Feliciana sentinel., 1892-07-02
High Water Notes.

violent wind, rain and electric
storm that prevailed on Monday
evening. Atabout $ p. III. II por-
tentlous cloud arose in the north
west, and soon the whole north
I! crn and western horizon WAS OBJ
scurcd by clouds of inky dark
ncss,: forming one of the most
threatening aspects it has ever
been our fortune to witness.
People were hastening in every
direction. to get to shelter before
the breaking of tho storm which
was evidently approaching with
great rapi,lity and force.
At the onset the g:1e was furl-
ous, but fortunately was not ac-.
connpanicd by ram. a copi"us fall
of which occurred. after the SUBJ
s'dencc of the gale. After dark
ness fell the electric display was
! magnificent and was continued
long into night.
The pcals of thunder were deaf
cn,ng and 'ntimidating, but since
all this great conflict Of the Gle
tncnts we have heard of no dam
age being done except the pros
trating - of telephone wire which
interruption was speedily rectiticd.
We have learned that tho lcvccs
on the Pointe Coupcc shore were
badly wuvc-wa.l,ed, and that the
greatest soiic,tude and constcrna-
! ton prevailed among the people
during the progress of the storm
mot hers standing out on the tcvccs
with their children cling'ng to
them for safety. The storm
seems t., have diss,pated the rain
however, for the showers that
prevailed for SO long time seem
to have ceased altogether and up
pcarsnccs indicate u spell of dry
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At this writing, Wednesday,
the river gauge reads AZ feet 3
tentl,s and almost ut Il stand.
Thursday-Thc Government
gauge 1T tho close yesterday cx-
hil,,ted, to the great satisfaction
of all our citizens, a fall of one
tenth of II foot for the proceed
ing twenty-four hours. The APP
p,arcnccs this morning indicate
continuance Of tho decline, and we
venture to hope that the ''hegin-
ming of the end'' Is near ut hand
1t is learned with great regret
that the storm of Monday created
considerable damage and loss in
the upper part of tho parish.
Our friends, Mr.. George Bien-
vcnu and sheriff Clack, losing
their stores which were complete
! ly demolished.
The lcvcc just above St. Fran
ciS Church, in Pointe Coupec, II
section of the "Scott" levec, is re-
ported to be III prccarious con-
dition, aud IL large force of men
were working on it ycst erday.
Friday--The first outlook this
morning gives the cheering as
suruncc that the decline iu the wal
ter ut Bayou Sara continues, and
the evidences are that though
slow, it is steady and permanent.
The gauge marks ~ feet and
l tenth, rnd doubtless by the
tine wc go to press it will hc az
feet even. which will be exactly
s thcnths above the highest point
reachcd in 1880.
There was resumption of our
showers ON Thursday, when a
moderate ram fcll-onc that did
no damage in this locality but
served to lay the dust in upper
St. Francisvillc and freshcn up
things.
4 sx,ff ride inspection Of Ba-
you Sara this mor3lng only con-
firms previous accounts of the
losses and desolation sustained in
that little city by tho prevailing
flood. The depth of water in the
Fair Grounds We ascertaiHed to
no fifteen feet. On Sun street in
the rear of the old Dccklar pro-
property it is fraction less than
twelve feet. At the Telephone
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