Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-08-22
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New Orleans Under Water and Houses
Unroofed-Destructio in Near ny
Rar1shes-Over One Hundred and
Fifty Loaded Coal Boats Sunk.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 21.-The gale which
has prevailed here since Saturday evening
moderated about o'clock yesterday morning
and ceased about noon. The rainfall durino
the twenty-four hours ending at a. m. was
80 inches. The highest velocity of wind
was sixty miles an hour at 6 O'Clock Sunday
evening. Great damage was done in this vi
cinity and throughout the sugar belt and rice
section from Baton Rouge to the gulf Much
cane and rice was blown fat and many sugar
houses and dwellings badly damaged
In this city houses were unroofed, fences
Frustrated and trees uprooted. The entire
city was flooded for time and goods in many
stores were damaged. The portion of the
city west of claiborne street is still inundated
In addition to the fifty coal boats the small
steamboats, VIC. Little, Laura and Baratarie
were sunk. The steamboat Ed Richardson
went adrift, lost her chimneys and was other
wise damaged.
The aggregate losses throughout the city
will reach many thousands of dollars.
At Plaquemine many buildings were
wrecked. Crops in that district were injured.
1t is reared that rice is severely damaged.
At Donaldsonville churches, school houses
and other buildings were destroyed. St.
Joseph's Academy was totally destroyed.
Two of the brothers were seriously injured
by falling timbers. Almost every house in
the place was more or less damaged.
The storm was general along the gulf coast.
The water was forced up over the Louisville
and Nashville railroad embankment from
Michon to Lookout, a distance of twenty
miles. The track was washed out in several
places. Mails and passengers will be sent by
boat to Pearl river until the track is repaired.
Washouts also occurred near De Sair, on the
Illinois Central, delaying trains.
The steamship Keokuk was wrecked near
Baton Rouge in last nights storm. No lives
were lost.
Dast night, for the first time on record, no
press reports were received for the morning
papers. Telegraphic communication was en-
tirely cut Off.
News from Morgan City is to the effect
that the storm there was very sewers. Dozens
of houses were wholly or partly unroofed and
fully fifty buildings are off their founda-
tions. The floating elevator George Gill
christ, valued at $40, 200, was destroyed.
Among the heaviest losers of property along
the river are the coal dealers. The work of
destruction commenced among their boats
and barges Sunday evening and continued up
to late hour last night. At 4 p. m. when
the last news was received from different
places eighty loaded coal barges and boats
and one boat of coke had sunk and number
of others were reported sinking. The Pitts
burg and Southern Coal company lost forty
at Willow Grove, twenty-seyen at Nine Mile
Point and ten at Brown & Jones' coal yard
at Algiers. The total loss is $4,000.
NEW ORLEANS, La. Aug. 21.-Partieulars
of damage by the storm come in from every
direction. The Baton Rouge steamers Teche
and Warren, both here were badly damaged.
The up coal feet is a total wreck. Wood,
Bobley & Co. lost ffty-seven coal boats and
Coy1e, Wilmot G Co. twenty-five, entailing a
less of 100000. Wood, Bobby G Co. also
lost two coal elevators, bnt they can be
raised. At st. James great damage was
done throughout the parish by the storm