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

shop, in the rear of the market building
was completely swept away into the
raging waters.
The building owned by r. L. Breath
located on the beach side and occupied
as a dry goods store, was flooded with
several feet of water, and all goods hac
to be placed on shelves and counters.
The Peerless Oyster Co.'s extensive
! plant, built oyer the water, suffered los
ses to the extent of $4,000. This esti-
mate is given by the superintendent ot
the place. The boiler and engine houee
was demolished and the machinery
+ therein twisted pretty badly. The roofs
of some of the buildings were carried
away, and the packing house was also
damaged. The Dunbar canning plant.
located at the extreme northern end OF
the bay, built over water, also suffered
considerable damage, the extent OF
which could not be ascertained, as the
| owners and members of the management
are absent.
The Peerless Oyster Company has
! been in operation working shrimp, and
at the time of the storm had a number
of its own schooners out, with crews
Captain OF the Emma Stiglett, one Of
the boats owned by the company, has
reported to the superintendent that he
weathered the gale off St. Joe's Light:
that he cut the mast eff yesterday after
noon at 4 o'clock; that he lost his big
anchor and skiffs and sustained some
damage to the schooner and higgins, and
the crew was safe.
The cemmodious building OF the Bay
Waveland Yacht Club, situated 1900 fe ct
off the main shore. held out until last
night in the early hours, but with the
dawn of the day had entirely disappeared
and the loss Of which is conserYatiyely
estimated at $4,000.
The heaviest loser at this point is tn,
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com
pany, whose bride spanning the bay be-
tween Bay ST. Louis and Henderson, s
Point, is total wreck. The draw bridge
seems to have remained and was opened
this morning to permit vessels to pass
through The destruction of the bridge
took place during the night; prior to
the fall of night last evening the entire
structure was standing. The estimated
loss of this bridge is from 100000 tc
100000.
In the open, off Henderson's point,
we're a number of schooner5 who had
moored there aud weathered the gale
Four of these dragged their anchors and
drifted along side of the bridge, where
they were sunk, and it is reported that
two of the crews were lost. Others took
refuge on spans of the railroad bridge,
and the novel sight OF rescuing these
men was seen this morning when the
pleasure yacht "Sweetheart," owned by
Commodore L. H. Fairchild, effected a
landing on the wrecked bridge.
ST. Stanislaus College building was
slightly damaged, Only few states from
the roof being blown away. The great
est damage suffered by the brothers was
the complete destruction of the long
pier leading to the bath house (this bath
house being the only one remaining on
the bay 'front.' and the sweeping away
of the bature and street, including parts
OF the brick revetment wall.
On the beach front between ST.
Charles and Ballintine streets, the 1oad
way was washed away the same at the
head of Carroll avenue, and at these two
points, possibly others, the city is the
heaviest loser. In front of the Gragnon
and Klock hotel properties the roadway
or shell road was swept away up to the
line of the front fences of the property.
Among the prominent losers OF break
waters, ,wharyes, bath houses and summer
houess are the following named: d. j.
Glover, Julian Swoop, l.. NJ. Gex, w.
j. Gex, John F. Markey, Pickwick Ho-
tel, Klock Hotel, Tulane Hotel, Audu-
bon Hotel, George Muller, St. Stanis-
islaus College, St. Joseph's Academy,
Adam Lorch, w. A. Mcdonald, John A.
Green, Paul Capdevielle, M. A. Michel,
George W. Clay, DR.. Loeber, Reems
Estate. Foster DeBuys, e. E. O'Brien,
Gordon Q Reilly, Sylvan Ladner, 7. L.
Trawick, and number OF residences in
the vicinity of the canning factories
have similarly suffered.
The City of Bay ST. Louis, too, is a
heavy loser, with its magnificent front
street shell drive torn away in many
places, and to repair and put the same
in proper shape Immediately would re-
quire bond issue of many thousands of
dollars. The beach from one end to the
other is strewn with wreckage, the debris