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A [[Image:1906Hurricane.png|thumb|right|240px|Path of the 1906 hurricane]]The '''hurricane of 1906''' was the [[Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|sixth storm of the 1906 season]]. At its maximum intensity, it attained Category 3 hurricane struck just status with winds as high as 120 mph. The storm made landfall west of [[Mobile]] in on [[September '''27]], [[1906''']] as a Category 2. Winds of 105 mph were experienced in Pensacola, and storm surge at [[Santa Rosa Island]]was measured at 14 feet. ==Damage==An article published in the ''Pensacola Journal'' several days after the storm summarized some of the its damage:{{cquote|''The water rose eight and one-half feet above normal. The quarantine station and [[life saving station]] on [[Santa Rosa Island]] ... were washed away by the sea breaking over the island ... The frame houses at [[Fort Pickens|Ft. Pickens]] suffered and all of the frame houses at [[Fort McRae|Ft. McRae]] which were only a few feet above the sea level were washed away ... The great [[Tarragona Street wharf]] and [[Commendencia Street wharf]] of the [[L & N Railroad]] Co. ... are only slightly injured. [[Muscogee wharf]] was damaged in the old portion. ''|20px|20px|"Mayor Bliss on Press Reports." ''Pensacola Journal'', October 2, 1906.}} The U.S. Weather Bureau's September 1906 ''Monthly Weather Review'' further estimated the storm's damage:{{cquote|''In the vicinity of Pensacola the damage is estimated to be: to [[Navy Yard|navy-yard]], forts, etc., $1,100,000; by tides along the shores of [[East Bay]], [[Escambia Bay]], etc., $125,000; ... by winds and rain at [[Goulding]], Fla., $13,000; to timber and turpentine interests in [[Escambia County|Escambia]] and [[Santa Rosa County|Santa Rosa]] counties, $40,000.''|20px|20px|"The West Indian Hurricanes of September 1906" by E. B. Garriott}} ===Buildings destroyed===*[[John the Baptist Church]], 101 North [[10th Avenue]]
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==Images==
<galleryperrow="4" widths="180px">Image:1906hurricanepaper.PNG|Front page of the next morning's ''Pensacola Journal''
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Image:1906hurricane2.jpg|Looking northerly on [[Palafox Street]] from just south of [[Romana Street|Romana]]; [[Thiesen Building]] is visible at right
Image:1906hurricane3.jpg|Looking easterly on [[Main Street]] from [[Palafox Street|Palafox]]
Image:1906Hurricane-damage.PNG|Looking northeasterly on [[Baylen Street]]
Image:1906Hurricane-damage2.PNG|Remnants of [[Muscogee Wharf]]
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==References==
*<small>[http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/mwr_pdf/1906.pdf "The West Indian Hurricanes of September 1906" by E. B. Garriott]. From the U.S. Weather Bureau's September 1906 ''Monthly Weather Review''.</small>
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