The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-23


The oyster canning factories suffer
ed q loss OF $500 and the plants were
under water. doing damage to goods
Additional loss on boats not nearc
from II expected.
The schooner Agnes 10 wreck al
0ulfport, the schooners Ruth. Amsrf
ran Girl. Faultiess. Mary and New De
sign are beached at Pearl River. Five
shipwrecxed crews were brought inte
Biloxi. Miss, last night
The revenue cutter Wfnona rode Out
the storm In Biloxi. and IL now do
Ing scout duty around Ship Island.
The Interurban Railway between
Gulfport and Biloxi IL so badly dam
aged that It win cost fortune to re-
pair and II 10 not known whether II
win be restored or not
More Cheerful News.
Jackson. Miss. Sept. 22.-Today's in
formation relative to damage inflicted
by Monday nights hurricane IL de-
cidedly more cheerful IN character.
The most gratifying news received
here today was that the timber de-
structfon in South Mississippi is not
OF q serious character. very few trees
IN the long leaf yellow pine belt hav-
Ing been blown down.
II was at first feared that the tim
per damage would almost equal that
In the storm OF three years ago, when
more than 100000 dollars worth Of
forestry was felled.
The crop damage. especially to cot
ton. Will also be much smaller than
inoicated by the earlier reports. An
otner highly gratifying piece Of in
formation received here IL that, the
artincial harbor at Gulfport. built by
Sap.ain J.. T. Jones. successfully
The Mississippi Coast Traction Com
pany was hard hit. the track from
Long Beach to Biloxi being washed
up at innumerabie places. This road
was constructed several years ago.
traverses distance Of eighteen miles
ana represents an Investment of one
million dollars. II. 10 almost q COM
niete wreck.
Save the Ship Island pier at Guisport
not bath house or pier has been left
standing from Pass Christian to Scrau.
ton. 1t will cost from 100000 to $780,.
900 to replace these structures.
The damage to small shipping inter.
ests Ia almost beyond estimate. Hun
dreds OF fishing boats. schooners, cat.
boats and launches were hurled ashore
and crushed like egg shells on the
beach.
Judge ]. H. Nevill. general counsel
of the Gulf and Ship Island road, who
brought the first accurate reports OF
the storm to jackson last night states
hat he woke up yesterday morning to
ind large two-masted schooner, heav-
Hy laden with oysters. reposing snugly
In his front ward.
In several instances sctooners were
hurled ashore and crushed through
residences in the beach. causing great
damage. The residence Of the city tax
collector at Gulfport was cut In twain
in this manner. The damage to small
shipping along the Mississippi coast
will approximate a halt million dollars.
According to conservative estimate
II will take at least another tmillion
dollars to replace the piers and bath
houses that were swept out to sea by
the storm.
Not a pier has been left standing in
Gulf waters from Scranton to the Rig
Diets. Later estimates of the storm
damage here In Jackson show that II
will somewhat exceed $4,000.
Report came in from the Mississippi
Insane Hospital. located in the north
ern suburbs this morning. that The
wing OF one Of the negro wards was
demolished and the damage to the east
dome Of the new capitol will amount
to at least $4,000.
TeleRraphic and telephone connec-
lions with interior points In Mississippi
were somewhat improved today and II
was made possible to secure reports or
storm damage. which show that the
damage was Of q minor nature.
The damage to crops IL also much
smaller than anticipated and the storm
has been followed by q period of bright
autumn sunshine that makes 1t posi-
BILE to resume cotton picking and gath
ering up the staple blown out of the
bolls or beaten into the ground by the