The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-21
NEW ORLEANs BULLETIN, TUESDAY sEPTEMBER d.

The water rose SO rapidly that at 10 o'cloc
: all were obliged to abandon the yard and see
; refuge in the buildings, as the current was 8
, swift as to render it difficult to keep one
|, footing.
At o'clock Allison, McDermit and anothe
man started to wade fol. town, taking tn
beach, but failed, and with great difficult
} succeeded in reaching Fort Point. Alliso
sunk twice, McDermit was washed down, bu
ms companion assisted him in reaching tn
fort. Allison was fifty yards ahead, and hal
iooed, warning them while he struggled wit
the breakers, and barely escaped
AT O'Clock eight small boats started TO
town loaded, and the situation of the mel
who were at the point was made known.
AT o'clock DR.. Peete sent his family ani
Mrs. Williams over in a yawl. All arrived
safe. The yawl was seen trying to make lant
about Twelfth street.
McDermlt and companion came over to tn,
house in Nelson's boat safe. Allison remained
alone at Fort Point On account of MIR.
saying they had no room after he got in, h
got out Although some asked him to stay,
he replied no.
About 4:3O Mr.. Childs and Mr. - started
| over to the fort from the quarters They were
about to fail, as Mr.. Childs was exhausted.
MI. Allison made for them, and succeeded in
reaching the boat and helping them to the
fcrt: MIR. -, tide gauge keeper, started on
MS horse for town, but soon took Allison's
advice and turned back.
About 5 o'clock DR.. Peete signaled for help
He had green sailboat tied to his ward fence
Some five men from the cane piles started,
out failed to reach him. Mr.. Childs, Mr. ALI
son and Mr. - started over in DR.. Peete's
yawl to get him, making the corner of the
fence. Mr.. Childs and Mr.. -, tide gauge
keeper, jumped overheard to check the yawl,
and tow the boat to the yard gate, but were
swept down by the current. Childs caught
the boat and the other man the rope. Allison
continued pulling, while Childs and the other
man got back into the boat which was then
IN the breakers, filling fast. They bailed out
and started twice after Dr. Peete, but failed.
Allison, Childs and the tide gauge keeper ar
rived about dark. The former is badly
bruised up.
LIST OF THE UNFORTUNATE.
The following is a list of the killed,
drowned, missing and injured: Patrick
Landrigan, John Stromkuist and Harry
Brady, killed; two names not yet known,
thirteen in all missing; DR.. Peete and bow not
yet heard from; Campbell, jackson and Ali
son badly injured.
SUPPOSED TO BE DROWNED.
fatrick Lanigan, Harry Brady, John Srrom-
oolse, ana TWO whose names are unknown.
LIST OF THOSE WHO ARE INJURED
i. d. Campbell, - jackson and s. B.
Allison.
Total missing from the point: Thirteen
men. |
La addition to the Van V!iet, boat belong |
ng to the government vessel Rio Bravo started |
'ut In search of DR.. Peete and the other
nlsslng ones. She was manned by the fol-
owing men, all citizens: James johnson,
ION. Hirsh, Joe Williams, James Coffee James
vans, Mick Martin and Gus Wyland.
A. u. Greedy, one of the laborers of the
ONT, had his leg mashed when the house
III, and is now lying at the City Hospital.
THE MISSING MEN.
Nothing further is learned from the missing
mes. A party left yesterday morning to make
mother search, but returned without success,
The following are the names of some of
lose who CALAMITY went to the point Thurs
ay morning to rescue the Government labor
IS. They took the tug Van Welt: Capt t
uthrie, Capt. Billy Miller, Mr.. Rooney, en- {
neer; Tom, fireman; Mr. Tailor. t
THE DAMAGE .
Star 5. Joness house, on Avenue Oh and !
lneteenth street, is careened and will be con- il
derably damaged by the water Nearly all
10 houses in that vicinity are off of their Q
undations, and the families formerly resid- 9
6 IN them are moved to the central part of i
g city. q
LIZ has been learned that Mr.. A. Wilson, a a
ember OF Hope Fire Company No. 4, with
nix, or wooden cistern, saved five families. u
mailing doors on the top Of his tank and RI
acing the people on these DOORS He is in o
ed worthy of public thanks, as he pushed a
tank along, while he himself waded in the Il
ter, sometimes up to his neck.
The weather vane of the Grand Southern di
tel fell to the ground at p M, Yesterday. b,
q poor bird was considerably damaged, and B
ked happier near the earth. 81
Cbe chimney on the large house at the ~
ltheast corner OF Broadway and Twenty I'll
tn street fell Thursday night, and the
lght OF the bricks is forcing the roof down.
I'd.
The English bark Memory broke loose iz
Wllllams's wharf, and has gone out of
nt.
bout two miles of the Gulf, Colorado and tn
TIA Fe Railroad track, is washed away be- up
en- the depot grounds and the bridge. by
ne first house to yield to the Influences of IL; IL,
storm was that recently built, on the COR Or Or
OF Postoffice and Fourth streets, and it ba
speedily rendered mass of ruins. lef
mother house in the middle of the street Ba
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uccumb to the gale, and then fences, pigs, or or,
$, outhouses, etc., became an indiscrinIi- WI
3 mass of wreck and ruin, and were c cH,
he'd about until only fit for firewood snc
he water rose with such rapidity that all sha
Strand, save the central portions between the
enteeth and Twenty-seventh streets, were p: 9
flowed by o'clock, and parties residing )
hose localities were busily engaged in tan
ing their effects to higher locality, or frn -
the upper stories of their buildings. and
ne schooner Lavinia Perkins is reported to |
ave struck the railroad bridge and gone in t
n. Two of her crew, John Smith and = Lou
tin, came to the city with this story. any
7 left on board John Boyce, John Duden- s siit
and Christopher Drummer. Toe vessel h har
tx the bridge about o'clock yesterday citv
noon. The men who reported the above ger
shore by holding to the piles of the new ferr
&c. The vessel was loaded with lumber at s.
ne bridge. COM
lie rainfall was excessive in the forty sucf
hours ending Wednesday night; at 9 r rGa
OK, 53 inches Of rain had fallen. The ri
meter stood at one place from 1924 P. NJ this
L. NJ, which is good indication, while tain