Oxford eagle., 1915-10-07
400 DEAD IS TOLL
Of GULF STORM
TERRITORY BETWEEN NEW on.
LEANS AND MOBILE REPORTS
MANY CASUALTIES.
LOSS EXCEEDS SIS, 200, 900
Relief Vessels Hurried TO suecor Thou
sands Rendered Horeless-ship-
ping and Railroad Companies
Are sIs Property Losers.

New Orieans--Four hundred dead
and property loss variously estimated
at over $25.000. 600, sums up the re-
srlt Of the storm that swept a big
part ot Louisiana and Mississippi.
Wires have been down ever since the
first biIlow Of the storm, railroads have
been tied mp and the news has been
trickiing In slowly because the points
which suffered the most have been in
accessible by boats.
The death toll In New Orleans and
immediate vicinity was ~. Most OF
the others who persisted were in the
unprotected fishing villages in the Bar
atartA section and In the waters lying
between the Mississippi and Louisiana
state lines
Thousands Of persons have been len
homeless by the hurricane. but New
Orleans and the states Of Louisiana
and Mississippi are fully able TO az
ford all the relief needed. More than
70 boats. loaded with food. medicines.
bedding and physicians. have been dis
patched to various points.
The telephone and telegraph wires
leading to the places which suffered
greatest are being gradually restored
and every hour or so messages are re-
eeived telling Of additions to the death
list The estimate OF 900 dead is con-
servafiye.
Scores OF houses were wrecked and
hundreds damaged at GuIfport, Pass
Christian. Bay st. Louis. waveland.
Mississippi City. Ocean Springs. Biloxi
and other resorts along the Missis-
sippi coast Twelve persons were
drowned In the section Just behind
these summer colony settlements.
The Peerless shrimp canning fac
tory at Bay ST. Louis was destroyed.
entailing a loss Of 100000.
Messengers arriving here in motor
boats declare that al least $50 bodies
were noating. in the salt marshes con-
tiguous to the various bodies of water
which extend from Chef Menteu to
Rigolets- Most OF the victims are
shrimp and oyster men and their fam
fiies.
Word was received here from De Ia
Croix. IS miles from New Orleans.
that Eve prominent planters who had
engaged q small boat to carry them
to safety were helpless witnesses to
the drowning Of their wives and Is
children Three Of the boats crew
also pe-ished.
The loss of the Illinois Central Rail-
road in and around New Orleans Is es-
tfmated by officials TO be So 900 900.
The Louisville & Nashville Is another
heavy loser. Four of its long bridges
in the Mississippi Sound. one Of three
miles In length. have been wiped away.
Large forces Of workmen are at work
restoring the structures.
More than $50 vessels were DESTROY
ed OF this number nine sunk in the
New Orleans harbor. Several large
ships were blown from their-moorfngs.
but were saved Two large dry docks.
each containing large boats. were
blown from one side OF the Mississippi
River to the other
Two members OF the crew OF the
liner City Of Tampico. which arrived
here from Vera Cruz. three days late.
after battling with the hurricane thirty
six hours. were washed overheard.
The ships crew and passengers
donned life preservers and awaited
death in the main salon. where there
were prayers Although the ship was
practically wrecked and scarcely re
senibled q steamer when she reacehd |
port there were only two on board who |
perished.
The greatest loss OF life in any sin |
gle place was At Qsong's platform. In |
the B2rataria section. 50 miles from |
New Orleans. where over 50 were |
drowned when a storm house caved |
IN The shelter had been built by
cuong. a wealthy Chinaman. who had |
built the shelter for Just such an emer- |
gency. He tied s2.eoo In gold around
hts belt and when the blow splintered |
the haven II is believed the metal |
caused his body to sink. as 1t has not /
been found
At Fernier 140 persons were In .
barn which noated IS miles All wer
saved