Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-07-12
STORM SWEEPS MISSISSIPPI
Coast Rcgion--IIives Lost and Great
Property Damage.

81 Cat uohia6S W piopSily anu grow
ing crops due to the tropical storm
that swept in from the Gulf OF Mex
leo over parts OF Louisiana, Florida,
Mississippi and Alabama yesterday
and last night began to arrive here
early tonight as communication with
'he affected sections was restored.
Mobile and Pensacola still were
cut off from wire communication A
messenger from Mobile, however,
reached a station near that city early
tonight and reported that while the
property loss in that city was exten-
81, e there had been no loss of life.
According to the weather bureau
officials Mobile and Pensacola were in
the center of the storm, which reach
ed hurricane proportions at those
points. Shortly after noon a wireless
message from the coast guard Talla
poosa, In Mobile harbor, was receive
here stating that the wireless tow
ers at Mobile had been blown down
and that the cutter was preparing to
send a boat ashore to ascertain con-
ditlons in the city.
No other communication was had
with the Tallapoosa early tonight
although the wireless stations here
repeatedly cndoavored to reach her
Advices from Milton, Fla, abou. so
| miles from Pensacola, late to day
stated there were reports Of heavy
! damage to the water front at Pensi,-
cola, which was still cut off from out
side communication.
Virtually all the cities and towns
along the Mississippi coast in the
path OF the storm were heard from
| tonight, after being cut off from
| communication since yesterday. The
| damage In these cities was reported
not so great as had been feared,
Judging from the severity of the
storm.
| First News from Mobile.
Montgomery, July 6.-The first di-
rect word out Of Mobile reached
Montgomery at $50 o'clock tonight.
Operator Kerven, of the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad at Magazine
Point, walked into Mobile to ascer-
tain the damage and then back to
Hurricane. He wired Hurricane, to
which point he walked to reach an
open wire, as follows:
water went to Conception street
in Mobile. Top of Louisville and
Nashville depot blown off and struc-
ture badly damaged. Many houses
near the water front and as far west
as Conception street badly damaged.
No lives lost. The Office at Magazine
was blown off the sills and turned
over. Driftwood piled hard over
tracks along Chickasaw Rogue. Two
miles north Of Magazine the tracks
are covered with heavy timbers six
feet high. There are two large
barges astride the track at the same
place. Western Union wires are
down from Magazine to Bayou Sara
bridge, but are all right from there
to Hurricane" Magazine Point is
four miles from Mobile. and Hurri-
cane & miles, and Bayou Sara is 1 1
| miles.
Seventeen Lives Lost.
Selma, Ala, July 6.-Seventeen
negroes were killed by tornado this
afternoon north of Beloit, 10 miles
from here, according to information
which reached here tonight. Eight
persons were injured and a number
Of houses were blown down near
Belot. All wires are down and di.
rect communication with that vicinity
Is impossible. This city tonight was
visited by vivid lightning storm
but no damage has thus far been re.
ported
Heavy Property loss.
Laurel, Miss, July 6.--The prop.
erty loss due to the tropical storm OF
last night in Laurel alone was esti,
mated at about 100000, while the
damage to farm buildings, improve,
ments and growing crops in this vi.
cinity will aggregate many thousands
more
This city was cut off from com.
munication with the outside world
until late to-day. All telegraph and
telephone wires were out Of commits
sion and railroad traffic into the city