STORM VICTIMS 55 Washington Post Sep 23, 1909 Gradually
New Orleans and the territory surrounding the Crescent City is recovering from the first effects of the tropical hurricane
which, starting Sunday
DEATH LIST IS NOW 100
Gulf Region Struggles With Hurricane's
Damage. RAILROADS ALL IN CONFUSION Southern Louisiana and Mississippi Have an Immense Task to Restore Transportation and Wire
Communica- tion -- ''Lost" Train Found -- Weather Bureau's Warnings of Storm Exact.
The
Washington Post
New Orleans, La., Sept. 23. -- Those engaged in the work of rescue and
repair, made necessary by the West Indian hurricane, which swept Louisiana and Mississippi last Monday have found their task
a far more colossal one than they expected. Practically all of the isolated country sections of the storm-swept area have
now been explored, but until definite reports have been received from relief parties it will not be possible to form anything
like an accurate list of the dead and injured.
MANY CORPSES LEFT IN WAKE OF HURRICANE
It Is
Probable That Over Fifty Persons Have Perished on the Louisiana Coast GREATEST LOSS OF LIFE IN TERREBONNE PARISH The Property
Loss in Louisiana and Mississippi May Exceed $3,000,000---Great Destruction Wrought at Biloxi and Other Summer Resorts Along
the Coast. Miles of Territory Laid Waste. MANY CORPSES IN WAKE OF THE GULF HURRICANE Death List in Terreboque. Shipping Totally
Destroyed. Additional News of Havoc. Clung to Tie and Was Saved. HEAVY LOSSES REPORTED ON MISSISSIPPI COAST DAMAGE DONE AT
JACKSON WILL REACH $50,000 FIVE SAILORS ARE HURT BATTLING WITH THE STORM EIGHT BODIES FOUND AT PASS MANCHAC, MISS. BAY ST.
LOUIS HEAVY SUFFERER FROM STORM BOATS AND HOUSES WASHED AWAY BY STORM AT BILOXI.
The Atlanta Constitution
Gradually New
Orleans and the territory surrounding the Crescent City is revocering from the first effects of the shock and results of the
tropical hurricane, which, starting Sunday, continued
