The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-30
South Swept by Deadly Hurrican]


velocity Of sixty miles per hour at New
Orleans at O'Clock Monday night, the
West Indian hurricane, which struck the
Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf coast, left
In its wake four dead al New Orleans
and perhaps others along the Gulf coast,
though no definite adviccs Of mortality
in other sections have thus far been re-
ccivcd here
The property loss in New orlean. viii
exceed 100000. Many houses were UNI
rooted and frail building. In numerous
instances were partially destroyed Al
all wires are down, u 10 impossible 10
ascertain the loss OF life OF property
along the Gulf coast.
At 4 o'clock Monday afternoon the
city Of New Orleans and the neighbor.
ing country were cut OF from communi
cation with the outside world by the de.
struction Of telegraph and telephone con-
nection, but not until II had been made
known by fugitive messages and bulle-
tins that all that coast country from a
point near waveland, Miss, on through
the coast parishes, fronting Lake Borgne
and surrounding lake Pontchartrsin. and
on westwardly into Texas, had been
swept by a great wind storm from OF
the Gulf Of Mexico, accompanied by
tidal wave and a backingup Of river
and lake waters, that flooded great
stretches Of country, causing immense
destruction Of property and doubtless no
little loss Of life.
The storm had been lowering ~ the
coast In the Gulf Tor two DAYS. Monday
Il struck inland. travelling in north
westerly direction.
So great was the force Of the wind
that the waters 81 the Mississippi,
backed up from the Gulf 100 miles be-
low, rose feet az the New Orleans lsyec.
The neirhboring lakes were sgitated tin
they all overlooked. covering the ada.
cent lowsands with an oceans sxpanso
Of secthing torrent. The Gulf waters
from Lake Borgne were added 90 the
volume Of the GOOD. and when the latest
dispatches came out Of New Orleans
there were outlying parts Of that city
covered with water. while the cyclonic
NAANs NsiA u'fNi'N'A rNNhia tHitANhNst
great and small. and had otherwise dam.
aged property
Early Storm Not the Worst.
The Grst onslaught Of the gale at $50
o'clock Monday morning vas not the
worst, nor did IL give even . faint aug
gestion Of the more forcsiui attack that
was 10 come later. II did not injurc the
wire SERVICE out Of New Orleans, except
along the Louisville A Nashville road.
But about o'clock, when the second
great hurrieaas swept over the country,
all the wires went down. Not . single
avenue Of communication with New Or
leans was left. The Illinois Central at
Memphis vas In communication xith Nc
Comb City a. late az o'clock. hut after
that hour could get no further south
than Jacksos. Bst~es 4 and O'Clock
u vas possible to get some information
over the wire from McComb City, but
this Information VAS msager indeed. II
was learned that the Illinois Central
track between kentwood. la. and Ken.
ner. la. was pretty well washed out.
and that il was impossible to say when
Il would be 10 condition for use again.
II was also found that after 4 O'Clock
communication over the wire. on the
Ys1oo A Mississippi Valley road was
cut Of south Of vicksburg. II could
not be learned where the break in the
wires took place. Matches was cut OF,
though there vas q telephone wire work
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at night. But II was aseertained that
the tracks Of the YhIOo a Mississippi
Valley south of Nicksbmg were in pass.
able shape, and therefore II was given
out by the Illinois Central management
al Memphis that the northbound passen.
ger trains out Of New Orleans, tho
through Chicago train due In Memphis
at $ o'clock this morning. and the Water
Valley accommodation would he run
out on the Ysroo a Mississippi Valley
road by way Of Baton Rouge, and the
Memphis train may be expected not
much short Of schedule time this morn
ing.
Texas Cities Are Safe.
The Southern Texas cities, Galveston
and Houston, that might be considered
to be in danger from coast storms Of
the severity Of this one, have not been
troubled by the storm. From Houston
the Information was conveyed that there
had been no communication with New
Orleans since noon. II Is evident, there
fore, that the wires west Of New Or
leans were slaughtered in the first Of the
gales, which perhaps reached the Texas
State line about noon.
Cuban Storm Severe.