Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-30
CENTER Of STORM IS BELIEVED
To HAVE STRUCK NEW ORLEANS
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. ST Under ) FEET OF WATER
Many Railroad Bridges Washed Out and Extent
Of Damages Will Not Be Known For Several
Days. Bogalusa Damaged But Little and
Not a Person Injured.

Great loss of life and damage will into the hundreds Of
of dollars expected result OF the storm whch
and Mississippi points Wednesday and continued until early
Thursday morning Through service brought to ha1 anu
communication with the storm stricken district impossible r
The only the outside world reaching Bosaa was
by the passengers train which returned from oue d. ~
Thursday morning The train not permitted 10 Try anu
lake and the wires from Se New Orleans went down at
Wednesday At that hour reported that the storm
SO bad that street car stopped as the wlno lear
it would blow them off the track and street
At Sde which is four miles the lake. reported to be
five feet deep the school house and that three feet OF water
business districts. IS
The Illinois Central bridge Manhac went
and no service being attempted Two bridges the and rail-
road yesterday afternoon and New orleans cut Oil o TIC
It feared that the greatest Of life occurred in the Grand Isle
district where hundreds Of fishermen live and ~he there no
G. Rogers and son. George of Bogaua arrived this morning
from Sde where they tied the storm Mr. Rogers reports
great damage in that city.
the lake. One report reached Boga that several hundred feet mad
been washed away by and high tide This report lacks ve
cation and thought that this untrue as there mas been no
communication from Sldel to the bridge. l
Latter received BOeasa that seVelai miles o dch
the and was washed off that the Biloxi hard MT by
the storm and that the damage will run into OF aoa IN
CITY, Lumbero Puv and other nearby MISSISSIPPI towns report III
Boeasa and surrounding territory got good touch Of the storm
which has been expected several days. All telegraph and telephone
wires went down early Wednesday afternoon and Boeausa was cut on
from the outside world While property damage in Boeaua vi" reach
500 no one was injured Great Southern Lumber Co.,
their loss which includes damage done to the blow
nine and the service the electric light plant There loss covered
nv tornado we'll number other LOSSES usaeo ny
other citizens Owing the high wind the mill not run wednesday
no The blowing of several electric light poles resulted IN part OF
the cty being darkness Wednesday, No trains arrived IN boeausa
Wednesday evening and the officials did not know when the regular
soc would be started No trains the bridge Sill
t dell as stated in the regular edition of the Enterprise
r IN RICHARDSONT0WN
Chs Iboa ored was buried under the house he occupied
was rescued by neihbors He sustained only slight scratches and
bes Two other rental houses the property OF NJ H. dorsey were
bowed off their foundation The residence OF Mr. Dorsey was also oad
damaoed nv the water and wind This property was dam
AGED to the extent $780, Many uthoes and trees were also blown
down and the damage has not been estimated
e DAMAGE AT PLEASANT HILL
r. The four room house of MIR Sykes residing in Frenchown was
il blown its foundation and the building conded tota "fec
Mr. Sykes and family escaped from the building without injury Inc ROOT
the baseball park blown into the street Many ououse
n and trees were blown down.
ON COLUMBIA STREET
Not much damage was reported Columbia street The heavy
Of Hean Bros blown down and the roof D. Benin un
m Co was also badly damaged Trees and fences were also bow
down and ear this morning bridge Columbia street reported
It mpassable owing the trees having blown across it.
IN BOGALUSA TERRACE
The residence Of Allen Mcdaniel in Bogau Terrace was blown from
the foundation Mr. Mcdaniel and his family were not at and tn
extent damage not reported early S morning. Trees a
outbuldings were blown down.
'N>'0''' IN NORTH BoGALUsA
The Roster GARAGE sustained greatest damaf any building
North Boeasa The rear blown roof bowed away
are window blown and large amount 1 blown iron
the front The damage here will high telephones telegraph an
electric poles down and large OF trees
d the ward Of J. Lively large we blown down. Billboard
awnings large window paneS fences ana uuidne were