The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-23
Famine and Pestilence' Follow Worst Storm in
 History of ,dGpntry
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prevented it from going bacXMos any station. Train and passengers are reported safe. Provisions NFerS fur- nished from farm houses A Safpy and the passengers did not suffeFSsaaes
 A large force of repair nlan started south today from Jackson, NLisA, and have the tracks opened ass.f aIafssQslth as Manchac and are pushIHgt tpe1r way south as far as possible. ' esTlie '4raekss further south run through nHesfses and the work is very slow. Seven tfHes of track were found washed out at. one on place. Nine dead. tbodissa wsSs wissSs. sfaauftd sa 5 at one station. NREw Y
 New Orleans, Sept. 2s, (yiaS Haftys- swept district shows that hessti- mated loss of life is fully as great as the, earlier reports indicatedsalaa@gV will amount to between three sand| 1our hundred Of this number p1pre than 200 lost their lives in Terrebeh Parish, boats which arrived from there to-day reporting that it is known.Iai 2Oe@ are dead, 40 having already been fdentl- fled. +L@t
 talities are reported to the number of 200 and the revised figures show tn at 100 are dead along the coast outside of 9Terreben.
 A fervent appeal for immediate help was brought here to-day by the sher- if of Terreben who stated that there is grave danger of both famine and pestilence. In response to his request physicians and medical supplies were hurried forward and food andi clothing will be sent as soon as 1t can be se- cured. ir.t
 The apprehension felt as to the fate of the inhabitants of Grand Isfard was set at rest when a boat from there arrived here. There was no. loss of life there although many houses were unroofed and blown down and the ne gro quarter practically wiped out.
 Two-th thirds of the entire cotton crop in this state, Lower Mississippi and Alabama is total loss* having been beaten to the ground onabloWn from the bolles from the force, of the com bined wind and rain. 'Ihe Joss sof su- gar cane and rice will 'Ipfobably am- ount to fully one-third the total crop and many of the +smaifer plant CTS are completely ruinedi A
 The arrivals from :. TefrSbsn state that the situation thefe ifs ethe most serious in the history. ofa th4 saetas Ehe corpses are being washed uH by the waves and lie in rows along aE& peach. Hardly a house isa le8M.& .&4zB a&s and the homeless are abseIu#e$ hQut food Systematic work HfN 4# satill be begun at once, the .Go sil tea nay Iaa, ing appointed conlnlibteeaRsk tt8ke
 Heavy damage has lbesshfstaot lb,s,sfsfs A New | Orleans. Street car tFaf& 4A4 tbeer
 practically at a stanhBtHH (. Electric | light poles were blown. aas4ExsAes63at ths | lighting system badly criUp1eds The
 magazine side of the AgrtcdtHraE Hall | in Audubon Park was edeseeazeI by l the storm and many valuable plants ruined. Two 80 foot towers on the tor | of the Hotel Grunewold, five hundrec l feet Above the sidewalk. were AloWf down. A big pavilion was blown~Iown | scores of private residences were dam
 aged and the roof blown from ea schoo building. A big wharf used by a fruit I company collapsed and Atoppled into | the river. The wharf was partially o1 steel construction. The wireless sta, | tion is located at the top of the Hote I Grunewold and the falling towers put | it practically out of commission st that only a few, messages have beer | sent or received since tHe storm be- | gan. .4
 Telegraph companies say that theil l wires will not be working properly be: | fore Friday and at present the only
 communication between New Orleans
 and the outside world is through liar l risburg. Relief trains sent from var | ious headquarters have: been able tt | push their way forward slowly. A re l lief train sent from Jaskson, Miss, got | as far south as ManchaS Pass, where | the bodies of eight victims werefound l From there south the line was Blocked ! and the train could get no further.