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VOL IX NO 232 1
PENSAOQLA FLORIDA THURSDAY ORNING SEPTEMBER27 19O6 PRICE CENTS
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1 IMQsT t URRIFIc1ROP1CAL HURRICANE 1
PENSACOLA SWEPT
If BY GREATEST ANbH
MOST DISASTROUS
w t STORM HISTORY
Whole Water Front Is Strewn Withl
V Wreckage and City Its If
S Almost Devasted
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jig Bayou and Many Houses
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LOSS WILL RUN INTO MILLIONS
AND MONTHS WILL ELAPSE
BEFORE DAMAGE CAN BE RE
PAIRED OR SHIPPING BUSINESS
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AGAIN FULLY RESUMED
The most terrific storm in the his
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tory of Pensacola or since the village
U of Pensacola on Santa Rosa Island
d was swept away 170 years ago broke
f I over this city in all its fury Wednes
St day afternoon and kept up t wJtJi in
crensrur violence until ahoui g g
day when it moderated to aconsUei
able extent During the height of the
storm property valued in the millions
o was destroyed and it is stated that at
q I least ten lives were lost although the
names of those supposed to have
been drowned cannot be ascertained
p at this time The greatest loss was
to the shipping interests and a large
number of ocean going vessels tug
boats fishing smacks launches and
j 1 craft of all kinds are wrecked upon
d the beach the wreckage being strewn
t from Magnolia Bluff to the entrance
r of the harbor During the height of
3 the storm people of the city were
1 panic stricken many believing that a
I repetition of the Galveston disaster
pas imminent and large numbers of
I people took refuge to the higher por
P lions of the city braving the high
hind and stinging rain in the hope of
I reaching a haven of refuge
Duly Bulletined
While the approach of the storm
was bulletined by the weather depart
ment and although it was believed
that it would be felt in this city the
Idea prevailed that as usual Pensa
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cola would escape the full fury of the
hurricane When the wind reached a
velocity of sixty miles an hour on
Wednesday night it was apparent
that Pensacola was in the track of
the storm and every effort was made
to protect property of every descrip
tion People were driven from their
homes along the water front the con
yor of the L N elevator was
carried away trees were uprooted
and vessels in the harbor began to
g their anchors being slowly but
surely oread upon the beach
The tide was the highest on record
land terrific waves lashed to fury by
e howling gale broke upon the
beach carrying all before them The
l entire waterfront was inundated the
rat0r reaching as far as Main street
lnd all the residences along Main
street many in the vicinity of Mus
COgec wharf and houses along the
eDtirc waterfront in the western por
tlno of the city were either carried
away completely or damaged to such
an extent that they were uninhabit I
able
Ten Fatalities Feared
As far as can be learned there
jjc about ten fatalities Capt John
Jailors of the launch Pauline which
berthed
at a wharf at the head of the
slip between Palafox and Baylen
I greets Was seen near his vessel
about 10 oclock last night but has
not since been heard from The ves
HI I sank in the slip but if the captain
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drowned his body has not been re
covered
Last
h night when the first of the
eavv
gale accompanying the storm
truck the city a party of nine were
seen lu
a boat near Fisheryllle Four I
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were rescued and it is believed that
the other five perished
The wife and child of Tom Harris
who runs the store at Palmetto
Beach are said to be among the
dead i
Two children are reported to have I
been drowned in the vicinity of Mus I
cogee wharf and it is also reported i
that three men were drowned at dif i
ferent parts of the waterfront
Some Narrow Escapes
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Several narrow escapes are report
ed Two negroes wefe taken from a I
house near the corner of Intendencia I
and Cevallos streets this morning
after the house was half submerged I
One of them an old woman was sit
ting on the mantel piece with her
feet hanging in the water when found I
by the rescuers who were focced to
swim to the house at imminent peril
of their lives I
Early Wednesday afternoon the
surf was reported breaking over I
Santa RQsa island and tis believed 1
tkathe waves have cut the island
Jn two1 W1iich woxild account for the
height 4 > f the tide to some extent
Bv6ry effort to see the island daYi
by the aid of marine glasses was fu
tile but it is believed that the pa
vilion is wrecked and a rumor was
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current on the streets at noon that
the Life Saving Station had also been
blown away
Three vessels were reported in the i
gulf late yesterday afternoon and
they certainly have not yet made
port What their fate has been can
only be surmised and It willbe sev
eral days before the extent of the
