The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-09-06
THE DAILY DISPATCH,
THE GREAT FLOOD ATMOBILE.

THE GREATFLOoD AT MOBILE.
We have at lastreceived our southern papers
giving detailed accounts Of the late gale at Mo-
bile. From the Advertiser, of that city, we ex-
tract the subjoined description Of the food and
its results, commencing with the destruction oil
the light house at Choctaw Point, involving q
loss Of FIVE lives.
Eieren o. Clock, P. M.-MournfuIa accounts
ofthe loss Of life and property still reach u.s.
We have just learned Of the destruction of the
dwelling attached to Choctaw Point Lieh,.
House and the loss of five lives. about 10
o'clock. A. NJ, the building gave way, and the
inmates, consisting of Mrs. Phillibert. (who at
tends the lght,l her son in-law, VIM. E. Col
gin, and his wife, together with their two chill
d en- and MIR. Oscar Phi l.bsrt and negro boy,
attempted to save themselves upon RATS and
floating pieces of timber. Mrs. Phillibert and
her two grand children, a boy and girl, aged
FIVE and seven years, procured q raft, and after
being driven about by the storm for sometime,
were finally washed offand all three drowned.
Mr.. Colgin and his wife were rescued from u
floating log safe. Mr.. Oscar PhiIlibert and
the negro are both doubtless drowned, as they
were heard last in the woods hallooing for aid.
The body of Mrs. Phillibsrt has been recovered
by one Of her sons; il was almost literally
crushed from the floating timber. She is to be
inferred this afternoon. The bodies OF the
two children lost with her have not been re
covered.
Friday, 10 A. M-The sun rose clear and
bright this morning, but the desolaton it re-
vealed was sckening to behold.
On every hand are evidences of the dreadful
struggle with the tempest. Ofcourse the ex
incidents come in one after another, swelling
the already fearful catalogue of disaster and
ruin. Below will be found such additional
items as we have been able to gather.
The Florida put into the Bay of st. Louis,
where she lay untilthe gale had subsided.
The ship Abellino and the British ship
Mersey-the latter having cleared two or three
days since for Liverpool loaded with cotton,
but not yet put out to sea-were both blown
ashore and dismasted near Cedar Point. A
schooner, name unknown, was seen floating
bottom upwards IN the bay.
The brig Ellis, which cleared few days
ago for Pambeuf, France, and was supposed
to have been out at sea and lost, is reported 10
have remained in harbor and sustained little
or no loss.
The lighter Joseph B., loaded with timber
for vessel lying in the Bay, is also ashore.
The house occupied by Jack Grant, and
situated between Grants Pass and Cedar
Point, has been swept away and no traces
of life were visible when the Florida passed.
Our reporter informs us that the "Sea
Drift and mischief" both club houses, sits
uated in the marsh opposite the city, have
been carried off.
The houses of the Dutch settlers, number.
ing several families, who were employed in
gardening in the marsh, are believed TO be
hair
whose name we did not learn, hoated out upon
log and was picked up. he states that his
family were all drowned.
Brig Machgonne, lying at Government st.
wharf, with freight, having large portion OF
her cargo, consisting of twenty y-seven bales Of
cotton, upwards of one hundred barrels of tur-
pentine, and ten tons of iron on the wharf, was
blown off, carrying most of the wharf holding
the freight, with her. They remained toge,h
er in the stream for about three hours, when
they parted, and the wharf and freight 6oated
down and lodged upon Pinto's Island. where
it still remains. The vessel is not seriously
injured.
The wharf owners are the heaviest losers
by this calamity. Most of the wharves are Sc
riously injured, IL not entirely destroyed. A
large expenditure will be required to replace
them in their former condition. The work of
pulling apart, preparatory to rebuilding, has
already commenced.
We hear that the bridge across Three Mile
Creek has been carried off. There are also
reports of serious loss of life in that quarter,
but the particulars have notreached us. Eve
ry hour increases the list of the dead and
swells the amount of property destroyed.
Itrelue o'clock, M.-We have just returned
from aivsit to the overfowed district, and the
prospect is even more gloomy than we sup.
posed. The water has entirely receded, and
lefta picture of desolation beyond the power
of language to portray. Water and Commerce
streets are filled with hogsheads, barrels, boxes
and bales of every description. Damaged SUI
gar, coffee, bacon, -four; indeed, goods Of eve
~ description, line the streets. and the stores
bordering them are undergoing the process of
purfcation.
bay, that not only the trees bordering on the
shore, but the bay road itself has been entirely
removed. The waves now lash against the
fences fronting the buildings on the north side
of the road. Thus has disappeared one ofihe
most beautiful drives of which our city could
boast. There seems to be no end TO the ii
dings Of destruction. The loss is not confined
to business houses and business men. Nu-
merous private dwellings have been seriously
injured to the extent Of hundreds of dollars.
Miss Johnson, who for some time past has been
a teacher in the public schools Of the Fourth
District of New Orleans, went with younger
sister short time since to spend a few weeks
with some friends at Madisonyille. On Friday
last the sisters were bathing in the Tchifonc-
Tee river, and before the younger one wss aware
of il, she got beyond her depth. As soon as
she knew that her life was in peril, she called
for her sister to save her life. Prompted by
the generous impulse of noble nature. which
at such moment is wholly regardless of self,
the elder Miss johnson pursued her sister till
both were borne into The depths, aud sank 10
rise in life no more! The sisters were quite
Young. Their bodies will be brought TO New
Orleans for inlerment, and many scalding
iear will be shed over them by those who in
life, for their many virtues, held them in high
regard.-Trne Delta.
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obligations Of the three per cest. loan OF the