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“Saw effects of storm” — W. E. Hayman of Hoffmann-Hayman on return from West Virginia via New Orleans — San Antonio Express-News, 8 Oct 1915, page 18

Short news item from the San Antonio Express-News for Friday, 8 October 1915 (page 18): W. E. Hayman, identified with Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company, Mrs. Hayman, and their family return from Point Pleasant, West Virginia, by way of New Orleans shortly after the 1915 hurricane damage there, with Hayman quoted on what they saw toward Baton Rouge.

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SAW EFFECTS OF STORM

W. E. Hayman and Family Return to Home Here Via New Orleans.

W. E. Hayman of the Hoffman-Hayman Coffee Company, Mrs. Hayman and their family have returned to their home in San Antonio after a five weeks’ visit to Mr. Hayman’s old home at Point Pleasant, W. Va. En route they came by New Orleans and were just a few hours behind the big tropical storm which created such ruin in the Crescent City.

“We did not get to see much of the damage in New Orleans,” Mr. Hayman said, “as we arrived there at 8 o’clock at night and left at 11. The city was in darkness. We went by way of Baton Rouge, coming out of Louisiana, and the next morning were able to see some signs of the storm’s passage. The cane was beaten to the ground and many houses and sheds were unroofed.”

Mr. Hayman said he never had seen such crops in all his life as were grown in the Virginias this season. “Nothing but prosperity can exist there,” he declared.

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