Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-04
ATTEN TON
TO RELIEF
MOBILE STREETS HAVE BEEN
CLEARED AND oUTWARDLY
LOOKS AS GOOD AS EVER
TRAFFIC NOW RESUMED
Relief Work on Communities Down the
Bay is Being systematized-Now
Working ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is Car
ing for Its own-cheer in Florida.

Working Acknowledgements Is gar
ina for Its own-cheer in Florida.
Mobile, Oct. 2-No storm appeared
during the night and there is none I'M
mediately at hand this morning. Tele-
graph facilities are gradually being re-
stored all railroads except the Louis
vile and Nashville are running on
schedule time, the city streets nave
been cleared of debris and, save for
the battered conditions Of many bulld-
ings, Mobile is outwardly at least as
good as ever. The relief work OF the
stricken communities down the bay Is
now systematized and working admir-
ably.
At a meeting Of the citizens relief
committee, held yesterday afternoon,
it was agreed that while Mobile Is en-
tirely able to care for the suffering
within her own city limits, contribu-
tons from the neighboring sections OF
the country will be accepted for the
aid of the sufferers in the towns on the
northern part of the bay.
Reports from that section are not
different in character from those pre-
viously published. At Alabamaport
there are thirty five people wholly des-
titute. At Heron bay there is an
equal scarcity Of all comforts and
necessities and, moreover, consider
able sickness with a total absence OF
medical supplies and surgical instru-
ments. The situation on Mon Louis
island Is not as bad as previously re-
ported. There are some local supplies
but scarcity of medical supplies. Bed
ding carried to Golden is not sufficient
to last for any time and must be fire.
quently renewed.
Cheerful at Pensacola.
Pensacola, Oct. "A feeling OF
cheerfulness after days Of gloom pre-
walls in stricken Pensacola today, and
the citizens faced the situation with
vim. It is known that the destroyed
portions of the city, wharves and mills
will not only be rebuilt, but on larger
scale
The morning broke badly, down
pour Of rain drenching the thousands
of workers who are employed In clear
s ing away the wreckage. The water
front assumed more pleasant aspect,
while many boats and ships had been
floated, while wreckers were busily en-
gagged in making repairs and getting
vessels in condition. Within few
days the Chapman-Merritt Wrecking
company of New York will have it's en-
tire feet of wreckers here.
Trains Washed Into Bay.
The Louisville & Nashville learned
today that two solid trains loaded
with freight and the engine had been
lost about ten miles from the city on
the Pensacola and Atlanta divisions.
The trains were left on the tracks by
the crews when the water put out the
engine fires, and were washed into the
bay and lost, the engine being buried
in the sand.
Sensational reports published In
some papers and sent out by the spe
cial correspondents are being harshly
criticised and today the mayor issued
a statement to The Associated Press
saying that The Associated Press es.
innate of $5,0O0,000 loss is conserya.
tive
Ask No Assistance.
Pensacola, Fla, Oct. 2.-Governor
Broward today wired the mayor of
Pensacola that if the citizens Of Pen
sacola desired, he would Immediately
issue a proclamation calling upon the
people of the state and outside world
for assistance AS yet the offer has not
been accepted, the city believing 1t
can pull through without assistance
from the outside. The list of the dead
has not grown any but there is a
stencil arising for a mile or more from
the debris along the water front just
west of the city. 1t is believed that in
the piles of debris will be found many
bodies.
Fine Buildings Damaged.
Many fine new buildings have been
damaged to a great extent. In fact
outside of the city the navy yard and
Warrington. it's resident section, have
suffered more than any other locality
No move has been made by the army
to rehabilitate the deserted forts across
the bay.
Fort McRae has been swept almost
off the earth with it's new and modern
batteries and disappearing guns. 1t
was here five men were drowned and
five others underwent much narrowing
experience. They are now chained in
the army hospital raving maniacs
Fort Pickens has been greatly dam
aged, but not to the extent that Fort
McRae is.
DIES CHASING HIS HORSES.