The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 03, 1906, Page 6, Image 6
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Echoes of the Storm oc
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Further Particulars of the
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Terrible Destruction wrought
by the Tropical Hurricane? W]
Many Lives Lost and Many m
Million Dollars' "Worth of M
Property Destroyed. **
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Pensacola. fla., Sept. 28, via sti
Flomaton, Ala.?The worst hur
ricane to visit this city in its be
history and almost equaling the th
Galveston disaster, raged here th
furiously all la6t night and this
morning, and today, with a gale da
still blowing, the city presents a th<
wrecked appearance and the Ba
damage is estimated at $5,000.- thi
000. The loss of life will be heavy Cli
among the mariners, but so far mi
only one body has been recover- Fr
ed, a man named George Morgan, SI
a fisherman. O.her bodies are
reported along the 6tiore, but no
have not been recovered. ha
Commencing at 7 o'clock last by
night wind blew at 50 miles lor spi
three hours, then increase 1 to lui
65. Front that time until5o'clok set
it remained about 80 and 00 flo
miles an hour. The tides from riv
the bay backed into the city lor
blocks, destroying homes and
making rivers out of streets. (w
When the gale was at its high- jn^
est this morning and women and . i
hildreu were running trantically jJU
about the streets in darkness, ca]
the alarm of fire was sounded we
and this added to the confusion. 0*
The fire started in the Pitt Mill, c ?
near the bu-iaess district, and ajj
horses ot the fire department re- tQl
fused to go out in the weather.
With the tin roofs fiving about tjs
them, trees and wires falling
over them, the firemen took their j j
hose wagons by hand and rushed tin
down the streets to the scene and <
aftei^hours of work controlled 1(),
the blaze. This atterno ?n the fet
waterfront and busiuess districts we
present an almost indescrib t ?
able scene. Of the 50 or (JO biu 8lJ
steamers and sailing ve-sels ly- j^u
ing in the harbor, only five or
six are there now. They have jjQ
been driven ashore a? d along an,
, l <? -
t ne water ironr is a mass of! (j()
wreckage of steamers, tow boats, ja
launches and sailing cratt of all
descriptions. Thirty fishing vessels
in port, have been destroyed
or damaged and the three big
fish houses, with their wharves,
are gone. Muscogee wharf and
the commandancia and Tana ;
gona wharves of the Lou sville i ^
<fc Nashville Railron 1 are badly j,r,
damaged. Great iron -hips of Tli
2,000 and 3,000 tons li ivo been ,
driven, not only ashore, but have jst
gone through houses a l>loe;<. from vjj
the water front. ma
Every house alon.: the water jro
for a distance of ten miles has |J0
been destroyed and the vender ;l
is that the !o-s of life is not jro
creator. The tracks of the tenni a,f)
nal railway to the navy yard and Q|
barracks have all been desnnv
- - - ? --?,?J
ed, as also the trestles and bridg ;|1(
es. pr
FULLY $3,000,000 AT MOKILB. de
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 26., via 011
Meridian, Miss.?Loss of life. sul
variously estimated at from five
to 50 persons, many people in- \
jured, 5,000 houses damaged , Fo
the business quarter devastated, ba
and a property loss of fully $3,- ( vel
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0,000, is ihe last effect
opical hurricane of the las
>urs on the city of Mobile.
The storm struck Mo
ednesday night at midnj
id raged lor many hours,
ind reaching a velocity of
lies an hour. Water f
obile Bay was blown into
fcv by the pale and for a t
nod seven feet deep in
bolesale quarter from R'
reet to the Alabama river.
The loss of life is believe^
i mainly among negroet^
ougli conditions are so cha
at information is indefinite
Every church in Mobile
maged, and Christ church
edral and St. Francis St
iptist church suffered ir
in others. The damage
irist church carhedral is t
4.1 -a a 4 r\ f\nr\ i
llCll HI ?r*?V,UUV ituu IU
aneis Street Baptist churcl
0,000.
