The Mena weekly star., 1906-10-04
SUFFERING N G|JH COAST
Many Persons Homeless and With out Food and Clothing as a Re-
 suit of Great Flsed.
CITIZENS OF MOBILE SENDING RELIEF

Supplies of Necessaries Being Forwarded
 as Fass us Possible to Stricken Points.
 Negroes Arrested for Looting Wrecked
 Houses Heavy Rainstorm Adds to
 Hardships of the People.
 Mobile, Ala, Oct 2.-A heavy rain storm which is greatly interfering with the railroad and telegraph com panies set in Sunday night and is still going on. No wind has accom- panied the rainfall as yet but the dowapour has been exceedingly heavy and has enormously increased the difficulties of construction gangs.
 It is feared too, that it will cause much increase of suffering and some deaths along the coast of the south end of Mobile bay. Many people are homeless in that section and are liv- ing in the woods with scanty SUD- plies of provisions. The exposure of another storm canuot but have ser ious effect on women and children.
 On Dauphin island there are five hundred people homeless with only three small buildings in which they can obtain shelter. Despite the fact that two relief expeditions were sent out Sunday. there are not more than enough provisions for more than one day and additional supplies were sent down early Monday. While there is no suffering in Mobile proper, there is urgent need at many points on the southern part of the bay and assist ance for these people will be grate- fully received.
 Arrests were made at some of the lower coast resorts Monday of ne groes who were caught footing some of the wrecked houses and it has been determined to send additional details of militia to Coden and other points nearby to protect property. Word was received Sunday night that from 30 to 40 creoles on Mon Louis island are destitute and in imminent danger of starvation. It is doubtful however, if anything can be done for them before Tuesday.
 The citizens of Mobile have under taken relief measures with energy dbO diG SGiluaiiS lpOu anu tAothih5 tO the stricken points as rapidly as pos sible Next to food. the great need is for ciothing. Men and women, in some places, have been feduced to wearing coffee sacks for clothing and there are few sacks to be had at that.
 The first thing done by the relief expedition sent from here Sunday to Coden was to give the people cloth ing with which to cover themselves. | The suffering has been intense at Bayou La Batre and is still acute. Members of the relief committee which visited that place. reported that they were followed through the streets by little children who were crying and begging piteously for bread. A large number of tents were taken to Dauphin island Sunday night and more were taken Monday.
 New Orleans, Oct. 2.-Fourteen dead and as many more missing is the result of last Thursdays hurri- cane 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 dozen fishermen are reported missing In the delta region of the Mississippi river south of this rity
 This summary is based on reports rom almost every town or settlement n or about the regions named, such ,laces as could not be communicated with by telegraph, having been reached by boat or horse.
 New Orleans is still without suf- ficient telegraph communication and eastern mails are three to four days over due