The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-02
STORM ALONG THE GULF
Tropical Hurricane Which Has Not
Yet Abated-Great Loss of Prop
erty.

New Orleans, September PA trop-
ical hurricane has been driving The
waters of the Gulf of Mexico in shore
for the past eighteen hours, with winds
of As to 60 miles an hour. The storm
had not abated early this afternoon.
Great loss of property, but no loss Of
life, had been reported up to this after
noon. Nevertheless great apprehension
is felt for the towns along the coast
which are cut off from communication
with New Orleans. This apprehension
was increased by several narrow es-
capes from drowning reported during
the day.
The first meagre details to reach the
city from outlying districts told OF
havoc wrought by the Lake Ponchar-
train, on the outlying portion Of New
Orleans, the lake having risen about 3
feet because of the incoming waters.
All railroad, telegraph and telephone
communication was cut off. The road
of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad was submerged at Lake Cath
crime an inlet from the Gulf, five miles
east of here. The New Orleans and
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their trestle of Lake Ponchartrain was
under water for a distance of Is miles
Queen and Crescent trains We're pre-
vented from entering the city by the
rise in the lake.
All efforts to penetrate even n
edge Of the flood caused by the hurr1-
cane on the Gulf Of Mexico Goa to
the east and south Of here have been
fruitless tonight up to a period almost
"a hours after the receipt OF the last
from the exposed towns. APP
p%rehension was increased by h fact
that places, beginning at Lake Cath
crime, the farthest point east reached
thus far are much more exposed to the
winds and water than the larger gulf
cities which have harbors.
From Lake Catherine, eastward, the
exposed towns are Bay st. Louis, Pass
Christian, Mississippi City, Biloxi,
Ocean Springs, Pascagolula, and
Scranton. These places face Mlssls-
sippi sound, across which the wind has
a long sweep. Some of them extend
up to the very brink of the sound and
in places are protected by banks not
more than six to ten feet above the
uOrIlldi Std ItNeI. Nduy VI thCoO
banks are moreover of soft earth.
Staff correspondents Of the local
newspapers who yesterday afternoon
lefS here and distributed themselves
along the sound in anticipation of
the storm, have not been heard from.
Although their papers have tried to
reach them by roundabout kilograms,
northward into the middle of Missis-
sipDi and thence to the coast, not IN
intimation of the situation has been
received. Not only is is all rail, tele-
graphic and telephone communication
cut Off with the Mississippi sound
towns, but there are no immediate
prospects of news by boat No craft
has come up the Mississippi river at
ter dark.
The wireless station at the mouth Of
the river was abandoned early in the
storm, the last report being that there
about eight feet of water over the
floor Of the operators room.
Despite the anxiety here tonight,
however, there is a general belief that
few, if any lives have been lost. This
h~opefulness, vas due to the fact that
the coast inhabitants had had two
days warning of the storm.
All reports from these places last
night were that water was rising and
that the inhabitants were preparing
for emergencies.
No news was received today from
the steamer Camelia, which at the be-
ginning of the hurricane had crossed
Lake Pontchartrain and was about to
land forty passengers at Milneberg but
was forced to run back without max
ing hen dock and to recross the lake.
Although the wireless telegraph sta
ton here managed to speak with