The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-08
First Word From Florida City
Says Hurricane Cost
Was Heavy.
RIVERS REPORTED RISING;
DANGER WARNINGS ISSUED
Rains Follow Tropical Storm
and Streams are Over
flowed.

NEW ORLEANS. July & Pensacola
suffered heavily m the hurricane which
,wcp, IN from The gulf Wednesday. ac-
cordlng TO the first word from tho
Florida city since Wednesday morn
ing
The naval wireless station at Pensa-
cola got INTO communication today with
the United Fruit company station here
long enough 20 sem the following brief
message
Pensacola came safely through the
hurricane None killed Big damage
10 docks and building.
Property Damage Heavy.
Attempts 90 obtain detailed iniorma-
ton failed. although efforts 10 con-
iinue further communication continued
more than an hour
Property damage was heavy IN Pcn-
Sacola according 10 " { Scagraves,
a telephone lineman, who made his way
20 FlomatSni Ala. Yesterday
Floods are Thfeateosd.
Floods now are threatened over
vide area following the storm that
'wep, over Alabama and Mississippi.
| The Alabama. CooSa, Idllapoosa and
Warrior rivers are rcpofte rising rap
idly and flood warning, have been is-
sued
Seven Persons Killed
Al least seven persons lost their lives
and property was damaged to the cx-
ten, Of more than S4cOOOO. according
10 reports today from the sorm-swept
regions. Crops and timber suffered
heavily
Rams that assumed the proportiopA
oi cloudburstS followed the tropical
hurricanes IN Alabama causing serious
ilouds -Ai-QsaAtvills aud Birmingham.
where creeks oyerilowed their banks
and invaded stores and factories.
Three distinct cloudbursts hit Eufau-
Ia. Ala. since Friday morning, ten
inches Of rain falling in twelve hours.
Train Runs Into Washout.
The death list consists of one whit.
man and six negroes The former =
locomotive engineer. was killed with
his negro fireman when his train ran
into . wsshout at Bond. Miss. Three
negroes were drowned IN the birming-
ham district and two In the Warrtos
river near Tuscaloosa when = sm6ll
boat sank
Three Ships Lost.
The American schooner Mary q.
Dantrler, the Norwegian schooner
Aneyia and an unidentified ,wo-mastesl
vessel were lost OF Ship island in the
Cult ~ Mexico Wednesday. according
90 reports at Guliport The crew VI
IN. Aneiia was saved hut no trace oi
the others has been found Thirty six
men comprised the crew Of the three
vessels.
. Search for Vessels.
The cuaI guard cutter Iallapoosa,
' now IN Mobile. has been ordered "a
cruise m the guli ~ Mexico TO search
ior vessels reported disabled in the hur-
ficane
Fngmrn,ay details oi Seagrave',
tepof, on the damage at Pensacola, ~
csivrd over the telephone al Atlanl1
, said the water front was wrecked and
> that there was some damage 10 ship.
piny The path OF the storm extended
apparently about twenty seven mile,
north oi Pensacola Considerable dam
aye wat caused ihrou9hou, this section
hut 80 iat a. could be learned here ihs
linrman DID not repor, loss oi life a
either Pensacola or other places.
Destruction Everywhere.
y Scenes vi destruction. Seagrayes re-
y ported were nn every side. The hiet
wind blew the waters Of an exception
=, ally high tide inland. inunda,ing road
7 and railroads Telegraph and ,eIephon'
pole, and tree, blocked rail and roe,
!, passage Twelve hundred telephones u
u Pensacola were nut uu, ~ commission
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