The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-29
AWFUL HAVOC /
ON GULF COAST
Hundred Dead at Mobile and Mill
lions Lost in Wreck of
Property.
PENSACOLA'S DEATH
LIST IS TWENTY-FIVE
reports from the Scenes of the
Typhoon Grow Hourly, .~
Worse. ,a#<@

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Pensacola, Fla, Sept. 29.-The vast
ness of the destruction wrought by the
hurricane here Thursday IS now being
realized.
Twenty-Five persons are known to
have been drowned here.
Mobile, Ala, Sept. 29.-Between sew
enty five and 100 lives lost, fully two
score vessels driven ashore or wrecked
in various parts of the Gulf of Mexi-
co, damage amounting to $4,500,000 in
the city Of Mobile, and to the extent
of millions or more at outside points
is the record of the storm which swept
over Mobile on Wednesday and We'd
nesday night No accurate estimate
of the number of casualties can be
made now and it is doubtful if it will
be known for q week or more.
Grave apprehension exists regarding
the situation at Gulf Port and Biloxi,
where it is believed that many lives
have been lost.
Reports from those places are, how
ever, meager and unsatisfactory. 1t is
declared by the local municipal officials
that no lives have been lost in the city
have occurred in places within a radius
of fifty miles of here.
The Dead.
The dead as far as known at present
are as follows:
At Navy Cove-Mrs. D. Lad1mer and
two daughters, Alexander Johnson and
Henry Johnson. y SAL
At Coden-Mrs. Simon Klosky, little
grandson of Mrs Klosky, Susan Gre
viilon, servant of Mrs. Klosky;+O. sWer-
meth, Mrs. o. Werneth, Mrs. s. McRae,
Miss McRae, Mrs. Henry Turner, Car
tain J. Stevens, three Misses Alex.
ander, Edward Hueland, Mrs. Hueland
three Hueland children, three unidentl-
fed bodies found on beach. -:
At Bayou la Batrue-Two brothers
At Alabama Port-Mrs. Elijah Mel
At Del Champs-Nrrs A. L. Hazen Of
New Castle, Pa, and two children, one
unidentified woman, two unidentified
negro children, three negro men killed
by falling house, Mrs. Henry Warwick.
Vessels Wrecked.
The following boats have been
WrecKeQ OF urlVeu ashore III Cno WILL
ity of 'Mobile: -%... ....-....
Tug Lee Baron, barkentine Hornet, 8
pile driver belonging to Hollinger &
Co., sloop and dredging boat Of Ma
tional Dredging company, schooner
Pendleton Of Pendleton Brothers Of
New York, +barkentine Trojan Of Genoa
Italy; barkentine Corrieriore, steamer
Josephine, sloop Minola, sloop Olive
Oveton, tug Hattie 3. Moore, steamer
Daishoot, schooner King Of Avon; SHY
sunk at her mornings.
In. addition to these boats, fishing
smacks and small craft in great mum
bers have been driven to shore ant
smashed. Three boats belonging to thu
United Fruit company, the Helena, I'm
periator and Colombia, have not beer
heard from, but it is believed that they
have ridden out the storm in safety.
Increased in Violence.
The storm, which was first noticed
by the weather bureau when between
Jamaica and Cuba, made it's appearance
in the neighborhood Of Mobile on Tues
day afternoon, when ftful winds bega1
to blow and the barometer commences
to fall. The wind rose steadily, al
thru Wednesday and between 2 o'cloc]
and 6 in the afternoon Of that date
blew with a velocity of forty -eigh
miles an hour. All thru Wednesda,
Thursday morning was blowing fror
the easterly quarter at the rate Of 5
miles, the barometer falling to 2SSf
A few minutes after O'Clock o
Thursday morning, the wind died an
the barometer commenced to rise. TIL
total rainfall in Mobile during til
storm was 6.58 inches. -.,.~ II
While the storm was at it's heigh
the water from the bay was driven i
with great force upon, the city, th
sG six Feet Sv deep ehe TRrse Block
up into the heart of the city, the foo
was driven, filing every basement an
store.
~. Storms Horrors.
Words cannot describe the terrors {
the storm. During the hours betwee
pm Thursday and noon Friday, tree
fell and roofs were crushed by hui
dreds. Thru the streets, carried b
the terrific wind, were hurled thou
ands Of pieces Of slate, and tin roofn,
cOrnices, shingles, and in fact, all kin
Of debris. Blinds were torn off fro
their fastenings and windows smashe
as tho of tissue paper Many peop
We're seriously injured and cut by Il
lying slate and tin. a..
The office Of the Western Union TIE
egaph company was six feet undf
water. It's batteries were flooded wit
water and will be some time befol
business can be resumed The Post
Telegraph building, while not quite /
low lying, also suffered severely. tt
new Cawthorn hotel, just completed an
the Bienville hotel, are damaged to I'll
extent of $4,000 each, the Windst
hotel $4,000, st. Andrews $4,000, Il
Southern $4,000. The Southern Su
ply company estimated it's loss at 500
During the night when the storm VI
at4its worst it was utterly out Of II