The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-28
HURRICANE NOW
MOVES N0RTHWARD
No Loss of Life Reported, But
Destruction of Prop
erty Is H, Wy.
MANY SMALL TOWNS NOT
YET lEARD FROM
Shipping in the Gulf is Heavy
Loser; Real Extent
Not known.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 2f.-Tha
tropical hurricane which for the past
twenty-four hours has been churning
the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and
doing much damage on the coast aud
far inland is tonight whipping through
north Alabama in northeasterly direc-
tion at velocity but slightly less than
that recorded in New Orleans during
the day. Reports received by the AS
sociated Press do not indicate any loss
Of life, but the damage to property
over the territory touched by the storm
is something enormous. All wire conf
munication is seriously disarranged and
In some instances has resulted In cut
ting of cities completely, Mobile not
having been heard from in nearly
twenty-four hours. Numerous wash
outs have occurred, the interruption
from this cause IN one case extending
for thirty miles. Pensacola, where the
maximum velocity OF wind was prob
! ably felt early this morning, reports
| property loss of $5,000,000 in the
city alone, and sends rumors Of loss
firm tonight as the uncertain wiro
which held long enough to CLEAN this
information late this afternoon failed
with the coming of night.
True Story Is Delayed
New Orleans furnished the subject OF
numerous wild rumors during the day,
but authentic reports from there to-
night indicate that while there was
considerable damage to property, there
has been no loss of life in the city.
Wires between New Orleans and the
gulf are prostrated, and IL will be
several days before anything can be
heard from the vast territory between
The Crescent City and the gulf, and be-
fore anything can be heard from the
shipping which is riding out the storm
in the open gulf. Biloxi, Miss, and
Moss Point, Miss, have not been heard
from for twenty-four hours, Moss
Point reporting the water five feet
deep in the streets of the little town
at 10 clock Wednesday night.
There was heavy rain and high
wind at Montgomery, Ala, during the
day. but no serious damage was done.
A gale is blowing at Birmingham to-
night, after a day of steady rain, and
which has been continuous for thirty
six hours.
Atlanta began to feel the storm at
noon today, but up to o clock tonight
its force had not been increased to an
extent porteuding serious results. The
damage to railroads is very heavy. Re-
ports to the officials Of the Louisville
Il Nashville road from the superintend-
cnt Of the Mobile and Montgomery di-
visions indicate that the loss approx
mates 81 100000 The tracks between
Flomation, Ala, and Pensacola, Fla,
are obstructed in many places, and III
some places badly torn up by falling
trees, while the section between
Georgian and Graceville, Fla, has suf-
fered similarly.
Heavy Damage to Roads.
At Pensacola the Louisville Il Nash
Vile grain elevator has been destroyed
and The entire trackage TO Escombla
BAY is ruined The railroad wharf
al Pensacola is reported TO be total
loss and thirty-riuc cars of coal OF tho
company was washed into the bay
Further reports Indicate that the road
he'd between Bay Miuettc. Ala, and
Mobile, a distance of thirty miles, has
been washed away, rendering traffic
impossible. Five hundred section work
men arc being rushed tonight to Mont
gomery and Birmingham TO the sceno
Of the damage.
The Louisville & Nashville also suf-
fercd several washouts near New Or
leans and New Orleans trains are be-
ing run tonight over certain sections
of this trackage, The New Orleans
& Northwestern road reports its track
under water at several places in the
vicinity Of New Orleans. No word has
come from any of the other railroads
having their terminals at Mobile
The waters of Lake Ponchartraln.
which for the past twenty-four hours
have been five feet above normal, caus-
ing n serious overflow in parts of New
Orleans, recedcd appreciably. Tho
water in the submerged districts began