Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-08-22
Terrible Storm at the South.
Not Less than 200 Lives Lost.


New ORLEANS, Aug. IA. A terrible
storm occurredin this vicinity on Sunday,
which lasted all day, and also all day on
Monday. Its effects, however, were most
disastrous at Last Island, a great summer
resort. and which our accounts represent
10 have been entirely inundated. Every
building on the island is said to have
been swept away, and no less than one
hundred and thirty-seyen lives are re-
ported lost.
The steamer Star, Capt. Smith, which
left here on the 9th, encountered the storm
before reaching Last Island, and became
perfectly unmanagable, and was soon af-
forwards perfect wreck.
The scene among the passengers was
terrific, there being no less than 250 per-
sons clinging TO the wrecked fragments
of the vessel, each anxiously waiting the
arrival of some other vessel to take them
off. Whether any of this company have
been lost is not yet known, though hopes
are entertained that all were saved, as
a steamer is understood to have gone &c
their relief.
Couillon Island has been submerged
but the accounts from thence are very
meagre. 1t is reported, however, thai
an immense amount of property and many
lives have been lost.
The ships Bowditch and Ellerslie, also
the Brig Creole, which were lying neal
the mouth of the river, have all been Sc
riously damaged by the storm.
On the lake and river we also hear o.
numerous steamboats,, fiatboats, and other
craft being injured. Nearly all the
wharves at the watering places have beer
inundated, and the buildings thereon
lighthouses, etc, swept away.
Altogether, the loss of property mus
be very heavy, but it is impossible now tc
/ calculate the amount.
The crops, it is feared, have also suffer
ed severely.
The steamship Philadelphia, just ar
rived from New York via Havana, es
capped. the storm, and is now lying safely
at quarantine, with all well on board.
New ORLEANS, Aug. Is. Accounts
from Last Island verify the sad story 0
yesterday, It has been positively ascer
tanned that 1873 persons have been lost
1t is feared that Grand Caution Is
land, another watering place, has alst
been submerged, and that many live
lost as well as property destroyed. Thu
corn, cotton and sugar crops have beel
intellectually injured.
The steamers Nautilus and Perseverr
ance are several days overdue, and it i
feared something has happened to them
The steamsh p Texas has gone il searcl
of them. The storm extended far mp tn
river. AT the Government Hosuital
Baton Rogue, fourteen inches of waite
fell between Sunday evening and Tues
day evening. The survivors at Last Is
land reached this city this morning. The
estimate the loss of life at 200. 1873 hav,
already been counted as lost.
! SECOND DISPATCH. Many fthe sur
: vivers have arrived here. All from Las
Island are badly wounded and bruised
The dead bodies at the Island were plum
dered by set of pirates who inhabit it
The steamer Perseverance has just ar
rived, but nothing has as yet been hear,
from the Nautilus.
The Louisiana arrived at Galveston Oh
the 18th, picking up on the way the cabil
/, door of the steamer Nautilus, which YES
sci, it is now supposed, was lost during
the late storm.
Nothing definite has yet been hearc
from Gallon Island, but there has un
doubleday been great loss of life. 1t i.
reported that thirty bodies have beer
found on one end of the Island. 1t j.
supposed that at least $4,000 in none,
in pockets fell into the hands of the ri
rates on Last Island, and about $1,000
worth of baggage. The loss on this is.
land is estimated at over 100000. The
banks of the river at Bayou Sara cayed
in, carrying away 800 residences, Nc
lives were lost. Several vessels were
blown ashore at the mouth of the Missis.
sippi. The telegraph lines have suffered
severely. The loss at Gallon Island
cannot fall short of SEQ 00o