The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-20
TIE BLOW OF III.
WHAT NEW ORLEANS AND FITS SUB
URBs SUFFERED FROM FLOOD
AND WIND.
ueta,ls Of the Ravages Of Tuesday NIGHTS
storm.

AMI WIND
ueta,ls nj the Ravages Of Tuesday NIGHTS
storm.
10 ,bose who were compelled to be away from
home and the comforts Of q cosy parlor, TUESDAY
night will be one long to be remembered. Only
a pores pencil could portray its wildness, and
Dickens pen describe it's madness. Wind and
rain seemed vieing with one another in an effort
60 make il as terrific as they could. and from
the results their endeavors were most success
full, As hour after hour passed and still the wind
blew and the rain descended, those who thought
the gale of the previous day had been the climax
of our equinoctsl changed their minds, and
the nervous we're on the qui uise for dupiica-
tion of the night before. The strong easterly
winds increased In violence, lasting until about
half.past II o'clock OF Tuesday night, causing the
rising of the waters in the canals aud doing
much damage, an accurate account OF which
appeared In yesterdays DEMOCRAT.
AT MIDNIGHT
the wind yeered suddenly to the north, and chill
ing blasts swept over the angry surface of Lake
pontcharir rain across the flooded commons in the
neighborhood of our city. and gustilv rushed
down the streets, tearing off signs from theii
hangings and uprooting trees in its mad career
Most of the thoroughfares were canals, and the
street care appeared more like water craft than
vehicles. 1t was night the likes Of which New
Orleans has not seen for more than twenty
years.
AT DAWN YESTERDAY
the effects of the wild orgie of the elements were
scattered far and wide from the lake shore to
Agiers.- Fences lying fat, trees torn from their
foothold, chimneys showing jagged scars aho
some of them beheaded, and water everywhere.
DOWN 10 HoYTs
many curious gazers hurried yesterday morning
to see the reeults, and desolate scene met their
view. A heavy dredgeboat lay diagonaly across
the canal, opposite the ruins Of Browns house.
her career up the canal having been stopped by
the falling of the long wooden arm with the iron
bucket attached.
just beyond Browns, on the eastern eide OF the
canal, the waves had eaten through the embank-
meut, thus cutting off access to the boathouse
of the 81. Johns Rowing Club, through which
gap the waves of the lake were running. Look
ing northward huge sheets Of spray were dashing
high in the air, and proceeding in that direction
II was seen at glance that the
REvETMENT WAS GONE.
The work of the rollers, driven directly upon
the face of this work, had secured foothold
beneath II, and the earth behind aud supporting
II was swiftly washed cut. Before morning the
planking gave way and huge gaps in the levee
itself made. In one spot which the reporter
visited last evening the earth had caved in for
over one hundred feet, and in some places for
over fifteen feet In width, and the waves were
making the break still wider.
Further along, where the saloons were stand
ing out side the revetment, the wind had done it's
work too. One ancient-lookng soda stand was a
total wreck others had lost gallery, and all
were dsmanted, the furniture and fixtures
having been removed. The debris of Bruning's
bath house, with that OF other lighthouses, were
tossed about beneath these buildings in a man.
ner rather dangerous to their safety.
All along above the revetment showed the
same effects. The plank-fronting in many places
had been completely washed away, and at almost
every foot the levee was caving IN behind it.
THE WEST END PAVILION
locked like some rock, solidly did 1t resist the
storm, Although the waves dashed furiously
over the platform leading to II, the building
proper was not damaged in the least, proving
how thoroughly was it built sunken skiffs could
levee and quantities OF drift driven in by the
gale. The whole place looked very desolate, rem
dered the more so by the still lowering clouds
and the roar of the wind.
browns HOUSE
looked blue. Crazy window shutters dangled by
one hinge; where the gallery should have been
it wasn't, and the kitchen was somewhere in the
swamps. The rear platform was also gone and
the building itself much damaged throughout
At the
NEW LAKE END
the water Tuesday night was higher than ever
known before, and at one time rose an inch
and one half over the bench mark of the sur
veyors, showing the level OF the highest point on
the Metairie Ridge. The shell road WAS covered
for two miles, and all along the shore 'front.'
where fishermen and woodcutters live in their
little shanties the water was three feet in depth.
There was much suffering amongst this class
and those who have their houses near Hoyt's.
Major Hoyt, however. with his usual hospital
ity, seeing their condition. turned his hotel into
a place of refuge and gave up all his rooms to
the unfortunates until the water subsidized.
REAR OF THE CITY.
At about midnight Tuesday the rain ceased
falling, but the wind continued to blow perfect
hurricane. As it WAS from the north it was keen
and piercing.
1t was fully two hours after the floodgstes Of
heaven had been closed before early pedestrians
could walk the streets.
The city front was damaged very slightly,
while the rear of the city, caused by the over
flowing of the different canals was entirely sub
merged.
At midnight Tuesday the water from the Lake
reached GENTLY Road, and the entire country for
miles around was. Inundated.
At q number of houses on GENTLY Road the
water was up to the galleries. and skifs were used
to convey the occupants to places of security.
In this section, the only damage SO far sus-
tanned was the blowing down of q number of
fences and the unrootino of q 1aroa pu,bor IF