Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-19
Gulf Coast Is Swept by Gale
Blowing More Than ia
Miles an Hour.
NO GREAT DAMAGE
IS YET REPORTED
PensaAolG and Mobile Suffer Most, but
in Neither City IL Property
Loss Severe--One Death
In Each Place.

The South was swept by a storm
and rocked by an earthquake Wednes-
day.
The hurricane swept across the
gulf states. taking toll of two lives
and causing property and marine
losses, while earth tremors drove
frightened thousands from homes and
offices in Alabama and Georgia, but
did no damage.
Pensacola and Mobile are the chief
sufferers in the hurricane. One per-
son was killed at each place and
buildings were unroofed. Wires were
down and ships sunk
At Pensacola, the wind reached a
maximum of ia miles and at Mobile
1l5 miles, but in neither place was the
property loss anything like as great
as in the hurricane of last July.
Mobile city itself suffered little real
damage, but shipping in the harbor
did not fare so we'll. Two small
boats were sunk and four were
beached.
At Pensacola, one small steamer
went down, another vessel is missing.
three fishing boats went ashore, and
two larger vessels were damaged
when they came together during the
blow. Telegraph and telephone wires
we're Frustrated many hours, the city
being shut off from the outside world
from early morning to early night
Attic the intensity of the storm
lessened 1t swept, inland. South
Alabama suffered materially. Az OFT,
a manufacturing plant was destroyed.
At Troy, buildings were unroofed. In
Southern Alabama timber is report
cd to have been badly damaged but
reports were that the citrus crops in
that state and Western Florida had
not suffered severely.
TOrrential rains accompanied the
blow. The storm had passed far in
land by nightfall. with much decrease
in intensity.
While two distinct earthquake
shocks were felt, as far north as Ken
lucky and as far east as Augusta, Ca,
they were of greater intensity at Bir-
mingham than elsewhere. There Of
flee buildings and homes were rocked
and thousands rushed into the streets,
but the damage was confined to fall
ing chimneys.
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Pensacola Shipping Suffers.
Pensacola. Fla, Oct 18.-Severzr
vessels in the harbor were sunk, num-
bers of small craft suffered damage
and one was lost in the terrific tropi-
cal hurricane that swept thru Pensa-
cola today, the wind at one time
reaching velocity Of ia miles an
hour.
The property damage in Pensacola
was confined chiefly to roofs being
blown off and plate glass windows
destroyed.
Reports from the United states
navy aeronautic station. near hefs,
were to the effect that 1t escaped with
little damage. the new
ly-completed hangers having with
stood the gale.
The storm, however. caused no
lamage to the machines at the aero
lautical stations, which had been
safely stored in hangers. and the
leroplane was strong enough to with
stand the gale, which came In such
strong, sudden gusts that It blew two
n three persons thru plate glass
windows and carried away the wealth
r bureau towers on top Of tall
Daniel Cobb, cook on the small
steamer Flanders which was report
ID sunk two miles from here. was
killed. The crew was brought here
onight.
Shipping damage. besides that Of
mall GRAFT. included the driving to-
,ether Of the Norwegian bark Oak
ands. Of 1913 tons, and the 46S-ton
steamer J. E. Dubignon. which re-
emily was damaged and which was
icing converted into . barge here.
Three fishing schooners were driv-
Y ashore and the Russian bark Al
in went adrift, hut was recovered
rhe small schooner Amy Litzen. in
ow of the Flanders. broke loose and
vas not accounted for tonight. II -
lot known how many men were
hoard.
No reports from outlying districts
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