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October 1, 1906
The Ocala Evening Star
Ocala, Marion County, Florida
What is this article about?
Disaster in Mobile, Alabama, kills 59 people and destroys $5 million in property, including the famous shell road; heaviest losses near Coden. City isolated as of September 30.
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MANY DEAD AT MOBILE
Fifty-Nine Killed and $5,000,000 Worth of Property Destroyed-Famous Shell Road Gone
Birmingham, Ala. Sept. 30.-Mobile is still cut off from the outside world.
Dispatches just received by mail, which left Mobile at 8 o'clock this morning, say the city will suffer loss of $5,000,000 damage to buildings, steamboats, shipping, railroads, and commercial business.
The famous shell road is gone and will probably not be rebuilt.
Fifty-nine persons are known to have lost their lives at points near the city, the loss being heaviest near Coden.
Fifty-Nine Killed and $5,000,000 Worth of Property Destroyed-Famous Shell Road Gone
Birmingham, Ala. Sept. 30.-Mobile is still cut off from the outside world.
Dispatches just received by mail, which left Mobile at 8 o'clock this morning, say the city will suffer loss of $5,000,000 damage to buildings, steamboats, shipping, railroads, and commercial business.
The famous shell road is gone and will probably not be rebuilt.
Fifty-nine persons are known to have lost their lives at points near the city, the loss being heaviest near Coden.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Catastrophe
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Mobile Disaster
Property Destruction
Deaths
Shell Road
Coden
Where did it happen?
Mobile, Alabama; Near Coden
Story Details
Location
Mobile, Alabama; Near Coden
Event Date
Sept. 30
Story Details
Mobile cut off from the world after a disaster causing $5,000,000 in damage to buildings, steamboats, shipping, railroads, and business; famous shell road destroyed; 59 deaths, heaviest near Coden.