The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-29
FIFTY LIVES LOST.
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eastern cities who had been held at
Scranton, Miss, by the hurricane.
They said that Horn Island light
house was swept into the sea by the
wind and waves and that the keeper
and his family went WTith the structure
News of another Horn Island dis
aster was brought to Scranton by Cap
tain Barker of the schooner Daisy
which was wrecked on that island with
the loss of one of her crew. Captain
Barker said that after he and the four
men constituting his crew had swan
ashore from the schooner, the rising
waters drove them into the trees. Sam
Ward. a negro who climbed a small
and weak tree, was apparently shaken
by wind and waves from his hold and
was drowned.
The Scranton passengers were taken
by a tug around the break in the
tracks at that place and boarded the
train at Ocean Springs.
Twenty-Five Dead at Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla, Sept. 29.-The vast
ness of the destruction wrought by the
hurricane of Thursday morning is now
being realized. Twenty-Five persons
are known to have been drowned. They
are:
Mrs. Eva F. Prentice and baby.
Private Jordan.
An unknown artIAeryman.
Edward Hughes.s4s N
Unknown negro man and wife.
Mrs Lebsan Gonzales.
George Gonzales.
Mrs. T. F. Matthews and two small
children
Three unknown seamen from Brit
ish steamer at the quarantine hospital.
Attendants Collier and Ross or the
quarantine hospital
Two unknown Greeks at Bagdad-
George Morgan, wife and daughter.
An unknown fisherman.
Only four bodies have been recovered
those of Mrs. Prentice, George Morgan
and daughter and George Gonzales.
Searching parties are tearing away the
debris strewn along the beach and al
though several bodies have been seen
the workers have as yet been unable 70
Looters followed in the wake of the
hurricane and Is extra policemen arc
on guard.
calls for charity have been made to
assist the poor and every thing possib e
to relieve the 1000 homeless is being
done.
Santa Rosa quarantine station, across
the bay from the city, has been demol-
ished. There were eight seamen in the
hospital from a British steamer. The
hospital building was carried away, the
eight men clinging to the roof. Five
were washed up on tbs side after a
night of terror on the bay and the other
three were drowned with two nurses
The United States quarantine station
has been destroyed,
Revenue Cutter Sunk.
washington. Sept. Assistant
Secretary Edwards has received a tel
egran from F. NJ. Rock, engineer in
charge of the revenue cutter Alert,
dated at Mobile, September Is. as fol-
lowing:
Alert was sunk at her berth at Z
o'clock this morning by the river
steamer Nellie, running into her dur
ing a violent easterly gale. Impos-
sible to estimate damages at present :
Nothing has been heard of the rev.
enue cutter Winona or the launch
Penrose, which was in Mobile harbor
at the time of the hurricane.
Fit Morgan Under Water
Washington, Sept. 29.-The military
secretary has received the following
telegram from Captain Dwyer. COM
handing at TT. Morgan, at the en-
trance of Mobile harbor, ,aateS yes
terday:
THE Post has been swept by a ter
rife storm, the entire post having
been under water. Every building
in the post is seriously damaged and
some have been destroyed completely,
including the pumping station, which
furnished the water supply. ordnance
storehouse, quarterrnaster's dock and
the main water tank It Is thought
possible to have water transported
from Mobile TEN porarily after storm
subsidies. Request authority for nee
essary emergency repairs. Request
inspectors be sent to ascertain and re-
port upon damage. No casualties so
far as known"