Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-04
MONDAYS STORM.
Further Reports of Damages Oh
Louisiana Coast.

NEW ORLEANS, september 3.-kepOrtS
of the losses by Mondays storm con-
tinue to come in. At Lewisburg and
Vaudeville the wharves, boat houses
and fences were destroyed, and the town
of Lewisburg was inundated. At Madi-
sOnville the water was three feet over
the wharf, flooding the streets. The
steamboat Trenton left Baton Rogue
Monday, and when eight miles be-
low she encountered the hurricane.
She was made fast to the banks, and
the wind increasing the paSSen-
gers went ashore. The lines soon
after gave way and the boat went
adriit. The coal and ferry boats at
Baton Rouge were sunk and several
buildings damaged. The towboat
Gilmore and barges from st. Louis, ar
rived. In the storm of Monday three
OF her bargcs were sunk above Baton
Rouge and one of her pilots drowned.
The sunken barges had cargOes OF pro-
duce, including seventy-nine thousand
bushels OF wheat.
Loss of the Steamer Gilmore.
The sinking of the Gilmore and barges
causes the loss OF Sl25,0O0. The steam
boat Paragon during the storm landed
at Newton Bend, twenty miles above
BAYOU Sara. Her officers report the
warehouse at Texas Landing blown
away. All the sugar cane and cotton
back OF the river ut Texas Landing is
destroyed. Three or four gin houses
were demolished, and fences and cabins
blown down. Damage to sugar houses,
4 taI oil
along the coast. Houses were blown
down in Bayou Sara.
BATON ROUGE, September 2.-At Port
Hickey and other towns, SO far as could
be ascertained, no lives are lost. \ cor
respondent says the storm on st. John
Baptist was fierce, continuous gale of
wind and rain from s O'Clock in the
morning till II at night. An occasional
ull Oi few moments would be sue
cceded by increased fury of the gale,
carving away trees, shaking houses and
prostrating fences. Everybody seemed
on the alert, and so far no loss OF life is
reported. 1t is learned that some sugar
houses, stables and cabins were blown
down. The orange crop is badly damaged
and pecan trees stripped OF their fruit.
The cane and rice are in 4 deplorable
condition-leveled close to the earth as
if cut for the mills.
1t is reported at the Chicago, st. Louis
and New Orleans railroad office that
train ran off the track at the Eclipse
mills. One brakeman was slightly in
iurcd, but none OF the passengers were
hurt. 1t is thought that il will require
a day to close the gap in the road.
\ special from Summit, Mississippi,
saws that gloomy reports are arriving OF
the ravages OF the storm on Monday
night. The creeks and rivers are higher
than ever known before. The cotton in
the lOw-ands is under water, and all
the open cotton on the hills is on the
ground. The crop is damaged at least
one-third. Bridges and fences have been
washed away.
VIM. f, Bust, was the name of the
pilot drowned. He, with others, went on
the barges for safety. When the bargcs
sank all swan ashore except Bust.
Telegraph communication with the in
terror is still interrupted.
ST. LOUIS, September 3.-By private
telegramS it is learned that the Missis-
sippi Transportation Company, OF this
city, lose heavily by the storm which
swept over Louisiana. The John Gill
more with five bargeS, was at Mulatto
Bend, about 100 miles above New Or
leans Three of her barges were sunk
and the pilot was blown out of the pilot
house and killed. The Gilmore and tow
left here on August 18th. 1t estimsted
that there was at least $4,000 bushels OF
wheat in the barges sunk. The Gi,-
more lost her smoke stacks and was
dismantled. The loss to the Transpor-
tatton Company is about $4,000 and to
insurance companies holding risks on
on the cargo nearly 100000 The
barges were sunk by the waves washing
over and filling them with water.