The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-02
PENShC2l-a. WlLL REBUILD ON A
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pleasure craft, were nearly all driven ashore and many of them wrecked, but many of them on the shore are uninjured.
 Elevator Not Seriously Damaged.
 More than half the naphtha launches are scarcely damaged. The great elevator of the Louisville and Nashville, which was reported razed to the earth is still stand ing, and the water tank on the top of 1t is not even blown off, the damage to the same being very slight, with the exception of the long conveyer to the ships which was blown down. The great Taragona street wharf and Commendecia street wharf of the Louisville and Nashville rail- road, which wharves contain about thir- teen miles of railroad track, are only slightly injured. Muscogee wharf was damaged in the old portion. The other smaller wharves of the city have suffered more or less but the damages which were reported at s50O0o00 can probably be re- paired for $1,0O0.0oo.
 Many Steam Tugs Saved.
 "About one-h half of the steam tugs in the harbor are saved and very few badly wrecked. Some are on the beach so that it will be considerable trouble to float them, but do not seem to be otherwise seriously injured The very large num- Der of small houses that stood along the water front are totally destroyed render ing great many families homeless, but the report that nearly every house in the city was either unroofed or blown down is untrue The very large majority Of all the buildings in the city escaped with scarcely any damage, except the blowing down of the beautiful shade trees and sheds. and galleries The report publish ed this morning in the great dailies that Pensacola is now under martial law is absolutely untrue. The saloons and places where liquor Is sold have been closed by the city authorities. and immediately after
 the storm, fifty extra policemen were sworn in, but that force has now been re- duced to ten extra policemen, which are
 hardly considered necessary.
 No Looting Nor Disorder. "There has been no footing nor disorder, but the people are demoralized and nor nal conditions have not been restored owing to the heavy rains following the storm The telephone system and the electric cars are all out of corinssion but will soon be restored after the rain ceases falling. Some of the electric cir cults supplying light have been restored As soon as the weather clears the piuck and energy of Pensacola will be found reasserting itself and normal conditions will be assured in short time.
 "The loss of life to the present time numbers twenty-three and the probabili- ties are that this will be increased sev- eral In the next few days. This loss of life includes parties who were on pleasure trips camping on the seashore, the people lost from quarantine station, lost from
 ships, the loss of a family on the Escam- l ba bridge in the bay, thirteen miles from l here. and two sailors in the same place, | and the soldiers and their families lost at
 Fort McRae and the navy yard several | miles southwest of here.
 "CHARLES H. BLISS. Mayor" l Mayor Bliss. who was in Indiana during the hurricane, has just reached the city,
 and is assisting in every possible way in | the relief work.