New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-01-16
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TBRRIPIC SToRM.-Loss Of Life and Pgopeyty.-
The variability Of the weather climax yesterday
After forenoon of cloudy varieties with occasional gn,-
Of sunshine the clouds thekened shower of rain fol-
lowed with every prospect of lazy and indefinite continuance
But at about O'Clock things changed startling and
astonishing
qal from the southeast pounosd suddenly upon the city
with regular deuge Of rain and for about IL was
fightfu in the extreme Sheds and fences fatened
signs and shutters uenrhe loose and barrels blown
about like whilst falling chimney states and tiles added
their mad cater the of the Storm all parts of the city
The thing sudden that the people the streets could
scarcely IT, and bs flying for shelter in all
directions In of the city the more serious
and panied to add attended with of human
life,
Along levee where good scope it was PARTICULAR,
violent 1t slammed the ships and together and
ierksd them about In fearfuly rough manner
whole feet of ships from at the
Third strict wharves and number from the First District
wharves. The jobboAs aerward busy time of H. in
catching them and bringing them back.
The ships Rather Ella A. Clark Orleans lyrg at
Post 20 First District broke rfted of together but
caught by the and without much
damage.
Two lives lost board Rather The mate Sede
named Anderson and young whose name we did moi
learr at the time the maintopsa yard furug the
They both blown from their footing The mate fell 10 the
deck and instantly killed the boy the river and
was
The ships statesman, Spark of Ocean and Alice Connor
broke loose from Post 49, First District afterwards
anchored without damage
The Spanish ship Ne Plus Ultra the British bark Prince Of
Wales and the bark Press were torn from their
ngs in the Second District They drifted against the British
ship John Rowan and caused her part her moorngs
keep them company aud drifting they away the
bowsprits of the barks Evene end Elberta.
In the Third District big ship Ocean Monarch pard he,
bow moorngs Swinging round stem fast TO the shin
Forest Eagle she caused the latter pull away the sps tc
which she was attached a'd the two drifting together
loose the ships Casne Pieayune Peppere and Tchernaya
/ lvf ahr pnN4 AZ
hs ships Ann Washburn Houghtop and Ellen Steward
the Ann Wahburn losing her foremast aud bowsp and m,
Ellen Stewart losing her bowspr As the fleet passed on
tore loose and added to its force the ships IArabee W.
Noses r. d. Sheppard G. O. Duncan Rochester and Arthur
After the passed. ps were anchored in tb
stream and some on the oher side of the river
In the Fourth District, smar operation took place Tn,
Bremen ship Julius lying Post g. broke loose and drn,
down, carried away the ships zenobi Kitty Floyd Sultan
they pulling part of the wharf, dumping 30 or 1,
bales Of into the river The ships passing on tore oo
the other ships Charles s. Penns owsu and weser
and all aerWards caught by the obboa moored OF
the other side Of The river Grena having sns
tained great damage. So much for the shipping Th
steamboats, in for their share of the excitement
The ohimneys OF he steamer W. W. Farmer were blown
down. and in their fall with the assistance of gale they
knocked down the chimneys Of the Messenger
killed Irman named Murphy The chimneys of the Mes
senge fell across the hurricane deck of the Caddo
doing that boat considerable damage The Messenger and an
other steamer, the B. L. Hodge then jerked loose
the river. 1t man. supposed TO b.
the second engineer killed board Messeng By
being knocked overheard and drowned.
The steamer Pooahonas lying the side Of the yer
had her hurricane deck carried away.
The steamer Aefk Scott lying at the Stock Landing
her pilot house carried away.
The steamer Natchez city landing parted her bow
line but luckily caught brought before doinl
damage herself other boats.
Those who caught the river in skifs Jared badly
One sk, containing three drive against thu
bow Of the ship Statesman Post ~ District and cap
size, and themen were not again skif containing
boy also seen to cape opposite Post & Third District
| and the boy not again.
The second mate OF the steamer Laeonhs we did
learnwas blown overheard but whilst the boat
stthe sto Landing. He the hurricane deck at th
time seeing to the fastenings Of the chmneys and when
| went overheard the chimneys went with him.
The above comprises all the river disasters able
hear Of We enow append so much able collect
| regard to the storms devastation upon the city.
The Chinese jueglers shoven evee opposite Jack
son sqaAIe was blown away like smoke