The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-18
DISASTER THE SOUTH.
TERRIBLE GALE AND FLOOD In Lou.
ISIANA,
ALARGE NUMBER OF LIVES LOST

/ ALARGE NUMBER OF LIVES LOST.
On Saturday night last. there was terrible
gale at New Orleans, by which the water was
blown In from all points and the lowiands in
the vicinity of the city flooded. A large uap- :
tity of property was destroyed, and SO sudden
was the inundation that nearly 40 persons lost
their lives by drowning From the New Or.
leans papers of Monday, we take the follow :
Ing account Of the disaster:
The water at the Passes rose some seyen or
eight feet which was blown in from the Lake
covering the wi hole of the levees and the lower
portion of the houses. The tenants wera
obliged to cut away the floors of their buiJd-
ings TO prevent their washing away Several
lives were lost, and among which were three
children.
Plaq uemines, from DIR. Wederstrandt,s down
to the quarantine station. The water rose
to a depth of four feet on the public roads At
Pointe-a-la- Hache, and on Mr.. Uruuhart's
plan tation ii rose in some places nine feat =
Mr.. Urquhart's crop was greatly damaged
and twenty five or thirty persons lost tneir r
lives on his place. Many Of them had taken
refuge in tree tops, and were either blown off
by the force of the wind, or the severe col.
iision with the trees. At Mrs. Wilkinson,s
plan tation, there were five or six of her ne.
groes lost; also, two carriages, her stables
and kitchens, were blown away. The large
n
tine Station was blown down There were
many other sufferers by the storm. but the
above are all the names or particulars that
we can obtain at present. The water con tim
ued to rise Tor twenty-four honrs, when it
sabsided, leaving death and destruction in its
path. The orange and rice crop. all along the
lower coast. is entirely destroyed
AT Proctorville, the storm commenced with
great violence, coming suddenly and unex.
peetedly. The water rose over twelve feet. en-.
tireiy submerging the entire place and carry
ing every house save one, away This house
is the one occupied by the Superintendent Of
the Fort works. The greatest CONSERVATION
prevailed, and every possible method OF fl pat
ing escape was resorted to. Only forty TO flfty
persons were saved, and from thirty.fiye To
forty 1857 Inc population was principally
composed OF fishermen, but there were visit
ors in the place for their health These visit.
ors are also lost-their names are Mr. W. F.
Wells, wife and two children, and his wife,s
sister also, nurse OF Mrs. Wells. Mr.. Wells
was an invalid, and went with his family to
PrOctoryille for his health's irnproyement-
When the storm came on, he was situated on
the upper fioor OF a two-story building He
said to his wife $50 on the root and take the
children with you-saye yourselves-I have
but little while to live, any way-saye your
selves" The wife and Others however had
little time even TO save themselves Tor they
were, house and all. washed away and lost
Mr.. FagOt and his wife and five children
were also lost, being carried off on the roof of
a house, which was seen to break in pieces
when the strugglers for life immediately sank
Two of Mr.. Fagots children, however he hav-
ing seven, were saved. Mr.. Mccarthy of the
firm of b. A. Soulie. Cont str1 ct, had a mar
row escape. He f1oated on the roof of house
Tor eight hours, during the night and man
aged, by great presence of mind, TO save him.
self. He lost his negro servant bow whorould
not withstand the fearful flood J. Curiel,
grocer, Cont street has b. N lost
UP the river near Aigiers, the turbulence of
the Fa,her OF Waters" was perfectly grand
1hfl6 ISn., he
some of the small craft moored along side of
The wharyes bid adieu 10 their cabl3 and
danced on the wave-tops like young kids on
Switzerland crags. On Lake Pom tchartralp
every craft looked as if the captain wcs in
sane, the crew intoxicated, and vessel without
rudder or compass. Confusion worse con-
found was the order of things generally.
The keeper of the Fort at Proctorville has
also been drowned. His wife and two chill
iren were found floating on raft, and were
drifted ashore. Her left arm was found
broken ana her right one surrounding, with q
'nother's grasp, the two children. Mr. Arm
.trong, superintendent of the Mexican Gulf
Railroad, picked her up III a pros trated condi-
ion, and took her TO place of rest, where re-
storatives were given ber and her children,
md when she told, in wild accents of grief,
ne loss of her husband
The Mexican Gulf Railroad for four miles
oWard Proctorvilie, is submerged TO a depth
of at least six feet, and consequently those
,Dersons who left this city for Lake Borgne
tNu nave Dccn saved from me
fury the storm, those points being, at that
time, unapproachabie.
AT Grand Prairie, sixty-one miles below the
clty, The following persons were drowned -
Jno. Holly, Mr.: Bowie, two unknown white
tnen, Antario Mustache, (colored,) wife and
hree children, negro man belonging to DIR.
Wilkinson. The houses there suffered great
iy, and the following We're entirely demolish-
ed: Mr.. Alexander's (Nixon plantation
sugar. house, L. Seraphions dwelling, Me-
charo's place, Mr.. Blantons house, MIR
Browns house, Mr.. Burns house.
At Poin la. Hache some sixteen persons
were drowned, none of whose names we have
oeen enabled to ascertain.
All along the coast, from the @ uaran tine 70
he city, may be seen Schooners, skiffs, Wher.
ries, canoes and dug-outs, on the banks, while
many of their occupants, we fear, will have
.ound an untimely end Above this city the
&torm was not very severe, and save that some
Of the boats at Algiers and Gretna were in
Danger of breaking loose, not much damage
was done there.