Louisiana Coast Life Loss Mounts After Hurricane
Death toll from the hurricane sweeping New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast is projected at 65 to 70 with property losses in the millions. New Orleans reports 19 dead and about 200 injured, Mississippi Coast 13 dead, heavy railroad damage at Frenier, and widespread injuries or missing persons. Rehabilitation work progresses as rail traffic slowly resumes.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Mississippi Coast
Frenier
New Orleans Hurricane Toll Rising With Deaths and Damage
A hurricane struck New Orleans and southern Louisiana causing nineteen known deaths and hundreds injured with millions in damage. Among the dead were Captain C. J. Menges and several locals. many more feared dead as the storm disrupted Morgan City Houma St Bernard Parish and river areas. Refugees poured into Houma while riverfront sections faced flood risks and widespread ruin across the storm zone.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
C. J. Menges
Cincinnati
Monongahela Coal & Coke Company
Stanley Meyers
Algiers
Wiliam T. Crummins
John Vahle
Florine
Byte Diaz
St. Bernard Parish
Helena
West End
Louisiana
Morgan City
Houma
Southwest
Gulf Coast
St. Bernard
New Orleans Parish
Mississippi River
Fort St. Philip
Jacobs
Fears for Biloxi Schooners Lost in Louisiana Marsh
In Biloxi Mississippi on October 1 special report says about seventy-five Biloxi schooners with 300 to 400 seamen are marooned in the Louisiana marshes after a gulf hurricane. Relief expeditions were sent by packing firms and the city to aid the crews with provisions blankets and fuel. Captain John De Silver aboard the Louise reports safety after a harrowing night at sea and says the crews had not eaten since Wednesday morning but were well supplied on arrival.
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Biloxi
Miss
Louisiana
Ursula C
Ulysses Desporte
Louisiana Marshes
Gulf Coast
John de Silver
Louise
Dunbars, Lopez & Dukate Co
de Silver
Wreck and Rain Ravage Gulf Coast After Storm
Wind and waves battered the Mississippi coast from Mobile to New Orleans starting yesterday afternoon. The region reports near Biloxi no loss of life but widespread property damage, with shorefront amenities and infrastructure heavily hit. Beach boulevard along Biloxi to Gulfport is destroyed. only three piers remain.
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Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Mobile
New Orleans
Biloxi
Beach Boulevard
Gulfport
Net Paid Circulation Statement For The Mobile Item 1915
The Mobile Item provides net paid circulation figures per postal regulations. It excludes samples, office copies, employee or advertiser copies, and spoils. Ownership and key staff are listed, including Editor Wm. M. Clemens and Publisher Ralph R. Buvinger, Mobile Alabama, with circulation verification by the Audit Bureau of Circulation.
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mobile
Mote
Postoffice
Wm. M. Clemens
Sobte
Ala
Ralph R. Buvinger
K. S. Buvinger
Mames and Andrews
S. von
A. P. Bush
J. C. O’connel
Ste Ity
B. Chamberlain
H. T. Smithy
Pollock
J. M
J. H Lyons
D. R. Wrens Piser
G. M. Luce
J. T
Ow Printing Prees Company
French Gains In Artois As War Rages In France
Paris reports say French troops gained in Artois with hand grenade attacks on German trenches while Champagne combat saw a German counter, checked near Maisons de Champagne. London notes French pressure on the second German line in Champagne and disrupted rail lines. Turbulent front conditions continue with mixed Allied and Central Power actions.
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Paris
Artois
War Office
Champagne
Maisons de Champagne
Soupir
Aisne
Serbia seeks Greek aid against Bulgars in Macedonia
Serbia offers Greece the districts of Guergeli and Botran in Macedonia in exchange for joining an Allied expedition against Bulgaria. A Times dispatch notes Germany is fortifying Tchataldja with 30000 workers building floodable fortifications and long range guns.
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Serbia
Greece
Rome
Paris
Guergeli
Botran
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
The forecast for Alabama and Mississippi calls for fair weather tonight and Saturday with light to moderate west winds.
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Washington
Alab
Mississippi
Mobile Citizen Electrocuted Warns Boys In Lafayette Street
Robert J. Smith, a Mobilian born January 29 1860, died after touching a dangling wire while warning boys of the danger. He grasped the live line near his home at Lafayette street and St Stephen's road at dusk and died instantly. He left a wife Jennie Riley two sons Wallace and Richard and two daughters Sister M Mechtilda and Isabel, plus other relatives. A Maple Camp Woodmen of the World member and Saint Mary's Catholic Church parishioner, he was in his fifty sixth year.
