Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-01
Capt. Grant Talks


NEW ORLEANS, La, April 2I.-United States
Engineer DouGlsss telegraphs that Point Pleas
ant levee, 1'ensas parish, gave way this morn
ing. Point Pleasant is twenty three miles be-
low Vicksburg. an ths levee there is one of the
most important on he Iensas 'front.' The water
from it viii no doubt overflow the greater part
Of the parish.
Texas and Pacific railroad. speaking of Nor
CANA crevasse says: 'This is one OF the worst
oalamities that could have befsllen the residents
been avoided # the people had
only made an effort. They are to blame
igr NOW shiy are . creating IA pig h st 10
thing, while before the disaster occurred they
seemed utterly unaware Of the impending dan
to hold that levee, and it could have been done.
too, and been well invested, there is so coo
worth of property that viii be now irretrievabIy
damaged, which q little display OF energy would
have ayerted.''
REscUIsG PEOPLE ANDcArTLE,
BAYOU SARA, April 2l.-Ruin and desolstion
meet the eye on every side in Pointe Ceoupe
Parish. The destitution is complete. Not
plantation is left above water. not ; le7ee
unbroken, while hundreds Of families are home
less. Thousands Of stock hays beam drowned
Interior it is quite probable that human life has
been sacrificed 10 the food. The Dacot3h is =
busy boat to-day. After dischsrging her lumber
and-OL1er mdterla1 al 6ranQ Bayou Bne pro-
ceeded directly to old river and rescued
Been in nS-t the swamp ' for four days. Sae
everywhere, and when the Dacotah reached
Bayou Sara she had 1000 head Of cattle aud
nesrely 100 people on board They were landed
and the boat Immediately left On Der return
voyage. The Dacotah IS doing noble work, and
not only is she blessed on ever aide, but the cor
poration which sent her As WELL
NEW ORLEANS RAILWAY SITUATION.
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old Morganza occurred ESQ feet above new work
or Morganza proper and Capt. Kingman says the
break is 400 feet wide and fifteen feet deep.
cargo OF steel has been sent from this city
and an effort win be made to mattrass the
ends ofthe broken levee and thus prevent the
destruction OF the entire dyke.
Favorable winds caused the gulf water to rs-
cede and the Louisville and Nashville railroad
trains arc again moving on time.
The overflow water from the lake,
which has nuch inconvienced the people in
the rear of the Seventh and Eighth wards OF this
The latest repSst obtained at the Illinois Control
railroad of8cefsis that the water is rapidly
the Outlook s3- ' resunins srshao ms l.
most. encouraging The louisville, Nsw
orieass and TeFa7 rsiiEosdI,5etter known .as the
by OVERLOOKING. They displayed wonderful
pluck and energy in their efforts to keep above
water, bat fate seemed to be against them, and
they finally surrendered to the inevitable.
SITUATION AT sfARrSeoUN.
New oRLKASs, La, April PA Maringouin
:snecssfsa Says: The crevasse water has struck our
ievees, and reinforced by the six-inch rainfall in
three days, is now rising rapidly against them.
All our men and implements were
brought back from MorRanza in time, and zlI
the force of the district are ready for work this
morning It Is que 10 the Grossette contingent
that the levee under It's charge under Pointe
Coupee front did not give way, but it was left in
good condition when the break occurred above
agd compelled its return for home defense. The
Unexpected crevasse at West Baton Rouge adds
greatly to the mass OF water We have to contend
with.
kilograms from Fordoch indicate that the le-
wees are sorely pressed there. The water =
now only three feet from Maringcuin dyke, and
Is still rising rapidly here, and all along the
Grossette line. None of our population Of over
four thousand have left the county.