The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-08
On the Teche.
New Iberia sugar-Bowl.l


Up to the time we went to press, we hav.
heard that the following named sugar-houses
on the Teche were damaged more or less: j
n. Wyche's, Henderson u Browns, J.. P
Renoudets, Mrs. Courtois's, Junius Samp
ssoa's, ,a,! and stable, J; d., ?: Br"onssard, "s A
Bells, John Heffern's, DR.. A. Duperier's
purgery down; Kissack Boss partly dowi
and stable same; Walker u Thompson's
HOPE plantation, roof off sugar-house anc
and purgery, stable with cabins, and five
mules killed; Bussev d Pharr sugar-houst
and cabins wrecked, corn CRIB and stable
doMl; =. Gay, Belle Grove, sugar-house bad
ly hurt, cabins over, etc; II. G. Walker, Bay.
side, sugar-house damaged, stables injured
and mules hurt; Major G. w. Wills, Linden
sUgar-houSe wrecked, stable down and twenty
mules killed; A. Il. Monnet's and Delahous.
sayes sugar-houses both down; Louis Gre
weinberg, Albaria, sugar-house slightly and
and A. w. Bosworth's sugar-houses all down
>. ii. Bnckner's Home place, cane shed down
En- lie Sillan. Saule. sugar-house badly hurt;
Austin q Whitehouse, La Estancia, sugar.
house down; Edward sillan- sugar-house
much injured; John Baldwin, Fuselier, sugar
house wrecked, sons residence down; Mrs.
Harding's, L. Swormstedts st t1rlng, JAS.
Todd's, Arlington, and j. II. Darnall's sugar
houses all down.
Our st. Mary correspondent gives details OF
places between Centreville and Patterson
vile. Below there we have heard Of no sugar
houses being down. but some were consider
ably damaged. On all places the cabins and
other outhOuspS were much damaged. On
PLACES on the L, che, not named above, we are
TOLD sugar-hOuSe5 are not seriously damaged.
On Bayou CypremOrt we hear all sugar
houses, except Patrick ScaIly's are down,
and on Bayou Sale all but one Of Swenson.
The Centrevilie Catholic and Morgan City
Presbyterian churches were both blown down,
a yyY.o ynd
mills at Jeaneretfe and Vautrien's gin down
Mr.. Browns gin Oh Petit Anse prairie, and
p. Lassale's on the Coteau, as we'll as
ORourke's gin on Cote Gelee, were all badly
damaged.
Mr.. Devezin Romero's sugar-house back
OF New Iberia, also wrecked, and Mr.. G. B.
Jeferson's place badly Injured. We have no
news from Petite Anse, Weeks or Cote
Blanche Islands.
We hear that at 2 Pattersonville the steeple
of the Catholic church was blown down, the
Catholic school-house seriously damaged, and
the Protestant school house a total wreck.
Several dwelltng-hoases were unroofed. Mr..
Whites store was blown off It's blocks, and
his stock Of goods very much injured.
The destruction OF properly betw' sn Mor-
gan City and Jeanerstte 1s immense. The
fury OF the tornado was such that it stripped
the leaves from the trees, SO that the country
presen' very much the same appearance 1t
does in mid winter.
The iron shed over the railroad wharf at
Morgan City was partially blown away,
portion falling upon Mr.. Errman's house and
damaging it badly. The Teehe shed was also
blown down.
Only fewsugar-houses have escaped dam
sge between Jeanefette end the Bay. Above
franklin, on the Belieview, fifteen cabins
we're destroyed. The town of FrarkJin
suffered considerable loss. The Catholic and
Protestant Episcopal churches were blown
lown, the saw-miil and Mr.. Don Caff3ry's
lwelling unroofed. Mr.. Catfery's sugar-house
vas also blown down, and great damage done
o dwellings in Franklin. Homer smiths
store and the ice-house were overturned.
The steamer Daniel Boone was SUNK and
he Sammy blown far inland
DAMAGE TO THE CROPS.
While the most exaggerated reports are In
REGULATION as to the extent OF damage done
0 crops by the storm on the Teehe {where
he storm ragged most furiously), yet as we
o to press more cheerful reports reach us. |
he wind was SO violent that 1t blew cane
nd cotton flat to the ground; as the earth |
.as very wet hence the stalks sof these |
lants were not beaten about in the wind and |
amaged to the extent they would have |
cen had the ground been dry and the wind |
OF strong enough to blow them down, The /
ply places where the cane was broken OF /