ca 8mity to shipping will be known
I even partially
Waterfront Havoc
The havoc along the waterfront
seems to have been evenly distribut
ed every section suffering greatly
The storm serried to be most severe
in the western portion of the city
but the damage is BO great in all sec
tions that Uis impossible to make
any reasonable Umateof it
Along the eastern < waterfront the
damage was great The bridge over
the entrance to Bayou Texar which
was covered completely with wreck
age is said to be badly damaged al
though the extent of the damage can
not be learned untlK he storm sub
sides It is also said that the entire
waterfront from the city to Espambla
Bay has been badly damaged being
washed away in places The Escam
bia trestle was under water yester
day morning
South of the Bayou Tex r trestle
a number of email building were
wrecked most of them being located
on or near the waterfront The
wind in this section when the storm
began was not severe East Hill of
fering protection while the wind re
mafned in the east When it veered
to the south however the full fury
of the storm was felt and great dam
age done
Muscoge Wharf Wrecked
Muscogeo whatf the magnificent I
structure of the LiN R R Co Is
practically awreckhavipg been
broken in two In the middle and the
the tracks on either side of the main
deck washed away Thirtyeight coal
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cars which were on the wharf have
gone overboard and five large vessels
which were at the wharf when the
storm began are hard ashore near the
head of the wharf These vessels
are the Norwegian bark Superb
Italian ship Olivero Swedish bark
Alfhlld Portuguese hip Ferere and
one Qther vessel whose name could
not be Ascertained The office at the
end of Muscogee wharf is completely
washed away
The boom between Muscogee wharf
and Wrights mill noW oWl1 d by the
Escambia Land and Manufacturing
Co was broken and the tinfber cast
adrift this timberand wreckage of
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Beautiful Bay Front Residence of W H Knowles just completed at a cost of 7500000 The veranda was
washed away by the storm and the whole front is settling down asa result of the undermining effect of the
water
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I every description being jammed upon
the beach in a torn and twisted mass I
Wrights mill is practically destroyed
the big mill building having been to I
tally wrecked by the storm and the
three big wharves washed away I
Last night something over 2500000
feet of lumber was stored on the I
wharves and in the yards of the com 1
pany but this morning not a stick
was left The only parts of the plant
that remain are the planing mill and
a dry kiln recently constructed and
both of these are badly damaged j
Boats Wrecked
West of Wrights mill wharves a
number of pleasure boats were an
chored last night but all have been I
wrecked and not a vestige of them I
remaras The tug Celestine owned I
jy the Escambia Land and Manu
facturing Company is also a wreck
being sunfi ai thewest of the mill
property The entire basin at the
foot of East Government street is a
mass of timbers and wreckage and
the houses in this vicinity are all
more or less damaged one being torn
entirely from its foundationsI >
The ditch that runs through the
Wrights mill property caused the
water to back up in the low ground
north of Intendencia street where
several cottages occupied by colored
people were inundated the water in
places reaching a depth of ten feet
As far as can be learned there were
no fatalities In this section although
many narrow escapes were reported
The home and bath houses of
Frank Segari at the corner of Zar
ragossa and Cevallos streets were
completely wrecked the waves not
only washing away the buildings and
piers but a number of fishing and
oyster boats and even the ground
upon which the Segari I residence
stood At an early hour this morn
ing the waves were breaking cle r
over the site of the house not a sign
ef which remained
The house on the south side of
Zarragossa street immediately oppo
site the Segari residence was twisted
around by the force of the wind and
waves and badly wrecked Next toI
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this house is a small frame residence I
standing directly on the beach which I
was only saved from being washed
away by the fishing smack Chapman
owned by Saunders Co which was
washed ashore directly behind it and
acted as a breakwater The build
ing Was badly wrecked All the
Houses along the beach In this section
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tion of the city suffered greatly I
The property owned by Mayor I
Bliss at the corner 6f Zarragossa and
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Florida Blanca streets suffered great
ly the bath houses being completely
washed away and the celebrated pier
which caused so much controversy in i
the city council being entirely re
moved by the elements Two of the
large palm trees which the mayor re
cently planted on his property have
been washed away the fences blown
down and the beach cut away by the
force of the waves
