The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-29
NO.. 6
SIXTY KILLED
New Orleans and Surrounding Country
Struck by Hurricane.
PROPERTY Loss MILLIONS

Damage to Crops Incalcrable-
Dwellings, Cotton Gins a1d Sugar
Mills Lerelled-Miles of Territory
Laid Waste-Ncw Orleans Reco-.
ering from the Blow.
/ Gradually New Orleans and the
territory surrounding the Crescent
City is recovering from the first et-
fec: OF the tropical hurricane. which.
starting Sunday. continued through
GU: Monday and Monday night
Si1ty-three human lives are now
positively known to have been claim
ed as victims OF the storm. and for
ty others are reported 70 have been
los, in lower Terre Bonne Parish.
bu, as yet this report has cot yet
been authenticated.
The property loss will run into the
millions.
Miles and miles Of territory have
been laid waste. Crops have orac-
tically been ruined.
Dwellings. cotton gins and sugar
mills have been leveied. New Or
leans !s sadly crippled n the way
Of railroad facilities and telegraph
! and telephone communication with
The outside world. !. was not unfit
Wednesday night that the Western
Union Telegraph Company was able
.c get q working wire on: OF the
!ty. Fog two days the csty's only
communication with the outside
world was over az iuprovised long
distance telephone circuit Of the As
:ociated Press. Both the Illinois
Central and the Louisville and Nash
Vile railroads have suffered heavy
loss. miles OF their tracks having
seen washed away. It will be sew
eral weeks before the Louisville and
Nashville will again be running
:ra!ns over their own tracks. From
early Wednesday morning. the death
LIST In the lower portion Of Terre
8oane Parish increased as details
If the hurricanes destruction were
hourly received until Wednesday
7ight Il numbered tweaty-aine. Il
is reported that a. least ftty others
are missing. they are said to have
been drowned or crushed in tie Gy-
ing debris Of wrecked mills. dwell
Iinss and fishing camps. Thrilling
:aies Of narrow escapes and daring
-escues came from the storm swept
area.
One OF the victims o, the storm
n Terre Boune Parish was n 2.
Smith. OF New iberia, who with his
brother. A z. Smith. and a dozen
friends. made up fishing party at
Beabreeze The brother OF the
drowned man reached Eouna, La.
Wednesday. bringing the news OF
his brothers death.
Pleasure craft and shipping OF all
kinds IN the bayon inle:s were total
" destroyed and the loss will be
heavy. Store houses, sugar mills
and other villages suffered heavily
and scarcely structure was un-
souached by the hurricane.
The damage done by the storm at
Grand Island. Cheniere. Cam!nda,
was very heavy, but a; these places
here was 40 loss OF life. The crops
Of these Islands were totally destroy
ed and the orange groves we:e strip
ped clean OF fruit and foliage.
The first news from these islands
vas received Wednesday when the
asI:! steamer Grand Isle reached
New Orleans. II was feared before
he arrival OF the boat that hundreds
had lost their lives. n the tropical
storm OF 1898 10 less than fifteen
hundred were drowned on Caen!ere
cam.nds. One man lost his lie
It Bay St. Louis. fisherman. name
unknown. who was drowned Monday.
4 number OF other places are yet
be heard from. The long railroad
bridge at Bay ST. Louis Is COM
,lete wreck. and will be weeks be-
ore It IS repaired.
When the storm strucF this bridge
Ieo. DoheTty. Western Union line
nan. was attempting 70 repair the
wires. He and three negroes were
.a-ried down. The waves were run
ling at least f:ty feet high" said
oohe.ry. "and If we had not lashed
ourselves 10 a raft with wire we
would nave been drowned. The
bridge went down Sunday and we
we're washed around in the Bay unit!
! Monday afternoon. when We were
,!cked up by a fishing schooner.
Refugees were arriving In New
Orleans all day Wednesday.
List of the Dead.
Ter-e Borne Parish. La. definite
90: reported 30.
New Orleaac. definite 5.
F.ecie-. Ia. definite 4.
Desa!r. La. !ein!,e 3.
| Jackson. Miss. definite ..
! Baton Rouge. La. definite l.
Vaudeville. La. definite l.
Bay 81. Louis. Miss. definite !.
Donaldson. La. definite l.
G-anercy. La. definite l.
Grand Point. La. reported I.
Baratar!a Bay. La. reported L
| Pass Msuchae. definite S.
Total definite s3. reported IS.
Morgan City. La. definite 10.
Easttord. Miss. definite I.