The New York herald., 1879-09-04
SEPTEMBER lEMpESTs.

RAvAGEs IN THE SOUTHWEST SERIOUS INJURY
TO cRors-BoATs SUNK AND CAPsIZED AND
BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 3. 1s79
Reports of tho losses by Mondays storm continue
to come in. At Lewisburg and Vaudeville wharves
bathhouses and fences destroyed and resi-
dences damaged. The town of Lewisburg was in
undated. The lighthouse at tho mouth of the
Tichefuncti River was destroyed. At Madisonvile
the water three feet the wharf. flooding
the front streets.
STEAMBOAT cAPsIzED.
The steamboat Trenton left Baton Rouge
Monday morning. When eight miles be-
low she encountered the hurricane and
made fast to the bank. AS the winds
increasing the passengers went ashore. The
lines after gave way and the boat went
adrift and was capsized. the passengers and crew
losing all their effects. Tho Trenton had eighty
eight bales OF cotton. 100 head of cattle and sundres
Oh board. The steamer Cannon brought the Tren-
toms passengers ana crew. aUd succeeded saving
ffty-two bales of cotton. Tho officers the Cannon
report the destruction of o dozen sugar houses on
the coast below Baton Rouge.
Emile LIE Fevre had two sugar houses destroyed at
Conrad's Point. and Congan and Kelly lost mag
uifcent sugar house at Avery Place. Coal and ferry
boats at Baton Rouge were sunk and several build
ings damaged.
THE sUNKEN BARGEs.
The tow boat John Gilmore and barges, from st.
Louis arrived this morning. In the storm Mon
day three Of her barges sunk above Baton
Rouge. A pilot who was Oh one Of the barges was
drowned. The sunken barges had cargoes of pro-
duce, including 49, 900 bushels OF wheat. Tho own
ers, B. u. Woods Bro. and W. q. Wilmot Co., Of
this city. estimate the loss ut $1,000.
BUILDINGS FRUSTRATED
The steamboat Pargoua, during the storm. landed
at Newton Bend. twenty miles above Bayou Sara.
warehouse a
ing has bcen blown away. All the sugar cane and
| stroyed, three four gin houses demolished
and fences and cabins blown down. The damage to
the sugar houses dwellings and crops is reported
! from all along the coast Houses were blown down
In Bayou Sara. Baton Rouge, Port Hickey and other
towns. So far could be ascertaincd no lives
j lost.
correspondent says-"The storm in st. John
| the Baptist fierce. continuous gale of wind
| and rain from eight O'Clock i'll the morning to-
eleven o'clock at night prevailed An occasional
! lull OF few moments would be succeeded by the
increased fury OF the gale carrying away branches
of trees, shaking houses and prostrating fences.
| Everybody seemed on the alert fearing the next
| moment to witness their housetops carried away
/ and themselves left at the mercy OF the storm. So
far no loss of life is reported. 1t is learned that
| some sugar houses. stables and cabins blown
PECAN trees stripped Of their fruit. Cane and rice
aren deplorable condition. levclled as close to the
| earth as if cut for the mill.
| A RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
| 1t is reported at the Chicago. St. Louis and New
Orleans Railroad Office that train of the track
ut the Eclipse Mills. The brakeman slightly in
| jured but passenger hurt 1t is thought it viii
require day to close the gap in the road at Bayou
ChIto which is said to be six miles long.
special despatch to the Times from Summit Miss.
says:-''Gloomy reports arriving of the ravages
OF the r:instorm OF Monday night. The rivers and
creeks are higher than they known before.
The cotton in the low lands is under water and all
| the open cotton on the hills is on the ground. The
4 crop is damaged at least onethird. Bridges and
fences are washed away
| DROWNED PILOT.
| William L. Bust the name of the pilot who
| was drowned during Mondays storm. He, with
Others went the barges for safety and when the
| barLes sank all swan ashore except him.
The, i'm preston seems TO be that Baton Rouge was
| about the centre Of the storm. Telegraph commu-
nication with the interior is still interrupted. Some
uneasine,v felt about Grand Isle. but steamers
| arriving to day report no damage there.