Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03
Rescue Boats Searching Flooded Dis
tricts-Gov. Hall Aids in Relief
Work at New Orleans.
WIND SPINS LINER LIKE TOP
In Cars Chained to Rails and An
chored Down, Party Survives
Tidal Wave While 81 Drown
Near Them.

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sections of Louisiana and the Missis-
sippi gulf coast brought the number of
known dead to 1913, and the missing to
$40 Estimates of the property dam
az stood at approximately $12.0o0,00o.
Wien the exception of a few isolated
points rsports have been received
fro ylmost the entire district, and
r,,rs-7s familiar with conditions in
the ar, A swept by the hurricane esti-
lFatet that the total death toll would
,ot excced $50. The exact number of
fat5l:ties among those reported as
missing cannot be determined. however.
ust; thorough checking up has been
completed by the authorities, which
cannot be done until the waters re-
cede
A large section of the area now under
water was uninhabited marsh land.
and II was believed that most of the
people living on plantations along the
river needed the widely distributed
warnings of the weather bureau and
reached places of refuge before the
storm.
Island de la Croix. twenty eight
miles south of New Orleans, reported
seventeen persons drowned, and dis
couraging reports were brought in by
vessels of the situation in PlaQuemine
parish. Louisiana. The reports stated
that number of maroooned persons
lined the river banks at Plaquemine.
and were sorely in need of food and
shelter. Rescue boats have been dis
patched. ,.
Relief Boats Still Out.
Relief boats sent out to various
points have not yet returned. but q
number of refugees have been brought
TO New Orleans on small hoetS coming
in from the lower Mississippi river and
the lakes and bayous. Gov. Hall ar
rived here today to assist the parish
and city officials and the citfzens COM
mittee N the relief work. A number of
additional boats were sent out by the
committees. firms and individuals to-
day.
The HoIvin liner City of Tampico,
from Vera Cruz, arrived here today
with all her twenty-five passengers
safe. after u terrific battering by the
winds and waves in the Gulf Of Mexico
Wednesday and Wednesday night. Two
Mexican sailors were swept overheard
and drowned.
Officers and passengers. a number Of
whom were women and children, re-
lated thrilling stories of the steamers
night with the hurricane about twenty
The liner apparently was near the GEN.
ter of the storm Wednesday,
"Ail the passengers put on life pre-
servers and it was feared we might be
VI "iru instant, SSlQ n. A. Az
new. passenger. AT times the ship
wa spun ground like top by the
wind. then the huge waves would roll
completely over US, There was water
drenched- We expected the ship would
go under any minute, and yet every
one seemed calm. Fortunately. the
storm subsided and left us safe few
miles south of the rivers mouth
Five white women and their eleven
children perished at De La Croix while
the five husbands clung to the roof Of
mouse almost within reach of their
loved ones struggling in the water.
according to the story told by a rela-
tive of one Of the survivors arriving
here. The women and children had been
Raphael Herez and one ch Id, Mrs
refuge on roof floating in the Hood.
The skin suddenly was swept under
the roof by the swirling waters and the
occupants were drowned.
The victims at De La Croix were Mrs
Sassimsr Perez and two children. Mrs.
Raphael Hsrez and one child, Mrs.
Adolph Campo and four children, Mrs.
Joseph Rice and one child, Mrs Frank
Re!ers and three children and Manuel
Morales.
Twenty-one Lost at Aigolets.
MOBILE. Ala. October 2.-rwenty-
one persons are known to have lost
their lives at Rigolsts, on the Louis
ssA'S oho ssdohNiA1S EollEVdu between
Bay st. Louis and New orleans, in
the storm Of Wednesday. W. z. Gossett,
route agent of the Southern Express
Company. who escaped death with
cued from marooned camp ears, ar
rived here today with the names Of
sixteen of the identified dead.
They are Manuel Marques and wife,
man and four children. Mrs Marie, Mrs.
Harris. wife Of section foreman at
Rigolets. and daughter; Miss Eme
unidentified white people and two un-
Identified negroes are known to have
been drowned.
All of those named had taken refuge
In the section foremans house. accord
Ing to Gossett, and II was demolished
by the wind and the occupants were
swept into the water. Gossett, z. T.
Paul. train auditor. and J. j. jackson.
station agent at Rigolets. were among
those saved in the camp cars.
Before the high tide and tidal wave
came. said Gossett. the section fore
man directed his gang TO anchor the
tracks firmly to the ground The camp
cars were then chained to the tracks
and this reinforced shelter withstood
tidal wave and wind of extraordinary
velocity.
After an all-night vigil in the cars
with the wind screaming overhead the
refugees saw the tide had risen to the
ftNei OF tne car UOOrS. AT O'CLOCK,
they stood ankle-deep in water and
had practically abandoned hope Of res
cue. distress flag raised to the mast
OF q schooner which had been swept
Into the Rigolets bridge attracted the
attention of a motor barge Of the Ala
bama and New Orleans Transportation
Company and all OF the occupants OF
the camp car were then rescued and
safely taken to Violet. La, whence they
reached New Orleans.
Sixteen spans Of the long Rigoiets
railroad bridge, declared stormproof,
wsss washed away. said oossstt