Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-03
THOUSANDS MADE HOMELESS THRU
 GULF HURRICANE Late Reports from Sections of Stricken Area Indi-
 cate 500 Deal.
l5O BODIES AFLQAT
 IN SALT MARSHES
Fish and Oyster Industry oi southeast Mississippi at StandstilI Wore than 3M Vessels Destroyed, Nine Siak-
 ing in New Orleans Harhor.

New Orleans. Oct 2.-I'0ur hundred dead and property loss variously esti mat q at $25,o0o,Vo0, sums up tha re- suit of the stcrm which swept q big part of Louisiana and Mississippi all &f Wednesday and Wednesday night.
 Wires hay been down ever since the first blow of the storm. railroads have Essn tied up and the news has been tricklins in slowly bccause the points which suffered the most hava been inaccessible by boats.
 1'he death toll in Nv Orleans and immediate vicinity wis 321 Most of the others who ncrished were in the unprotected fishing vi}las s iii the Rarataria section and in the waters lying between he Mississippi and Lousiana. state line.
 Thousands of persons have been left homeless by the hurricane, but New Orleans and the states Of Louisi- ana and Mississippi are fully able to afford all the relief necded. More than - boats, loaded with food, medi cine, bedding and physicians, hiave been dispatched to various points. The telephone and telegraph wires leading to the places which suffered most are being gradually restored, and every hour 1T so messages are rece ived telling of additions in the death list Tho estimate of 400 dead is conservative and if is feared that within the next 24 hours loo more will be added
 Coast Towns Wrecked.
 n1yfr q IlI hundreds dama ged at Gulfport, Pass Christian. Bay St. Louis, Waveland, Mississippi City. Ocean Springs. Biloxi and other resorts along the sMississippi Cuff coast. s
 &Twelve persons were drowned in the section just behind the summer colony settlements.
 The Peerless Shrimp factory at Bay, 'St. Louis was destroyed, entail ing loss of $10O000.
 Messengers arriving here in motor boats declare that at least 150 bodies wore floating this morning in the salt marshes which extend from Chef Menteur to Rigolets. Most of the vic- tims were shrimp and oyster men and their families.
 The fish and oyster industry of S utheast Mississippi, which under normal conditions gives employment 10 thousands of persons, is at stand still. Sea food will be absent from Southern markets fer sever9l weeks
 Railroads Lose Millions. :,
 The loss of the Illinois Central rail way in and around New Orleans is estimated by officisls of %the road tc be three millions. The Louisville and Nashville is another heavy loser Four of its long bridges one three miles in length. have been wiped away. Large forces of workmen arr et work restoring the structures. More than $50 vessels were de strcyed. Of this number nine sunk in the New Orleans harbor. Several large ships were blown from theIr moorings. but were saved. Two large dry docks. each containing large boats, were blown from one side cl 'he Mississippi river to the other Over 200 fishing and gasoline boats l went down. 100 more have not been heard. from. These are manned by abcut 800 fishermen. The owners oi l the various craft are hopeful that all will be heard from, but there IS great anxiety among families of those on I the boats.
 The greatest loss of life in any single place was at Quong's planta- | tion, in the Barataria section. 50 miles from New Orleans, where more than 60 persons were drowned when a storm house caved. The shelter had
 been built by G. Quong, wealthy hinaman, who had built it for such an emergency.