Strong River Front Storm Wrecks Small Craft In New Orleans
A October storm on the Mississippi battered the river front with six foot waves but left ocean going steamers intact. Small craft including ferries and barges suffered major damage while dry docks and heavy derricks were toppled or sunk along Algiers and across the river. No confirmed fatalities reported though exposed areas on De La Croix island and Lachinche may have casualties.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Dock Board
Algiers
Soran
Orleans
United States
Naval Tion
Eaic
Helena
Toulousé Setrest
Walnut Street
Tte
Brooklyn Co-operage Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Port Chalmette
Braithwaite
de la Croix Island
Lachinche
Fragmented local notice hints at hospital service record
OCR fragment mentions Hloskye the Med and Adv with unclear wording. Unable to determine full event or parties.
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Hloskye
Med
Hgedatierters
Riverfront damage from unseen storm reported in New Orleans
The wrecks and drifting vessels included the steamer Omaha, steamships Andromeda and Kasatonic, oil barge, and several barges all drifting or wrecked along Dumaine Clara and Toulouse streets with sheds blown down on Dumaine and Toulouse. Captain J H Toombs stated riverfront loss was surprisingly insignificant.
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Esplanade Avenue
Omaha
Third District
Andromeda
Point
Mandeville Street
Durant
Pauline
Clara
Clara Street
Monroe
Clouet Street
Desire Street
el Vivo
Lugger Landing
Kasatonic
Algiers
Dumaine Street
Helena
Toulouse Street
Dumaine
Uptown District
Pauline Street
J. H. Toombs
Dock Board
Storm brings wrecked parish as three die in New Orleans area
St Bernard parish reels from one of its worst storms. Three lives lost and many injured as trains and telephones fail. A 65 year old fisherman Sylvester Diaz and a Black fisherman drowned when a wrecked house collapsed near Caernarvon. An Italian woman's eight month old child was crushed. others injured. Evacuation and rescue efforts hindered by high water.
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Orleans
St. Bernard Parish
Sylvester Diaz
Lake
Caernavon
Crescent City
Destruction Storm Ravages Shell Beach Parish Buildings
A severe storm left ruin from Shell Beach to Terré Aux Boeufs with homes overturned and barns destroyed. Refugees found shelter in Terré Aux Boeufs and Arabi courthouses as the area faced widespread damage to churches, plants, levees, and key industries. Losses included rail service disruption and extensive property damage to facilities like the Slaughter pens and naval-linked sites.
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Shell Beach
Terré- Aux-Boeufs
Arabi
Lake Borgne
Louisiana Southern Railroad
James Puig
South Bernard
Seventh Ward
Albert Stander
New Orleans
Doullut & Williams
American Sugar Refining Company
Crescent City Stock Yard and Slaughter House Company
St. Bernard Cypress Company
New Orleans Terminal Company
United Railway and Trading Company
Phillips Land Company
St. Maurice
Specials for Next Week at Palmes Cash Grocery Co
Readable grocery ad listing multiple items with prices such as Nabob Lima Beans 3 cans 25¢ and 2 for 35¢, Pure Maple Syrup 20¢, Sunbeam Olive Oil 1-2 gallon 116, and Lard products, Butter, Tomato Catsup, Octagon Soap, and other groceries variously priced. Contains numerous quantities and discounts.
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P Lighthouse
Phone Girls Called Heroines of Storm
New Orleans October 2 Special. With wind smashing windows at Carondelet and Poydras streets Cumberland Telephone Company operators stayed at their posts. Wires down and service crippled they handled thousands of calls from anxious relatives while sixty young women were housed at a downtown hotel for the night.
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New Orleans
Carondelet
Poydrae
Cumberland Telephone Company
St Vincent Orphans Escape As Storm Damages Asylum
Infants on the top floor of St Vincent’s Orphan Asylum in New Orleans were moved to a lower level after gale damage. Police and fire crews assisted in evacuating cribs and children with no injuries reported. Also noted is a notice of Satsuma Day date change in Mobile from December 7 to December 9 to attract homeseekers.
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New Orleans
St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum
Race and Magazine
Reynolds
Newman
Satsuma Day
W. H. Reynolds
Mobile
Rich Minneapolis financier and ardent movie fan
Thomas Barlow Walker, said to be the richest man in Minneapolis and a major Northwest financier, is described as an ardent movie fan who frequents picture shows with shop girls and mechanics. He asserts the movies are good for business men.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest
Thomas Barlow Walker
Spanish Fort Is Hit Hard by the Tornado
Edgar T. Leche reports Thursday night that about half the structures at Spanish Fort were leveled by the tornado. He traveled by boat to fetch the yacht Daisy for a rescue mission to Chef Menteur. Big rides like the roller coaster and ferris wheel were down while the east bayou area suffered near total destruction. The lake remains high and wind pushed water into Bayou Blevenvenu and nearby lands.
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Spanish Fort
Edgar T. Leche
The
Conservation Commission
Mr. Leche
Daisy
Chef Menteur
Bayou
Blevenvenu
Grand Isle Boat The Hazel Lost With Eight Aboard
New Orleans reports the passenger power boat The Hazel, operating between New Orleans and Grand Isle, capsized and broke apart at Grand Point. Eight aboard are believed drowned with one survivor. the vessel departed yesterday morning and disappeared near Grand Point, about fourteen miles from Grand Isle.
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Grand Isle
Hazel
New Orleans
Grand Point
George Lindén
New
New Orleans Mayor Declares City Needs No Aid
Mayor Behrman stated New Orleans survived the storm with minimal outside help and that recovery is practical. He said the city endured severe damage yet life and business are returning to normal as water levels drop. A separate note reports a boy narrowly escaping injury after a streetcar collision.
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