New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-24
The SIarul.

| ieo iosuits. III N4lNesloD tne water Wai
never so high as between two and fou,
o'clock Friday morning, September IL
though the wind was not SO violent as Oh
two previous occasions. On Tuesday i
was apparent the wind was increas;ny y IL
velocity, the barometer at G A. NJ. standing
at 50:0S, falling .eS in fifteen hours. tive
inches of rain falling. The barometer was
29:s6 Wednesday morning with wind of d
velocity of thirty.six miles. BY IL VI. the
beach was hid by the water, and at ? Z. NJ
the cars ceased running. The water rose
till twelve O'Clock at night and the
barometer then stood 29:G7, the wind b
ing at the rate OF forty miles an hour
During the night the houses occupied;
| by the laborers at the Point were sven,
away and the men compelled to cling
/, timbers and temporary raetl H~r life,
while DR.. Peefa and his Int. grandson
| perlshed. Communication was cut, and
| the railroad bridges washed away. Thurs.
day the wind and water rose and fell. and
the barometer read 1858. At p. NJ. the
water was eight feet above mean tide,
'"'A'' iNNneo II : no. tnoI4 III ic'', v ~ lDcheA
OF rain had iallen, and two more inches fell
i by nine O'Clock. Friday, at : P. NJ, the
barometer reached it9 lowest point-29:O3S.
the rainfall was out two inches, but a. 1880
| the wind blew for short tina sixty miles
per hour. The storm lasted eighty hours.
from 4:!o A. NJ. on tie fifteenth to II P. II .
on the eighteenth.
One-fourth of the area was ont of water
during the storm. The CITY has suffered
a. Chicago did. from cheaply built houses.
which is l.sson whv the DAMAGES are 60
small pecuniarily. Two channels have hsen
GU. Scross the island-on. nor.heaster,v
with an average depth Of three feet q y
inches and a width of 600 feet; and ,he
other shallower, further east, The sand
embankmen' on tie beach we're DESTROYED
Thursday evening, which shows that an
embankment covered with grass wonId
prevent excessive damage thoupb II conld
not prevent overflow. The strong argument
in favor of break water is the sight of
huge cuts made by the tendency of tbs
water to seek passage across the island
Many believe the taking of sand from the
beach is one of the causes Of the cala,u.
ity, and a call has been made to
put stop to IT, though 900 loads have been
taken since Saturday. The city owns but
lew lie boats and 1t is claimed if it had more
the five lives lost at the Point might have
been saved. Ike only other lost was that
OF the woman crushed or drowned under
the ruins OF her dwelling in the city.
Two hundred thousand dollars will cover
the loss to the city and shipping. The men
at the Point havetheld meeting, and ask
the government to remonerate them for
clothing, etc, lost. They state it was i'm
possible for Lieutenant Quinn to aid them.
The steamship Australian, owned by the
West India and Pacific Steamship Com
pany, after making vain attempt to ride
at her anchorage I'LL Thursday afternoon,
went aground one and half miles northeast
OF the mouth OF San Bernard river, oppo-
sue 'ue oni'eu o'@'es eus0omnouse, and
ioiS 'u.'.s s'"'H "a Na'lestoh' at Tour
''ooh iN"S nnoinihs' anu 1he vessel now
.'ee "n'ie sNo gu o'h' neau OIL 10 Tue shore
~ eo,en ieou Vi wafer ior"a'a' the same
GNU '1o ""'0' N"ue'
Every house at San Bernard was washed
away Mrs. Della Dance. aged eighty
years, was drowned, also little Annie Win
stead. Dr. Welslger and family are safe.
Mrs. Henry sharp and children, Captain
Ballowe, ). Z. Louis and family, Mrs Della
Winstead and four children are saved. j.
IL. Dance, William Louis, John Louis and
Joe Louis are Ialso saved. Captain Louis
and family, Mr.. Ducrout and family, Cap
tain Alexander Seircovich and family. Cap
sa'n Uoo ,"s0"N,A i"ni'y anu nurse MIS-
onafies i'ohe7' ehiioren anu nurse saved.
-n,s' Esef' anu ia'hiiy' MT sam Czze,
nou An'"n wne'ner saved OF not; Mr' Billy
"oNei' aeoiueh'aiiy absent IN Galveston,
'a'e"' sioop 'u''a' Ntaiiy wrecked;
s'no'nui '",,a' ui7'nah.ieo' ol' saved lhey
"eie al h'nu'y oafeu ior ny the oilcers ana
'te" u 'he s'eansnip AustfaNan'
From the dredgeboats thirty-four were
taken, and it. is supposed twelve are
dtowned. Captain Bell picked up twenty.
one persons on. Friday. DR.. Chamberlain
was among the number also Sam David
son, an engineer and resident of Houston;
a man named Dick Hanneford, caulker,
Balte O'Rourke, painter; Hanson, a la
borer 1.-THE last three were lassoed and
hauled aboardl; Perkins and family, con-
sisting of his wife and child; also three