Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-08
Mississippi and Alabama Hit Hardest by Tropical
 Hurricane.
CROPS AND TIMBER
 SUFFER StsV FREELY
in Que Tract of la0 Acres oi Pine in
 Mississippi Only aN Trees Left
 Standing Mobile ani Pensacola Still Cut Vff.

and floods in Alabama, following the destructive tropical hurricane on the gulf Wednesday, had carsad six known deaths tonight. In addition, | the crews of two schooners were be- lieved to have been drowned eff Ship island, when their vessels foundered Wednesday,
 | Property damage in Alabama and Mississippi will total more than $4, OOO,0OO.
 1 The known dead:
 An engineer, killed when his train ran into a washout at Bond, Miss.
 Three negroes, drowned in the flooded district of Birmingham, while riding on improvised craft.
 Two negroes, drowned when a small boat foundered on the Warrior river, near Tuscaloosa, Ala.
 Reports from Gulfport, Miss, say the American schooner Mary B. Dantzler, the Norwegian schooner Anevia and another unidentified two- masted vessel, were lost off Ship island Wednesday. The Danztler's crew was rescued, but no trace was found of the others. Each ship car ried 12 men.
 | masted American barkentihe John w. beached on Ship island. A lumber barge was reported sunk
 Valley Creek, near Birmingham. overflowed following a rainfall of more than 10 inches in 43 hours Street railway and railroad traffic was demoraliZed. Boats were used in bringing marooned persons from their homes in the lowlands. The city fire department was called on for rescue work.
 The Autauga overflowed into the streets of Prattsville, Ala, flooding many stores.
 Late reports from Beloit, Ala, where 17 negroes were reported killed in Wednesdays storm, definite y establish that there were no lives lost, the 13 persons were in niured.
 The river packet M. Carnot crashed into barge on the Warrior. river near Tuscaloosa, Ala, and sank. The crew escaped.
 A Selma (Ala) dispatch stating that two persons were killed in Mo- bile Wednesday lacks confirmation.
 Timber Badly Damaged.
 New Orleans. July 7.-More than four million dollars damage was done in Mississippi and Alabama by the tropical storm of Wednesday and Thursday, according to estimate; made tonight from reports from the storm area and figures given by per- sons connected with the various ;n- dustres affected.
 This total includes estimated dam age to buildings, growing crops, tim Der, shipping, railroads and telegraph and telephone wires. The estimated damage, it is believed, will be in- creased when more detailed informa- tion is obtainable and fuller reports from Pensacola and West Florida ports are received.
 Compilation of reports from various points in Southern Mississippi indi- cated that in that section the damage to corn, cotton and other crops was about $1,5O0,000.
 Losses Apportioned. In North central Mississippi the loss was placed at about $300000. Mississippi coast cities and vicinity, including small craft damage, about $250,000. Lumber interests in Mis- SloolppI anu T1ldUelIiia ctOOuC PI ,OOO,- ! OO0 Telegraph and telephone com panies about $3O0,000. Railroads about S20,0O0.
 In the pine section of Mississippi and Alabama, according to reports from forces working on the telegraph and telephone wires, the storm cov- cred an area about 50 miles wide, causing great damage to standing timber. Several counties of Southern Mississippi reported that the entire corn, cotton and other crops were levelled. Estimates on crops and other damage in the interior of Ala bama were not available.
 Revised reports from Laurel, Miss, today placed the damage in that city at only about $40,000, and denial was made of reports that the storm forced four large mills to suspend operations. Crops losses around Laurel were re- ported heavy.
 Timber Interests Hit Hard. Reports tonight from Hattiesburg, Miss, estimated that 80 per cent of the corn crop of Forrest county and from 60 to 70 per cent of the cotton crop was ruined. Millions of feet of standing timber were either destroy ed or badly damaged in that vicinity. Less than 50 trees were left standing