The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30
GULF COAST STORM
Wreck and Ruin in The Wake
of EquinoCtiaI Tempest
WATER HIGHER THAN FOR YEARS
Death List Runs to SO With Proba-
bly, so More in Isolated Districts
Property Loss Will Run Into
Millions.

Memphis, Special.-The Equinoc-
tial gale of Monday night was very
severe.
So strong was the force of the wind
that the waters Of the Mississippi,
backed up from the gulf a hundred
miles below, rose three feet at New
Orleans levee. The neighboring lakes
were agitatd till they all overfowed,
covering the adjacent lowlands. The
waters from Lake Borgone were ad-
ded to the volume of the food, but
when the latest dispatches came out
of New Orleans there were outlying
parts of that city covered with water,
while the winds had damaged several
buildings.
The direction of the wind was
northwest and its area was great, for
it reached far up to the northernmost
line of Louisiana, west of the Missis-
sippi river. An early blow destroyed
the tracks of the Louisville & Nash
vile road along the coast west of
New ORLEANS and this latter gust
wiped out the tracks of the Illinois
Central north of the isolated city.
The last train to reach Memphis
from New Orleans was the through
Illinois Central that arrived here at
8:15 Monday night. 1t had left New
Orleans soon after 9 :15 in the morn
ing. Coming north through Louisiana
and Mississippi the train passed
through continuous rains almost as
far as jackson, Miss, but there were
then no reports of unusual winds. The
storm came up soon afterward.
An Atlanta special ON Tuesday
says: Central Monday night in Mis-
sissippi and sweeping north at the
rate of 200 miles a day, the hurricane
which left trail of wreck and ruin
through four States, continued on its
course with unabated fury.
1t was believed that the total de-
struction will equal that of four years
ago, when more than five million dol
lars worth of timber was felled.
From Jackson, Miss, dispatches
say: Two persons were killed here
Manday night as a result of the storm
which swept portions of Mississippi
Monday night as a result of the storm
falling walls. Hundreds of buildings
were unroofed in the city, fences car
ried away and trees uprooted. The
east dome of the new Capitol build
ing was crushed in and a number Of
upper rooms flooded.
The old Capitol building was un-
rooted, several sections of the roof
ing being carried hundreds of yards.
The stables at the fair grounds were
demolished and several of the ex-
hibit buildings badly damaged.
Along the coast the water frontage
was swept clear Of piers and wharvc,
from Pascagoula bay to st. Louis,
and the damage to the cities and
towns in that section will amount to
more than half million dollars.
Of the ruin that it has wrought,
no one can give an estimate. In New
Orleans alone, five are known to be
dead and million dollars will not
repair the damage done to the beau
tiful Crescent City.
A New Orleans dispatch of We'd
nesday says Gradually New Orleans
and the territory surrounding the
Crescent City is recovering from the
first effects of the tropical hurricane
which, starting Sunday, continued
throughout Monday and Monday
night. Ehirty-eight human lives are
now positively known to have been
claimed as victims of the storm and
fifty others are reported to have been
lost in low 'r Terre Bonne parish, but
as yet this report has not been au-
thenticated.
The number of deaths from strick-
en- points are as follows: Terre Bonne
parish, louisiana: Definite 90; re.
ported 40. New Orleans. Definite 5;
Premier, La, definite 4; Desair, La,
definite 3; Jackson, Miss, definite 2;
Baton Rouge, La, definite l; Mande-
vile, La, definite l; Bay st. Louis.
Miss. definite i; Gramercy, La, def
mite l; Grand Point, La, reported 4 (;
Barataria, La, reported l.; Pass
Manchae, La, definite 8; total definite
So; reported As.
The property loss will run into the
millions. Miles and miles Of territory
have been laid waste. Crops have
practically been ruined. Dwellings,
cotton gins and sugar mills have been
leveled.
New Orleans is still sadly crippled
in the way Of railroad facilities and
telegraph and telephone communica-