The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-03
A sOUrnERN TORNADO.


20 Property ana shipping. r.,
New ORLEANS, Sept. IA terrible storm
ragged yesterday around Morgan City and
along the Teche, but the blowing down oI
the telegraph wires prevents full particu'
lars being received. The steamboats,
Sammie and Alberta were sunk. A por,
ton Of the iron shed at Morgan's wharf
and a portion Of the engine shed were
blown down, also Erwen's ice house.
Some dwellings were blown from their
foundations. The damage to crops along
the TeChe is immense. The saw mill at
Berwick, across the bay, was blown
down. The Presbyterian church and a
new school house were blown down. The
streets were flooded. Morgan's Teche
warehouse was blown down and carried
across Front street, injuring the stores OF
L. Loeb and A. Eiman. The gale was
fearful in the evening.
The storm abated about . =. NJ. In ad.
dltlon 10 the damage stated the Morgan
Line round house at Berwick City, new
building just completed to accommodate
the engines on the next extension, was de-
molished. Many dwellings are unrooied
chimReys down and areotherwise injured.
The negro cabins at Freetown are nearly
all demolished. The gale was so furious
that 1t carried plates from the iron ware
house, on the Morgan wharf, clear across
the bay into Berwick City. The Teche
warehouse was carried across Front street
and smashed in thelfronts OF three stores,
carrying away the galleries. The steam
boat Tuller was abandoned in Bayou Sale
Bay. Fears are felt for the safety OF the
steamboat Matte, coming from Vermil.
lion.
A steamboat from New Iberia brings the
following reportof the sugar houses entire.
ly down or partly destroyed: Col. Bos-
worth, Matilda plantation; DR.. Saunders,
auckland plantation; Dan Thompson, Cal.
umet; John Parr, Fairview and Glenwild;
Steele \ Clark, Lagonda; Lyon & Stout,
Point Pleasant; Louis sGreyemaberg, Abb.
ma; James Todd, Arlington. In fact,
scarcely any place has escaped between
Morgan City and New Iberia. The loss by
the destruction of cane and fruit is enor-
than ever known by any pre-.
vious storm in this locality,
At franklin the Catholic Church,
Smiths warehouse, Walkers warehouse
and Ice house were blown down. Great
destruction OF property is reported in Ba-
you Salem. -
Forty-fve coal boats moored above the
city, sank during the storm yesterday.
The loss is estimated at $500, 900, no insur-
ance. Many trees, fences and chimneys
were blown down and several houses
unrooled. The only loss OF life reported
Is Geo. ). kuntz, pumper on the coal feet.
NEW ORLEANS, September 2.-The fol-
lowing firms lost coal boats by yesterdays
storm: Lambert & Co., agents OF Walton
4 Co., 3 boats; John a. Wood & Son, 3;
9. A. Miltenberger, agent for James Lynn,
james Neil, ]. O. Risher & Co., ]. s. Neil
and Neil & Hutchison, 1G boats; New Or.
leans Gas Light Co., 10; Seton & Dunbar,
2; G. A. Whitney & Co.,, A; Charles Carlo.
Ion, |; W. G. Coyle & Co., agents Of Simp.
son 4 Horner, 8 boats.
The loss OF these boats cause famine
in Goa and advanced the price to 81 so per
barrel.
The Gas Company is placed in an ugly
prediCiment; the wholesale dealers will be
required to furnish them with coal. The
coal men who escaped the storm and have
a stock on hand will make big hit in the
market until more reaches the city.