Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-28

All effnts to penetrate even the edge
of the fOd caused by the hurricane
| on the Gf of MXicO coast to any ex-
tent SOU of here have been fruit
less ;Onist up to period Of almost "a
hours afr the receipt of the last
message rom the exposed towns. APP
rrehensiC was increased by the fact
that thes places, beginning ut Lake
CdtheriiI The farthcreSt point east
reached MS far are much more eX-
posed tone wind ana water than the.
large gu cities which have harbors
From Ike Catherine eastward the
exposed tWns are: Bay st. Louis. Pass
Christian Mississippi City. Biloxi.
Ocean Sings. Pascagoula and Scran-
ton. The places face Mississippi
sound. a-oSS which the wind has Il
long Swep. Some of them extend up
to the Wy brni, Of the sound ana in
places ar protected by banks not more
than six.o 10 feet above the normal
sea levt Many Of these banks are
made Cftft earth
staff CrcSpundcntS Of local neWspa-
prrs whycSterday afternoon left here
and disibuted themselves along the
sound i anticipation of the storm.
have No been heard from. although
their peers have tried to reach them
by ever conceivable route. Not only
is all ri. Geographic and telrphoni"
COMMUNICATION cut off with IN" Miss
iSSip1i gumd towns, but there are no
imlnedi;e prospects Of news by boat.
as craa have not com" up the Miss
iSSippi avcr since dark.
The Fir.lcss station ut the mouth Of
the rlrr was abandoned early in the
storm, he last report being that there
vas abut eight feet of water over the
floor Cthe operators room.
DesIr the anxiety here tonight.
hover. there is general belief mat
few. fsny. lives have been lost. rms
hopefr,ess was due to the fact that
the cost inhabitants had two days
Warnig Of the storm. All reports from
these aces last night We're mat N"
waterras rising and that the inhabi-
tants ere preparing for emergencies.
Thebll extent Of the isolation ct
New deans today from other gull
cities ras apparent in 'ull in busi-
ness. pccially in wholesale circles.
By mr. distance telephone New Or
leans muld reach only Baton Rouee
and Euston. Tex. while the avaiiaple
telegaah wires ran TO faiV"Stoh'
HouSn and to Memphis. Railroad ser
vice lrth and west was uninterrupted.
No rEs was received today from the
steam Camelia which. at the begin
ming tthe hurricane, had crossed Lake
Ponttartrain and was about to land
40 pasengers at Milnebers, but was
forceto run back without making her
docksnd recrOss the lake.
Nelly all the ports where the ca
melh might have stopped for shelter
havtbaen cut oft from communication
withNew orleans.
OfiaIs of the Louisville & Nashville
Ralbad This evening said there was
litth liz elihood Of any trains arriving !
or living New Orleans on their lines. |
Alttugh the wireless telegraph sta
tloT here managed to speak with
steaers 200 miles out in the gulf today |
andas far east as Key West. no an
swewas made to calls for the wireless
sta5n at Pensacola.
T. steamers far out in the gulf re-
pod a calm at sea.
luisvilIe. KY. Sept. 27.-The tropi-
callurricane. which for q hours has
bee churning the water Of the Gulf |
ofIexico and doing much damage on
thcoast and far inland, is tonight
wbping through North Alabama in a
nehea stcrly direction at a velocity |
b slightly less than 4S miles an hour
rerded i'm New Orleans during the |
Dc Renorts collected by The Associat-
epress do not indicate any loss of
Ii Int the damage to property is
etrmous. All wire communicate MS is