New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-18
STORM AT THE SOUTH-DREADFtL LOSS
OE LIFE

NFw-ORL EAss Thursday, Asig. IA, 1886.
A terrible storm occurred in this vicinity On Sunday
which lasted all day, ana Until Tuesday evening.
lis effects. however were most disastrous at LAST
Islsnd great Summer resort, and which our ac
csunts represent 20 have been entirely nundsted.
Evny bui ding on the island is said to have been
swept away, AID Il has been positively ascertangd
that ore hundred aid eight p,isons have been lost.
II is feared that Grand Gallon Island, another
wserm place, has also been submerged and many
lives lost well es property DESTROYED.
Tie corn cotton and sug craps have been incIcu-
lsby injured.
The stear ,s Nautilus and gerse are several
day overdue and il is feared that something has hap
ptned to them Tie steas.shp Texas has cone IN
search cf them
The S;orm extendt i iar up the river A, the Gov
,ument Hospital, Baton Rouge, fourteen inches Of
water se'i between Sunday eniug and Tuesday eve
ming
To survivors at Last Issad reached his city this
mc.rir2 They estimate the loss Of life at two hun.
dred One hundred and eisMytwo sye already been
counted as lost.
Many Of the survivors here frox Last Island are
badly wounded and bruised.
The dead bodies at the Island plundered by q
set Of pirate who iahabit it.
The steamer Perseverance las just arrived bat
nothing has as yet been heard from the Nautilus.
New OELE,ss Aug. IS, 1856.
Nothrg dsspite has yet been heard from Gallon
Isald bat there has undoubtedly been great oss OF
Life there is reported that thirty bodies had been
found end of the stand.
II is supposed that st least SIC, 900 IN money IN
packets fell into the hands of the pirates on Last
Land and about s5, 200 worth of baggage. Ihe loss
| OH this island IS estimated at Ovsr slO0, COO.
The banks OF the rver at Bayou Sara caved ID, car
ryipg away three hundred ree:donces. No lives were
lost.
Sevtra ves.e y we've blcSG ashore Ut :he mouth ot
| the Mississippi
! Tie teleg, aph lines have suf ffercd severely
The lcss Mt CailloD Island carRot fall shor I"
s60, ,OcO.
| The Louisiana arrived st Galveston on the At'h'
picking Up cn the way the cabin door OF the aeaaer
NAUTILUS, which vessd ii s row supposed vas !o't
dnriDg the late storm.
Ntw.0KLEAss, Tharsds., August 1i-P'".
| Tie recen. storm accounts Of which were Or
patcLd Ou hi. moipipg) also proved Vefy dee''uo'
tive in this city.
Seyera. vessels ly rg at the wbaTv,s were 'no'e %
less H. juTed, ard aumber of buildings unroo'eu'
From sll sectioIs of the country accounts con'Iue
pour in of the fearful havoc that has been created.
The greatest damage, however, sppeaas TO he'e
bstr dore at Last and Gallon Islands, though i IN,
lo<sble as yet to say wha, accounts may come 70 AA'd
! ron other sections.
The storm appears TO have come from the 'ui'' aHu
il uot unlikely that some Of the Texan Po"s n''!
have suffered severely.
Last IlaDd, w.ere the de,tructon OF property sno
life ives % great il about h,fa day. 'alI nom 0a'
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NLw.OILE,ss, saturday, Aug. 20 leo.
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'hc dieadfl storm Of Surisy aud sionoGy, VII 'saeA
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