Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-04


been either washed away by the ter.
rife waves or torn to splinters by the
wind.
Much fear is entertained fr Fort
Morgan, where the government quar-
antine station is located and many sol.
diers live
AWFUL Terrors Of Storm.
Words cannot describe the terrors
of the storm. During the hours be.
tween p. m. Thursday and noon Fri.
day trees fell and roofs were crushed
by hundreds. Through the streets,
carried by the terrific wind. was hurl
ed thousands of piecess of slate and
tin roofing, cornices, shingles and in
fact all kinds of debris. Blinds were
torn from their fastenings and win.
dows smashed as though of tissue pa.
per. Many people were seriously in
jured and cut by the flying slate and
tin. The railroads have started wreck.
ers out to clean up and repair tracks,
butstheir task is herculean The Office
of the Western Union Telegraph. com.
pany was six feet under water. Its
batteries were flooded with water and
it will be some time before business
can be resumed. The Postal Tele.
graph building, while not as low lying,
also suffered severely.
All Is Confusion.
There is no way to arrive at cor.
rect estimate of the losses owing to
the disordered state of business. All
is confusion. Hundreds of bales OF
cotton foated through the main
streets of the city and were carried
out to sea.
Towns along the Mobile & Bay
Shore road suffered immensely, owing
to their exposed condition. No word
from the coast towns along the Louis.
vile & Nashville road has reached
the city. There is no doubt that many
lives have been lost and severe dam.
age experienced both to residence and
business property.
Pensacola Is Wrecked.
Pensacola, Sept. 30-The worst hur
ricane to visit this city in it's history
ragged here furiously all Thursday
night, with a gale still blowing. The
city presents wrecked appearance
and the damage is estimated at S5,-
100000. The loss of life is heavy
among the mariners, but thus far only
one body has been recovered. Other
bodies are reported along the shore,
but have not been recovered.
Makes Rivers of Streets.
Commencing at o'clock Thursday
night the wind blew at fifty miles for
three hours, then increased to sixty
five miles. From that time until 5
o'clock yesterday morning it remained
at about eight and ninety miles an
hour. The tides from the bay back.
ed into the city for. blocks, destroying
homes and making rivers out of
streets. When the gale was at its
height yesterday morning, men, wom-
en- and children were running franti-
cally about the streets in darkness, add
in the Pitt mill, near the business dis
strict, and horses of the fire depart
ment refused to go out in the weather.
Shore Strewn With Wreckage.
Yesterday afternoon the water rose
until the business districts presented
an almost indescribable scene OF the
fifty or sixty big steamers and sailing
vessels lying in the harbor, only five
or six are there now They have been
driven ashore, and along the water
front is mass of wreckage of steam
ers, towboats, launches and sailing
craft of all descriptions. Thirty fish
ing vessels in port have been destroy
ed or damaged.
Every house along the water front
for distance of ten miles has been
destroyed and the wonder is that the
loss of life is not greater.
War Vessels Wrecked.
War vessels at the Pensacola navy
yard undergoing repairs were the gun
boats Vixen, Machias, Isle de Luzon
and Gloucester, besides several small.
steamer Poe. They were in an ex-
posed position, and it is feared they
have been beached
New Orleans Suffers.
New Orleans, Sept. 30.-The tropical
hurricane which struck the gulf coast
Wednesday night with velocity
reaching ninety miles an hour spent
its force early Thursday morning and
Thursday night was blowing it's way
up through Central Alabama towards
the inland. The city was practically
isolated from the outside world, all
wires being down. All the telegraph
companies lost eastern and northern
connections.
The last train out on the Louisville
& Nashville was Wednesday at $3.50
p. m.
Suffer Great Damage.
Lake Ponchertrain resorts suffered
heavily. Milnberg felt the force Of the
storm and there was some loss and
suffering during the early hours Of
Thursday night In New Orleans the
storm reached itc ha}phf ohn,,t z a