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Show BIG HURRICANE I ISOLATES TOWNS I Telephone, Telegraph and Railroad Communication jB Paralyzed by Gale. fl STORM GOES INLAND H Buildings Destroyed, Fire Alarm System Demoralized and Tracks Washed Out. MOBILE, Ala., Sept. 29. Tho gulf coastal sections of east Louisiana, Mis- slssippi, Alabama and western Florida jH were emerging today from the tropl-cal tropl-cal hurricane which swept in from the Gulf of Mexico Friday and for a num- IH ber of hours Isolated many towns along jH the coast. Roofs of residences and frail JH buildings wore damaged but warnings in advanco'.prevented active damage jH to shipping, and no loss of life was re- jH ported. Telephone, telegraph and rail- jH road communication still was virtual- ly paralyzed and washed out tracks jH and damage to wires by high winds jH was expected to constitute the chief The storm struck the coast at tho mouth of tho Mississippi and sweeping .across a narrow portion of Louisiana il I missed New Orleans, but hit Gulfport, jH Blloxio and the Mississippi coast sec- jH 'tion, swept through Mobile at tinier iH with a velocity of 96 miles an hour jH and extended east to Pensacola where ! communication had not been restored 'M j early today. , A three-story structure occupied by the chamber of commerce and the cot-ton cot-ton exchange and several other build-ings build-ings In the business district here were I destroyed by fire, demoralization of the I firo alarm system giving the llames a jH start. The loss is put at $350,000. The storm early today was contlnu-ing contlnu-ing its way inland in a northeasterly direction through Alabama and Florida though apparently with diminishing Pensacola Cut Off. j NEW ORLEANS, SepL 29. Word was anxiously awaited from Pensaco- I la, Fla., today which was struck by J the tropical hurricane. AH wire com-munication com-munication -with Pensacola had been cut off since about 1 o'clock yesterday vM afternoon when messages from that VM city stated the wind was blowing about 100 miles an hour and indicated con- rM siderablc damago to property. vM Telegraph and telephone companion lM said thoir wires to Pensacola probably would not bo restored before tomor- "M row or later. No serious damage and no loss of lifo were reported from tho Mississippi coast or from eastern Louisiana and danger from high tides apparently had 1 passed. Some storm damage to standing tim-ber tim-ber and to crops was reported from Mississippi and Louisiana, but no esti-mate esti-mate is available. |