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Robert J. Smith
Smith
Lafayette Street
St. Stephen’s Road
Mobile
Robert J
Mar L. Smith
Jennie Riley
Wallace
Richard Smith
M. Mechtilda
Order of St. Joseph
Isabel Smith
Maple Camp, No. 5
Woodmen of the World
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Subscriptions to German loan call new money, no redemptions
A Berlin dispatch reports all 12 000 000 000 mark German war loan subscriptions are new money with no conversations. Baltimore mourns Col Albert B Cunningham 68 long a Confederate veteran and former editor. San Francisco hosts next IA BSIW convention in New Orleans with J E McClory elected president. The Franklin receiving ship at Norfolk Navy Yard to be decommissioned and sold as unfit for naval use.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Baltimore
Albert 8. Cunningham
Cunningham
San Francisco
New Orleans
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
J. E. McClory
Iveland
Washington
Franklin
Norfolk
New Crops Sought To Give Exchange Advantage
The Gulf Coast Produce Exchange plans new crops for Mobile County. Cauliflower, tested by G L Tiebout in Louisiana, may be grown here and sold at high New York prices. Brussels sprout is also discussed as a potential addition for local growers.
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Mobile Farmers’ Committee
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Exchange
Mobile County
S.i
G. L. Tiebout
Agricultural Experiment Station
Baton Rouge
Aubrey Boyles
Louisiana Territory
Ca.s
Louisiana
New York
Pacific Coast
Wild West Scene Enacted Near St. Josephs Church Shocks Chief
Chief Frank W. Crenshaw watched a frontier style hold up unfold on Spring Hill avenue near St. Josephs church. A man wielded a pistol while two cars full of women and children passed, prompting police calls and a court appearance. Thomas St John faced questions from Recorder Edington as two fines totaling 35 dollars plus costs were assessed.
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ST. Joseph’s Church
Police
Frank W. Crenshaw
Spring Hill Avenue
St. Joseph's Church
Yuma
Ariz
Lynch Creek
Thomas St. John
Ae Ee Reece Weide Tees
Chief of Police
Sie
Detceive
Murphy
St. John
Edington
Mr. St. John
Cer
Schools Open in Mobile as Gulf Storm Causes Damage
The Mobile area reported widespread school openings in city and county districts with large enrollments. White and negro schools, kindergarten programs, and a substantial teaching staff are prepared for the 1915-16 term, with detailed counts of students by school and district across Mobile, Chunchula, Citronelle, and surrounding communities.
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Mobile
Rway
Murphy
Old Shell Road
Rte
White City
Barton High
Yerby
Clark
Leinkauf
Marechal
Oakdale
Snes
Tucker
Russell
Owens
Council
Washington
Maysville
Whistler
Yerby Boys
Semmes
Alabama Port
Allen’s
Alliance Halls
Axis
Baker
Downs
Eight Mile
Fellowship
Georgetown News
Georgetown Old
Golf
Government Street
Grand Bay
Gulfcrest
Heron Bay
Hickory Grove
Indian Springs
Irvington
Lloyd-Newsome
Maples
Mobile Cotton Mills
Morris Hill
Mount Vernon
Oak Grove
Palestine
Pine Grove
Pleasant Progress
Fowl River
Prichard
Race Track
Rowell’s
Sako
Saraland
Satsuma
Shady Grove
Smithtown
Spring Hill
Strongfellow
St. Elmo
Theodore
Tannerville
Union
Wheelerville
Williams
Wilmer
Zirlott
Tanner
Tanner-Williams
Trains Halted Across Mississippi Louisiana Coast After Storm
Official reports confirm devastation along the coast from Pass Christian to New Orleans. The Nashville railway is wrecked with stations swept away and multiple drownings reported. Service will be suspended for weeks while repairs and flood recovery proceed.
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Pass Christian
Bay St Louis
Rigolets
Lésville and Nashville Railroad
Mississippi
Louisiana
Mobile
New
Louisville
Naville
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
T. B. Her
the & N
Ter
Pass Christian Norton
Biloxi
Gulfport
Springs
Bride Bay St. Louis
Nashville Railway
Pass Christi
New Orleans
Yacht Cricket Found After Mooring Breaks in Polecat Bay
The yacht Cricket owned by the Van Heuvel brothers broke from moorings Wednesday night and was later located anchored in Polecat Bay. The vessel, valued at $6, is noted as the fastest boat of its class.
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Cricket
van Heuvel Brothers
Polecat Bay
Funeral Notices for Smith Kennedy Malone and Morrow
Funeral details announce the deaths of ROB JOSEPH SMITH KF KENNEDY JAMES B ONE and JAMES BONE. Services set from 201 North Later Street and 205 South Ced Mor row, with Catholic Cemetery interments and Masses at St Marys and Immaculate Conception. Arrangements note times noon or 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, with rothers and families invited.
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St. Mi
Fynolia
Malone
Daz James B
Erade
Ced
Immaculate Conception
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Times
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