Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-20
rESC Cyclone.

| last three dS5S &; stern has reCn Blowing ntit
| urrrecolcnc! ia its far5. The damage has
also been considerable The town 0! MlIncburg.
on Lake Pontchartrain, was Jour feet under
water and thc loss TO thc railroad ard citizens
| will reach $4,000 Throughout the city the
| draluagc canals ove!H0wed, and considerable
| damage was a0uc to trees and franc buildings.
| The whole OF the rear OF the city vas over
flowed, all the losses there to market gardens,
oraoge trees, &C., will reach $25 600. No dam
age is reported to the shipping, but in the lake
| several schooncrs were lost. The cvcc IN front
Of the city broke in Two places, and large cave
is reported at McDonOughvlile, across the river.
The greatest velocity OF the wind was forty miles
an hour, which piled the waters OF Lake l'0Dt
chartrain iu the rear Of the city UP agG!os: tie
protection levccs, causing the Inhabitants along
the shore to be 10 great danger. though as yet
no lives are reported lost. Dispatches from
Plaqucmine parish aud up tie coast report con-
siderable damage to sugar cane, which has been
Frustrated. 1t is also feared that the cotton
crop has been considerably injured. A dispatch
to this city from the parish of St. John Baptist
says :-"hIuch damage las been doGe IN this
rcigbb0rhood by the great storm winds which
have prevailed siucc Monday. The sugar build.
ings barns aud several residences have been de-
stroycd. The violent Wild uprOotcd trees or
broke them a. easily Is ii they we're dry reeds
The parish court house and many dwellings,
vcrr u:ru0;ctl add the debris carried through the
air lot i(.j,,i@n&a distances. Nearly every fence
has bees blown tnwn. and the pecan trees arc all
DESTROYED. The cane has suffered much damage
fortunately there hays been no lives lost, but
many will bcw@il tho destructive storm. Tho
sind wa So fierce inst il WAS dangerous to loaqc
lvin.. Crsrmnnty e. siaty. b?;c!, :imhar and t!c>
hTarrhns III. loss on Tho rico cron is estimated
~ thirtv no, cert. which will boar heavily on
;,Iari..:s IL. storm has boon one Of the most
snyrrn cvcrr.i,cri;Hc, Il in Southern louisiana"
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$"'' "a '''' .'"''' ',G' :, -" ~ 80 ,,o
k"!iIl y i-"cit!'2h, "'l'c u gong ""' III Thy
city 10 wnr; IL Nj: ryi4n,i ~ Fir&.ni::. on the
cro,,,r lhai L!,fjr oDping2rs mAy designate them
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~ il&EGns. u Is i curious S''' u s'' '''i''''
.Ist inspires Them tN siNy "hgrc th>re Is no pos
el.I, cr,,l ,vmcnl FIR ;lom. srI whore iEcv rest
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Hin ., o.,.>rIr.ti,n IN ~
YIN Nu,y 't''S'' 49,, arn ~ thn rnosI mart
Try In ~ VII" o' "a nv ~ i,.'
" III" coi'1;Ho" W, ''i' os',v y" " S,'.
toa curing lhe Wnt 'to o, ii" f'r t,n hr
inS ,n TishI If s;,iSra"e aj whn W.
forwards found o::!l 'oyHont Oil tho extensive
n 80 rnri H., GncI,9 whr,r X rnw No
VOL, FIR lam 20 d. ana 70 nioae- to usy
them f ! wafi, if tEa: wlro suppo,. Ihcy
have no trsAcs or fitness for city occul a!ions.
They arc vel. IS they wee when they cams here
fit E:'r no!Iinm but ",rln work. The farms they
)t(, now remain unctiiiYaLrd l)r want Of their
lsbcr. The farmers thoms, ives in their Mood Of
labor arc. We r, i!crat5 Likely TO trea! them with
Transformation ;hcy viii 10. receive in tho city.
Here they are dronps, or worse, burden under
,ni,;ni, ~, fo.n.z-cr creams: cccro holy facl,
houses and our jai,s; the eI1!hcts showorol upon
them aro &!:ythng hH: cm9nar!nG, and it seems
incoHcoivah!o mat thGif tc:t.r@Ipoc5 sAoud sssna
IN the Wy o. ;o eE|2@,s ,,,o ocST" natt I lbs.
;.'li ~ tn iI,n tnnIs Il nn nccuna.
i'm iil i1r Witch thew are tc,infl All espccialIy
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