The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-10-11
Swoop Down Upon Crescent
City and Vicinity.
FOURTEEN KNOWN DEAD
No Lives Were Lost in the City, But
Many People Were lnjured-Prop.
erty Loss Will Reach Into
the Millions.

1he region about New Orleans was
the center of cyclonic disturbances
Friday, at least three Of which were
tornadoes and caused the loss of six
lives with nine persons fatally in.
jured.
About daylight heavy storms broke
through the country for 100 miles
west, north and east Of New Orleans.
Reports of sugar cane and cotton
crops blown down or sugar mills de-
molished are reaching the city from
the entire section. The damage, in
cluding that done in New Orleans,
is placed at over one million dollars.
The worst of the tornadoes was
north Of New Orleans, where between
$50 and 700 o'clock Friday morning
it devastated portions of three par
ishes. New Orleans was visited +! an
other tornado, and a third passed
norshward Of Biloxi on the gulf coast.
The frs. tornado struck West Baton
Rouge parish about s o'clock, killing
Mrs. Theodore Fcret and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. White. Mrs. Foret's body was
found in field near her demolished
house. Two children in Mrs. Foret's
house were fatally injured and five
men were injured in the collapse Of
a sugar refinery on the st. Delphine
plantation. The city Of Baton Rouge
was slightly damaged. In st. James
parish one woman whose name has
not been learned, was killed, while
Mrs. H. R. Weber and daughter and
Mrs. John Meyer and also negro,
were reported fatally injured.
In Pontchatoula, which the tornado
reached about o'clock, George
Hawes and son were killed in the
collapse of their house and two other
children Of Mr.. Hawes were fatally
injured.
Another tornado struck New Or.
leans about o'clock. While no lives
were lost il the city, property dam.
age reached 100000, and about fifty
persons were injured, one fatally
Fully 800 buildings were damaged,
about seventy-fve of which were
blown down. Most of the demolished
buildings were small negro cabins,
and it was here that nearly all the
injuries occurred. The path Of the
tornado through the city was about
two miles long, entering from the
Mississippi river at Audubon park
and travelling northwest to Marengo
and Carondelet streets, and then. af-
ter q circuitcus course to GraVier
and Magnolia streets, 1t went north
ward out of the city. In places the
storms path was but thirty feet wide
and only at two or three points did
1t reach hundred feet In width.
The tornado here appeared at dis
tance as cloud sweeping along the
surface of the earth. It's course was
undulating. some buildings being
skipped entirely as 1t bounded up
ward. Frequently it demolished veran-
das and fences on one side OF the
street, while not an object on the
other side was disturbed. The cloud
occupied several minutes in crossing
the city anl hundreds of persons who
saw and heard it approaching had
lime to run out Of its pathway. One
exciting race of this sort was made
by a Carondelet street car, which
was loaded with passengers on their
way to work. Another street car was
derailed by the wind.
A small negro girl was blown SO
far across the now basin canal as to
be rescued by persons on the oppo-
site bank.
The saving Of the Charity hospital
from more than nominal damage was
attributed to big gas tank which
stood between the hospital and the
tornado. The tornado struck full
against the tank, which withstood the
shock, although it's iron sides were