Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-10-11
TEkx zssDax, ocsos.sr 4, 1855.
GREAT TORNADO.

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Mrs. Pierce, on the Bayou Terreboane,
in Ibis Parish, sweeping every thing be-
fore if. devastating the plantation, leaving
it -dreary waste. We are panied to
learn that some lives were lost, and among
them, TIE only child Of OR esteemed fel-
low-townsman, DIR. w. JENNIsGs, who,
with his lady and child, sen Of about
two years Of age. were on visit TO Mrs.
T. at the time Of the dreadful disaster.
We sincerely condole with DR.. ]. and Ia.
dy, in this. their sad bereavement. To
have 81 Object OF attachIlet taken from
Us at any time, by The natural course Of
sickness, is g.ie.-terrible in itself, bnt
TO have such an object as wildly wor-
shipped and only son-an infant, upon
which is centred all of the hearts best
and pnrest affections, is grief, too poig-
naut for uiierance. Good Godi what an
guish. and bitter grief must have chilled
the heart of that fond neither, as she gazed
upon that ruined heaa. under which was
buried her hearts dearest idol. Deep,
poignant. and bitter must have been the
grief of that devoted father, as he con,em-
plated the ruined mass which covered the
ehiect of his tenderest afiec.ion-uuable
TO render the assistance which might have
saved bis beloved boy from death so aw-
full. The child made no noise. and it is
supposed to have died rather from sntlo.
cation, than from any injury sustained from
the fall of the building; as hut slight brui-
ses were perceptibie on its body, when
found. Had It made an cutlery, SO as 20
have been heard by those who were in
search, in all probability it might have
been saved.
Mrs. Pierce's family all sustained more
was thought 10 be in a very critical siiua-
ton. One other sons had his collar bone
broken and all the rest of the family are
badly bruised A M6ale servant, about
IA years of age, belonging to Mrs. p,
was killed by the fall Of the house.
Itappears that those who occupied the
second story Of the house, were less in
jured than those. who occupied the first, OF
ground floor. DR.. Jennings and lady were
occupying room upstairs, and when the
roof fell in, it crushed the head-posts oi
the bedstead on which they were sleeping,
and rested on the ot-posts which shielded
them from any injury. It is wonder to
US how any one on the place escaped be.
ing killed.
Mrs. P.'s dwelling house, sugar house.
out-houses, fences, cane; &C., were all
Frustrated, or so badly injured as to leave
her plantation in awful condition. We
did not learn the amount Of her loss, but
suppose it must be considerable, as her
buildings were mostly new, and her plan.
tation generally in fine repair. The beau
fifal grove around her dwelling, was en-.
entirely destroyed, and shsuhbery which
cad taken years TO bring to perfection,
were torn up. or twisted of. and scattered
TO the four winds. Some orange trees
were taken up BY the roots, and lodged in
the tops Of the ncisborirg trees. Such
havoc as was made Of everything belong
ing to Mrs. p, IS indeed dcplorable. She
seems to very unfortunate. Not quite
= year ago, she had her sugar.house de.
stroyed, together with . large amount Of
sugar. BY FIRE: Just about the time she
gets new ono, built on more exie1ave
scale, and is about ready to gather her
new CROP. q hurricane takes both house
and crop, and not yet content, takes her
dwelling, and, nearly, takes hee lie. I
We also learn that Joseph Toupes, of
Little Gallon, had his house blown down
and two Of his children killed, and his
wife so severely injured that she has since
died. One child was found about to ar
penis from the house, and when found, Il
was NOT yet dead, but died in the arms of
y