Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-09-28
ANXIETY FOR
GULF TOWNS
Felt in New Orleans
---No Reports
Received.
TERRIBLE WORK Of STORM
Thousands of Dollars Of Prop.
erty Loss...Only one Death
Thus Far.


New Orleans La, Sept. 2S. - New
| Orleans early today was still cut of
absolutely from communication witt
all points on the Gulf coast east 0
here. For thirtysix hours no informa
ton OF any sort came from towns les
than an hours ride by rail In tn,
direction of Mobile. Intense anXiet,
for the Gulf towns which are summe
resorts for New Orleans is felt b,
many members of families separated
by the storm. All day yesterday ant
last night, a washout on the Louisian;
& Northern Railway, twenty-five mile.
from here. marked the furtheres
point eastward reached by rail, tele
graph or telephone.
Twenty-Five Miles From City Nothing
Known.
For hours after the hurricane pass
ed two mile portion of the railroad
hurricane did great damage in it!
incoming tide was expected to al
equally dangerous outward flow of The
receding water This morning Lake
Pontehartrain had calmed and the
high water had fallen 10 almost It's
normal level
Damage to Towns in interior Of State
The first reports from the interior
Mississippi towns indicated that the
hurricane did great damage in the
northward progress. Vicksburg and
McComb City reported buildings in
jured and Jackson and BrookhaveI
reported a ten per cent damage tc
cotton crops.
Trees Across Tracks Blockade All
Traffic.
Reports from Monticello, Mississip
pi, say that considerable damage wa:
done to pine forests near there, hun
dreds of trees being uprooted. Trees
had fallen across the railroad tracks
to such an extent as to practically sus
pend traffic to the east. Brief dis
patches received here indicate that
losses to the interior towns of Mis-.
sissippi alone will reach hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars. No heavy dam
age Is reported at any point but the
storm seems to have demolished a
few thousand dollars worth of prop.
erty in every county and town. The
verified loss of life thus far has been
confined to one man run down by a
train during the storm.
Wreckage Of Homes BestreWs Banks
Of River.
The first news of the havoc wrought
by the hurricane in the lower Missis.
sippi River Delta, was given today by
G. Linsel, pilot who came up the
river on tug boat. He said he
saw the lower banks of the river
strewn with household furniture OF
the fishermen but most of the fami
lies escaped to their lugger rugged
boats. He saw the wreckage of two
or three luggers floating down the
river.
He was unable to learn what be-
came of the occupants. At the Mis-
sissippi River quarantine station two
houseboats were sunk but the crew
were saved
Big Storm Now Central Over
Arkansas.
The weather bureau at Washington
reports today that indications are
that the southern storm now central
in Arkan las is much diminished in
strength. The wind has subsidized and
normal condition prevails. The
storm will doubtless continue in a
northern direction and merge with a
second disturbance that is moving
eartward, north of the Dakotas. Rain
continues in the lower Mississippi
east Gulf and south Atlantic states and
has overspread the middle Mississippi
country in the last twelve hours. For
tonight and Saturday rain is predicted
in the Ohio Valley, the south Atlantic
states and the western middle Allan
tic states and lower lake regions.
First News From Gulf Towns is
Meager.
The first news from Gulf coast
towns in Mississippi which had MOI
been heard from for thirty-six hours
was received today and indicated that
there was probable loss of life
there. Property damage was not men
toned. The message was brought by
a Louisville and Nashville Railroad
official from the Bay of st. Louis
Mississippi, who crossed a washout
at Lake Catherine this morning. He
said reports in the Bay of st. Louis
were that eastward towards Mobile
the railroad tracks were probably lit
tie damaged. No word to indicate any
thing like catastrophe was received
from this section of the coast. It was
reported at Scranton, however, thai
the storm had done considerable dam
age to the railroad tracks. The first
definite news received from the Mis-
sissippi delta today shows that the
Delta was flooded and hundreds OF
fishermen were driven from their
homes but despite the wreckage Of
some boats the loss of life was prob
ably very small.
Coal Fleet Sank In Deep Water.
At Nachez. Mississippi, the feet OF
the Pittsburg Coal Company sank in
deep water two miles below the
city. The loss is estimated at $50.
900. The storm caused severe dam
age at RrOOkhaVen. Mississinni