Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-10-04
Busy at Rescue Work.


OF rescue and rebuilding, and the lat.
ter Is being pushed vigorously. with
assurance from all Of the large firms
destroyed that their plants will be
restored and on more extensive
scale. Realizing the condition of the
city Governor Napoleon D. Broward
OF Florida Tuesday wired 10 MAYOR
Charles II. Bliss extending through
MIN the sympathy OF the people of
the state to those In Pensacola over
the devastation and wreck wrout -
by the hurricane. and In his Telegram
the governor stated that n the citi.
zens desired that he would immedl.
ately issue a proclamation calling
upon the people OF the state and the
outside world for assistance. AS yet
the offer has not been accepted. the
city believing II can pull through with.
out assistance from the outside.
The chamber OF commerce and city
officials have jointly formed reset
committee and have raised thousands
u dollars for the care q the worthy.
In addition the citizens have donated
food and clothing and the poor OF the
city are being well cared for under
the circumstances.
Probably at no time since the hur
r1cane have the people been given
such fright a. Tuesday morning
when official news csne from Wash.
ington OF the appearance OF another
disturbance on Cuba and near the
point where The one which wrought
death and destruction TO Pensacola
was FIRST located
Special weather bulletins were post.
ed advising vessels not 10 venture out
IN the gulf. but In this portfhere were
none 10 leave except a few steamers
in the middle OF the harbor which
are loading.
The list has not grown any Tues.
day morning. no bodies being dlscoy.
cred. but there Is terrible stencil
arising from the mile or more debris
along the water front Just west Of
the city Along that route the water
front was the most thiekly populated.
and the nshemens cottages we're
within short distance OF the water
The houses were cleared away as II
by one stroke, aud Il Is believed that
IN the piles az debris will be found
many bodies OF untortunates who
we're caught llke rats ia trap and
drowned. The fun list OF the dead
will not be done until the thousands
OF pieces OF timber and wrecks Of
vessels along the beach are removed,
and then there viii be many to 80
down 10 their watery graves unnum-
bered. as many vessels have been
wrecked upon the beach aud sunk in
the hRrbor and men drowned whose
NAMES will never be known =
Rear Admiral Caps, chief Of the
bureau OF construction aud repair. VINO
camc from Washington Immediately
after he learned that ave war vessels
had been wrecked al TIE hayward
aud total damage done exceeding
81 100000. Il there supervising tho
work % raising the wreck and max.
los temporary repairs,
May of the nno new buildings
some ~ which have not even been
completed have been damaged 10
great e1tent. In FACT. outside % ne
clly the hayward and Warrington
rcsldert seetioa have sunercd more
than any other vicialty No move
has been made b. me army 10 ~.
oahlHate lhe Deserted forts Across
ne bay. Fort NeRae has been uwept
almost % the earth. vita 90 noW And
n0dern batteries ard disappeartng
ians. aud Il vas here thai ave were
irOened and ave oihcFs undors eat I
loeh q harrowlaE experience hat
hey are npw chainea In ne army
iosplial ravlag mAniars.
T1fi Pickeas has beeh greaily dam,
.sca. hai nos e. the eslrut - Port
.icRae. ana eiihooFA maay q ne
herr have heen WRECKED
ne array las fesnd faficioat NAN
or enough mea b ulaa iAt batter
60 Captsia nroadtgaL ia commaat
< he ne ssYinE slaiioa. 1g gaica
aere q nos svtn 4 aeaft ,eft las
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