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==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}}