The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
STORMS DEATH LIST MAY CROW Work of Relief Is Under
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NARROWING TALES ARE TOLD

Nsw Orseans. LA-. Sept. sS-Tnose snaaged in the work of rescue and re- psir, made nscsssary by the Wess in- aian hurricane, which swept Louisiana and Nississippi last Mcndsy. nave found their task far more cosossai one than they expected
 Practicaiiv aii of the isolated coun- erx. sections of the storm swept area. have now been explored but until oeI- mite reports have been recslvea .,S,a ssSn relief parties, 1t will not De possible so form anything like an accurate list Of the dead and injured. A conser- vatiye estimate tonight of the mum Der of people who lost their lives as q result of the hurricane places the total at one hundred.
 In spite of the work of thousands of men brought in by the railroad. telegraph and telephone companies. New Orleans and many other smaller cities in Louistana, and Missfssippi are stili seriously handicapped In the way of communication with the outsde world. Many miles of track. tresties and bridges are yet to be replaced by the Louisville asi Nashville Railroad. and at the present time. their depot at the foot of Canal street, has the ap- pearance of . deserted village. The trains of this road are being sent out over the Queen and Crescent route.
 The main line of the Illinois Gen. tral Railway ts stiil blocked. as eight miles of the track and roadbed were washed out at Manchac. Sections of the rails and ties were carried clear out of the right of way by the rush. ing waters, and 1t will be several days before through traffic is resumed over the main line. The trains are now being defoured over the Yszoo and Mississippi aviiey road
 General Superintendent Fl. McCourt. of Memphis. is supervising the repair work with . force of several hundred mon.
 The other railroads have succeeded In clearing their tracks, and traffic has been resumed.
 Telegraphic communication to aii points out of New Orleans is gradual ly being re-estabiished. under great utncuity by the telegraph companies.
 After battling with che west Indian hurricane for five days on Contoy Is- land, northeast of Vera Cruz, Mexico. the fruit steamer Orleanian tied up at her wharf today. battered and badly crippled as the result of the vessels encounter with the Hurricane which swept the Gulf for several nays.
 Captain Jerome Marulio was removed from the steamer to . hospital imme- diately on arrival at the wnarf with three ribs broken and badly wounded leg, received when he was thrown aEAinst the rAii of the bridge when the smAie sxae ateits hstght
 The 0rlsania11 sailed from Ceiba. Hcn1uras. Thursday night. with car- go of 2A.oee bunches of bananas and b0.ao0 cocoanuts. The storm was not encountered until the vessel was at sContoy 1sland, although falling ba- yometer showed the vessel to be rum nins into rough weather. laboring heavily as . wave broke the deck of she vessel, tearing loose ventilators, gratings and ali movable equipment. the orieantan plunged it's way into rhe very eve ct the hurricane.
 The starboard rail WAS stripped cloan and the deck shed was washed away the first day oe the storm. The star board engine was badly crippled ana Il was with the utmost difficulty that the vessels head was kept to the wind. ward. Although seriously injured. Cap tain Marullo remained on the bridge until the gale was weathered.
 The Orleanian is the property of the Otsri Company. Lmiied. The vessels cargo was somewhat damaged. The trip from Ceiba to New Orleans is usually two days time.
 Dead at Terrebonne.
 The families of Thomas and walter Rhodes, numbering fourteen people. are now reported as being almost certainly among the dead in Tsrrebonne Parish. Others who have not been located and who are believed to haze perished. are Dick cray. wife and seven cniidren; Inex verret and family of four; c. Bolt and wife and Norway Foray.
 The carcasses Of horses. cows, hogs and dogs strew the prairies for mile 6 and thousands of dead birds and musk rats are floating on the waters of the bayous.
 Tine bodies of three fishermen were found near Three Mile Bayou in the Louisiana marshes some miles south east of New Orleans. 1t was reported here today.
 Two children near Boise du Tucre. Ls., were drowned when s<iffs in which the families fleeing struck obstructtons. Two were killed by tae collapse of a house near Clinton. La. No trace of the crew of nine men in the sloop Seven Brothers. wrecked near the Rigolets. twenty miles east of New orleans. has been discovered.
 A relief expedition. equipped by the Louisiana Game Commission, left New orleans today for the Gulf coast. going direct to Lake Catherine. From there. it will make its way towards Gulfport. distributing supplies and rendering aid