Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-09-21
A Terrible Hurricaue-.Csreat Destruction
of PrOperty-.LOss of Life--Ships Washed
AsEOress DiIapida ton of the SeasC0asts
From the Nv Orleans DIG, sept. Is

| The storm which commenced on Friday last ant
! continued over on Saturday, perhaps the mos
| terrible and destructive that has swept Ovel
the Gulf This city, as usual, was spared, and few
| of our people had any apprehensiOns of the ex
tent of the ravages and of the power of the storm
| The wind blew from the south east, and gathering
force and impetus in its progress continued to rage
for longer period than usual with equinoctal hur
| ricanes.
The Gulf was swept as with bosom of destruc
ton. Along the seacoast, where great number OF
| our citizens spending the summer, all the
wharVes, lighthouses and other outbuildings, were
! swept away. This will infiict a great loss upon
many enterprising citizens, and will greatly depre-
ciate the value of property on the sea.coast
| We learn from Capt Boardman, of the Alabama,
who got safely to the wharf at Milneburg this
morning, concerning whom there were great appre-
tensions all day yesterday-the Alabama having on
board one OF our city hre companies that the
whole sea-cOast was bare of buildings and wharves,
and the bay filed with debris all along the course of
the Mobile steamers.
The Alabama was, as is invariably the case with
the steamers of this line, well managed, and rode
safely through the storm. The Mobile steamer Ore
gon put during the Storm considering it safer
than to remain at the wharf the passengers having
left her. She suffered no damage. At Mineburg,
the Lake terminus of the POnchartrain railroad,
great damage was done to the fine new wharf of the
railroad, which is almost an entire wreck.
Here occurred too, the deplorable casualty of the
gallant Frenchman, LeBreton who, in noble effort
to save a boy who had been capsized in pirOgue
lost his own life. Several small vessels also
capsized here but we could hear of no loss of life
The captain of the towboat Junius Bebee. has the
following report of the damage at the Balize:
George Osgoods coffee-house and residence at
Pass POuire were blown and washed away. Mrs.
0sgood and her children narrowly escaped death
being IN the water and clingng to tree all night
that is, Friday night-Sor gale was earlier there
than here 1t was in 0sgood's house that Capt
Oh auau nd dpOwnp6 SpYeral
other lives were lost one of the victims was John
Alderman. son of one of the Baize pilots
Mr. j. T. Holmes, of Algiers, who was at Pass I
Outre through the whole of the gale, and who him.
self narrowly escaped drowning. being in the water
fifteen hours, has furnished with full particulars
of the disaster down there:
"One of the worst storms experienced for many
years visited the 18th and 10Th instant IL was
accompanied with large hailstones and heavy rain.
1t commenced on Friday evening, the l4th, and con-
tinued until Saturday, at ii o'clock A. NJ. The wa
ter this time six feet more above high water
mark and washed away nine houses, besides three
lookout houses, with boats and sheds.
"The house next to the lighthouse, belonged to
Mr. George Osgood, was completely washed away.
and the family, consisting of a man, wife and four
children, barely escaped with their lives, by secur-
ing themselves to floating logs the father being up
to his neck in water, and holding his baby above his
head, They were rescued from watery grave by
the crew of the Junius Bebee, the captain of said
boat receiving them in kind and most gentlemanly
manner.
"a coffee-house and grocery belonging to the same
gentleman, in charged Of his eldest John and
man by the name of Kenney, was completely wash
ed away, and the men are supposed to be lost.
"The fat-boat belonging TO John Conrad, and
nicely fitted up as a dwelling house, destroyed
with all its contents the furniture alone being valued
1t above $1,000. Mrs Conrad barely escaped with her
life. A new building belong to the gentleman, |
not quite finished, was destroyed.
MIR. Levine's splendid large house, more than
lalf finished, was also foated away and lumber,
shingles, etc, ready for building, belonged to Mr..
Barton, all foated off"