The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1882-04-22

Morgan City Review, April Is.


We copy below our special to the
Times Democrat, New Orleans, sent or
Thursday night, giving an account o1
the blow of the night previous
made the trip from Morgan City tc
Franklin and return by water, to-day,
and had good opportunity to observe
the destruction caused by the great
storm of last night. About 10 O'Clock
it burst upon US, and lasted an hour
and half. The wind was very strong
and accompanied by incessant lightning 8
and a food of rain. For a few mo-
ments hail fell at Morgan City. Alarm
was general, and I don't suppose there
has been as much praying done in St.
Mary for five years as was done in the
hour of last nights agony.
So far as could see, Capt. Jne. N.
Pharr's Fairview plantation was not
greatly injured, but his Glenwild place
is much damaged, especially the out
buildings. So far as small buildings
are concerned, Capt. Geo. A. Freeman "a
Eureka place is nearly used up. Col.
G.. G.. Zsnor's home place, Riverside,
lost seven cabins ,disloged and turned
around. His carriage house has en-
tirely disappeared. Not much damage
done at his Point Pleasant, Cleverdale
or Moro places. All but nine cabins
on the old Wilton place, now part of
Pine Grove, have disappeared. w. 8.
Torian's Pine Grove place proper, sew
eral dwellings badly injured. Bowman
Bros. Glencoe place, and Steel &Clark's 9
Lagonda are very seriously damaged,
/ heard, but does not show it greatly
from the bayou. DR.. III. j. Sanders
auckland place lost seven cabins, all
his fencing; on his Lucknow place four
cabins and the remainder of the old
sugar-house. Blocks Pecan Grove
place lost seven cabins, a large stable
and warehouse down and broken to
pieces. Messrs. Henderson's Avalon
has many cabins gone. At Dan Thomp-
sons Calumet, several houses are off
their blocks and stable gone.
| was told at Pattersonville that the
water rose nearly 12 inches. Women
and children were being meved to pla-
ces of safety, for hours, by men in the
water more than waist deep. Several
dwellings off their blocks there.
The general hight of water on Bayou
Tsche to-day is four inches greater
than ever. Several cabins upset at
Grand Woods-Mr. Bartel's place. At
Mrs. Palfrey's, Ricohoc, the damage
appeared to be light. At Tarlten Bros
Fairfax place levee is gone and one
cabin. Less not very serious. I saw
the hands working ON the 1evee there
to save the few hundred acres of cane
they still have above water. At Foos
g. Barnett's Shady Side, I missed sew
eral ca bins, and several more are out of
shape. At Mr.. James Todd's
Arlington, six cabins greatly damaged
and warehouse blown dewn. w.
Thompson, owner of part of the old
Dancy tract, east side of bayou, lost all
his buildings; barely escaped with his
family. All his hogs drowned. He
picked up some of his household goods
and domestic animals ia the bayou this
forenoon.
Centreville did not especially COM
plain of the storm; neither did Franklin.
Mr.. N. X. Todd, Bayou Sale, has but
one building left on his place sugar
house gone. His family residence was
destroyed while family were in it. On
this place two negroes were killed by
the debris falling on them-the only
deaths have heard of. Oscar D. Ber-
wick lost his sugar house, cabins and
a part of his stable. have not heard
from other plantations on that bayou.
Mr.. Geo. Pandsly's Baby place, Bayeu
Beuf, all the outbnildings were washed
away, and most of the stock lost Other
damage. Several houses destroyed in
Morgan City and a number in Berwick.