Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-28
ALL TRAINS HAVE
 STOPPED RUNNING Nov Orleans Is Still Cut of from Outside World and No Information
 Received from Adjacent Towns. EAMIIlEc ARE cEpARATFn
FAMILIES ARE SEPARATED
Passenger Who Saw Trees Falling and Cabins Carried Away
 By Rush of Water.

New Orleans, Sept 28.-New Or
 leans early to-day was still cut off
 absolutely from communication with
 points on the gulf coast east of here.
 For thirty-six hours no information
 of any sort had come from towns less
 than an hours ride by rail in the
 direction of Mobile and anxiety re-
 garding the situation in those places
 became intense. The gulf towns are
 . summer resort for New Orleans and
 the members of many families have
 been separated by the storm. All day yesterday and all last night the wash-
 out on the Louisville & Nashville
 railroad twenty-five miles from here
 marked the farthest point eastward reached by rail. telegraph or tele- phone. For hours after the hurri- cane had passed the two mile por- tion of railroad tracks which was submerged by the incoming tide was exposed to the equally dangerous outward flow of the receding high water. Local Louisville & Nashville officials to-day announced all trains cancelled until fnrth1- notice.
 This morning Sake Ponchartrain had calmed and the hig.water fallen tO very near it's DJr.n1l level.
 The first reports from interior Mis- sissippi towns indicated that the hur- ricane did great damage in its north ward progress. Vicksburg and Mo- Comb City reported buildings injured and Jackson and Brookhaven report cd damage of ten per cent to the cot ton crop.
 Dr w. N. Gallaird, a passenger on the first New Orleans and Northeast ern train which came into the city last night, said the train was com Boiled to run slow through the storm with trees continually fall ing, some of them threatening to block the tracks in their crash. Un- rcofed or demolished negro cabins were continually passed. Frequently. he said ,1ashinG of the wind. and crack of trees made a voer which drowned out the trains rumble.
 Reports from Monticello. Miss. say that considerable damage was done to pine forests near there. Trees have fallen across the railroad tracks to such an extent as practically to suspend railroad traffic toward the east of Monticello.
 Report indicate that the losses in Interior towns of Mississippi alone will reach hundreds of thousands of Sorro.. Tha ctOrrn opnooro fo have l a few thousand dollars worth of property in every county and town, tearing off roofs and blow Ing down scores of old frame build- lngs.
 vicksburg reports damage to ship ping.
 In addition to reports of cotton crop losses, passengers on incoming train tell of widespread damage to timber. Verified loss of life thus far s confined to the death of one em- ,loye on the New Orleans and North eastern who was run down by train turing the storm. Reports of the collapse of hotel at McComb county brought in by passengers on the Illi- lois Central have not been confirmed.
 New Orleans, Sept 2S.-Thc first hopeful report since the storm abated lere early last night was brought in ,y a Grand Island train which came ID the bank of the Mississippi from a ,0int of about 70 miles below the .ity. The train reported that they lad seen no serious damage although 1t several places the water was an nch deep over the rails.
 New Orleans, which apparently vas on the eastern edge of the hurri- ( ane. suffered damage to property of { bout S75OOO which included the loss f several coal barges. all but two of { hem empty which foundered in the river.
 The remainder of the damage was ( one along the shore of Lake Pont- hartrain and along the railroad.
 The telephone service in the city Tas badly crippled by the blowing f own of poles. c