Storm Devastates Gulf Coast As Railways Resume Service
After the storm, lines steadily reopen with trains running again on most routes while the Louisville and Nashville remains unable to maintain a schedule. Coastal towns from Scranton to Biloxi report widespread destruction with ships ashore, houses washed away, and several lives lost. The Tug Winona is safe and rescue efforts helped save a Pascagoula keeper and family. Dauphin Island residents endure long isolation as soldiers offer shelter but are refused. pine lumber loss runs into millions, forests torn and turpentine stands blown down.
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Louisville
Nashville
Mobile
New Orleans
Rave Fem
Ohio
Scranton
Misa
Odd Fellows Hall
Pascagoula Beach
Winona
Rafe
Pascagoula Neht
Horn Island Neht
Bat
Biloxi
Hidoxt
Pasa Christian
Gulf: 1
Shipland
Horns 4
Gage
Dauphin Island
Mand
Lee Graham
John Weroten
Irene
Robert Petara
Louisa B. Mitenell
Fort Gaines
Pre
Very High Water at Apalachicola
Apalachicola reports the worst storm in years from Monday to Friday with wind and flood overtopping wharves. Factories and mills including Cypress Lumber and Apalachicola Lumber suffered major damage. several firms destroyed or flooded. Communication cut off. Crescent City resumed service. Milton and Westville also struck with extensive damage to stores, crops, and rail lines. Water damage and wreckage fill rivers as trains and boats are disrupted.
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Mbs & Griggs Hoge Brothers
Cunningham Grogers Company
Tapons Wharf
John Marshall & Co
Saxon Lumber Company
Joseph Wesna Electric Light and ‘Telephone Company
John Fowler
Cypress Lumber Company
Crescent City
Milton
Fia
Milton Fia
Clark
Chaffin & Co
Countess J Po Williams & Co
Stork
Stearns Culver Lume Company
R J
Westville
Weatine
Fla
Itus Town
Pensacola and Adiitle
Lotusville and
Nashville Road
DePuniak Springs
Chipley
Ponsacola
Monkey Smoke Case Arrest For Cigarette Incident
Sidney Murphy was arrested after a monkey lit a cigarette and he allegedly assisted the animal. Officer Bireidld detained him for jaig offense and he was sent to the police station to settle the matter with Jud Broyles. Separately, the Morgan County Teachers Institute opened in Hartselle with county schools represented and sessions led by Oden.
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Sidney Murphy
Bire
Whithie
Broyles
Teachers’ Institute
Decatur
Ala
Morgan County Teachers Institute
Hartselle
Oden County
Paris Gordon Bennett Cup balloons sail over Tuileries gardens
In Paris this afternoon the Gordon Bennett Cup for international aeronauts began with balloons averaging over two thousand cubic metres capacity. Spectators include prominent European aeronauts and foreign diplomats. Santos-Dumont, representing the Aeronaut Club of America, tested a vertical propeller device to raise and lower the balloon without using ballast.
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Tuileries Gardens
Heart of Paris
Santos Dumont
Paris
Atlantic
Rees
Europe
Anad Marine Santos Dumont
Aeronaut Club of America
Clad in Bathing Robe Miss Lanier Survives Destructive Collapse
Mobile Alabama report tells how Miss Lanier, sole survivor of a five person family, escaped from a collapsing house. Dressed in a bathing robe she broke a window, was cut, swam to safety, and was rescued by rescuing parties. One other family body has been recovered.
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Mobile
Ala
Miss Lanier
Ulvanelor
Mass Shipping Losses in Pensacola Storm Ravage
Widespread destruction along Pensacola shores as docks at Muscogee and nearby wharves are wrecked and many vessels are aground or sunk. Estimates place total shipping losses around 4.4 to 9 million dollars with extensive damage to lumber docks, river fronts, and the Escambia Bay bridge. Rescue crews report dozens of homeless and strenuous relief efforts underway amid ongoing rain and rising floodwaters.
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Frits
Palifox
Cits Insny Vessils
Louis- Allie
Sergeant Prentice
Fort Weltae
Aso
Escambia
Garson Point
Louisville and Nashville
Escambria Bay
Et RE Saunders & Co
Warren & Co
DeAch
Monarch
Mary Les
Unknown steamer lost with entire crew in Lake Huron gale
A vessel unknown in Mak town foundered off Sunicat Lake Huron at 3 am during a northwest gale. The City of Mackinaw witnessed the tragedy from Harbor Beach but could not locate survivors or identify the vessel.
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Port Iur
Mak Setember
Ats
Lake Huron
Sunitac
City of Mackinaw
Harbor Beach
Theackinaw
Cloudburst Halts Nashville Rail Traffic On Knoxville Line
A cloudburst washed out a bend on the Knoxville division near Brush Creek between Carthage Junction and Watertown, 4 miles from Nashville, suspending traffic for over sixteen hours. Three passenger trains and all freight trains were laid up as the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis line faced delays. The Louisville and Nashville ran regular trains south only to Montgomery with tickets sold subject to delay.
