Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-09-13
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
The Tornado--We were in St. =
on Monday last while
The fearful tornado ragged in Tint Sec
ton. Trees welS up-lUoteI, fencing
blown down, the coiored SCHOOL house
leyeled with the ground, and tho
gable end Of the Iobret building, q
three story brick edi6ce, topplcd
over. In Bayou Sara d little new
box house, occupied by Mrs. A. W.
Roberts, was taken of its blocks, the
warf boat Of Powell T. Whitenlnn
carried tO the Island q mile below
town, and the coal boats parted from,
their cables and carried to the oppo-
site side Of tue river. The, hurricane
lasted from about 3. .. ~, to 8. p.
M, md was fearful in tho extreme
the most appalling ever witnessed In
tl,nt section. No lives were lost.
a All tho bridges Oh the Jackson
road have been entirely carried away
by the storm, also the bridge over
the Comite near Mr.. VIM. Patter-
sons, ton miles below Clinton. We
learn also that some Of the bridges on
the Clinton and Woodville road,
near Dr. j. d. Worthy's place have
been washed away. Great damage
has been done to some 0f tho bridges
on the Clinton Il Port Hudson Rail
Road. The cars will not run for soy
eral days. We learn that the Amite
river was higher ont'ruesday, than it
has ever been known to be before,
and that the McAdams bridge has
been carried away@-.Patriot- Demo-
crat. a96V nj 3'iiu3i lg1
The Storm.---We had Monday last,
frightfnl weather. Since Sunday
tho weather was threatening and 1t
rained during the latter part Of the
afternoon. Monday set in with strong
soutl,. easterly winds, which gradu-
ally increased in violence. Towards
noon tho wind was blowing fright
fully from south to north and threat
encd to destroy everything. It was
but late In tho night that it ceased and
| the next morning fences were every
where shattered and laying down;
the trees had their limbs broken !; tho
cane fields presented q pitiablc sight,
the c,po being thrown down and
their leaves torl to pieces. But the
rice fields were the worse treated /;
the rice was either laying fiat or
where IL stood the ears had shed the
main part Of their seeds. Mr.. Il.
Godchaux's stable had it's roof blown
down and Messrs. LapeyDlerie u
l.evet's fodder shed was demolished.
--Meschaebe. "a ia Hn3 30 81 ~
Last Monday, this section Of coun-
try was visited with ono Of the most
; violent storms that las been witness:
I'd since1 1856. About ton o'clock the
wind rose to u perfect hurricane, and
blew with undated and amazing
force for about seven hours. Tile
damage done during this brief period
was most appalling. Sugar houses
and dwellings were blown down u
unroofed, factories destroyed Or in.
, iured, crops and fences ruined, tree.
uprooted, and the surface Of the soil
+, for miles around was completely sub.
merged. Several lives were lost, ant
the damage inflicted on buildings
crops and fences IL almost iDcalcuable
While tho most exaggerated reports
arc in circulation ~ N the extent O
damage done to crops by the storm o
9 the LIST inst, on the reche (where TIN
Y storm ragged most furiously,) yet q
we go to press, more cheerful report
reach us. Tho wind WAS NO viOlen
that it blew cane and cotton tlat I
the ground, as the earth was YER.
g wet and hence tho stalks Of thes
4 plants were not beaten about In tn
n wind and damaged to the exten
!: they would have been had the groun'
= been dry and the wind not stron
rs enough to blow them down. Th
T. only places where tho cane wa
Vt broken off was where the wind shift
If ted directions greatly. Cotton boil
% were not broken oft ~ much as on
o would have supposed, and If tn
t, weather continues dry for ~ fe'
J. weeks, it is hoped both cotton an
J. cane will straighten up greatly, al
that cane will not sprout at the eye
0, the most We now have to fea
It We believe the average estimate I
70 fifty per cent. loss tO cane and cOtto,
" for the Tcche section, il too higl
i, while We have heard the damage
81 corn put at from twenty-five down
T., ten per cent. Corn having been ben
saved much Of it. After all, damal
&c to buildings, is greater than to crop
ut Iberia Sugar Bo'cl. oo .''
O. At $50 tho wind blew from Il
10 southeast in al, unmistakable gal
and the water Of Atchafalaya Bay vi
H. dashed into white-capped waves ~
H. binding spray which filed the air
w denscly as to confne tho vision to
W radius Of 100 feet. Soon tho Jaspe
1T small steamboat, belonging to CAY
49, w. B. Torian and leased Ivy The
". Lehman, was seen to settle and sil
~ on the Berwick side; the Albert
:, lying above, lost her loose furnitur
ht word was brought that the coal boa
he at Morgan's coal yard we're enda
he gercd; Capt. George th,the valia
,s man Of bravery and nerve, was di
40 patched with the Fidget to the rescu
The Fidgct could not reach the CO
yard, and was compelled to seek sal
o" ty at the wharf. BY this time, lO:4
it. the wind had veered to the south, a
pt- the old postoffice stand, on Railro
nv Avenue, was the first to fall. 1t "
~ occupied by Mr.. J. F. Krohn, as
"'' boot and shoe mandatory, and "
nj owned by Postmaster Charles Mill
lat The building was entirly ruined.
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