Photo of article: http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/LWP,6800 SOUTHERN STORM LOSS.; Five Dead at New Orleans, Two at Jackson -- Property Damage Heavy.NYT September 22, 1909, Wednesday Page 7, 301 words LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 21.
-- Central last night in Mississippi and swinging northward at the rate of 200 miles a day, the hurricane which swept the
Gulf Coast and left a trail of ruin through four States continues on its course with unabated fury. GULF STORM DOES DAMAGE
FOR SEVEN HUNDRED MILES. | Coast of Louisiana and Alabama Devastated Forty
to Sixty Miles Inland--Property Loss Variously Estimated--Only Five Lives Thought Sacrificed--Shipping Given Hard Blow. |
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The tropical gulf storm blew
itself out along the Gulf coast, passed through Tennessee and was headed for Kentucky tonight, its fury having been greatly
diminished.
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