The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-09-20
TERRIFIC GALE I'm THE GULF.


Loss Of Life and Proper,y-rwo Vessels
Lost with All on BoaTd-Fiye Dth~. Vs.
ssIs Ashore-Two Towns In Rui..-
Lighthouse Blown Down-Rn,,ro.a
Terminus subme = ged-Damage mt NO.
bile . Million or Dollars, and Essi-
mated Total Loss ON tho Coast OF Two
Millions OF Dollars.
We are appraised by telegraph OF terrific northern
gsieSo the Gulf OF Mexico which occurred saturday
last the 18Th ins which ,r intensity and destructive
exceeds anything OF the kind that has occurred
long time The accounts received thus far only speak
general terms Of the Storm but from these able
to assert sthoavey that the loss 10 the shipping and
on land on the Southern coast, reaching from New
Orleans to Mobile, distance OF two hundred miles,
will amount to two millions Of dollars Every house
Belize, la was blown down; the town Of Biloxi, Miss,
ia in ruins, and Mlne0urg. Ia the terminus Of The
Lake ponchsrtran railroad submerged the wharves
materially damaged All the whmves aud bath houses
on the lake shore between New Orleans 10 have
been swept away ls force must have ou otoer
parts of the Southern coast and readers may autc
pate hearing Of st further terrible destruction Of LIE
and property.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
The gale at this point described n terrific 10 ts a.
tensty and destructive 10 its operation causing treat loss
Of property both land ard among the shlpsiae m,
Serrett from Rockland schooner Toaoey the bark
West IDdap Captain Thomps,p ashore tse passes
At the mouth of the Mississippi The entire crew of the
latter vessel consisting Of ten persons pershed aud
vessel will prove total less. She WAY bound 10 &.
Pierre, Martinique. Tne West Indian 1 vessel,
built at Baltimore in 1896, and was go tone rlnen.
AT NOZZLE, Ala.
The gale At this point was very severe. Five steam.
boats were sunk All the wharves In the lower part VI
the city were submerged aud the water covered tho sds
walks half way between Water and Royal streets;
RAJ walls of warehouses aud other buildings FELL ard
about forty Thousand sacks Of salt were destroyed.
Pomeroy IA Aarshalis lime warehouse was fred AID
burned with rapidly, and being Inaccessible the fre-
men, before tho flames ex,ingaished they
communicated to Goodman's cotton warehouse, asd
involved the destruction Of three Thousand oalcs OF
the ftsple product The coating steamers ana small
craft considerably damaged aud the ship Robert w.
Dixey, Capt Dxey belonging to Dixie Co, Of MOBILE,
from New York 10 the former port, blown
the lower bar in the bay, and proved total loes the
captain and part Of the pershed The D,xey
regular packet betv New York and Mobile, sad lad
board At the time OF her loss assorted cargo which,
with the vessel Is fully injured. She an 4
ST. 1859 tons burhep built Al Boston IN tho year 1885,
The brig Leghorp, bound from Mobile to Pensacos,
driven ashore and will probably prove total lose. sne
built in the year 1876, at Bel asst Ne, and rated
AK.
The loss At Mobile by Gre and storm esiimated st
abouts million Of dollars About third % The city
has been flooded
BILOXI, MISS.
This little town felt the fe violence Of he gee, and y
now mass Of ruins. II 10 in Harrison county, M!es,
and Is situated Biloxi bay, which sets up from Pas
cagoula bay the north Of the Gulf Of Mexico
small place, and contained church or two, urmoer
oil stores and about FIVE hundred inhabitants
MLSEBURo, la.
This village Is the terminus Of the ponchartraip rail-
road il submerged, and the wharvcs and oncr pro-
perty largely damaged.
BELIZE, LA.
Nearly every house at the Belize was carried away,
and lives loaf, including Captain Kenncy,
the pilot OF the New York and Havana Steamship Com
pany.