The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-09-25

night sound eXtravagant to the outsider,
but the truth cannot be adequately ex-
pressed. People residing off the front
heard the wind as it tore trees up by the
roots and dismembered others, blew
down fences and outhouses in it's wake,
but this was no circumstance to the roar
on the water front, destroying not only
property but engulfing the very shore.
One OF the business buildings or the
beach to weather the storm until late
hour Monday night, was the Jos. Lau-
rent pool room, located in the building
owned by Geo. Muller, of New Orleans,
and occupied in former years by the
Sea Coast Echo. Early in the evening
Mr.. Laurent had moved out the entire
contents save his magnificent pool table,
which in the fall of the building was not
damaged. This is due to the strength
of the building, with its double flooring
and triple walls, although it is SO
wrecked as to prevent its being raised
from the sands. Mr.. Laurent has tenn
porarily rented the two-story dwelling
of l.. A. deMontluzin, located almost
opposite, and when this will have been
printed he will, no doubt, be engaged
in business. Mr.. Laurent anticipates
getting back on the heaeh side, Mr..
Muller'S less is estimated at 81 500, in
cluding wharf and several bath houses.
TIL S. J. Bourgeois, OF the Bay Mar
: ket Company, with characteristic enter
prise, is still doing business at the old
stand, although the forepart of his mar
ket building dropped to a depth Of
about 10 feet below. the level of the
beach sidewalk. A force of men were
set to work Tuesday morning, and the
building by night was 'trighted''. This
place is owned by John Tdooni.
Mr.. Taconi also owned the building
in the rear, situated out in the water,
where he conducted his business of
dealing in oysters. This place, with all
contents and valuable nets and fishing
tongs, and number of row boats, was
completely wiped away. His loss is
about $1,000 He intends to resume
business at later day.
With nine spans of the Rigolets steel
pndge gone, the three-mile trestle be-
tween Bay ST. Louis and Henderson's
Point total loss, and mile after mile
chaud and Pass Christian, it is esti-
mated that the cost or repairs to the
Louisville and Nashville will amount to
fully 100000, and possibly moro. Much
of the line will practically have to be
rebuilt, and it will take several weeks
to accomplish this work.
The damage to the bridge OF Bav St.
Louis is probably the heaviest to the
railroad company of any one point on
the line. The loss here has been es-
timated as high as half million dol
lars. e
Fully two thirds of the three mile
structure are gone completely, with only
a few piles remaining here and there.
The approach on the Bay St. Louis
side remains, with about a thousand
feet of track that is practically intact.
The draw still stands and was not
damaged to any great extent.
On both sides OF the draw the track is
gone, seemingly having been swept
away by a single wave Of the high water
Ia places even the piling has been car
ried away or broken, so that it will be
necessary to put in a great deal Of foun-
dation.
The Bay St. Louis trestle was built
nearly thirty years ago, and had stood
the storms Of former years With but lit
| tie damage.
The water apparently struck the tres
| tie work with the greatest force in the
center and on the east side. The track
from the draw to the east approach is
practically all gono, and it IS possible
! for boats to pass ct MANY places: this.
providing the piling would not interfere.
Reports have been circulated that
| from five to twelve were drowned Moo
| day night in boats which had been
! dashed against the trestle work by the
force Of the gale. Most of these rumors
have been exaggerated, it seems, as no
/ bodies have been found.
| NJ. Zeleshower, q Chicago travelling
man, claims to have been on a boat en-
| deavoring to get from Bay ST. Louis to
| the point, which was wrecked, and three
men lost their lives.
1t is said that much of the damage to
| the trestle was done by one vessel after
another being dashed against the piling
until the woodwork became weakened.
| There were boats off the sound that were
| seeking shelter before control of them
had been lost altogether by the men.
| A wrecking train, with several hun
dred men from Mobile, got to Hender-
| sons Point Tuesday, and preparations
we've made to start actual repairs as
soon as possible.
Charles Marshall, general superin-
tendent Of the Louisville and Nashville
/ Railroad, looked over the situation aud
issued orders to rebuild the trestle in as
little time as is within the powers of
human ingenuity.
The passenger train due in New Or
leans Monday morning at 1i:30 O'Clock,
and which was held at Bay st. Louis on
account of the storm, is acting as work
train on the west side of the wrecked
trestle. This gives the company two
trains to be used for repair work to start
with. New material will begin arriving
within day or two from the east, and
pile drivers will be put to work as quickly
as they can be taken there,