The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-01
BY w. }. CARVER.

| From Menemoosha to Bay Minette
and through the entire section in
cluded in Baldwin county. the loss by
the storm Is enormous. At Menemoo-
sna, the railroad tracks Of the Louis
! Vile and Nashville road were at least
/ four feet under water. Stranded high
! from the bed of the river lay two
two-masted schooners. They had
nrobably drifted from tneir moorings
when the storm was at its heish'
and had been driven ashore. The
railroad men are preparing To Jden
| them up and remove them 10 the riVe'
nearby. ,,..
A man and his three motherless
children living on an island in the
Spanish river, were rescued from the
! roof of their dwelling, Thursday after
noon when the water was tricklihs
| at their feet. They were bfought 10
the mainland and later were taken 10
Bay Minelte. The head of the family
said he was awakened early Thursday
morning by the noise of the wind.
PerslitO Were in Patah Of
dition of the river he knew 1t was i'm
| nossible to reach the shore in his
boat When the water rose. he ana
the children were forced to go up
stairs and later 10 take Icluse ""
| the roof.
At Carpenter. the next place visited,
| the home of Mr.. Greene. proprietor OF
the saw mill, was badly damaged;
!, the roof of the commissarS' was blown
off and many trees were uprooteu MI.
Greene places his loss at s2.ooo ~
will be greater If the seventy-fve head
OF oxen that strayed away during tn"
storm do not return.
Raw Mfnette did not suffer much
from the storm. The courthouse was
slightly damaged. and the chimney
and roofs of number of private
houses were blown away by the hur
| ricane.
] AT Bav Minette word was received
/ of the devastation OF NUMBER OF
nearby towns. Robertsdale: twenty;Hve
miles away, was practically wiped off
the map. or the seventy-five houses
in the town, but four are now stand
| ing and they. propped up by beams.
are tottering and swaying In the wind.
The school house was blown down and
the general store of w. A. Hammond
was demolished. His loss Is estimated
at $4,000. He and his family were up
stairs when the building caved in. and
they had a narrow escape. The total
loss in the town Is placed at $4,000.
| Summerdale. eight miles beyond
Robertsdale. did not escape the storm.
| The general store was wrecked. the
| houses blown down and all the trees
in the vicinity Of the village were up
rooted. The loss Is believed to be $780,
900.
or all the inland places. none was
more damaged thar. Foley, small
town west OF Bay Minette. Here the
village store was demolished. the mills
so badly damaged that they will have
to be rebuilt. and all the trees in the
vicinity were blown down The loss
here is estimated at $4,000.
| The same conditions prevailed all
along the line of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad Az Dias, Morriston,
Carney and Perdido. the ravages Of
the storm were visible. No town In
Baldwin county escaped damage, al.
though in many Of the villages the
loss was comparatively small
Turpentine and Lumber,
| The greatest loss in Baldwin County
will he to the turpentine and lumber
| industries. The former, for the pres
! ent at least, is ruined. The loss to
the turpentine industry alone, is esti-
mated at 100000 The forests have
been devastated. and the trees lie on the
| ground. Men. who. on Monday, were
reputed wealthy. are today without a
cent. their fortunes having been swept
awoy. One man. who made $4,000 In
two years in the turpentine business
and who invested his profits last Mon
day In the purchase of timber. is today
! penniless. His case is but one of many
The lumber men will lose as heavily
as the owners of turpentine stills. The
millions of feet of timber now lying on
| the ground must be cut at once. This
! will give an over supply that Will
cause the price of lumber to depreciata
greatly.
! The cotton and the sugar cane crops
have been ruined. The former has been
swept away. and the sugar cane fields
( look as If some ono went through them
! with a sharp bladed scythe. The loss
in these industries alone must be at
least 100000.
The total loss in Baldwin County
alone cannot be estimated The fact
that all the crops have been ruined the
| chief Industries destroyed. and that a
rumber of the villages have been so
damaged that 1t is probable they Will
never reach their former standing, gives
| an almost wholly inadequate Idea OF the
| devastation. AS there Is no insurance
| against such loss as that caused by tho
storm. the losers will not recover a cent
The railroads loss Is enormous In
addition to the many repairs that must
be made, the bridges that must DO
strengthened, and the track that must
be reIaid the loss in freight and pas
senger traffic will be considerable.
BY Tuesday If may be possible to hear
from all the towns in the storm belt
north of Mobile. Until word is receiv-
ed to figure the total loss would be
mere guesswork. and probably would be
FAR from the real loss suffered.
The Louisville and Nashville Company
can now run trains 70 Hurricane Bayou
which is at Tcnsas bridge S@eightcen
miles north of Mobile. work train
went to the Mobile River bridge fifteen
miles from Mobile. Beyond there and
all of the way to Mobile is chaos.
An enormous force of men is at work
repairing the damage to the railroad
tracks
("Mr. Carver is city editor of The
Mobile Register. He left Mobile
Thursday at midnight and made his
way by boat, horseback and on foot
to Bay Minette, reaching there Friday
at noon. He was the first correspond
ent to send the news of the devastd-
ton of Mobile. Mr.. Carver came /"
Montgomery yesterday to rest aftci
spending four days in the devastated
country
NOTICE.