Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-07-07
LIVES Lost ! in
TROPICAL STORM
Many Are Killed and Others
Injured by Distur-
bance
MOBILE HARD STRUCK
Far Southern Towns Cut of By
Storm From Communication Yes
terday and Last Night

terday and Last Night
Jacksonville, Fla, July THE en-
tire water front of the city OF Pen
sacola was entirely swept away oy Z
tropical storm winch visited that city
Wednesday nigh. and yesterday calls-
ing damage of more than $2,U0e,0OG
and great loss of life.
All efforts to get ir COMMUNICATION
with the city have proven futile az
all telephone and telegraph lines
have been destroyed. Federal au-
thorities here have been making CT
forts to get in tou'h with the wire
less station in that city, but it Is
thought that plant was also destroyed
Considerable anxiety is felt over the
safety of Fort Barancas, where sew
eral hundred soldiers and sailors are
stationed.
New Orleans, July Reports
from various towns in the hurricane
swept district received up to a.
m. today indicated more than eighty
persons are missing.
Many ships are missing today.
Reports from Chandler, Miss, said
five fishing smacks, with crews OF SIN
each were missing.
Eleven fishing parties which de-
parted for various islands Wedncs-
day and Thursday are still unheard
from.
Montgomery, Ala, July The
gulf storm that has wreaked havoc
in many gulf coast cities in the last
forty eight hours was apparently
centering inland in the vicinity Of
Vicksburg, Miss, early today.
Selma, Ala, July 7--Seventeen ne
groes were killed by d storm yes
terday north off Bcloit, ~ miles from
here, according to information rcac:-
ing here last night. Eight persoEc
were injured and Il number of houses
were blown down.
New Orleans, July Reports cf
great damage done to property ard
crops by the tropical storm th<:t
swept in from the Gulf of Mexico
over parts of Louisiana, Florida,
Mississippi and Alabama Wednesday
and Wednesday night began 10 ar-
rive here as communication with the
affected districts was restored.
The only reports of loss Of life
came from Bclo;t, Ala, wh2-c II
negroes were reported killed ard
others injured.
Mobile and Pensacola still were
cut off from wire communication a
messenger from Mobile, however,
reached station near that city early
tonight and reported that while tho
property :loss was extensive there
had been no loss Of life.
Weather Bureau officials said Mo
bile and Pensacola were in the centre
of the storm. Shortly after noon /:
wireless message from the coas
guard cutter Tallapoosa,( in Mobile
harbor, was received here stating tha'
the wireless towers at Mobile llat
been blown down and that the cutie
was preparing to send a boat ashor,
to ascertain conditions.
No further communication was hel,
with the Tallapoosa early last night
although the wireless stations her
repeatedly endeavored to reach her
Reports from Milton, Fla, about q
miles from Pensacola, late yesterda.
said there were stories of heav,
damage to the water front there.
| Most of the cities and towns alon:
the Mississippi coast in the path o
the storm were being heard fror
last night. Damage was reporte
not so great as had been feared, con
sidering the severity Of the storm.
Montgomery, Ala. = July 7-Th
!. first direct word out of Mobile sine
the city was hit by tropical storr
early Wednesday reaching here las
night, said that no one there had bee
| killed, but that the property damag
was heavy. a telegraph operate
walked into the. town today from
, nearby village, and, returning, ser
out the news.