The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-08-30
A FRlGHTFUL TORNADO.
Great Damage Done to Shipping at New Orleans---
Lives Lost and Crops DESTROYED.

treat Damage Done 10 shipping II New Urleans...
Lives Lost and Crops Destroyed.
New Orleans La. Aug. PLAT $50 O'Clock
Friday night fresh easterly wind set IN,
which by q. IN. Sunday was blowinga gale.
The signal service reports the rainfall for
the twelve hours ending Z O'Clock
Sunday morning at 1.0S inches. The
total for twenty -four hours was S.5 inches
The highest velocity of wind observed was
sixty miles an hour. Great damage was
done in the city and throughout the sugar
belt, from Baton Rouge to the gulf includ
ing the rice section of the state. Much OF
the sugar cane and rice was blown fat on
the ground and many sugar houses and
dwellings, were damaged The damage to the
sugar crop is roughly estimated at from 10
to so per cent; to the rice crop, 20 to so
per cent. In the city many houses we're un-
rooted, fences Frustrated and trees uprooted.
The heavy rain on the night of the
10th nearly flooded the city The storm
drove the waters of the gulf up against
and over the Louisville 4 Nashville rail-
road embankment, extending from Mi
chon to Lookout station, distance OF
twenty miles, caused many washouts and
the suspension of traffic o yer that portion Of
the road. The loss on coal barges sunk is
now estimated at $500, 900. The crops
along the river for distance of over twenty
miles have been entirely destroyed. num-
Der of vessels are overdue and undoubtedly
encountered the storm in the gulf. The
Future City with seven barges and the Oak
land with six barges, from st. Louis, due here
Sunday, have not yet arrived, and nothing
has been heard from them. Passengers ar
irving by the Texas & Pacific railroad from
Shreveport report damage to buildings and
crops similar to that done at Donaldsonvlle
and Plaquemi ,e. Sugar houses and other
buildings were damaged or destroyed and
crops were rep ,rted blown down. A similar
condition of affairs is reported from many
points on the Morgan road.
IN MORGAN COUNTY,.
News from Morgan county is to the affect
that dozens of houses were wholly or partly
unroofed and fully fifty buildings are off their
foundations. The floating elevator George
Gilchrist valued ut S13 900, was destroyed
Among the heaviest losers of property along
the river are the coal dealers. When the
last news was received eighty loaded coal
barges and boats and one boat of Coke had
sunk and number of others were reported
sinking. The Pittsburg & Southwestern
Coal company lost forty at Willow Grove
twenty-seven at Nine-Mile Point and ten at
Brown & Jones coal yard at Almiers. Brown
& Jones lost one boat of coke aud one
barge and one boat of coal. w.
G. Coyle lost one boat. The total loss is
$24O,O00. The steamer Keokuk was wrecked
at Baton Rouge. She was valued at $780,
OOO and was insured for so, 900 in Western
companies. On the shores OF the Mississippi
the surf washed over the bay at theSt Louis
bridge At Pass Christian trees were uproot-
ed, bath houses blown down, including those
of the Mexican Gulf hotel. AT Oaklawn
plantation owned by Col. Robert E. Rivers
eight cabins, sugar houses and reed sheds
were blown down and completely wrecked.
At Tom Schaffers Anna plantation only
three of the houses we're left standing. At
Franklin eighteen dwellings, were unroofed.
All through the Teche country the cane has
been blown down, but it is
not estimated that the total damage
will exceed one-third of the crop OF
that section. Last Friday Mr.. Caffrey, ac-
companied by his three sons, and several
companions left Belle Isle for Lost Island on
pleasure trip. No news has been received
from them and grave apprehensions for their
safety are entertained. The Baton Rouge
steamers Teche aud Warren, both here, were
badly damaged The up coal feet is q total
wreck Wood, Bodley & Co. lost ffty-seven
coal boats, and Coyle, Wilmot Co., twenty
five, entaiIing a loss Of about $3.50, 600.
Wood, Bodley & Co. also lost two coal eleva-
tors at the city wharf. The steamship E. H.
Ward, Jr., from Truxillo, arrived at o'clock
last night. Within 400 miles of Passaca
she encountered storms and was driven
seventy-fye miles beyond Mobile bay. She
threw over portion of her cargo, but sus-
tanned no damage.