The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-09-13

tor Rsyagss IN Iberviiie.
Destruction Of Prosperity stwesn Bayes
Ba1,u Gouls ind the Upper Lines
Ascension.
Following is q statement Of tho casual
ties resulting from the storm Of the LIST
instant in the section Of country along
the right bank Of the river, III Iberville
parish, from Bayou Goula down to the
Ascension line, distance of about six
teen miles:
!. SuppleCane shed, bagasse chimney
and stable blown down; two cabins nm
rooted.
.. s. Tuttle Purgery, cane shed, crib,
stable, blacksmith aud cooper shop down.
Adams neutrality-suspicious. partly
destroyed.
Gen.M. Murre11's Tally Flo place.-Two
kettle cllimneys down and sngarrhonse
roof damaged BY falling brick one sta
bic and hay house lnroofed and d double
cabin totally destroyed. A man, his
wife and three children were in the lat
ter building when it started to fall and
miraculgusly escaped without further
injury than o mashed finger.
j. H. Randolph, Nottoway plantation
-Purgery down.
Morris Han1op-Purgery down and
cane shed damaged. ''-'''
A. Cane shed down.
G. D. Delery-Cane shed down and
corn house 1iilroofed.
D. Urq,lhart, Eureka place-Cooper
and blacksmith shops unroofed.
A. g. Lovis-Stable and one cabin
down. t-4 ~.
A. j. Caire-Store porch down.
J. II. Parks-One unfinished house
down. ".a.
Mr.. Gallagher-Two houses down.
Rev. j. Browns cOlored church down.
Allen Earle's house down. z-z-s
Mr.. Saurage-Store porch down.
Mrs. P. s. HILBERT, Home place-Three
chimneys partly down, sugar house dam
aged, corn crib blown down.
NJ. s. Randolph-Purgery and corn
house unroofed.
A. Shiff-Two stables, hay house md
cane shed down and other buildings
damaged, III
w. A. Smith--Uano shed down.
Louis Aillet-Sugar-house partly un-
rooted.
A colored N. E. Church was blown off.
its pillars but sustained no further dam
age.
Charley Wiliams--store and buggy
honse down, smashing buggy.
A. & j. NJ. Ware, Belle Grove place
Three-fourths. Of cane-sbed roof off, mule
stable unshingled, hay house down, chin
neys blown off several cabins.
Theo. Dufossat, Celeste place-Ten
buildings blown down, including sugar
house.
Brazil Baptist Church, owned by
colored congregation, blown fiat.
Mccain Il Rasha, Old Hickory place
Cane shed and a sugar-house chimney
down.
pr: J: Il. Stone considerable damage
on the Doctors two places, but anthem
tic particulars are wanting.
Jno. A. Stevenson, Claiborne place
A chimney and portion of sngar-house
down; carriage house fattened out,
smashing q carriage and two buggies; a
cabin destroyed and also brick build
ing near the sugar-house, occupied by
white ditchers who narrowly escaped in
jury.
In Bruly Dacroix, back Of Bayon Gou-
la, A1nadeo Roth's unfinished residence
and part of the cooling room of his
sugar-house We're blown down; Widow
L. D. Brauds kitchen was ltrated;
Mr.. Schneider's steam chimney, part of
his cane shed and several buildings were
damaged.
In other portions of 1befyille the dam
age was correspondingly great. At the
Rescue plantation the sugar-house was
demolished and several other buildings
unroofed. A church called Mt. Bethel
was blown down, Mr.. Bram's dwelling
moved from the foundation blocks, and
a great number Of buildings destroyed,
unroofed or otherwise damaged.
In East and West Baton Rouge the
destruction was also very great, scarcely
a plantation escaping. The towns Of Bat
on Rouge and Plaquemine suffered
severely, but we lack the space neces-
sary to give further details.