Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-23

Tnr LAST lsLANp DIsAsrEn-ApDirIoSAL
j PARTICULARS Ttr,ibr Scene List Of the
Dromued- Robbery oIthe Deod, &c The New
j Orleans papers received la.t night, contain nidi
iionn particulars ut the dreadful calamity at Lust
/ Island Watering place in the Gulf. The mum.
bier IF persons lot iclched ll6, including visitors
Of every age and condition. Among the LOST are
/ Hon j. {, BEATTY, rytnrmber of Congress from
/ Louisiana; Henry unl Michael Landry. the veal.
thirst citizens Of the State. A correspondent Of
the \ .. Picaynnr, who was on the spot, writes
n follow:
On Saturday night, the 9Th inst, a heavy north
cn.r wind prevailed which excited the fears Of a
storm in the mind- of mnny; tho wind increased
gradually until about 10 o'clock on Sunday morn
nr when there existed no longer any doubt that
We were threatened with imminent dnnger.-
From tint tine the wind blew n perfect hurri-
cane; every building upon the Island giving way
after another. until nothing remained. At
hi. moment every sought the most elevated
point on the island. cyerting themselves ut the
same time to avoid the fragments Of the buildings
which were scattered in every direction by tho
wind. Many persons wounded some NOR
tally. Tho water nt this timr(nbout = o'clock
l.. NJ J commenced rising rapidly from the
bny side, that there could be no longer any doubt
that the Island would be submerged. The scene
| at this moment forblds description. Men, women
aud children were seen running i'll every direc-
/ lnl, IN search al some means al FhlNutlhh mo
violence Of the wind together with the rain. which
fell like hail, aud the sand which blinded their
Eyes, prevented many from reaching the objects
they had aimed nj.
At about / O'Clock the Bay aud Gulf currents
met. aud the sen waved over the whole island
Those who were 81 fortunate 10 fluid some OBJ
cct to cling to,werc seen floating IN all directions.
Many of them. however. wrro separated from the
straw 10 which they clung for lie, and launched
INTO eternity; the others were washed AWAY by
/ the current aud drowned before they could reach
their point of destination. Many were drowned
from being stunned by scnttcted fragments of
the buildings. which bad been blown a~under by
the Storm; others were crushed by the floating
,imbers and lx5s, which were removed from tho
beach and met them ON their journey. To nj
tempt description If this sad event, would be
/ useless.
No words could depict the awful scene which
occurred on the nights Of | lth aud 18th insts.-
1t wns not until the next morning, the l2th that
We could ascertain the extent of tho DISASTER
Upon my return, after having drfted for about
20 hours, found that the steamer Star, which
had arrived the day before, aud was lying at
anchor, perfect wreck, nothing but her hull and
boilers, and ii portion OF her machinery, remain
iuE-upon this wreck the lives of II large number
were saved-towatis her each ono directed his
path Us he waa recovered from the deep. and was
welcomed with tcnts by his frllow suffer
'ES, Wub HHN httI ~ 1hliuhult rs W tStHIF-
the seene was heart rending; the good fortune
OF many poor individual in being saved
hhghtcd by the news OF the loss of II father.
brother, sister, wife some near relative. |
Will not proong the detail of this unparalleled ca
tasropho, bat will give you the llstns correctly
MS | could obtain it, of those who were lost;
! DIR. bnitcy, Indy four children and two sorvt's
\. NJ. Foley, lady aud two servants, Adrien Ere
/ no, lady aud son; Gabriel GrevumhmG, Gaspnrd
! RHtin. Ihos. Mile, II lady and three servants:
/ Homer Mile. lady and child Michael Schatre.
! lndy, seven children ana siN servants; John Mug
gnh, wife, two children and five servants; James
! Mugsah ana son, John Barailey, Mrs. Il. A.
Prewett and two servants, Ida Magill, Augu>tn
! Magll Mrs. Cfazer, and three servants, Mrs.
| Bordis, aud servant, IL. Landry and three ser
] wants, Michael Landry, Joseph Dugns. tlysse
! Slmoneau Joe, (waittr,) servant of MIR. IrouS
/ dale, {. \. Barlllcau. child and servants of W.
! w, pngh, lean Ayet, WIN. Rochelle, Achilie
/ llctberr, wife, and child and servant Mrs. L.
/ Landry two children and four servants; Mrs. A.
! tomeau. five children and four servants l.. H.
! Prewett, lr, Mrs. u. Denron, daughter and ser
want, Mr., Turner, lady aud servant; Mr. Reed,
wife, child and two servants; Mrs. Flash and
child sister of Mrs. Flash and child; Mrs. Thos,
Markell, , children and one servant; Mr. Mid
night, : servants Of MIR. Ellis; Mr. Case. p RIB
iuet, Simon Gimble, Levi Loop. Mrs, Eloi Her
bert, Mrs, Emcinc Bahm, Mr. Homer llorb"r,
! MIR. Stewart, Miss Fisher, Col. Fisher. Mr.,
! Thompson, lady and 3 servants. Mr.. Mcdonald,
servant of VIM. Bslaud servant of Joshua Ba-
! ker, Mr.. Royster aud Indy negro man OF they-
| ney johnson, Lewis. stewart; Jane, chamber
| maid; servant of Mrs. Develin. servant of Mrs
Meade, child of }. Etie, aud servant, servant of
| ID. Beraud servant of Jonas Marsh, Mrs, Go
rnud and child servant of DIR. Hawkins, servant
| of Mrs. Harris Mrs Roumage and servant Mrs.
Watson aud daughter, Mrs NJ Babn Mrs. Eloi
Babin. Mrs. BoudreauxMrs Bell, John Schneid
er, +. Fitzpatrick, servant of G.. A. Briant, two
children of Mr.. Bontiton. Tom, free negro; liar-
riet slave of ID. Muggnh two children of Mr..
| lludgins.
| As | before stated, not a single building with
| stood the storm The loss of property is i'm
mense. amounting to at least Sl0oOOO; the prin-
! cpal sufferers being John Muggah * Co, Thorn
as Maskel, L. c. Bethel, Gov. Herbert, Thorn
as Mile, l.. Desoby. Lynch, Nash, A. Aman,
and others. The loss of baggage belonging to
the visitors on the island at the time, which is
complete, amounts to at least $4,000, besides
+ about $4,000 in money on those who were
| drowned, which was nearly all recovered by n
set of pirates who inhabt the island; the bodies
| ofthose who were recovered had been invariably
| robbed by these men. 1t was an awful scene to
| the avidity of these heartess beings to pill
! lage the dead | hope that the hand of Justice
will take hold of them and dispose of them as
! they deserve.
The nterment of bodies found exposed.
carefully attended to- but in u great humber of
| instances the elements had done the work. The
waters carried delth of several feet Of sand and
debris parts of the island. aud have ev-
| cry where so changed its surface that those for
| merly a quanted with it could no longer recog
| nize it. Many bodies rest beneath the grave thus
| made for them by nature.
The \. .. Picayune, says:-