The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-01

The number of casualties in the great storm of last Wednesday is slowly in- creasing as messages are received from places which have heretofore been inac- cessible. The total last night of the known dead was seventy-five. This number was brought up to a certainty of seventy-nine, and a possibility of 1O2 by the reports which reached Mobile during the night and early today. Four bodies not before counted have been found at Coden. and 1t Is estimated that twentyythree lives have been lost from the oyster fleet around Cedar Point. This last estimate is not known to be accurate, and is prob, ably somewhat exaggerated for the req son that 1t includes among the dead every man aboard fishing boat who has not been heard of since the storm. It is known that some of the boats on which these men were have been driven ashore. and it Is entirely possible that some of the crews managed to reach the shore.
 It does not seem likely at present that the death.roll will amount In his vicinity to more -tl1aif-4s5.
 Mobile itself is rapidly emerging from the confusion caused by the storm. Large gangs of men were kept working all of Sunday in clearing the streets of debris, three of the street car lines have com menced to run for the first time since Wednesday, the confusion along the docks Is rapidly being repaired, and business will be at normal action as soon as the railroads are able to run trains
 Railway Is Crippled.
 As yet the Louisville and Nashville is still disabled. and the only road which Is not able to maintain a schedule. As to the time when that road will be open for regular traffic is conjectural It will cer- tainly be the best part of fortnight be- fore 1t will be running trains between Mobile and New Orleans. The Southern and the Mobile and Ohio are running trains as before the storh.
 The situation along the coast to the west of this city Is now fairly well known. At Scranton Miss. one church, the Odd Fellows hall and several build ings were blown down.
 At Pascagoula beach not a residence is left standing. the river front at that point is completely torn up, and the light house there has been destroyed. Shipping at this point, however, has not been bad ly damaged. The revenue cutter Wnona, for which much fear was entertained, is 
 cutter rescued the keeper of the Pasca- gonla lighthouse and his family during the storm. The keeper of the Horn Island lighthouse just outside of Scranton lost his life. The captain of tug which came near the house at the commencement of the storm urged him to leave, but he re- fused to abandon his post, and in a short time was drowned. The entire of the island on which the lighthouse was sit uated is said to have been carried away by the waves.
 Damage at Biloxi.
 At Biloxi the damage has been of minor character to buildings. Every bath house in the place has gone, and the beau- tiful driveway along the coast at this point has been destroyed. Boats which have from time immemorial found refuge from all the storms that blew by fleeing into the back bay at Biloxi, were granted no such immunity Wednesday, as the waves ran high in there, and many of the boats that sought refuge there were sunk, and all Of them were badly dam aged.
 At Pass Christian no lives were lost. and the damage was slight The wreck ing of few houses comprised the dam age at Gulfport and no lives were lost there.
 Five out of eight vessels at Ship Island at the time of the storm were beached and two will be total wrecks.
 Several vessels, the names of which are unknown. are ashore off Horn Island. and the small islands marking the passage be- tween Dauphine Island and the mainland have been destroyed. The beacon lights on this part of the coast are not great ly damaged. The schooner Alice Graham of Mobile Is known to have been lost with her crew of six men. This boat has been pursued by an evil fate, and besides having various mishaps from time to time was wrecked in the great storm of 1893. when several people were lost from her.
 Four Bodies Found.
 The known dead at Dauphine Island are Capt. John Wroten of the schooner Irene; Capt. Robert Peters of the schooner Louisa B., and Mitchell Pizell, mate of the same boat. Four bodies have been picked up in the water. near Dauphine Island and have been buried there Two were evidently sailors and two were boys The people on Dauphine Island suffered great hardship during the storm and for twenty-four hours were in great danger
 T1e soldiers of Fort Gaines made dan ge,pus trip of two miles to the resi- deJfes on the island offering to give evrybody shelter within the fort. but the oter was in all cases refused, the people ytmaining. preferring to remain in their ipmes. When these were destroyed they vent to the residence of Mr. White, vhere they remained during the storm threatened vithSeath at any moment
 t is now bv.oyed that the lumber in- teests affected by the storm will lose atut $10.000.000. It Is impossible for any 1eson who has not been through tho