Evening journal., 1891-07-07
WRECKED BY THE WINDS
Ten Persons Killed by the Baton
l. Rouge Cyclone.
ooNvIoTs WERE CRUSHED ToDEATH

A Portion of Penitentiary and About
Fifty Houses Were Blown Down aud
Many People wounded The storm
Swept Down Everything Before 1t.
BATON RoucE, La, July 7-Although
the first reports Of the Cyclone in this city
were somewhat exaggerated and stated
that forty people had been killed the re-
ality proves to be bad enough. for the cap
ital OF Louisiana is almost in ruins and
ten OF more people were killed and many
wounded The cyclone struck the city at
$3.50 a. M. Great damage was done to
buildings In the eastern and southern por-
tions Of the city, and the governors man
sion was demolished. The large brickyard
and factory with a wing Of the three story
brick building in the penitentiary known
as the hospital and commissary with a
pants factory on the upper floor was blown
down and totally destroyed
Ten Were Killed.
Forty persons were at work in the fac
tory, and Of these six were killed and
twenty-five were wounded and horribly
crushed. On the second floor was the hos
pital where twenty-six persons were un-
der medical treatment Four of these
were killed and fourteen seriously or IA
tally wounded The alarm bells were
rung and the fire department responded,
and with citizens went to the work OF
rescue. The scene was one Of awful hor-
ror violent rain was falling, but the
ss4a tsf4tw tr.t1h ha.l Il. 80 a
and injured out Of the debris The names
of the killed are:
A List OF the Dead.
Isaac McCelaad, Of Calcasieu parish; J. N.
Wagoner, OF Claiborne; Frederick Gage OF
ouachita; James Van Netter, OF Nachitoches:
John Gibson, OF Orleans; Nathan Channey Of
East Fehcianai Henry Celestino Of Orleans:
Edward BuclSner, Of Caddo; William Willow,
OF Orleans Buregard Hardon, Of Rossitor
Thirty-six Injured.
The wounded are Louis v Claire, M. J. Fin
nigan, Harry Mckay, James AIono, John Duffy.
John o'beary, James Where, Charles Summer
Geld, John Olean, all white, Of New Orleans;
Jake Jones, James Jackson Major White and
William Gibson (oolorcd) Of New Orleans;
Joseph Powell, G. NJ. Young, T. S. Stewart
Gus Black A. L. Garnett, d. A. Campbell
Marion Perkins, Felix Richards, J. r Dolan
Walter Douglass, John Daley Frank Aaron,
Jonn farland Meelie O'Nei and Alexander
Terrell (white), from different parishes and
Oscar Phillips, William Perry, Horny Dobson.
Berie Peterson, Robert Comaux, Hanson
Allen and William Scott (colored) Total
wounded, thirty-six, Of whom six will prob.
ably not live and seven others are In q very
critical state.
Ex-Jndge Ford Worked Gaiiantiy.
The main building and the woman's de-
partment of the institution were unroofed
and the walls badly cracked. The damage
TO the building is about $50 600. Ex-Judpe
Ford, convicted for completely in the
murder Of Capt. Murphy. worked gallantly
at rescuing the killed and wounded. He
Is clerk Of the commissary department.
The prisoners all acted in a praiseworthy
manner and gave the guards no trouble.
The towboat Smoky City was wrecked on
the river about five miles from Baton
Rouge. All theupper works OF the steamer
were blown away, leaving an unmanage-
able hull floating in the river The path
OF the storm was about 800 feet wide and
nearly every house in its path was blown
70 atoms. In the southern portion OF the
city several persons were injured BY flying
timbers
FIFTY Houses Destroyed.
Nearly fifty houses at least were un-
rooted or destroyed j. Ii. Young and
members Of his family were seriously hurt
by the collapse Of their house on Charles
street. Mrs. Cotton, son and two dauRh
tiers. living In brick house on Main
street, were injured by falling building
Mrs. Cotton received dangerous wound
on the back of her head and internal in
iuries
The Path Of the storm.
The storm approached from south
westerly direction and swept path 800
feet or more ia width diagonally across
the city, leveling everything as it went.
The capitol and other state building were
unharmed, as was also the business portion
of the town on Main and Zero streets. The
total damage done win reach several hun
dred thousand dollars.
A number Of narrow escapes are report-
ed Charley Day was in his fathers drug
store when it collapsed, and although the
room was turned upside down and the
timbers twisted in every direction he es
capped with a slight bruise on the forehead
Jacob Baum, Sr and family were covered
by the ruins Of their house, but were res
cued by friends.