the city. The san
itary forces today's report showed tina
the department had moved the remain
Of 1000 chickens, thirty dogs. ten goats
200 cats. twenty-five ducks. two gees,
and four cart loads of rats.
The Munson liner Vidar, Norwegian
ship, left Pensacola harbor this after
noon to make her third attempt to ge
into Mobile Bay. .>...
The Vidar reached the outer bar o.
Mobile harbor as the storm was at 1T
height Thursday morning. In the
storm, she was held back by the bal
outside Of Mobile Bay. A second at
tempt was made a little later with thu
same lack of success
On the second attempt, some govern
ment steamer. supposedly the WiRona
signalled her from the inside not t.
come over as the attempt was too dan
gerous. She then put into Pensacol;
harbor to await a more propitious time
and since then she has been hurried.
The German schooner Frederick Hue
ker, from Hanover. had exactly th
same experience She. too, tried tn
get over the Mobile bar as the storm
was subsiding, btu the trip could no
be successfully made. She shifted sal
and made for Pensacola. wher she ha
heen since the storm left. She. too
left today for Mobile.
A trunk belonging to Mrs. Cotton. Al
aged and wealthy resident of Pensa
cola, was found by the police last nigh
among the wreckage in the western
portion OF the city. Looters had beei
at work on the trunk, which was know
to contain q treasury of gold and sill
yer The trunk was known by friend
| Of Mrs Cotton to have contained
| store of valuable gold and silver plate
| together with some amount of money
| A few silver articles had been left IL
! the trunk by the hooters. tigether Wit
an empty tin box which had been rippe
omen by some vandal hand. Mrs. Cot
| ton. who lived near the head of BARGE
| Iona street, has not been heard from
| since the storm ana so the extent OF he
| loss is not known to the police.
At an early hour this morning two
enecial police officers discovered two
negroes in the act OF looting a trunk
thew had found on tho beach near
Deviliers street.
Fight with LOOters.
The negroes saw the oftcers as they
slipped through the darkness to ar
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