Twenty Five Drowned as Pensacola Riddled by Hurricane
Pensacola reports the hurricane's toll with twenty five known drownings. Only four bodies recovered as rescue crews work amid wreckage. Quarantine stations at Santa Rosa and the United States facility are destroyed, Fort Pickens and Fort McRae suffer heavy damage, and many vessels are lost.
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Pensacola
Santa Rosa
United States
Fort Pickens
Fifteenth Company of Artillery
Fort McRae
United States Naval Station
Brothers Reunite After Forty Four Years
Fort Worth reports a reunion as John and Henry Millwood, once split by the Civil War with John serving the Union and Henry the Confederacy, meet in Fort Worth after Henry’s long stay in Mexico. A mutual friend arranged the meeting following their forty four year separation.
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Fort Worth
John
Henry Millwood
Greenville
Henry
Mexico
Fort Morgan Swept by Terrific Hurricane
Historic Fort Morgan at the entrance to Mobile Bay reports severe storm damage. Captain Dwyer says the entire post was under water with all buildings damaged or destroyed including the pumping station and main water tank. No casualties known. The revenue cutter Alert sunk at her berth after a collision with Nellie. Winona and Ponrose unaccounted for in Mobile harbor.
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Washington
Dwyer
Fort Morgan
Mobile Bay
Edwards
F. M. Rock
Alert
Mobile
Nellie
Winona
Ponrose
Young Fort Worth Operator Dies After Sudden Cough
Miss Rose Mahoney a telephone operator in Fort Worth died suddenly after a single cough on Saturday morning. She retired Friday night reportedly in good health. A friend found her dead at her bedside.
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Fort Worth
Educational Day Parade at Greenville Fair Ends
Two thousand pupils marched in Greenville Texas on Educational Day at the fair. Three attendees came from Burleson College as the event capped the fair’s final day with a large audience.
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Urenville
Greenville
Tex
Burleson College
Mobile Storm Devastates City Estimated Loss Reaches Millions
Massive Mobile storm causes four plus million dollars in damage, razes five thousand homes, sinks ships including the Alert, and forces martial law. Churches suffer heavy losses, wharves and docks ruined, river traffic halted, hotels damaged, and supply firms report large damages and scarce provisions.
Stevenson to Hearst and Hyland Defeats Hanlon
A telegram to Hearst from Adlai E. Stevenson congratulates him on his nomination and predicts a triumphant election. In San Francisco, Dick Hyland defeated Eddie Hanlon by a clear decision at the Seaside Athletic Club after 13 rounds, Hanlon unable to defend.
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New York
Hearst
Bloomington
Ill
W. R. Hearst
Adlai E. Stevenson
Hyland
San Francisco
Dick Hyland
Eddie Hanl
Seaside Athletic Club
Jack Welch
Hanlon Langing
Objections Delay Cincinnati Bride and Columbus Groom
Washington September 29. Objections from the bride’s family led to a marriage between Elizabeth Foster a Negro girl from Cincinnati and Isaac B. Williams a white man from Columbus Ohio. The ceremony took place in a Negro Baptist church.
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Washington
Elizabeth Foster
Cincinnati
Isaac B. Williams
Columbus
Gulf Storm Devastates Mobile Area With Heavy Losses
The Mobile region reels as 75 to 100 lives are lost and 20 vessels wrecked or driven ashore in the Gulf. Rail lines from Hurricane to Mobile suffer washouts, with logs piled up to ten feet. New Orleans records 6.58 inches of rain while bay waters flood streets and basements across Commerce and Water streets.
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Mobile
Gulf of Mexico
Louisville
Nashville
Weather Bureau
Jamaica
Cuba
New Orleans
Commerce Street
Water Street
Campos
Florists Suffer Heavy Losses In Mobile Tornado
Sept 29 Mobile reports widespread damage from a cyclone. Florists lose hothouses plants and flowers over blocks of streets. The Mobile Medical College roof blown off and relics damaged. St Pauls church wrecked and cotton floats down streets. Union Depot damaged with windows and cornices gone. A jewelry drum man saves over 3000 dollars in samples. An elderly Negro rescues a drowning woman by placing her in a tub and reaching dry land.
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Mobile
Mobile Medical College
St. Paul's Colored Methodist Church
Creole School
Conti Street
Court House
Union Depot
Government Street
Schooners Wrecked Along Gulf Coast After Storm
In a Gulf coast sweep from New Orleans to West Pascagoula about twenty five schooners were wrecked or sunk observed by a Louisville and Nashville engine crew. At McNeill Miss J M Roberts was killed by a falling tree and at McComb three people were hurt by a hotel’s crumbling coping. Captain Sears of the Eighth lighthouse district returned from a Mississipp river trip and noted widespread land under tide water with no life loss learned.
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Mobile
Christ Episcopal Church
St. Francis Street Baptist Church
Christ Church
Alert
Royal Street
Eynken
J. P. Schu
Mary
Mary E. Staples
Mary S. Blees
Gama
Overton
Hattie B. Moore
City of
Camden
Frascati
Three Mile Creek
Mobile and Ohio
Louisville and Nashville
Mobile and
Ohio
James A. Carney
New Orleans
Pascagoula
Gulf Coast
Here
West Pascagoula
Miss
McNeill
J. M. Roberts
McComb
J. D. Sears
Eighth Lighthouse District
Mississipp River
Ground Broken for Confederate Widows Home in Hyde Park
Ground breaking ceremony held in Hyde Park for a home to house wives and widows of Confederate veterans. Speakers included O B Colquitt and General W L Cabell. Mrs Dibrell led the response and read a poem. Finances show funds sufficient to begin construction.
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Austin
Hyde Park
O. B. Colquitt
Dibrell
Texas Division of Daughters of the Confederacy
W. L. Cabell
Chenoweth
Confederate Home
Cane Crop Damaged by Storm In New Orleans
New Orleans reports severe cane crop damage from a recent storm on September 29. Local growers assess losses and expect impact on sugar yields and markets.
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New Orleans
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