The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-08-25
THE STORM,
Effects of the Whirlwlnd
in the Town..
Details of the Disaster In tho
Surrounding Country.
SUGAR HOUSES, SCHOOL HOUSES AND
CANE SHEDS UNROOFED.
Damage to the Crops.

Last Sunday will long bo remember
ed as the day of the greatest storm
that ever swept over this section.
Heretofore, We have been exempt from
the severe gales that prevailed in Va
rious parts Of the country, and we
fondly imagined that no such visitation
would ever be our lot. But the devas-
tation left by the storm of last Sum-
day is a reminder that ThibOdaux il
not exempt from the visits of the
storm king. However, we can take
comfort from the fact that the greatest
injury was done to the roofs of houses,
to fences and trees, and that not q sin
gle casualty to human life is recorded
rs the effect of last Sundays gale.
While lamenting hat property suffer-
ed, yet we should be thankful to q
merciful Providence that the damage
was no worse.
We may say that there is scarcely o
single householder in the town that did
not suffer more or less. In every di-
rection on Monday morning, fences
and trees could be seen Frustrated,
and it required the services Of every
able bodied workman in the town to
clear away tho debris, and to repair
the damage.
The ornamental trees in the court
house yard were overturned, but they
have been replaced, and will not be
injured very materially. The market
fence has fallen in several places, but
nc injury was sustained by the various
public buildings, with the exception
of a few states which were wrenched
from the roof of the tOwnhall. The
gable end of tho house occupied by
Mira. Prioux, on jackson street, fell in
and inflicted some injuries to that
lady, as she was laying on her bed.
A few bricks fell over her chest and
head.
The holding floor of the ThibOdaux
Foundry is down, and interferes q
great deal with the work on hand.
The chimneys of the saw mill were
blown down, as also, the brick shed in
the rear. The roof Of Mr.. Henry
Frost's stable was lifted up bodily and
carried into q neighbours yard. The
tin roof on the bridge house was car
ried away, and a large gap was made
in the roof Of the building occupied by
Knobloch, Moore & Badeaux as law
Offices.
From the country the news ia that
there is scarcely a plantation that did
not feel the effects of the storm. Ev-
erywhere, the rice and cane crops are
Frustrated, and the sh, ds in almost
every instance, haye been carried of
from their supports.
The school houses suffered also in
the storm. At Harang's Canal, tho
building was moved from its founda-
ton, but not otherwise injured. At
Pierce's and LeBlanc's the school
houses were unroofed. This was the
case also at the Crossing and at Melo-
dia.
1t is impossible to form an estimate
as to the extent to which the crops
have been hurt. The rice crop, which
was exceedingly promising, seems to
have suffered more than the cane crop,
although the latter is seriously injur-
ed by being Frustrated. The pecan
trees were laden with an abundant
crop this year, but the fruit has been
completely stripped from the trees.
The weather this week has been
shOwery, and this has inflated very
considerably against the harvesting
of the ripe rice.