Show NA lOSS OF s lifE EXAGGERATED From telegrams that I have Just received In the last two d days ys I a am satisfied that the loss of ot life lire reported in Louisiana as a result of ot the great torm have hate been considerably exaggerated exaggerated said aid Mai ta j. j F F. M Kerr chief I I engineer engineer for tor the state slate of ot L Louisiana laSt last evening at the Newhouse hotel The property loss 1088 has been great and owing to flooded conditions due to the breaking down of levees I am leaving tonight for tor New Orleans where we will wm formulate plans for lor ble reconstructing work as soon as t Major Kerr lerr is in charge of ot highways high high- ways and levees leyel's in his state and is considered one of ot the most prominent I engineers of ot the tho country New Orleans has recovered its its normal condition said the major There Thereas was as hardly any loss of ot life there and the dama damage e was waft confined to blowing down of ot trees and fences and the of ol a few houses house I T think It pren premature atur to attempt attempt c to 16 estimate esti estimate esti- esti mate at this time what the approximate approximate approximate mate damage to the South was Th The section to be the most affected was what Is known as the west coast The visitor addressed last week a meeting of members rs living in Utah of ot the American Society of ot Civil Engineers I Engi- and was making a trip through the country returning from San Francisco when called caned back to New I I Orleans by wire |