About the greatest havoc was
wrought along east Main street the
south side of which has been com
pletely washed away Beginning t
the corner of Zarragossa and Florida
Blanca every house clear to the De
Silva mill has been destroyed and
the mill which caught fire from some
lime which water managed to reach
is a total loss The houses on the
north side of East Main street are all
more or less damaged Saswells fish
house at the foot of Alcaniz stret Is
completely destroyed and all of the
fishing vessels are ashore number
of sail boats and launches which
were kept in the tftain near the fiah
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house have also been wrecked
A large sailing vessel lies half
submerged on the rocks which form
the timber boom off the foot of Alcaji
iz street and is in a dangerous posi
tion It is the general opinion that
the vessel will break in two as soon
as the tide goes down
The wharves of the L N R R
Co were badly damaged by the storm
and immense quantities of freight
that were stored upon tfiem will be a
total loss The conveyor on the Tar
ragona wharf is completely demol
ished and a large portion of the pier
has disappeared The damage to
Commandancia wharf ls also great a
number of vessels having beofc
thrown clear to the platform
In the slip between the wharves
several vessels found a safe haven
from the storm gmj > S toem befog
the coasting steamer Tarpon which
was due to leave the city on its east
ward trip on Tuesday night
but which was held In port owing to
the storm signals The large vessels
are sunk in the slip betwen the
wharves and one is aground to the
west of the slip The tug Flanders
managed to get In the slip lore the
heaviest portion of the storm broke
and is among the few vessels in the
bay that was not damaged
Sullivans wharf which was used
by the Pensacola St Andrews and
Gulf Steamship Co is a complete
loss only the shore end remaining
In the slip between the head of this
wharf and the Palafox street wHarf
several vessels are ashore among
them the tug Okaloosa The Florence
Wetherbee is sunk at Palafox wharf
only her upper works being out of the
water
The entire 4lant of Saunders Co
Is in ruins and the wharf is prac
tically destroyed The main building
was shifted to the west of its origin
al location and what now remains of
itis tottering on the edge of the pier
Palafox street which was inundated
as far as the tracks of the Terminal
Co is filled with rubbish of every
description including timbers lum
ber reefs and pieces of vessels that
were destroyed during the storm
The Barge office at the bulkhead of
the slip between Palafox and Baylen
streets was badly damaged the bal
cony being blown away by the wind
and the slip is literally jammed full
of rub bUsh and wreckage a number
of tessels being mixed up with it
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Several launches have been sunk In
the sUpin fact but few escaped
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damaged AH of the boat houses and
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buildings of various descriptions that
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occupied space on the sides of the
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slip have been blown away and the
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Nashville Tenn Sept 26 William J
Bryan arrived here from Memphis this
evening Owing to the delay in his arriv
al he drove directly to the Ryman Audi
torium where the speaking was held
Six thousand people greeted Mr Bryan
That the crowd was in sympathy with his
ideas was fully shown by thd applause
which greeted his periods but there was
not the same warmth of Indorsement
given his government ownership Ideas as
to other portions of his speech I
Mr Bryan entered the auditorium ac i
companied by Chairman of the State
Committee Henry B Morrow former
Governor Robert L Taylor and Senator
Frazier The band played The Star
i Spangled Banner the tremendous audi
I ence standing and cheering until the
building fairly shook Hats handker
chiefs and even coats were waved as the
I Nebraskan was observed making hls way I
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rear of many of the buildings front
ing on Palafox street suffered se
verely
The plant of the Warren Fish Co
on Baylen street wharf is completely
wrecked and all of the vessels that I
were at the pier have been blown
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ashore West from the Baylen street
pier the scene is one of ruin Vesseis
of every description are upon the
beach some of them left high and
dry by the receding waters Others
are smashed beyond all hope of re
pair The ship yard Is a total wreck
and a number of vessels that were
undergoing repairs are badly injured
The steamen ColumUla which has
ten on the ways for some time is
wrecked as are several of the vessels
i of the DunwodyAiken Towboat Co
I which owned a large pier and had an
extensive plant a little west ofBaen
street The houses along the bay
shore from Barcelona street to Per
dido are in ruins and all along the
shore innumerable vessels of every
