The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-09-16

his family; the house occupied by Mr..
Isidore Leblanc and family and the
barber shop occupied by young Oil
"a Rivet, one Of the victims of the
tornado.
Jumping across the street it struck
the large dry goods and general mer-
chandise store of Mr.. g, d. BarrIos,
demolishing a portion of the east sid
ing and roof, causing an immense
damage to the large stock o fgoods in
side the building b. the pouring rain
that swept in in torrents. Mr.. g.. ID.
Barrios occupied the rear Of this build
ing as a residence, and strange to say
that portion was left intact, although
badly shaker. The force of the lorna
do then jumped over a double story
building, the upper story of which
was occupied as an undertaker's es-
tablishment by Mr.. G. D. Barrios, and
the lower story as a ire-engine house,
demolished into fragments the car
riage house built against the building
just above described, ami badly dam
aging the vehicles therein contained.
The building occupied by the Misses
Bourg, the enterprising and industri-
Gus daughters of Mr.. Prudent Bourg.
as a millinery and notions sore, was
thrown off the pillars, and the goods
in the way of crockery and glass ware
badly broken and damaged, and the
iron safe moved two feet out of its
resting place. In tie rear office of
this store eight pieces of flooring were
driven into a small opening in the
roof, and piled pell-mell on the floor.
The kitchen of Mr.. 7. Allemand was
torn from his dwelling house and COM
pletely destroyed.
Rev. Father Letilly's two houses
back of the convent square, were bad
~ damaged me torn from the kltch-
ell and thrown eight feet in one direc-
ton and four in another, from its rest
ing place, and twisted out of shape !;
and the other slightly damaged.
The residence of Mr.. Manuel Barrios
was slightly injured, and the top of
the two chimneys torn off by pieces of
flying timber.
The bakery shop Of Mr.. Jos. Con-
stantin was also slightly injured and
the chimney top torn off.
At the time of the tornado Mr.. Isl
dore Leblanc, the ferryman, was in
the small shanty built on the West
bank of the Bayou. This building
was bodily taken up, carried diagonal
~ across the Bayou towards the old
Lyall residence, Mr.. Leblanc dropped
out just before he reached the levee on
the opposite side in manner unac-
countable by him, and the little build
ing thrown to the ground and shatter-
ed to pieces as it reached the Lyall
grove.
On the east side Of the Bayou the
roof and front gable end of Mr.. Lofts
Lerille's store were torn from the
building the cooper shop of Mr.. G..
d. BarriOs. a short distance above the
Company Canal, stands to-day a mass
of debris; at the time it contained 2OOO
mOlasses barrels-these were mostly
carried away and dropped in the ad-
field, destroying beyond re
pair a large number; a residence neal
the cooper shop was also torn to pieces;
the store of Mr.. Kantrowitz was slight
ly damaged, and two large pieces of
timber, II 2x6, and another 3x3 in
clles, were driven through the roof
in the rear portion of Mr.. Charles Da-
Wis store, and two foorings, and lodg-
ed fast into the ground.
After passing across the Bayou and
the grove of trees in the e
Of Ravenwood plantation, the whirl-
wind continued its northerly d.
rection through the magnificent cane
field of Mr.. Sylvere Bourg. proprietor
Of the above plantation, SCATTERING
and breaking it all to pieces in its
passage, almost completely destroying
80 acres of it. 1t then sped its way
the Bayou again, through the
fields until it reached the woods
back of Messrs. Toups Bros. Aucoip