The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22
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Great Tidal Wave Sweeps Over
Gulf Coast.
Loss of Life Is Estimated at One
Hundred.
DAMAGE OF S2,OOO,OOO
In the Vicinity of Baton Rouge
Alone.
Louisiana Capital Unroofed and
the Building Flooded.

! New Orleans, Sept. 22.-Scores O.
lives are reported to have been lost a.
a result of tidal wave which swep
a considerable portion of the Louisiana
ocast during Mondays tropical hurri.
cane, pouring its resistless volume upor
denizens of the coast. 1t is believed
ttat the gulf waters have swept away
perhaps a hundred people
Reports indicate that the fatalities
were most numerous along the gull
bordering the shores of Terre Bonne
parish. News of the disaster was
brought iEto Houma. the parish seat
women, who managed to save some
kind of craft by which they sue
ceeded in reaching shelter. They rela-
ted stories of great havoc.
Relief expeditions were last night
sent out of Houma to the stricken sec
ton.
1t was impossible this morning to es-
innate the loss of life in Terre Bonne
parish and it is probable restoration of
communication with other parts of
Louisiana may bring the knowledge of
further casualties.
1t also was impossible to give a cor
rect estimate of property loss as re-
ports of damage are coming in hourly
Many towns suffered from the storm
and numerous plantations felt the disas-
trous effects of its force The cane and
cotton crops of Louisiana sustained
serious damage.
The List of Known Dead.
CHARLES SCHULTZ.
JOHN ARENDS.
VICTOR PULFOL-
JAMES FARRELLSON
BARTHOLOMEW OLIVER.
AT Desair
HENRY SCLESER, WIFE AND
CHILDREN.
Four members of a family named
WINDECKER
Jackson, Miss.
CHARLES CLAYTON
CARL WEISLER.
Terre Bonne, Bayou, La.
F. N. SMITH of New Iberia. La.
The residence of Oscar Thibdeaux
at Grand Point, La, was destroyed
is not known Many towns of
Louisiana sustained great property
loss. In Baton Rouge and vicinity,
the damage will exceed 100000.
considerable part of the building
flooded. Tidings from Grand Isle,
La, where it is feared great damage
has been done with possible loss of
life, are still lacking. Grand Isle in
former years has been a heavy suf-
ferer from gulf storms.
Definite news from Terre Bonne
parish is awaited with much anxiety
A banquet TO be held In honor of
Archbishop Blenk, recently returned
from Rome, was Indefinitely post
poned on request of the prelate.
Bridge Washed Away.
Bay ST. Louis, Miss. Sept 22-It is
known that some of the Louisville &
Nashville roadbed and tracks have COM
pletely disappeared near Rigolets. The
Bay st. Louis bridge is washed away
as is also the Rigolets bridge.
Two Hundred Boats Wrecked.
Biloxi, Miss, Sept. 22.-Two hundred
beats have been broken up and cast
on the beach. The fine yacht of Frank
Howard. a. New Orleans millionaire,
was carried away. The fishing smack
Cincinnati broke through barbed wire
fences near the beach and nnally land
ed high and dry in the city.
The government mail boat Hermes is
ashore in front of the Magnolia hotel
The oyster canning factories here suf-
fered a loss of $4,000. Five shipwreck-
ed crews were brought into Biloxi last
right. Many schooners are high and
dry along the beaches in this vicinity.
All Live Stock Drowned.
New Orleans, Sept. 22.-Carrying