Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-30
FEARS OF HEAVY LOSS
OF LIFE; AND PROPERTY

MOBILE, ALA. September 29.-Sew
Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
tonight were swept by n tropical hur-
ricane that dcmoralized communication
.anh lead TO fears Of heavy loss OF life
and property The Mississippi River
leNees below New Orleans have broken,
houses have been washed away ond at
least TWO lives have been lost in that
section. according 10 n wireless mes
sage late to-day from the Morgan liner
creole upward bound for Now Orleans
The business district OF Biloxi Miss
- under six feet OF water, and train
service has been abandoned because Of
washouts throughout a large section
about Ray 81. Louis.
Last reports coming from New
Orleans before all means of communicn-
tion were lost said tho city was in
darkness because OF the flooding of
electric plants. Wind had driven the
water in Lake Ponchartrain above tho
sea walf and Milncburc and other New
orleans suburbs along the lake we're
partially under water. The adviccs
SAID automobiles were bringing in the
inhabitants Of that section. and that
no loss Of life had been reported
ENPECrE;D WIRELESS
WOULD GIVE WAY
The creole. in brief message re-
ce!ved here early tonight, said she
WAS encounterinG a storm Of such fury
that il was doubtful whether her wire
less apparatus would long remain
intact. The vessel reported sighting
TWO bodies near the section where the
levics had given way. Aside from the
fact that some houses had been demol-
ished by the flood waters. the Creole's
message gave no details.
Wireless communication with New
Orleans ceased before noon to-day. and
continued inability to establish com
mun'cation with the powerful United
Fruit station there led to fears that.
ii might have suffered some damage
from wind Flooding OF the electric
power plant, however, was thought by
some wireless experts responsible for
the wireless stations silence The wind
reached velocity of ninety miles an
hour at New orleans and Bay ST Louis
at o'clock tonight, according to re-
ports reaching here.
LONG l.. q y. TRESrLE
REPORTED WASHED AWAY
Wire communication was possible to-
night only as far as Bay st. Louis. and
fragmentary reports from there told
of extensive damage to property. but
no loss Of life. long trestle of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad be-
tween Bay st. Louis and New Orleans
was reported to have been swept away.
Few details Of the damage, however,
either in that section or at Biloxi, were
obtainable.
Mobile escaped the worst of the
storm. but the wind here was sufficient
to drive the water over the wharves
at the river front and unroof several
houses.
The coast guard cutter TaIlapoosa,
anchored here. made repeated unsuc
cessful efforts tonight to reach by
wireless the Southern Pacific liner
Proteus. believed to be in the center
OF the storm off New Orleans bar. No
word has come from the Proteus since
she entered the storm area, and shin
ping men here thought her wireless
might have been disabled
TRACKS IN BILOXI
NOT INUNDATED
reports of high water in Biloxi were
discounted by the Louisville and Nash
Vile Railroad officials here, who said
their tracks i'm Biloxi were not in