The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1860-08-29
Terrific Gale on the Lake.


Onr cty exchanges contain distressing accounts u
the gale which visited the lake andriver coasts on
day the It'll We copy from the crescent oi te ~.
Yesterday morning came the hlst autnenVlG luto.il
eence that the town Of Proetorylle, on lake Dorse
Terminus of the Mexican gulf raoad) was swept away
Nv tba rale and food of last Saturday with loss Of
some thirty or forty lives This Intelligence ana no
come sooner because the country was Hooded 1or hes
hack and railroad communication with the place CUT
Proctorvle was entirely swept away houses WharVeS
hotel lighthouse and all The fort IN course OF ereG
ton was the only place that protected life, and whlel
/ still remains ;et
The following were all the names OF the LOST "hlcl
we were able to obtain from persons who came up IRON
the scene of the disaster yesterday morning;
The wife and six children of Mr.. Amedee Fagot; The
body of Mrs. +. being recovered.
/ family of five colored persons named Chappahn'
Tie keeper of the lighthouse, an old man nance
Combrav; the barkeeper of Ramon's eofee-house anc
/ several Spanish fishermen, names unknown
Mrs Wells and her three children were reported tt
be lost but by gentleman who came up III last l8ht
cars we learn that the lady and her children were ouh
alive in the orass back of town. but the husband anc
/ father found drowned 1t is w. F. Wells native
| New York rs ars of age. The body was brought Ut
to the city last night and will be buried to-day by tint
masonic order he being member OF Dudley lodge
! No %.
We have heard of the recovery of numerous othe
bodies but have no particulars From all we hear, th
fons inundation of the sea- with the hurricane whcf
prevailed and of people floating away on the wrecks
houses only to be drowned at last were but repetition
of the awful scenes at Last Island in 1856.
The inundation in st. Bernard and Plaquemine par
sbes The gale Frustrated many houses and plantation
outhouses whilst the flood wild and spreadruin IL
many places The rice planters, who made but scantl
crop this year owing to the low stage OF the RIVER los
nearly everything by Eruption of the sea- the wind
water blowing down and washing away the stacks ant
all vestges of cultivation
Even at Point-a la Hache, the nundatlon OF the SCI
came up to the very evee of the river and so high wa
the latter during the worst Of the gale that the nhab
ants knew not which fear most the river or the sea
1t is reported that many lives were lost on the lowe
plantations We have direct information that /
negroes were drowned on Mr.. Urquharts plantation
! 1t is supposed that the settlement OF the Malay
Chinese fishermen on lake Borgne, shared the fate 0
Proctoryille It will be time before We hear OF al
the sad results of this terrible gale.
P s. From Mr.. L. Prendergast who has been bus,
for two days with Others in searching for and burynt
the dead at Proetorvle, and who came up last night
we have the further particulars that three children
Mr. Limerick, two children of Mr.. Walsh, and Mrs
Nichols and her two Children were among the lost
GOOD portion of the bodies had been recovered, AM
buried as well as circumstances would admit
Mr. Prendergast brought up the body of Mr.. Wells
which is to be buried to-day by the masons he also hat
charge of the widow and children of the deceased wh
we're supposed to be lost but who were found alive ant
in the kind care of Mr.. Hays who has plantation
back OF Proctoryile.
Mr. p also authorizes to state, that nothing coult
have exceeded the humanity shown by Mr. Proctor
whose plantation few miles this side ct lake Borgne
He sent out his negroes and wagons, threw his hous
open. and did everything that human could do, L
alleviate the distress of those who escaped the terrible
wrecE, on the lake shore.
Mr. Armstrong, conductor of the Mexican gull cars
acted noby and did all that lay in his power to sueeo
| the distressed.
The storm in the parish of Paquemine. The storm
of Saturday last overfowed the entire parish from DR.
Understands down to the Quarantine station. Tn
water rose to the depth of four feet on the pu6h
roads at Point-a-a-Hache and at Urquharts plantation
rose in some places nine feet Mr. Urquharts crop
greatly damaged and 25 or 80 persons lost their live
! on his place Many of them had taken refuge Of
tree tops and were either blown off by the force OF tn
wind or they were blown down with the trees. A
Mrs. Wllkinson's plantation there were or OF he
negroes lost; also two carriages and her stable
and kitchens were blown away. The large new store
house recently built at the Quarantine station, wa
blown down There were many other sufferers by tn
storm but the above is all the or particular
that we can obtain at present The waters continued
to rise for twentyfour hours when it subsidized CAUSING
death and destruction in its path The orange and
crop all along the lower coast is entirely destroyed
The storm on the Lake We learn from the officer
of the steamer Oregon, that the schooner Exile wa
dismasted and swamped off Pascagoua. Her GREY
carried into Pascagoula by ngger. All the bath
houses and WGarYeS at IaSCagOula were cdlTleu away
Disasters on the river. The tow-boat Laudis capt
Davis from the passes, up to the city yesterda
morning having in tow the brig n Stetson and schOone
Jacinto-both vessels bound down, and whilst off For
Worth during the storm of Saturday last the n Stet
son lost her foremost and sails and otherwise dam
aged She was hence from Tampico. Two of he
seamen were badly injured The Jacinto sprung
leak Both vessels are now Agiers for repairs
Capt Davis reports that the schooners VIM. Colquit
Peterson hence for Havana was blown ashore at For
st, Philip, and will prove total loss portion of he
cargo it is expected win be saved although in dam
aged state No lives were lost.
The tOw-boat James l.. Day from the passes, having
in tow the schooner D.. +. Keeling from Minatitlan
was blown ashore six miles above the passes, and bot
of them are now lying high and dry.
The schooner ]. NJ Toone, capt, Pennington henc
for Havana, was blown high and dry at pass r0utre
:. The tow-boat Victoria was coming in over the ba
Yesterday morning with the brig NJ, A. Stevens capt
Butler, from Havana which vessel was dsmasted.
The tow-boat Ocean bound down with the ships Oma
Pacha and Arno, met by the lands below Fort ST
Philip, having got afoat
Il The ship Confidence capt. Sears hence for Ne'
York. under sail, was passedbeow Fort Reach all right
The ship j. ?. Wheeler capt Gada also for New York
was badly ashore at Point-a-la-Hache. Capt. Gada
in for the purpose of procuring three towboat
to get her off.
The water at the passes rose some seven or egh
feet which was blown in from the lake covering tn
whole of the levee and lower portion of the houses
The tenants obliged cut away the floors of thei
building to prevent their washing away. Lives wer
lost amonr which were three children