The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-09-25
DAMAGE DONE WILL REACH
UP INTO THE MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS.
COAST DEVASTATED
For Miles Along the Gulf Not n
Building Left-Damage to Crops
and Property in This Vicinity VIII
Reach Thousands of Dollars.

Reach Thousands of Dollars.
One of the most destructive storms
in many years swept the entire state
on Monday night. The storm was
general on the Gull coast aud dam
aged property 70 the extent of sew
cral hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
as well as considerable loss OF life
In the vicinity OF Greenville the 5
damage will reach several thousand
dollars Corn and cotton crops were
blown down buildings unroofcd and
plate glass store fronts smashed by
the terrific gale. Rain fell the great
er part OF Monday. but not till late
in the night did the storm break with
terrible fury and with a downpour
almost equal to a cloudburst The
telephone exchange was put out of
commission and for several hours .
early Tuesday morning there were
no lights. The street car schedules
were considerably demoralized as
the result of the car barns being
blown from the foundations The
Western Union and Postal telegraph
service was also badly crippled.
All trains from the south were de
laycd on account OF the damage to
the tracks along the lowlands this
side OF New Orleans. The road at
Port Gibson was also badly damaged.
All trains north on the Valley road
up to Wednesday night were made
up at Vicksburg. Through traffic is
being transferred at the points where
the tracks arc damaged.
Considerable damage was done at
the Delta Fair grounds to the new
buildings The grand stand was
completely unroofed, and the exhi-
bit building in course of construction
was so badly damaged that it will
take a large force OF men to get il
in condition by the time OF the fair
next month Plate glass windows in
several OF the business houses were
blown in. as well as the windows OF
many OF the reidcnces, chrrnneys
were blown down and branches Of
trees blown off and scattered all over
the city. The roof OF the opera
house was partially blown off, and
roofs OF other buildings in the city.
Nearly all the towns of the Delta
suffered more or less from the storm.
At Clarksdalc the wind attained
velocity OF about forty miles per
hour. and was accompanied by rain
fall OF , 20 inches the first rain that
the section has had for forty-five
DAYS. The storm was Of unusually
long duration, the high winds pre-
Ivailing until long past daylight, do
ing considerable damage in the way
OF blowing down fences, outhouses
chimneys and Gripping the telephone
and telegraph service. Tclegraphic
communication with the outside
world was practically cut off It IS
difficult to estimate the damage to
the crops
Vt Victsburg damage was great.
Several boats tied mp at the water
front were torn from their moornQs
and sunk, and others were blown
ashore by the gale. Telegraph com
municstions to the south were cut
off entirely.
Al Hollandale it Is reported that
the open cotton will be almost a
total loss. being beaten into the
ground by the driving rain. The
smoaestack at the Glen Allen oil
mill was blown down as were the
stacks OF almost. all the gins in that
neighborhood
At Biloxi the wind blew At the rate
OF approximately sixty miles an hour
and increasing in velocity and the
incoming tide, together with the
wind has wrought $4,000 to $4,000
damage 10 property
Between Beauvoir and DeBuys 500
feet OF track OF the Gulf Coast Trac-
tien Company IS completely demol-
ished. having been washed away by
the incoming waves Approximately
100 feet OF track belonging to the
same road and near the Soldiers
Home is destroyed. To the eastward