The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-03
Accounts Have Been Re ceived From All Except a Few Isolated Spots Along the Gulf Coast
GOVERNOR HALL
 JOINS IN RELIEF WORK IN PROGRESS
Many Accounts of Narrow Escapes and Hardships Endured Are Accounted by Storms Survivors

New Orleans, October o.-Tonight's re-
 ports from the storm-swept sections of
 Louisiana and the Mississippi gulf coast brought the number of known dead to 19s and the missing to BIO. Estimates of the property damage stood at approxi-
 mately sl2.oOo,ooo.
 ,, With the exception of a few isolated points reports have been received from al-
 most the entire district, and persons fa-
 miiar with conditions in the area swept by the hurricane estimated that the total death toll would not exceed $50. The ex- act number of fatalities among those re- ported as missing could not be determined. however, until thorough checking up has been completed by the authorities. which cannot be done until the waters | recede. A large section of the area now under water was uninha bitated marsh land, and it was believed that most of the people living on plantations along the river needed the widely distributed warm ings of the weather bureau and reached places of refuge before th storm. Island De La Croix, 2S miles south of New Orleans, reported several persons drowned and discouraging reports were brought in by vessels of the situation in
 Plaquemine parish, Louisiana The re-
 ports stated that a number of marooned persons lined the river banks at Plaque
 mine and were sorely in need of food and
 shelter. Rescue boats have been dis patched.
 Relief Work Relief boats sent out to various points have not yet returned. but numbaf of refugees have been brought to New Orleans on small boats coming in from the lower Mississippi river and the lakes and bayous. Governor Hall arrived here today to assist the parish and city off
 ciais, and the citizens committee in the relief work. A number of additional boats were sent out by the committees, firms and individuals today The Wolvin liner City of Tampico, from Vera Cruz. arrived here today with all her 25 passengers safe after terrific batterlng by the winds and waves in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday and Wednes- day night. Two Mexican sailors were swept overheard and drowned
 Officers and passengers, number or whom were women and children, related thrilling stories of the steamers fight with the hurricane about 20 miles out from the
 mouth of the river. The liner apparently was near the center of the storm Wednes- day
 All the passengers put on life preserv- CTS and it was feared we might be drowned any lnstant," said R. A. Agnew. a passenger At times this ship was spun around like top by the wind, then tee huge waves would roll completely over vUl-- cA~~- and all aboard were drenched. We ex- pected the ship would go under any min ute, and yet every one seemed calm. For tunstely, the storm suhsided and left us safe a few miles south of the rivers s mCuth"
 Five white women and their II children perished at De La Croix, while the five husbands chung to the roof of a house almost within reach of their loved ones struggling in the, water, according to the story told by a relative of one of the survivors arriving here The women and children had been placed in skin and the men themselves found refuge on a ! roof floating in the flood. The skin sud denly was swept under the roof by the swirling waters and the occupants were 1 drowned. The victims at De La CroiS were:
 Mrs. Ga ssimer Perez and two children Mrs. Raphael Herez and one child: Mrs Adolph Campo and four children; Mrs Joseph Rice and one child; Mrs. Frank
 Helers and three children, and Manuel Morales.
 Tho Mississippi coast from Pass Christian westward to the Louisiana state line suffered heavy property dam- age. At Bay St. Louis and Waveland 1 the loss will amount to hundreds of
 thousands of dollars Many expensive | summer homes were wrecked and the 4 -.tf l ..x. t.4 | Waveland and Bay St. Louis was de-
 stroyed. the sea in places undermin- | ing and washing away the road fol great distances. All bathhOuses and
 piers along the beach were swept 1 away The Peerless Canning company's 1 plant at Bay St. Louis was destroyed as were 40 carloads of canned oysters awaiting shipment. l Conditions in New Orleans were all
 most normal today Street car service was resumed practically to all parts l of the city, electric and telephone wires were being untangled and the work of
 clearing away debris was well ad- vanced and repairs to docks and ware houses along the river front were un- | der way.
 Service will be held In all New Or | leans churches tomorrow. notwith- standing many of them were serious l ly damaged by the storm.
 To prevent possible attempts at loot | ing of wrecked houses in portions of the city where the street lighting sys- | tenn is still out of commission. the po-
 lice were instructed to arrest loiterers Last night 142 were arrested. They were put to work clearing away storm l debris.
 Railway Service Restored
 Railroad servicc out of New Orleans rapidly is becoming normal, the Louis vile and Nashville and the New Or leans and Northeastern, the latter op- erated by the Queen and Crescent pe' ing the only lines that have not re- stunned traffic The Southern Pacific lTexas and Pacific, Louisiana Railway and Navigation company. the Yazoe
 and Mississippi Valley and the silinoii lCentral are operating trains on regula' schedules.
 { The New Orleans and Northeastern | was making preparation tonight to re
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