The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-23
Additional Particulars.
The Town a Desert.
Saluria Washed Away With Two
Hundred Souls.
The Morgan Warehouse Gone.

The following from the extra of the Gal
YES on Ne,os September 20, gives furthe,
advices relative to the work of the storm:
The following letter has been received here
| (Galveston):
INDIANoLA, Sept. 20, 1876.
Messrs. Chas. A. Whitney Co., New Orleans
Genaenen-It is my painful duty to advise
the almost entire destruction of Indianola by
the storm, from the 18th to the 18th inst. On
the afternoon of the 18th the wind blew strong
from the east, increasing steadily until 8 p.
| NJ. of the 10th, hauling then to the north.
| west, from which quarter it came perfect
hurricane until 9 A. N. of the 18th. The de-
struction of property in the town has been
immense, over 200 houses having been swept
entirely away, and those that remained have
been torn all to pieces. The loss of life here
and at Saluria will approximate $50 to 200
At S.luria l understand, the whole four of
the pilots, with the exception of Capt Sim
Brown, are drowned.
The wharf property is injured very much ;
the entire planking is torn off, the warehouse
torn down, the Office, with the Office records,
washed away. On the T head the stringers
remain, and large part of the planking is
piled up on it, but from the T-head to the
shore none OF the stringers are left. With
the exception of about 800 feet on the shore
end the piles seem to be pretty good, but of
the first 300 feet there are very few left. The
bridge is still in tolerable order, only about
200 feet of the shore end having been washed
away-of the part that remains there appears
to be nothing materially Injured. The cattle
pen at the foot of the wharf is entirely gone.
The lower story of the Office at the foot Of
the wharf, occupied by the railroad Office,
was broken down and all the railroad books
lost
There was great deal of danger to the
railroad between this place and Chocolate,
which will be more fully advised by MIR. Ev-
ans and Mr. Mousurate.
l am unable to give an exact estimate of the
damage to the property in my charge, or un-
til find what lumber can be recovered and
what new material will be required for re-
pairs
Having no way to land the freight of the
Harlan, nor any place to take care of it when
landed, l have instructed Capt Lewis to take
it to Galveston, to be there left until arrange
ments can be made to get it ashore here
There are no good lighters left in the bay
that can be used to take freights to the
bayou, but, until some warehouses can be
built, / do not think it would be advisable to
take any freight for this bay, except what may
be shipped for consumption in town, as it will
be impossible to transport anything by the
railroad for some time.
1 wrote you on Tuesday last, advising that
the Austin had sailed with 1888 beeves, and at
the same time inclosed bills paid for account
of the st. Mary. These letters are in my safe
in the bay, in which also are my cash and
letter books. I will probably be able to re-
cover the safe, though l fear the contents
are ruined. Will you please have my
accounts made up to include all debts
and credits to last trip of the Morgan, and
have duplicate freight lists of Harlan, Nos 3Ol
and 302, and Morgan, September and ii,
from New Orleans, sent to me- almost all of
railroad charges out on each of these trips.
Capt Lewis and Mr.. Colby, who examined
the wreck of the town. will be able to explain
to you fully the condition of the town better
than l can by letter.
My dwelling is down, and my furniture and
household effects ruined. The writer's house,
with all its contents, was swep. entirely
away, not vestige remaining This is pretty
much the way it is all over town one house