Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
RUIN AND DEATH
SCORED AGAIN BY
STORM IN SOUTH
Fierce Tornado Sweeps Over
New Orleans and Vicinity.
FIVE KNOWN TO BE DEAD
Buildings Were Blown Down and
Great Damage Done.
PATH FROM 80 TO so FEET
Wind Had Terrific Velocity and One
Man Was Taken Up Bodily and
Carried a Distance.
Buildings Were Blown Down and
Great Damage Done.
PATH FROM 80 TO so FEET

DdIcly lidVc Tic ulStleSS dllu llOl-
ror consequent upon the West In
dian hurricane which swept over
the gulf cities died away when adj
vices come of another terrific storm
in New Orleans and Louisiana.
Four people were killed and others
injured in the little city of Pontcha-
loula, near New Orleans, and many
roofs were blown off and other
havoc wrought in the southern me-
tropolis. Half million of property
damage was done and a score of
people injured, with one man
killed. 1t is reported that there
were three separate storms.
NEW ORLEANS, October "a special
from Hammond. La, on the Illinois Cen
trail road about fifty miles from New Or
leans, says that a tornado struck Pont-
chatoula. near here, this morning. killing
four people and inJuring number. The
damage to property was heavy.
Roofs Blown Of.
NEW ORLEANS, October "A tornado
passed diagonally across the residential
portions of New Orleans about am. to-
day. taking off roofs, tearing down fences
and doing other damage. No one Is re-
ported injured The tornado crossed the
river about Jena street in the uptown dis
trict and cut across to the rear of the third
ward. one side of which is bounded by
1ctr oft
In the districts affected.
Further reports indicate that a number
of houses were blown down by the wind
IN different parts of the city. A house at
LIST and Magnolia streets is reported de-
molished and a woman and child severely
hurt. A factory at Erato and Magnolia Is
also reported to have suffered severely.
Skating Rink Down.
The Jai Ala skating rink, at Milan and
Carondel streets, was blown to pieces and
the debris from II scattered in every di-
rection. AS reports come in the damage
in the way of houses destroyed increases.
There reports also of people hurt by
flying timbers.
New Market Leveled
The tornado, crossing the river near Au-
dubon Park. swept in a northwesterly di-
reotion over the city. crossing the canal to
the wood side of Claiborn. Along Its whole
path of three miles or Ilore damage was
done Telephone poles were Frustrated,
and communication with many parts of
the city was rendered impossible. The Pc
tiers Avenue car line was temporarily put
out Of business At Toledano and Sara
toga streets a new market in process of con-
struction was leveled. Five new residences
in that neighborhood were razed A negro
IN Douglas square was picked up bodily
and was blown some distance. Some dam
age was done at the oil mill in the same
neighborhood
Three Storms.
There were at least three separate tor
nadoes, 1t is reported.
One of the tornadoes passed through five
miles of the residence and factory sec
ton of New Orleans today injured at
least score of persons and did fully
100000 damage Half an hour after the
tornado had left the city travelling in
northerly direction. telegram from
Hammond, La, fifty miles north of here
said that four persons had been killed
in a tornado at Pontchatoula, a nearby
town. Great property damage at Pontcha-
toula was also reported.
A report brought in from the neigh
borhood OF Lake Pontchartrain, outside
the city limits. that lives had been lost
there Later the death of a man named
Howes was reported at the lake but these
reports lacked confirmation. Although sew
eral deaths were reported in New Orleans
Immediately after the storm, investigation
showed that probably not a life was lost
here.
Many OF the injuries occurred near Rob-
erts street and the river front, where the
Columbia oil mill and the Jefferson saw
mill were badly damaged. woman and
child were injured.
Low-Hanging Cloud.
The tornado entered the city near Au-
dubon Park having crossed the Mississippi
river from the farming country opposite
that point. The wind was accompanied by
a 1ow-hanging cloud and a heavy rumble
1t Travelled northwest until 1t reached the
fine residence portion of the city at ST.
Charles and Napoleon avenues. Here the
damage was the lightest done in any part
OF the tornado's course.
From st. Charles the wind proceeded
straight ahead to Marriage and Carondelet
streets, where IL veered sharply to the
northward. and in this direction passed out
of the city.
Path From 80 to SO Feet Wide.
The path OF the tornado through the city
was from thirty to fifty feet wide This
narrow zone strewn with bricks from
demolished chimneys detached boards. I'D
rooted trees. fallen telegraph poles and an
occasional roof. 1t was the falling of these
objects which caused most OF the injuries
peculiar feature of the disturbance in the
city was the fact that few persons wi hin
half a mile of the tornado's path knew
there had been a storm, and the local
United States weather bureau received the