description are scattered as far as the
eye can reach
The tug Simpson one of the larg
est in the harbor is hard and fast on
Sullivan sballast crib The Simpson
attempted to get to sea a Gt oclock
last night with the expectation of be
ing able to weather the storm but
was forced to turn back and was run
on the rocks to save her from being
a total loss
The Monarch and Mary Lee are
high and dry with their noses almost
in Pine street but both can be float
ed with comparatively little loss
They were damaged to some extent
by the wind and waves but were in a
fairly safe position The ship Avon
was driven ashore near the end of
Baylen street wharf but will proba
bly be saved with little loss
A report from FistieYville at 2 p
m is to the effect that the many 4r
IrTtnat I
homes along the bay shore h
cinity suffered severely many being I
practicalyl ruined Therhew residence
of Laz Jacoby whloti is some distance 1
back from the waterfront was com
pletely turned around and the build
ing badly damaged The home of
Mitch Jacoby was also badly damaged II
and a large fishing smack the Has
kins and the big lighter Iris were I
thrown into his yard on the bay side
The Fisher residence was also dam
aged considerable and all wharves
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and docKs swept away The Perdido
i wharf was also badly damaged but I
the full extent of the damage could i
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I not be learned during the afternoon
I Reports from along the bayshorej
south of Fishervllle are meager but I
an Impression prevails that immense
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I damage was done
Bryan Speaks Both in
Nashville and Memphis I
to the stage Mr Bryan was introduced
by Natlona 1 Committeeman R E L
mountcastle who referred to him as the
greatest private citizen in the world and
the next standard bearer of the Demo
cratic party Speaking of the failure of
the Tennessee Democratic State Conven
tion to indorse Mm Mr Bryan said
I have not asked a convention to In
dorse me ldo not know that two years
from now it will be wise for any conven
tion to Indorse me
Mr Bryan explained somewhat in de
tail his position on the railroad govern
ment ownership question his remarks be
ing in effect the same as those made at
other points In the South
Memphis Tenn Sept 26 William J
Bryan accompanied by Mrs Bryan ar
rived here yesterday morning from New
Orleans The visitors were met at the
reread station by a reception committee
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HEARST IN NEW YORK
MOVING MORE
MARINES TO
CUBA NOW
Southern Pacific Will Co
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New Orleans Sept 26It was
stated at the offices of the Southern
Pacific Steamship Company owners
of the Morgan Line of steamers that
the Associated Pres dispatch alleged
that the government had arranged
with the Morgan Line for the trans
portation of marines from Southern
stations to Havana In pursuance of
Secretary Tafts demand for more
marines to occupy the island was the
only information which had reached
the local offices regarding the matter
It was stated however that the
Southern Pacific Company wourd un
doubtedly hasten to cooperate most
actively with the government in any
movement of the kind and that the
company is in a positon to cooperate
effectually Thq steamship Excelsior
which Is now in the tfuban trade
reaatiecl the city yesterday afternoon
from Havana and on her egular
schedule will sail Saturday ft was
stated yesterday however that the
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ship could sail on very short notice
the only delay necessary being that
required for the marines to get
aboard
On account of the shortness of the
run to Havana the Excelsior
could carry all told probably 1000
marines to the island Her license
does not allow her to carry as many
as 200 but by placing the marines
on decks and in the cargo the short
run could be made without danger
Commanders Confer
Washington Sept 26The cruiser
Columbia on which Secretary Root
is returning to this country from Co
lombia will be available for the use
of troops not later than Tuesday
next
Bothnavy and army officers seem
ed to lose all hope of a peaceful set
tlement of the Cuban difficulties after
the Teceipt of dispatches today aa
nQuneltt that Secretary Taft Is
muchdirfcoaraged over the situation
and beliYesthat force must be used
to restore p ace in Cuba Bridagdler
General Elliott Commandant of the
marinef corps was in conference
many times during the day with Act
Ing Secretary of the Navy Depart
ment and Admiral Converse Chief
of the Bureau of Navigation Colonel
W W Wltherspoon of the general
staff of the army and several other
army officers connected with the gen
eral staff wer in consultation with
Admiral Converse and other promi
nent officers In the navy department
and were escorted to a hotel for n few
hours rest Despite a downpour of rain
a large crowd greeted Mr Bryan It had
originally been planned to have Mr Bryan
deliver an address at the Baseball Park
hut owing to the inclement weather the
Lyceum Theatre was used for this pur
