Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-24
GULF TEMPEST
KILLS HUNDRED
TROPICAL STORM DOES VAST
PROPERTY DAMAGE
WORK OF RESCUE AND REPAIR
COLOSSAL TASK
Thousands of Men Undertake to Re.
place Wrecked Telegraph and Rail-
road Lines-Many Bridges
Are Washed Out
[By Associated Press. ]

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 23.-At least
100 people lost their lives in the trop-
ical hurricane that swept the Gulf coast
Monday, according to conservative es-
Inmates made tonight.
Those engaged in the work Of rescue
and repair have found their task CO.
lossal.
Thousands of men worked today try
ing to get telegraph, telephone and rail-
road communication into shape, but
with Indifferent success.
Many miles of track and scores of
bridges were washed away, and wires
are down in all directions.
Further details of property loss
amounting to millions of dollars come
in with the gradual restoration of com
munication.
Carcasses of COWS, horses, hogs and
dogs strew the prairies for miles, and
thousands of dead birds and muskrats
are floating on the water of the bayous.
The bodies of three fishermen were
found today in the marshes several
miles southeast of New orleans.
Two persons were killed by the col
lapse of a house near Clinton, La. No
trace of the crew of nine men on the
sloop Seven Brothers, wrecked near the
Rigolets, twenty miles east of New Or
leans has been discovered.
Expedition Leaves
A relief expedition, equipped by the
Louisiana game commission, left New
Orleans today for the Gulf coast, going
direct to Lake Catherine. From there
it will make its way toward Gulfport,
distributing supplies and rendering aid
to the suffering population.
The dozen or more relief expeditions
which left New Orleans at the earliest
moment after the hurricane are pushing
their way along the coast to adjacent
territory, dealing out food, clothing and
emergency supplies of all kinds to the
destitute people.
Although the suffering of many storm
victims has been greatly relieved, as
each mile of coast is traVersed more
victims are found in deplorable condl-
ton.
Several expeditions are expected to
return to New Orleans late today, but
others will be sent out to take their
places. The work of rescue is now
principally directed toward the remote
sections Of Terre Bonne parish, where
the loss of life and property damage
are most severe.
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the boys were to foregather in the vast
throng, but the boys didn't see 1t.
Thirty-fiVe of them failed to show up
and be roped hog tied and branded.
1t was a lonesome town for the rep
resentative from the bean fields.
Barney Healy saw to it that the
San Pedro delegates were seated with
the Eighth ward contingent A San
Pedro meeting was arranged last
night for Mr.. Healy, at which he will
wear a commodore's cap.
At the last moment Joe Margolis
secured up a bunch of Democratic
friends to fill out Third ward seats.
For this Mr.. Margolis was invited to
take a seat on the platform, but fear
ing a stampede, he declined.
Former Mayor M. P. Snyder had a
seat on the side lines, ready, if neces-
sary, to make speech for consollda-
tion and a great municipal harbor,
even at a Republican machine conven-
ton, but the convention had no time
for the harbor. When Chairman
Richardson spoke a word about the
illumination of the harbor the ap-
plause was conducted up and down the
hall by Mr.. Snyder and two others.
The first business resolution was
made by Fred Spring, once a Socialist
agitator, later a Harperite and now
handy man for the machine cam
paign.
Benny Cohns sagacity impelled a
placing of the delegates to get the
largest number in range of the news
paper photographers, but even at that
it was necessary to crowd large
number of spectators on the floor.
George N. Black served notice on
the convention that President Taft IA
vors the nomination of "Uncle George"
Smith and would be disappointed to
visit Los Angeles only to find that Mr..
Smith had been ditched.
E. e. Bostwick made good his boast
of landing" the Second ward delega-
ton. That contingent came through,
under the unit rule, with a whiz, but
alas! some more-the terriers, and
spoiled it all by breaking the slate
on DR.. S. A. Austin for councilmanic
nominee from that ward by pinning
rose on w. e. Mckee. And more
than half Of the delegation gathered
up its doll rags and went home, Bit
terly kissing about the things it would
do to the same Mckee, and, in fact,
every head in sight. And now q whole
lot of half trained ward servants don't
like Bostwick so well as they We're told
they did.