Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-09-04
C2aya and tie schooner Elt.Meth are ".

~ = f~sfe 80 hBOf F@-NE
Ing close up anninst the warehouses. Tie
Eisabeth Ii af considerable sizel and lies
Whsfn there is iioi d paftiele Of water,
right In The mitidis of the street. Tile
writer boat Ray il st,na In the slip neai
lie rtltle place. The schooner Handy
and another Eii-a5esh. aud The Laa5a,
are Just tthoye IIIlelIeok' Press. high aud
dry on Water etreet. Tie pilot boat
Margayeg lies lmek OF Hitchcock e Press
oil Water street, de dry ne the dny size was
launched.
The upper portion Of Tie city presents ilie
saitie general features, But tllsfe tie lvss
il hot 90 Obvious. All the fiours Of The
large stores were covered, and great dam.
age II dote 10 ARTICLES OF merchandise. The
svliafyes there, as below, are 70 broken alid
injured a. to require entirely Iew con
ssftieiiolls Tie loss by this eause is es.
tiupated at 500, 900.
TIE damage to The failroad Is miiel, less
if,ati generally expected. 1t was thought
that the etiibanhnapnts IN several places
would be entirely swept away. WI are
glad to liear, that such damage as was done
may he repaired within d week.
Approximations are entertained that the
foundations Of some OF tile stores, raftie.
ulafly those III course oil erection, IRE so
much injured ms to require reconstruction,
but this, we presume, Ia imaginary. The
ellief g%euefal injury IL III Tie destruction
Of The wliarves, and II Is feared that I'LL.
less extraordinary efforts be nIade 10 clear
Tie streets, sickness will inevitably fol.
low.
Below Clioetpw Point The whole coast
Il swept clear Of its driit woed-as clear
as the beach IN tile iisighbofltBod Of Pen.
sneola. Ih some plaaes itle lay fet,d has
been torn iip aud made entirely itnpassa.
be. Trees III that region OF gigantic
growth have beeli thrown down, i~liclut.
Ing maepoiiaH, pines, el,ina trees aud a
sast numbers of valuable fruit trees.
AT Clioetaw Point Ligla.llonse d sad
result Of the storm occurred The tel,e-
meDt which was occupied by the keeper,
Mrs. Tlfiiibert, being undermined by the
food, gave way, and Mrs. Pliilibsft, her
sonsiii.lsw, William E. Colgin and his
wife, with their Two children and Oscar
Pliilitert were forced to seek shelter as
best they could. They attempted to save
tlieinsel YES by d rude falt but Mrs. Phil.
bert and her two grand children. after be.
ing driven about by tie wind aud tie wiz
Ter, were washed from their ffAit bark aud
drowned. Mr., Colgtn with liis wife was
xamtf,aIt ME- &5 T1t4f,t.4xi &n.41 ~ aa..4 aa4
missing. Both doattless were drowned.
The body Of Mrs pniIibeft was found ter,
rib,y mutillated aud has been Inferred to-
day. The bodies of the children lave not
yet been recovered.
Near Cover liifietit street the bodies of Il
woiiian aud child were found. There
were n family Of Il gardener, commonly
Dutch Charley, who cultivated the
marsh opposite the city II seems ttat
when the Hood came, their house was
away. The husband aud farther,
by means Of a log or all imperfect raft,
attempted 10 put lie wife aud child on n
tree. but they were carried away by the
water aud drowned before liz could reach
The houses on the island aud elsewhere
opposite the city were chiefly destroyed.
Due house was carried up the river. aud
but for The timely arrival Of The steamboat
Heroine, Oh Its way TO Tie city from Bla.
Ion Springs, and the humane exertions of
Capt. Ham. Johnston, the inmates would
doubtless have found d grave la tile angry
Hood. Capt. Johnston rescued them nli,
I've Ia number-ene a mother, with an in
ant only three months old. They liad been
solne twenty hours without food
shelter and were nearly dead They
we're taken on board the Heroine, and
rented with extreme kindness, 20 that
within n brief time, they were completely
'estored. Several cattle were found at The
liatatiee of ten mlles above the city, With.
II they had been driven from the island OPP.
the city"
"A meeting Of The citizens WAS 70 be
leld on Saturday, to consider the condi-
ion of tile city.
Such Is tile account OF the disastrous
,ale una Hood n Mobile by Which i'm
damage has been de1ie Estimates
# the loss afe nude Of 81 500, 0u0.