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; ever be known. The loss alone to «tu? Peerless Oyster Company is conservatively estimated at from $175,000 to $200,000. The new Bay St* Louis seawall from Carroll avenue to the store of Miss Welch, stood the awful strain, o^c from this point to the head of Union street, the wall of concrete and steel was completely wiped away, save only here and there, between far spaces, * Toain a twisted reinforcement rod of corrugated steel, and small pieces of crumbl«d concrete seem to have been held in place by the tortuous-shaped rods. The entire beach "front of Bay r\ Louis and Wavelaad, save where ine seawall stood and with its filling ojnly dredged in a few weeks previously, beggars descripption* Not a bath house or pier, save the W. J. Gex and e R. J, 'Williams structures, remains, the latter badly damaged and practically destroyed,
THE STORM
"tarted to brew Tuesday night with ^risk winds, swinging from different directions, and Wednesday morning the wind from the south-east accelerated in velocity until noon, when the water ^egan to rise with increased height of -he wind. At 2 o’clock the tide rose rapidly, the rain fell in great torrents and sheeted by the wind. From 2 to 6 the hurricane raged unabatingly. There
no cessation, and at 6 o’clock it <jfas generally expected the fall of night fright bring on a change but conditions Jtew worse. Prom this time onto nigh qaiidnight the hurricane grew in intensity, and it was at this time the great and general damage, was wrought, f The wind from the north-east and later from the south-east increased in intensity ^mtil it had well reached sixty tniles an hour,although'seemingly more. JCo add to the
HORROR OP THE NIGHT, lire broke out atf the home of Alcide rMoran, on the beach front, entirely des-iioying his dwelling, which was, cqm-jiairatively a flawsttueturei Fire jva§ paused'by a defective flue* A son! of
close call from the high water. Th front pillaijs and porch were swept a way; the house battered and the inte rior damaged by high water. And near by every d celling, suffered more or lee serious damage. The store of Chas. F Taconi, wi <h contents, was wrecked t atoms the same as was the former stor building of R. L. Breath, used as warehouse] No goods were lost, bu moved,to si place of safety before th crash came.	!
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THEj PEERLESS PLANT seems to hjave caught the brunt end c the storm;. The immense warehqus structure, ‘the building nearest shore stocked with canned shrimp, a suppl of boxes, two carloadis of tin cans re ceived only a few days previously i order to take care of the sweet potat crop—this and mudh other valuable pro perty housed therein* were wreckec blown and] washed away on: the beac to help pile higher the debris. Th oyster-shucking department, boile room and ice-making plant remain, bii badly damaged, including the machin ery. All of the bottling works depart ment was harried away. New machine ry for this department! had only bee received recently. At the	^
SOUTH END OF TOWN
nothing remains onfche beachf rohtbu the Manieri building:.! Charlie Long* laundry, w. L. Bourge6i$Vstore, Np. 2 Quintini dwelling and market and^ th Spotorno building are ’in one heap c wreckage^ scarcely recognizable!. ’ Mr Bourgeois^' saved his grocery* stock be fore the crash came. ijle hae rented th bpotorno brick store binding to con tinue his business. j Johh Henry,- the architect; lost hi handsome; double stole building 1 which his [office was located. Ttye Plan chet store? building and contents, hea of Union jatreet, met with a similar dis The Allen, welch an< ’s buBinesa building ed, " sustaining only sligh
airtirous fi Bay Marc] were 8] damage.
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