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Nashville
Knoxville
Southern Railway
Brush Creek
Carthage Junction
Watertown
Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railroad
Louisville and Nashville
Montgomery
Labor union reach marks wage-worker total
A September report from the state department of labor states that there are upwards of 18 000 000 wage workers to labor unions. One fourth in the United States, with Great Britain and Germany each bearing nearly as many unionists as the United States, while newer movements in Austria Hungary and Italy show rapid progress.
Refugees Waded Inland As Gulf Storm Drowns Dozens
New Orleans reports say about a dozen lives were lost and hundreds of square miles flooded up to 4 feet deep as a hurricane hit the Mississippi river delta. Refugees describe boats, canes uprooted, and families fleeing inland while rescue crews searched for missing villagers and crew members.
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Gulf
Thy
New Orleans
Mississippi Rier
New Orleana
Rver
Mbiaid Eghteen
Wer
Ree
Buras
Wississippy Sound
Sever Tmstermen
Rost Arrives in Washington for Naval Honors
Rost arrived in Washington aboard the yacht Sylph converted for the Recreary Root Band party. Secretary Root said nothing was left undone by the people in honoring the country during the visit.
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Rost
Washington
Washngton
Sylph
Root
Sensible Viewpoint Dialogue in The Heiress Sketch
A witty exchange unfolds as The Heiress jokes she would rather marry for money than for affection. The Friend challenges her, and she argues that money would bring a sensible, steady husband despite social parlor snubs.
Sewing machine ad promises unique 43 hour work claim
The Philadelphia Ledger notes a sewing machine maker touts extraordinary speed claiming 43 hours of work by a device. The piece hints at a phonograph attachment as a feature, reflecting early gadgetry advertising trends.
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Philadelphia
Tragedy in Alabama and Georgia public safety incident near West Point
A violent clash at a train crossing near Longdale Alabama and West Point Georgia left three Black men dead and a woman wounded after white assailants chased and attacked them with rocks and firearms. Lon Burdette and others fled into a store for protection before a train incident escalated. Coroners inquest held. two white men reportedly arrested.
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West Point Ga
Longdale
Hogsere
Lon Burdette
Chattahoochee Valley
Saddler
Ftr Johnson & Co
Lon Ruidette
Gabe McCann
Nick Spratling
Easter Burdette McCants
Spratling
West Point
Dr A R Holderby Corrects Impression On His Recent Interview
Dr A R Holderby publishes to correct an Atlanta Constitution interview that appeared last Monday. He says the talk was by telephone during a mob scene near his home and denies any intention to justify mob or lynch law. He reiterates his stance for law and order and condemns mob violence as contrary to God and civilization.
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A R Holderby
The
Constitution
Lditor
Atlanta Constitution
Tois
Alwase
Southland
R Holderby
Moore Memorial Church
Three Splendid Diamonds From The New York Times
The three most splendid London diamonds are worn by the duchess of Portland the duchess of Westminster and the countess of Dudley. The Westminster diamond Naseac weighs 78 karats and has long belonged to the Grosvenor family. The Dudley Star of South Africa weighs about 44 karats and was once known as the Dudleigh. The Portland stone, a square water diamond, weighs officially undisclosed and is valued around 100000 dollars. The gems remain part of family jewels, not individual property, and pass with titles.
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New York Times
London
Duchess of Portland
Westminster
Dudey
England
Grosvenor
Countess of Dudley
Star of
South Africa
Portland
Major Halford Leaves Atlantis
Major Halford, paymaster for the Gulf region, reportedly leaves Atlantis for San Francisco as orders shift troops and duties amid reorganizations in the army. The transition follows his widely known role and ties to the department, with details sparse and subject to confirmation.
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Hialford
Lima
Francis
Hiepis
Army of Ce Unition
Uha
San Francisco
Pasma
Pasmas
Frank Lake
Wesles
Halforg
Benefit in Advermity From Calli re Wexner
The text presents a garbled historical claim about consequences of events linked to Wexner and Calli. It references a hypothetical national impact and various phrases that resemble a debate on harm, warfare, and societal effects. Core details are unclear due to corruption.
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Itose
Monkey
Great Britain
Coffee Defenders
Pensacola
Ingrid
Heimdal Norwelgan
Avanti
Ferreira Achooner
Donna Christina
Alfrild
Andrea
Avon
Hereford
Maria
Neach Vf
Olivari
Superb
Lottie Hosking
Carrie E Chase
Iris
Bay Shore
J.az Jacoby
Chase
Mra
T F Mathewa
Tridge
Escambia Bay
Frante
Mathews
R G White
Poe
Southern
Messissippi
Gloster Newton
Tilltown
Wiss
Northim
Persntan
Gulf of Vmear
Atlantis
Celba
Suthwest Pass
ST. Louis Exposition
Alabama
A. R. Holderby
Essig Bros
Merl
Whitehall St
Atlan Territory
Cypress
Garcus Portland Cement Company
Atlant
Calli
Jean Fra Diecq
Gan Prandes
Fice
Hathaway & CO. Buite
Inman
Dabney
Arrow
Hive
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