The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17
Closing Of the McCu'lom Crevasse.
Closing Of the McCu'lom Crevasse
The Jackson Railroad.
The City Front
A Deluge at Hand.
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A Deluge at Hand.
Algiers and Gretna.
Six Irches Above High Water Mark.

The very elements seem to have coDspired
the supreme control of "Jupiter Pluvius"
and whilst admitting that anything would
he preferable to our present Government as
administered by the de facto, we don't care
to take so much "wwater in ours y but vet
if the present state of affairs continue we
will have to take everything without sugar,
as from present appearances every acre of
sugar land i'll the State will, ere many days.
be under water. This is no idle fancy, but
stubborn fact, for thanks to the present ar
rangement of keeping up our levees the
people Of Louisiana find themselves to-day
at the mercy OF the Father OF Waters.
At dark yesterday evening, the Surveyors
gauge marked 6 inches above high water
mark, and as the wind had veered around
to the south, further rise may be appre-
hended ere morning, al between sun set and
sun rise the tide from the Gulf affects the
river at this point about :: inches, when aid
e, by southcrly winds.
The cksOn n a ilroad.
Passenger trains still continue to run on
this road but by reference to an advertise
ment in another column, it will be seen that
no freight will be received at the depot !or
shiI ment until further notice.
We learned (unofficially however,) last
evening that the company had chartered
the steamers st. John and Bart Able to
transport freight from this city to Manchac,
from which point it will be taken by the
cars to its place of destination.
suffice; number Of cars have been sent
beyond Manchac, so that with the aid Of the
Pontchartrain Railroad and the above men
tened steamers no serious Inconvenience
| will be experienced by shippers.
The Bonnet Carre Crevasse.
| At last advices this break was increasing
in width, and promises to be more serious
than the one of April, 1871. Already the
water from this crevasse has made it's ap-
pearance in Lake Pontchartrain, and, as in
that year, it took but little over twenty-one
days for the water from it to overflow the
back part Of our city, and almost complete
| ly submerge the track Of the Pontchartrain
Railroad from GENTLY to the lake end,
the worst may be now apprehended.
Algiers.
The levee at this place is in a very pre-
carious condition, but the report freely cir
culated in the city last night that break
had occurred just above the Canal street
ferry landing was without foundation in
fact.
| Gretna.
The levee at this point is-thanks to no
one but the energetic citizens Of the town
in fair condition, and being carefully watch
ed, is in no danger of giving away.
| From Yesterday Evening Edition
The change of direction of the wind
early this morning has caused fall along
the city front Of nearly two inches since
our last report.
From POydras to Delord streets the wharf
and batture is still several inches under
water, as is also portion Of the tracks of
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas and the New
Orleans, Mobile and Texas railroads.
At the head of Canal street the water con-
tinnes to flow freely over the wharf, or
rather, to force itself from beneath the out
side of it.
We have nothing later to report in regard
to the other portions of our river front, and
are happy to be able to state, that up to
this hour, az NJ. no new breaks have been
reported from either the Upper or Lower
Coast.
/ The McCullOm Crevasse.
BY the arrival Of the w. S. Pike at II
o'clock to-day, we learn that the citizens,
headed by Mr.. Hy VonPhul, had succeeded
in closing the large and serious break in the
levee at McCullom's plantation.
The steamer Mary Ida left last night under
charter from the Levee Board to look after
the breaks between this city and P, 1T Hud-
son.
\ Another Crevasse.
4 From the officers of the w. S. Pike. we
learn that the levee in front of the Australia
plantation broke yesterday evening, but
after great eXertiOn on the part of the citi.
zens residing in the vicinity, 1t was closed
after several hours hard labor. This plan
tatlon is situated in Manchac bend on the
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