Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1856-08-30
SATURDAY., AUGUST 80, 1856.
THE AWFUL DISASTER Ar
LAST ISLAND.
Enterestimg mctdents.

In consequence Of number of persons be-
ing unable to obtain copy of our Inst paper
containing The account of the terrible disaster
al Last Island, for The reason that we did not
print sufficient number of copies, although
our extra edition was large, we accede to the
request Of several subscribers, and re publish
the article, with slight alteration, and such
additions as subsequent facts Justify.
The Picayune Of Tuesday gives an account
Of Mr.. and Mrs Foley, Of Lafourcbe, Mr. w.
Rochelle, Che gentleman whose name is mems
toned in the following artcIe,) white wo<
man name unknown. and negro servant of
Mrs. Hines, who have bren rescued and are
in fair health. They were found in the marsh
six miles inland, WHITTIER they had been wash>
ed when the storm was at It's height, and there
left on the receding cf the waters. They had
existed on crabs, crawfish, dc, and had not
Suffered for want OF water They were res
cned by an old fisherman or oysterman, TO
whom Mf. Rochelle gave $3.50, in the true
style Of nobIe hearted gentleman, and prom.
ised him his protection as long as he lived.
The body Of Mr.. Homer Mile, We regret
to say. was not recovered. His death is most
deeply lamented. and the information that his
body had been found was particularly crafty.
ing from the fact that the body of bis beauti-
ful young wife had been recovered and inter-
red in the cemetery hsre, beside the tombs of
her Felatives and friends, and It vas fondly
hoped that Der husband would be brought
home and laid by her side in DEATH But bis
body will never be recovered now. According
to one account, the last seen OF young Mr..
Mile, he was on log with his wife and drift.
ing oct into TIE Gulf We may imagine then
that he sleeps beneath its dark waves
Down, down where the storm is hushed to sleep.
~ Where the sea its diTge shall swell,
Where the amber drops for him shall weep,
And the rose Tipped shell her music keep
There be win slufnber we'll
The gem and the pearl lay unclasp'd by his side,
They fell from the neck Of his beautiful bride
The statements and incidents which follow,
we obtained principally from Two or three in
this vicinity who were saved. These accounts
we give in plain style. without any embellish-
ment and aiming 10 get d near At the truth
40 il is possible to arrive. They are mainly
interesting 10 the citizens Of our parish, and
persons at distance acquainted Yith those
whose names are mentioned
Mn. LOUIS DEsoBag, ST., had some nine-
teen OF twenty u bis family, The lives Of all Of
whom he was most fortunate in preserving.
In the early part of the morning, he and Others
went 10 braoing up their houses, in anticipa-
tioa Of agaie They were not wrong in their
belief. 4 gradually increased inyiolenee. A.
bout 2, Z. M., bis back gallery was torn from
the house and whirled over the roof, amidst
the whf2zing OF shingles that were flying about
Ia every direction The roof followed next
then the South gable and upper aoor. It was
now impossible for one family to tell what was
to his neighborss. Sand, chips,
shingles, The pelting rain, and tie wreck Of
houses, darkened the air, and made II inpossi-
1le q ~ any distance. 1'ba hause