Numerous saw mills in
rthern an 1 marshy regi
ve i)een either washed av
the terrific waves or tori
linters by the wind. T1
mber and timbers are to
in scattered over the city
atin^ down the slowly tall
er.
MISSILES FILLED STREET.
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 28.?
een 6 o'clock Thursday ev
; and Friday nigH trees w
led and roofs were crushed
ndreds. Through the stre
rried hy the terrific wi
re hurled thousands of pit
= late, strips of tin roofi
nices, shingles, and, in h
kinds of debris. Blinds w
n from their fastenings
ndows smashed as though
sue paper.
Many persons were serio'j
ured and cut by flying sh
i and glass.
The olli.re of the Western
i Telegraph Company was
?t under water. Its batte
>re flooded and it will be sc
ne before business can be
mod. The Postal Telegri
tiding .suffered severely.
Hundreds of bales of co!
ited through the main str
d were cariied out to sei
tton not lost in this way
maved by muddy water.
DKATH AND HAVOC IN MOBlI.l
Louisville. Ivy., Sept. 2)
e general manager's office
? Louisville it Nashville 11
ul received a dispatch at 3
s afternoon from Fiomai
a, confirming the report
s of life ami me devastatio
iperty in the city of Mobil*
ie dispatch says:
'The editor of The Mobile 1
er and the Louisville it Ni
le telegraph operator I;
ile their way to Bay Mill
in Mobile, making the trij
it and on foot. They rej
numl er of lives lost in
pical hurricane an 1 much d
t) doiie i" property in the
Mobile. Many people v
lire 1 in the collapse of on
Negroes caught loo
operly are being beaten
?iii. A greit many sliip9
e or two revenue cutters v
iik and thoir crew* (trowne
VIANV LIVES EVIDENTLY LOS'
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 28.rt
Morgan, 35 miles down
y, the wind had a much hij
locity than at Mobile. To
. That onr American forests abound In
01 a plants which possess the most valuable
j medicinal virtues is abunduntly attested
by scores of the most eminent medical
writers and teachers. Even the untu,
tored Indians had discovered the usefulO'le
ness of many native plants before the
I ft tit advent nf the white race. This information,
impurted freely to the whites, led
the the latter to continue investigations until
to-dHy we have a rich assortment of most
valuable American medicinal roots,
rom "Cy
.1 Dr. Pierce believes that our American fort''L.
eS(N aiMxind lu most valuable medicinal roots
'imfi 'or the cure of most obstinate and fatal dls(irne
eaa?s. If wo would properly investigate them;
. |.p and. In confirmation of this conviction. be
points with pride to the almost marvelous
,,r<i 1 cures effected by bis "Golden Medical DLs*
covery." which has proven Itself to be the
most efficient stomach tonic, liver Invlgorator,
heart tonic and regulator, and blood
d cleanser known to medical science. Dyspepsia.
or Indigestion, torpid liver, functional
HI- and even valvular and other affections of
the heart yield to Its curative action. The
otlC reason why It cures these and many other
affections. Is clearly shown In a little book
of extracts from the standard medical works
which Is mailed free to any address by Dr. K.
Wfte v. pierce, of Huffalo. N. Y., to all sending
_Q rcuuest for the same.
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reet Not i?w marvelous. In the unparalleled
Cures It Is constantly making of woman's
10re many peculiar affections, weaknesses and
^ . distressing derangements, is Dr. Pierce's
r Favorite Prescription, as Is amply attested
,a*: by thousands of unsolicited testimonials con'
* trlbuted by grateful patients who have been
gt cured by It of catarrhal pelvic drains, painful
" periods. Irregularities, prolapsus and other
I at. displacements caused by weakness, ulceration
of uterus and kindred afftgtlons. often
after many other advertised medlclnos. and
the
OllH Both tho aborr mentioned medicines are
wholly made up from the glyceric extracts of
._? native, medicinal roots. The processes em- I
'*VV ployed In their manufacture wore original
. with Or. l'terce. and they are carried on by
1 lO skilled chemists and pharmacist# with the
aid of apparatus and appliances specially
r0ir designed and built for this purpose. Both
medicines are entirely free from alcohol and
be other harmful, hablt-foriuing drugs. A
fuN list of their ingredients la printed on
Htu] each bottle-wrapper.
