New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-02

From the Mobile Republican of Saturday.
As we go to press, a most fearful gale is
blowing from the southeast-the severest
which Mobile has experienced III eleven
years.
Thewater from the river and bay has back
ed up on the city as far as Commerce street,
completely innndating the stores along the
| river front, and the first block of buildings
back are threatened.
The wharves are submerged entirely, anu
| boats are being driven one hundred yirds
| inland. There is great danger TO the snip
| ping Should the gale continue at TINS rate'
| large ships may be driven from thelr MOOT
ings, and against the warehouses Oh the
| river front. 90
The streets are flooded with water, or
| covered with the debris of ruined awnings,
| sheds and roofs. The alarm Is being
sounded. and citizens are in the streets,
| many of them afraid to remain IN doors:
| BUILDINGS are trembling from the force OF
| the blast which has now continued two
hours with unabated severity: On h0yal
street. near the market, q brick building
has fallen in. Government street is strewn
with fallen trees. Conception street has
several of the largest trees across its width,
obstructing passage.
Tn some places sail boats are floating on it.
In the stores on the south side the water Is
very deep, and damage to goods Will be
heavy. On the west side the danger Is very
| GREAT. but as vet the actual injury Is hight.
The river is higher than it has been since
| the great gale of 1852. Large vessels are
| blown over on the wharves. Two large
ships are lying on Government wharf at TINS
| time.
The Frances, New Orleans steamer, moved
up the river, and while her broadside was to
to the gale, the Mist, on board OF which
there seemed to be no hands. broke loose
| from her mOOrings Oh Plntos Island, ana
collided with the Frances.
| The Gertrude, stern wheeler, was also
driven from her anchorage, and driven
against St. Michael street wharf, and stove
her hull in, leaving her in a sinking condl
ton.
Some of the boats are tied to the telegraph
| poles in most insecure and dangerous sltua
| tiOns. ,
The whole police department is called
out. and the fire department also.
The chief Of police is doing all he can to
save life and property.
The house of j. b. Calef. northwest cor
ner of Water and st. Francis streets, Is
busily engaged in removing lime to the
uI,per story to prevent its contact with the
| water and probable destruction from nfe
| which would ensle.
Merchants are offering five dollars al
hour to labor in order to secure the remova
of valuable goods, threatened by the rising
floods.
w. d. Manns oil mill is partially sub
merged.
Several citizens We're badly injured by tn
falling shutters, signs, etc.
The roof of the building adjoining th'
theatre and the rear of Eggloffs saloon ar
denuded Of their covering. In ES9iofl
| tho roof ia entirely gone.
Further Accidents.
The falling of building on Commerc
street has Just injured several men-lalne
unknown. A creole named shl1h Wa
badly cut about the head at the market D.
falling shed. One man killed.
The dry dock ran into the ANNE an
Sumptcr Damage not ascertalned.
Half-past two-The wind at the hour o
writing has changed around to the south
west and the water is receding.
The Register reports:
The storm was brief in duration, con
mencing in all its reality just about twelve
and being over before two o'clock. All til
direct damage occurred almost at the CON
mencement. and the whole, including tha
from collision of drifting craft, was prot
ABLY accomplished in the space OF tw
hours BY half-past two o'clock, or sooner
| Hc'1
below the wharves. At no time was 1t man
inches deep in any of the Front stree
stores. barely reaching the floor OF 1h
Trade Company's and the Mobile and Mont
gomery Railroad offices.
We closed our notes for the evening Will
the report of the dry dock passing up TIL
river.
The drifting of this unwieldy mass wa
the cause of much of the damage to tn
shipping. 1t first caused the wreck OF tn
New Orleans railroad wharf and that G
| the oil mill: then cut a wood schooner IN tWC
below Government street, and grazed tn
. . Annie, near St. Francis street, doing httl
damage This collision gave it sheer tina
) saved the Sumter, which, otherwise, woul
have been completely crushed. AS it was
it tore away portion Of her guards an
starboard wheelhouse, jalnming her agains
the spiles with such force as to break all sI
touched. which were all but one at the foe
! | of the railroad wharf, and one at the whal
. below. The dry dock, keeping Oh ii
, course, gave the Prairie State a rake, bu
not serious one, and after encounterln
what else we know not, lodged on wrec
at the mouth of Chickasabogue.
The Ella May got some severe bumps
but Jared better than was first reported
being engaged during the evening witt
g the Fountain in trying to pull Oft the Oceal
Wave, which lies at Spanish Alley, con
piete wreck, we believe.
The Warrior lodged on the railroa
wharf. but was pulled off by the Fountain
. A schooner, discharging iron at the sam
wharf, got aground, but was pulled Off b
the Wright, which, with the Annie, got tn
: Arlington off the wharf, between Lipscom
and Adams streets, where she had lodged
| Tom Bells sloop Lissa went TO pieces q
!; the railroad wharf.
/ Among the incidents of the evening, W
p must not omit the shooting OF first-claS
, alligator by Frank Preston. The unwleld
monster. full fifteen feet long. was LEI
aground on the Mail Line wharf. Anotht
: alligator, we are told, was captured at )
Louis street. Several snakes We're killed
and as the water was approaching the ieV'
of the wlarves, the urchins, 1amlilarl
called Gratis" had Il grand battle anon
| their four-footed kin, who swarmed forth !
| thousands.
We could probably fill column MOI
with memoranda of damages had we lelsul
and space for all. The entire damage
the city and shipping can not now be est
mated. but may be safely placed at $2ot
600. The Trade Company estimate the
loss at 100000.
On the shell road the long bridge is
wreck. and the road is washed through l
places. Probably S600o OF S|O0O dama9
has been sustained.
= A popularity of our bay and coast IS I'd
August storms, so-called, occurring IN SON
locacitv every few years. That OF iso2
the most memorable in the annals OF Mobll
' which escaped any further visitation II
: 1860, when the storm OF August 20, DON