pose S
At 10 oclock the committee escorted
Mr Bryan to the theatre which was
packed with people Mr Bryan wa
given a rousing reception when he ap
peared upon the stage HQ was intro
duced by lion William II Carroll anl
his address was given close attention
Mr Bryan left shortly alter noon for
Nashville where he will speak tonight
He will then visit then
He will then visit Little Rock and Okla
homa
In his speech Mr Bryan said he had
carefully read the address delivered by
Secretary Shaw in Memphis several days
ago He said that the Republicans lead
ers need not be afraid ofythe Democrats
on the tariff question Should the latter
succeed to power the speaker believed
that a reduction In the tariff would b
made but It would not be reduced to such
an extent to cause the Republlcans lose
much sleep
Mr Bryan said that his advocacy of
government ownership of railroads had
been greatly magnified President Roose
velt the speaker declared had given the
railroads to understand that unless the
recent rate bill was passed lie would rec
ommend government ownership
There was no hue and cry over this
declared the speaker
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Jerome Practically Pulls Out
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bernatorial RaceS
TAMMANY LEADS
In the Preliminary Skirmish 3
for Temporary Chairman
AN ATTEMPT TO CONCENTRATE
THE ANTIHEARST SENTIMENT
ON ADAM OR GAYNOR TAM
MANY HOLDS THE BALANCE
OF POWERMURPHYS ONLY
COMMENT
Buffalo N Y Sept 26Tlie Demo
cratic State Convention will today
nominate a Governor and a full state
ticket an action which nwy not go
through with all the smoothness that
characterized the first brief session
today In less than half an hour to
day all the preliminaries of tempo
rary organization were disposed of
Lewis Nixon of New York the tem
porary chairman made an appeal for
harmony which was applauded
According to the concensus of
opinion William R Hearst who is
already the nominee of the Indepen
dence League will probably be nomi
nated for governor on first ballot
The old party men however while
going to the convention with th an
nounced purpose of supporting
Hearst aro pot pledged to such a
course anft tt x storm should break
try Vou > f ia < 11r no obligations
to adhere to Weir present plans
Probably Hearst
Mr Hearst is generally conceded
to have gained control of the threo
important committees appointed ar
the firts session of the convention
the committee on contested seats
which will decide contests in twenty
districts involving 60 votes the
committee on platform and resolu
tions and the committee on perma
nent organization
The platform agreed upon by a
subcommittee of six appointed from
the full committee will contain a
r plank declaring for municipal owner
ship under certain conditions and
it is said will indorse W 1 Bryan in
a general way
The candidacy of District Attorney
W T Jerome was practically with
drawn today at an adjourned meet
ing of the Albany conference of anti
Hearst Democrats Mr Jerome hart
let it be known pretty generally that
he had entered the fight in the hopo
of defeating the nomination of Mr
Hearst and if this were accomplish
ed he was satisfied S
At the conference to which Mr
Jerome was a party It was decided
to appoint a committee to ascertain
whether or not the antiHearst sen
timent could not be centered upon
either Major J N Adam of Buffalo
or Justice Gaynor
Jeromes Address
At a second session of this ad
journed conferepce Mr Jeromo
made an address which many be
lieve means that he possibly may
lead a fight against the nomination
of Hearst on the convention floor to
day It is reported that he intends
securing a proxy from one of the j
New York county delegates for the
purpose of stating his poslton to tho
convention
At a late hour it was announced
that owing to the inability of tho
committees on platform and resolu
tions and contested seats to finish 1
the business before them it would
probably be 2 p m before the con
vention reconvenes
Tammany Holds Balance of Power
The Tammany Hall delegation
which Is Rfnerally regarded as hold S
Ing the balance of power has not
yet held a caucus though it has been
the custom to do KO the night pre
vious to the convention
Some of the deletes declare that
a caucus is unnecessary as the
leaders know pretty well what the sltx
nation in Tammany Is A poll of
the delation may be made on th
floor of the convention There ha
been much talk of some of the Tarn
many delegates not attending a can
cus Without a caucus any bolting
clement would be unable to show It <
hand ami Tammany thus would re
main a solid phalanx before the con
ventlon The selection of Lewis Nix
on as temporary cbaiman was iflo
first Tammany voctory and also Iii
regarded as a point gained for
Hearst Mr Nixon Is close to Lead
er Charles F Murphy of Tammany
Hall and was sent to the conven
tion as a delegate from Mr Murphys
own district S
Mr Murphys only comment on tho
situation In Tammany has bIn that
he found plenty of Hearst sentl1
mont In the organization As to
the chances of the other candidates
he has remained silent S
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