ing
along the Mobile & Hay Shore
road suffered immensely owing
to their exposed situations. No
^e" word from the coast towns along
on* the Louisville & Nashville road
ere has reached Mooile There is
by little doubt that many lives were
e,s' lost, and fevere damage done to
nd? property. Along the Gulf Coast
?ces there were many lashionable res
n 2) iflpni*Aa Tlirt rn. n foil fr*r f iva
ac,? davB was 6.47 ineli-s.
ere Fruit trees an I all vepetab e
am* crops all over Southern Alabaot
ma and Mississippi are ruined.
So a'so are the cotton, mgar
isl.Y c?ne. and other crop-,
it e, . . ? , , ?
No Shortage Found in Bank
as Stated by Cashier who
SIX J
rjes Disappeared.
>nie
re- Orangeburg special in Oolutnapli
l>ia State: Further investigation
on the part of the otlicers of
ton the Edisto Savings bank shows
ee's no shortage existing, and the
i.? general belief continues that
was John \V. Fairy, cashier who left
here Sunday and who claims
e. that the books show a shortage
s. 1 OI iu,uuu, IS meet ui.v unbalan!
of ced.
;ai. I Every efFort has been made io
::35'find Mr. Fairy without success,
jun | ami his absence continues to I e'
0I ! a subject of general eon versa |
it of tion.
8? No one believes i hat the shor'-;
aire exists, and the general ver j
ieg die' is that every efFort should
ish- lie male to locate Mr. Fairy be |
inve | lore ue leaves the country, or i
8,,o probably throutrh brooding over
) I)V the simnosed sh'irin.<re. tnkei his 1
port own life.
ilie' Nothing lias Leon heard from
am the State bank ex tm.ner, but i
city relatives of countant-t from At
v,ere lanta, who will be here Monday,
j and thoroughly check the bank j
|as rcriuested by Mr. Fairy,
tmg
The End of The World
of trembles that robbed E. H. Wolfe, of j
vere Bear Orove, Ih., of nil usefulness, came
. when lie began taking Electric Bitters,
d. He writes: "Two years ago Kidney tronble
caused me great suffering, which I would
' never liavo survived had I not taken
. i.lectric Bit'-*-*. They also cured me of !
?At j General Debility." Sure cure for all I
the ?tomach. Liver and Kidney complaints, ' i
Blood diseases, Headache, Dizziness and !
?her Weukness or bodily decl'ne. i'rioe 50c. |
| Ouarenteed by J. F. MackeyCo., Crawford 1
Wllfl | Bros., Funderburk 1'baruacy.
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Ten Days Clearing Sale
1 have moved my entire stock of general merchandise into the
Springs Block. I have lots of goods coming in dailv and must
have room for them, so I will sell at
Actual Cost for Ten Days.
'Yard wide Sheetings, Drillings, Canton Flauue s, Plaids, Calicoes
and a big lot. of Tobacco. I also have a lot of odds and ends
in Shoes, Llats. Men's Shirts and other goods which I will sell for
less than cost. Best of all, big lot ot Flour, bought before-the
heavy advance, which goes in this sale Rt $2.25 for best patent,
and $2.00 for hrlf patent. This is no idle newspaper talk, but
tacts that will *ave you from 15 to 25c on every dollar you spend
for the next ten days.
Why not buy your winter eupp'v NOW and pave money ?
Thanking you for past favors and hoping for more of your business,
I am vours for business.
J. J. BLACKMON.
Look for my sign in front of store.
JUg FOR STYLE^
Zieerler Shoe for women has no
equal. They have been before
the discriminating women of
America for 40 years and have
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