mississippi hurricane mississippi hurricane deadly destructive hurricane atlantic hurricane season fourth hurricane season system originally observed western caribbean september modern research revealed system tropical depression september system slowly intensified eventually major hurricane september system landfall near mississippi evening september devastating cities pensacola mobile state mississippi damage totaled people killed meteorological history documented information storm places western caribbean_sea september modern storm tropical depression september storm drifted north september weak hurricane winds mph hurricane south southwest havana morning drifted north northwestward evening hours september system intensified category hurricane hurricane documented miles west northwest cuba september near area hurricane intensified category hurricane maximum sustained winds mph system finished passage gulf_of_mexico september afternoon hurricane landfall near mississippi category hurricane hurricane moved inland weakening category hurricane eventually tropical storm storm weakened tropical depression dissipated september transitioned extratropical storm preparations impact florida city pensacola suffered severe damage caused storm vessels fishing boats tossed shore city large numbers trees uprooted roofs houses torn highest storm surge hurricane feet normal tide highest recorded city time city waterfront completely flooded houses near waterfront wharf partially destroyed broken pieces wharf railroad tracks washed away total freight cars carrying coal washed away addition grain elevator louisville nashville railroad destroyed hurricane timber boom demolished hurricane leaving wood debris beach cottages flooded areas feet deep southern end completely inundated swept away devastation barcelona streets boats wrecked street wright street houses roofs torn away rail service pensacola severely affected train arrived hours later scheduled said stop yards order remove trees debris covering track bluff track destroyed partially demolished fishing industry pensacola estimated suffered damage completely destroyed hurricane electricity shut hurricane suffered severe damage damage estimated area pensacola tide estimated feet normal intersection cedar streets boats steam wood debris scattered boat identified tossed lot near corner trees chimneys blown tin roof house result strong winds 26th port bark completely destroyed tossed schooner sank hurricane tipped 38th port thrown ashore sixteen completely destroyed lumber barges floated floating wrecked debris scattered city including pieces shattered glass fire occurred hotel pensacola navy yard pensacola boats water boats sunk thrown ashore steel dock owned spain untouched areas surrounding debris towns severely damaged houses washed away pensacola bay tide feet high tide measured feet bay tide feet high bay tide feet high damage caused city totaled damage vicinity city amounted total damage caused pensacola surrounding areas totaled greater hurricane considered worst city years widespread praise residents newspapers weather_bureau tracking hurricane issuing storm warnings days storm landfall total people killed pensacola louisiana new_orleans observations mississippi_river indicated storm surge feet height morning september highest sustained winds recorded storm new_orleans measured mph minimum pressure recorded mbar hpa inhg town wharf impacted hurricane storm surge addition local crops railroads suffered severe damage lake overflowed hurricane waters feet normal levels flooding new_orleans telegraph wires new_orleans hurricane resulting loss contact city chimneys blown city resort underwater houses swept away near hotel telephone service new_orleans went hurricane reported fort philip flooded mississippi_river hurricane set new hour record rainfall rainfall amounted inches accumulated hurricane alabama lowest air pressure recorded mobile mbar hpa inhg highest point tide measured feet maximum sustained wind hurricane reached mph small buildings houses destroyed hurricane winds buildings city slightly moderately damaged roofs blown telegraph wires services required electricity bay total seventeen sunk blown ashore inches rain measured hurricane areas surrounding mobile approximately half timber converted destroyed percent wood destroyed hurricane caused damage mobile telegraph wires cut mobile hurricane resulting loss communication city estimated thousand houses damaged mobile hurricane steamer thrown street destroyed christ church cathedral mobile damage suffered damage totaled sank storm including city numerous child killed mobile fort morgan trees fell roofs windows smashed tissue paper telegraph buildings city flooded moderately damaged hotels suffered damage totaling headquartered city suffered damage fort port suffered damages civilians killed fort pensacola railroad tracks louisville nashville railroad torn blocked trees section railroad tracks georgian affected similar damage railroad cancelled services following hurricane mississippi scranton steamer reported minimum air pressure mbar hpa inhg lieutenant speculated scranton near center hurricane time low pressure readings communications received reported feet deep communications lost hotel demolished hurricane resulting deaths people jackson suffered loss cotton amounting damage buildings damaged damage shipping broken dock railroads trees suffered moderate damage railroad tracks covered trees service suspended east town blown storm damage amounted person killed tree blown lighthouse lighthouse keeper killed wife daughter hurricane addition death lighthouse noted schooner dismantled person killed person climbing small tree thrown away wind drowned people trapped homes creek topped banks warehouse buildings destroyed bank roof blown train near washed away tracks resulting injury people mississippi coastline completely destroyed hercules destroyed hurricane owned norway filled water suffered severe damage completely torn apart boat known washed ashore total fatalities occurred
1906 Mississippi hurricane