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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1906
Page
1
New Orleans reports isolation from gulf coast towns as hurricane damage spreads across Mississippi raises rail and telegraph disruption. Ansel, a pilot, notes wrecked houseboats and uprooted pines while Virginia crews rescue workers and crews.
A gulf coast hurricane struck Pensacola on September 28, flooding five to ten feet in houses and wrecking the waterfront. Many roofs blown off and telegraph, telephone, and electric lines tangled. Women rescued from second story windows by boats as financial losses top three million dollars and outside communication remains cut off.
Hurricane force winds and heavy rain sweep northeast from the gulf with extensive property damage across Alabama Mississippi and Florida. Communications are cut, rail lines from Mobile to Pensacola are ruined, and Pensacola coal yard and tracks are wrecked. No loss of life reported in New Orleans, but widespread disruption and missing reports persist from Bolixi and nearby towns.
General Stoessel has tendered his resignation in St. Petersburg on September 28 seeking retirement from active duty.
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