Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-04
AFTER THE STORM.
Reports Of Ruin and Disaster on The
Shores Of The Gulf.
MANY LIVES USDOUBrEDLY LOST.
Whole Settlements Derastated.-Plau'
tAtiOns Destroyod.-lessels
Driven Ashore.

reports coming from Plaquemines anu
Jviiepon parishes Of damage by the
storm are Of most alarming character
The WORT news IL from Bayou
Cook, whence New Orleans gets Its
supply Of oysters. This Is midway
between BarAlria bay and the mouth
of the Mississippi. Here colony OF
oyster fishers numbering 100 arc re-
ported 10 have been totally annihilaleli
with nearly the entire population
killed or drowned.
The damage by the storm In New
Orleans will amount TO $4,000.
Outside OF New Orleans, ~ near ns
can be- estimated, the damage will be
500, 900, making tho total Losses some'
thing over 81 $4,000.
SOMEWHAT EXAGGERATED.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. at has been
fumOfed In the city that eettlementoI
oystrrmen employed on Bayou COOK
was destroyed by the storm ana lou
lives lost, but az there were not more
than . hundred persons living IN we
settlement, the reported loss OF NE
is rldioulouely large, even II every one
OF tho Inhabitants was drowned. Tho
rumOr monger has also destroyed the
Grand isle, but II will be- quite enfc
TO walt until these places are heard
from before eraslng them from the
gazetteer
IL IL not yet possible to give q fairly
accurate estimate OF the damage
wrought by the fury OF the elements.
Tho damage done in the city and har.
Dor viii run considerably over 500, 900.
The principal sufferers were tho
shipping interests. The Losses include
the Terry boat Jerome Hauloy, the
steam launch Shannon, the Grace
Pitt steam boat aud hall dozen
loaded coal barges, all OF which went
down.
Electric poles were keeled over,
sheds were torn down, anu most OF the
telephone wires and fire alarm wires
completely Frustrated. At the West
lind the kiverment leveo and railroad
tracks were damaged.
From POydtas plantation south most
Of the cane Ia blown down. No plan.
tatiOn escaped. What tho loss Will be
depends on future conditions. Rice
suffered a great deal, much having
been blown away anu more Injured.
A mile OF the Louisville d NaHnville
track at English Lookout was wrecked.
No trains have arrived since Sunday.
Many prominent residents Of the
city, including business men, were
caught In the storm at fishing swamps
NJ English Lookout aud had night OF
terror. a tug encountered n schooner,
bottom up, noAr English Lookout ana
two were dismastod aud wrt cked.
POinte Ia HAche, Bohemia and
Prescott, small towns In Plaquemino
-. LII -. HaH
were blown down and there was much
terror. The loss was heavy, Mrs.
Laitanc and babe were both killed Ia
trying TO escape from their home which
was shattered by the storm. Near
Pointo n Ia Haoho n young mulatio
woman was killed by falling timber.
DETAILS FRoM MOBILE.
MOBILE, Ala, oct. B.--rhe details
Of the storm are Just beginning 10 come
IN, and, an feared, the loss Of liio Ia the
lowlands east OF tho city IL great. IL
will be- fully week or longer before
the full story Will be told.
The steamer Crescent City was
bonched two miles below the city, The
river steamers Lee and Lotus were
driven on marches high anu dry, and
will probably DO total losses. The tug
Colonel Woodruff WAS driven IN the
marshes and may be f0ated. The
hloOp yacht Annie l., 10 bottom up, but
may be- baved. A number Of bRTgrs
were blown In the marshes.
The beautiful shell road IL almost a
total wreck, involving heavy loss.
Between Nenelia and Scranton thirty
or forty houses were blown down, but
no lives lost AT various towns along
the route twelve churches were badly
wrecked.
In Scranton and at East Pascoougala
the entire beach was wrecked. Losses
~ the two points II 10 said reached
100000.
No doubt the damsge in Mobile will
reach quarter Of million dollars.
DAMAGE AT PENSACOLA.
PENSACOLA, Fla, Oct. 3.-The most
destructive storm Pensacola has ex.
peIiunced in twenty years began at o
O'Clock yesterday morning anu ragged
with increased fury until late hour
this evening. Hard rains fell Satur-
day afternoon anu Sunday. At IA. m.
yesterday the wind began 10 iTusheu
and the rain increased In forc1. BE.
tween and p. Ia. the storm reached
velocity OF eiXty-siX miles an hour.
Rain fell In torrents anu swept IN
binding sheets through the streets.
No loss Of lie In reported, but upon
every street upTooted trees, broken
fences and roOfietB buildings testify
10 the storms force.
The Portuguese bark Josephine and
tho Norwegian bark Wilhelmlne weIo
blown ON the beach, but II IL thought
that both eau bo ii3atej. Tho fishing
bark Isabella IL also on tho beach. The
steamships taking on cargOes ran down
10 the lower bay, where they had
plenty Of sea room. Every stick VI
timber In tho bay was cast adriit aud
IL now strewn along the beachea for
miles,
Railroad communication ia cut OF.
The mail train on the Pensacola ~ At
lantio road which left here Tor JnoH-
sonvllle yesterday morning vt $3.50
O'Clock could get no farther than Be-
humla on the bay shore, aud was com.
PEELED 10 return. A train on tbs Louis.
Vile Il Nashville also encountered a
wRshout and was compelled 10 return.
All Telegraph communication was cut
Oii before 10 O'Clock yesterday nnd no
news Of the storm could DO sent out
last night.
IN CONGRESS-.
Debate on tie Repeal RilI ia tho
SENATE,