Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-02
ECHOES OF THE STORM.


received at the Navy Department, the
storm at Pensacola was much worse than
had been thought One thing illustrates
the severity of the storm. The gunbost
Machias, lying in what is known as the
"drydock BASIN" where 30 or 40 years
ago drydock was moored, was picked
mp by the great rush of water, carried
across the entire navy yard, passed over
the surrounding wall and was finally de-
posted outside the government reservs-
ton, third of mile from where she
was anchored before the storm broke.
The wind at one time was 100 miles an
hour, and for nearly two whole days
maintained an average of 70 miles an
hour. The house of the paymaster OF
the yard was destroyed. Three or four
small vessels, tugs and coal lighters we're
carried up from the water front onto
what is now dry land. The whole yard
was covered with eight feet of water.
A dispatch from New Orleans says
the deaths of Lighthouse Keepers Neil
Nelson and Andrew Hunson, and the
washing of their lighthouse into the sea
is reported by Lighthouse Inspector
Sears. This makes six lives known to
have been lost in the wrecking of the
sound lighthouse alone. Mr.. Sears also
reported six beacon lights destroyed and
Ship Island lighthouse ruined. Four
teen dead and as many more missing is
the results of Thursday's hurricane in
the vicinity of New Orleans, Twelve
persons were drowned in Mississippi
Sound, two were killed in interior towns
of southern Mississippi, and more than
a dozen fishermen are reported missing
in the Delta region of the Mississippi
river south of New Orleans.
Bsydad, Fla, and vicinity suffered
terribly ia the hurricane. The tide rose
10 feet above ordinary high tide and
the whole country was inundated.
The lower floors of all the immense saw
mills were from four to five feet under
water. The water in the road between
there and Milton is 10 feet deep in many
places. The streets are blocked with
fallen trees and debris, and all electric
light and telephone wires are down.
The damage at all the mills is heavy,
and it will be many days before they
can resume operations.
At the Bay Point and Robinson Point
Mills, there and FIVE miles from Bagdad
respectively, the loss will be very heavy.
The Robinson Point Mill was completely
wrecked, besides the loss of lumber and
logs will amount to thousands of dollars.
At Bay Point the Office and store are
wrecked, and lot of the goods foated
away and we're found on the beach at
Bagdad.
A second storm flooded Mobile yester-
day and many fled in fear of another hur-
ricane. There was great havoc by the
heavy rainfall. Increased losses are re-
ported, due to four-inch rainfall on hum
dreds of unroofed warehouses. The top
pling structures we're weakened by the
deluge. Citizens were nervous over indi-
cations of another blow and feared to go
TO bed.
At 1920 O'Clock last night a storm
was according to the Mobile forecast, ap-
preaching from precisely the. same di-
rection as the hurricane of last week.
The barometer, which had been steady
all day, was beginning to fall, and a
heavy drizzle which, when accompanied d
by a declining barometer, is said by ves-
selmen to be invariably followed by a
high wind, was falling.