The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-10-10

Fruit Importing Co. Is steamer, Nicara.
qua, the former from Tampa, and the
latter from Bluefeld, arrived today
about thirty"six hours overdue. They
report having encountered the storm
about thirty miles off Mobile bar, which
Is said to have been about the centre OF
the storm. They report that the wind
was blowing hundred miles an hour,
and the waves running mountain high.
Both steamers rode the storm out with.
out damage.
AROUND NEW ORLEANS.
| New Orleans, La, Oct. 3.-Thoueh
the wires are still down, news is trick
ling into the city from the surrounding
country, but it IL not possible to give a
fairly accurate innate of the damage
wrought by the fury of the elements
on Sunday night and Monday morning.
The damage done in this city and In
the harbor will run considerably over
S!oO,OOO. The extremes of conserya-
tive estimates and exaggerated
difficult to approximate the loss in the
country, the major portion of which is
confined to the parishes of Jefferson
and Plaquemine, and more particularly
the latter.
The upper limit of the storm was
not more than dozen miles above the
city. The storm was not rs severe q
that of 1888. Here the principal suf-
ferers were of the shipping interests.
Electric wire poles were toppled over,
sheds unroofed, and ali electric wires
suffered great damage. At West End
the railroad tracks suffered great
damage. Point LaHache, Bohemia
and Prescott, small towns in Plaque
mine parish, felt the brunt of the
storm. Several houses were blown
down, and there was much terror felt
by the residents until the storm had
spent itself. The loss will be heavy.
MOTHER AND BABE KILLED.
Mrs. LaF'rance and her babe were
both killed in escaping from their
home, which was shiVered by the
storm. At the Empire Mill, near
Point LaHache, young mulatto wo-
man was killed by falling timbers.
Many persons were bruised, but the
dead list is confined, as far as known,
to the three mentioned. Most of the
fences suffered, and many thousand
dollars will have to be spent repairing
them.
The orage crop of Plaquemine runs
from 100000 to 10000 boxes. A con-
servative estimate puts the crop this
year at 100000. This was before the
storm. 1t is feared that these figures
will be cut down SO per cent, making
money loss of u quarter of million
dollars. From Poydras plantation
south most of the cane was blown
down. No plantations escaped. What
the loss will be depends on future con-
dltions. If there is period of favor
able weather and late frost the cane
will hQUa fina fn rl ho
Will be comparatively small. Rice
In Plaquemine has suffered great
damage, much of it having been blown
away and more or less damaged.
L. & N. DAMAGED.
The Louisville and Nashville is tied
up. A mile of its track at English is
wrecked. The pier head of Pearl river
bridge is badly injured and the road
bed generally washed out, the wind
having blown the water of Lake
Borgne across the landing in great
volume and velocity. No trains have
arrived since Sunday. Wrecking
trains are at work at the scene OF
trouble. Tho company posted bulle-
tin this morning, SAYING it would have
no trains today. Efforts are to be
made to transfer the government mail
by boat. 1t will be two or three days
before the trains can be gotten through
and week before the road will be in
running order, and a month before the
road can be made as solid as it was
before the storm. The Shell Beach
railroad expects trains up from
Plaquemine tonight and the Grand
Island road also expects to move trains
tonight. The morning train on the
latter road did not materialize this
morning. The Queen and Crescent suf-
fapn hut ~ IL
running as usual.
city including business men, were
caught in the storm at the fishing
camps at English, and had q night of
terror. All the huts weathered the
storm except one. There was no loss
of life but the citizens who had been
caught at the point could not get home,
owing to the washOut on the Louisville
and Nashville, and were brought to
town this morning on Captain Prevents
tug, which crossed the lake. On the way
over the tug encountered a schooner
bottom up and two others dismantled
and wrecked. 1t was impossible to
learn II there had been any loss of life,
but it Is feared that there was. A
large number of people of this city
were quartered at the resorts on
Mississippi sound. They are unable to
get to town owing to the damage to
the bridge and Louisville and Nash
Vile washouts. Communication with
this city is some what difficult on
account OF fallen trees.
BLEW EIGHTY MILES AN HOUR.
News reaches here this evening from
Port Eads that the wind blew eighty
miles an hour there on Sunday night
that at the mouth of the river John Ca
sey, the night watchman of the Jetty
Company, was drowned while attempt
ing to cross the pass. 1t is thought his
boat was shattered by the Morgan
steamer El Cid, which left here Sun
day. a cry was heard, but it was i'm
possible to send q boat to him. The
steamer Ell Cid went to sea in the gale
carrying with her the bar pilot Will
lams, as no boat could venture along
side to take him off. The signal
service station and apparatus were
blown down, but the wind instrument
OF the United States engineers wealth.
cred the storm.
AT She'll Beach the club house was
wrecked and fishing camps damaged
Grand Isle, q summer resort lying in
the gulf directly in the path OF the
storm, Is said to have been utterly de-
stroyed and it is known that the loss oI
life at that point is large. Many peo
pie were spending the delightful early
autumn season and numbers OF those
who had spent the last summer month
in their cottages had not yet started
for their home. The hotels and two
long rows of cottages which constituted
the resort are said to be gone and it il