The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28

A tropical hurricane mas been driv-
ing the water OF the Gulf OF Mexico
In shore for the past eighteen hours
with winds of forty-nve to sixty miles
an hour
The storm had not. abated early
this afternoon. Great loss of property,
but no loss of life had been reported
up to this time. Great apprehension
Ia felt for the safety Of towns on the
gulf coast which were cut off from
communication with New Orleans last
might.
This apprehension was increased by
narrow escapes from drowning re-
ported by the first meagre details TO
reach the city from outlying districts
Lake Poncahartrain and damage TO
the outlying portions OF New Orleans
wrought by the lake. the lake having
risen about five feet because OF In
coming gulf waters.
All wire communication was inter-
rupted and some of the lines are said
to be washed away in the marshes
which the wires sLarned. The roadbed
of the Louisville ard Nashville was
submerged at Lake Catherine. rive
miles east of here.
There were indications OF washouts
and no attempt was made to run
trains over the tracks. The New Or
leans and Northeastern officials stated
that their trestle over Lake Ponchar-
train was under water for distance
OF fifteen miles. Queen and Crescent
trains were prevented from entering
the city by the rise in the lake
Pleasure lteyort Flooded.
Portions of the Zig pleasure wharf
at West End has been broken bys the
waves and part Of the nearby saloons
washed into the lake last night, but
the pleasure seekers had plenty or
time to make good their escape.
That part of the New Orleans be-
tween Lake Glaves and Ursulin
streets is under a Jew inches of water
from the lake backing up. No anxiety
Is felt yet regarding the situation IN
the city. but profracted delay OF news
from the neighbaring towns on INC
gulf has caused apprehension. Bay 81.
Louis. Biloxi and Mississippi City all
In Mississippi are exposed to Missis-
sippi sound. Up to : noon the local
weather bureau has no indications OF
the abatement of the storm.
The last reports before the wires
went down last night indicated Sc
rfous situation especially In the MIS-
sissippi River delta. Port Eads at ths
mouth of the Mississippi River, re-
ported that the wind was from fifty e
sixty miles an hour and that the gull
water was running over the land al
places so deep as to pour over the
ievees into the Mississippi.
About seventy-fiv Austrian families
engaged in fishing and oyster vessels
had taken refuge In boats on Doulluts
canal. The river pilots had been COM
PEELED to abandon what Is known as
Lower Ststion and had taken refuge on
q small steamer.
Great damage to rice crops was also
reported.
Few of the gulf steamers due at New
Orleans had been sighted, but 1t waf
reported that they were standing out
in the open gulf until the storm ended
Yacht Club Keeper Marooned.
The worst damage in the city was al
West End. a summer pleasure resort
largely built on piers over Lake Pom
chartraln and about FIVE miles from the
center of the city. Here the piers
leading to the Southern Yacht Cluf
were washed away. leaving the keeper
his wife and three children maroonec
In the building.
Boats from shore carried the wife
and children from their dangerous po'
post. Portions of an amusement wharf
were washed away, the water eating
| path up to the foot OF a good sizec
| Ferris wheel which stood on the Lake
bank. a shooting gallery and batf
houses going into the lake. Near Wes
End Inhabitants of Bucktown, gamh'
ling resort. were driven from theii
houses. some of which floated from theil
supports. The place is inhabited most
ly By negroes.
Milneberg. another resort on the
lake. was partly submerged last night
and today piles were sent there to
prop up houses which appeared about
to fall into the waves. Much OF the
population OF Milneberg spent last
night in boats The water submerged
what Is known as the rear of the city
as far as Calves and Ursuline streets
At Southport, on the Mississippi
river. above the city. the force of this
wind and waves caused two coal bar
ges to fill and sink while tugs had 6
hard struggle to save other barge'
from going down.
I Waded to safety.
| At Little Woods, near Lake Pontch'
artrain and nine miles from the city
T. Kaugo, his wife and their boy saw
ed their lives last night by wadins
through water which at times was
waist deep. Their house was blown
down and they saw another house col
lapse in the wind.
! Ofheials of the Louisville and Nash
willie Railroad said this afternoon thai
there was small HkeHnoou OF any
trains either arriving at or leaving
New Orleans. They said that the north
west wind was washing the sea ovei
the tracks at Lake Catherine for 4
distance of two miles and tina. 1t l;
impossible to do any work OF recon
struction until the wind abates.
Louisville. and Nashville officials
said they were absolutely without ad
vices as to the condition of their roat
east of Lake Catherine and do no
know II their tracks are washed on
east of that point. A pile driver drift
ted from the Queen and CreScen
tranks arainat the LnuiaYilla ant