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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
3
Hurricane swept from the Gulf across Mobile and Pensacola causing two deaths and notable property and marine loss. Winds reached speeds higher than the previous July storm, yet overall damage remained not large. Mobile and western Florida reel from the powerful coastal passage.
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The storm caused extensive property damage in several cities along the Gulf and Southeast. In Pensacola and surrounding areas, rail and electrical facilities suffered, communications were down for 12 hours, and trains from Pensacola to Jacksonville were suspended for a week. In Mobile and nearby Alabama towns, roofs were torn, poles blown down, and citrus crops reportedly spared. Earthquakes accompanied the storm, felt as far as Louisville and Augusta, with Birmingham reporting the strongest tremors.
A weather bulletin notes that the storm affecting the Atlantic states appeared to subside early today, reducing wind and rain threats for coastal communities and prompting easing travel conditions.
Washington dispatch reports minor local earth shocks from Georgia Alabama and Tennessee dated yesterday. Seismographs at Georgetown University noted the quake began 6 08 pm and ended about three minutes with a center 300 to 400 miles from the capital. Tropical storm moved north to Indiana with diminished force and likely to intensify again as warnings extend from Cape Hatteras to Eastport. Nebraska navy cruiser reports passage through West Indian hurricane with no damage. Pensacola station notes minor damage to buildings sheds planes and that surge receded by 10 am with no further harm expected.
Two distinct shocks were felt across Georgia, eastern Alabama, and Tennessee shortly after 4 pm. Damage was minor, mainly chimneys, with fear prompting residents to flee in Birmingham, Montgomery, and other Southern cities. The Augusta suburb reported no tremor. Officials suggest a link to low barometric pressure from the Gulf coast hurricane.
A blizzard today extended over most of South Dakota, Nebraska, and western Iowa. Norfolk reported four inches of snow with a strong northwest wind, while Sioux Falls recorded two inches and a temperature just below freezing. One of the earliest blizzards in years.
The Texas attorney general seeks an injunction against thirty four Texas railroads that did not join a federal suit to block new rates set after the Shreveport decision. The state argues enforcement would conflict with Interstate Commerce Commission orders and jurisdiction lies with federal courts, not a state district court.
The San Antonio Fraternal League reports plans for the Texas Fraternal Congress to be held November 14–15 in San Antonio. Events include a public 10 am Alamo welcome session with Mayor Brown, leaders from Woodmen of the World, Men’s organizations, and a Women’s Benefit Association address. A Gunter Hotel program at 8 pm features Senator Morris Sheppard and A W Rooks with a reception for national officers, plus a city tour and park lunch on Wednesday.
The Woman's Club in San Antonio will host a Founders Luncheon at the Menger Hotel Saturday noon. Toastmaster Mrs. W. A. Daniel will open with greetings by Miss M Eleanor Brackenridge and others, recalling founder histories and community roles as fourteen of eighteen founders remain alive, with ten still in San Antonio.
In Yoakum Texas Constable J M Mikesh appeared in Judge Criswell s court waiving examining trial. The judge set bond at 500 for Mikesh to await the DeWitt county grand jury action. He is charged with shooting dad Krauskopf in the right leg last Monday night.
Orion May, a small boy, burned his face severely when he struck a match near a tank in an automobile at J. X. May's home in Yoakum Texas on Monday afternoon. He is in recovery.
A wide range of home remedies and drugstore recommendations is presented by Dr Lewis Baker. Readers submit health concerns from coughs to dandruff, constipation, obesity, anemia, and kidney issues, with suggested tonics, laxatives, and tonics like mentho laxene, cadomene, arbolone, hypo nuclene, balmwort tablets, and other preparations.
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