The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-04
TERRORSOF THE TORNADO.
Fearful Havoc at New Orleans, Pen
SaCOla and Mobile.

Dasolation and Death in the Marshes
Around Mobile That Almost Equals
the Horrors of the Visitation Among
the Sea Islands-A Score of Lives
Lost in the Vicinity of New Orleans.
The Blow at Pensacola the Worst in
the City's History.
New York, Oct 3.-The Suns special
from New Orleans says: "a terrific
storm struck New Orleans late Sunday
night. coming from the northeast, and
ragged here all night and part of yester-
dav, sweeping to the south from here
along the line of the Mississippi river
through the parish of Plaquemine to the
gulf. The storm was one of the worst
which ever visited this part of the coun-
try. and as far as can be learned twenty
four or more persons were killed and
probably three times as many wounded,
some fatally.
The wind had reached a velocity of
fortv-eight miles an hour at O'Clock Sun
day night, when the thermometer of the
weather bureau was destroyed, and it
constantly increased in force until 2
o'clock a. m, when its velocity was esti-
mated at sixty miles an hour.
INTENSE ALARM.
''The crash of sheds and buildings
blown down, trees torn up and houses un-
rooted caused intense alarm, and most of
the population of the city remained up all
night expecting their houses to be blown
down.
Among the buildings destroyed was
the Saraparu street market which
crushed several buildings in it's fall
The Burdette street Mission church,
the cotton yards sheds of the Northern
railroad, Coleman's boiler shop, the
Pythian hotel and a number of other
buildings were unroofed.
The revetment levee on Lake Pontchar-
train, which protects New Orleans from
overflow on the rear, was washed away,
the water sweeping over it fifteen feet or
more. Many of the yachts there were
sunk or injured. The track
of the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad was badly washe for 15
miles and it will be several days before
it can run trains.
THE DEATHS IN THE CITY.
"Three- deaths and one person wounded,
severely if not fatally, is the mortality
record in New Orleans. Below the city
it is far worse, especially in Plaquemine
parish, Here the wind reached a velocity
of 100 to 125 miles an hour, sweeping
everything before it. The parish seat of
Justice, Pointe la Hache, a town of 1000
people, was the worst sufferer. In the
town not a single house escaped injury.
The court house and Catholic church, the
principal buildings in the town, and some
twenty other buildings were destroyed
and the situation was so threatening that
the greater part of the people, fearing de-
struction in their buildings, camped out
IN the streets all night in the heavy rain.
The air was filled with debris and the
wind was blowing so fercely that many of
them had TO anchor themselves against
trees to prevent being blown away.
FATALITIES AT PoINTE LA HACHE
"F'our grown people are known to have
been killed in Pointe la Hache, and
several children, but no wv many is not ex-
actly known. Among the killed are Mrs
Leon Latranche, wife of one of the lead
ing merchants of the town, and Mrs. E.
LevanderS, wife of a well-known law
yer.
be greatly increased when news is re
ceived from far away settlements on the
gulf coast below Pointe la Hache.
In the orange counties of Louisiana the
crop was ripe upon the trees and about to
be harvested. 1t was completely destroyed
in the storm with a loss of $3.50, 900 on this
one item. The crop on the orange farms
of Bradish Johnson, the largest in the
south, had been sold to a fruit dealer in
New Orleans, Mr.. Oteri, for S65, 600 1t
IS said that there is not an orange left on
the trees and it is the same all the way
down the coast.
Photographic communication was cut
off with nearly all places yesterday.
Skiffs were sent out in the swamps about
Lake Pontchartrain, and forty people were
rescued in more or less danger from the
storm.
"TherstOrm came from the north and
northeast and southwesterly direction.
The sugar district escaped the worst of
the blow. There is much damage to rice
and sugar cane"
THE DAMAGE AT NEW ORLEANS 100000.
New Orleans, Oct. 3, Il 30 p m.-The
storm has passed, and though the wires
are still down news is trickling into the
ClJy IRON the surrounding country, but it
Is not possible to give a fairly accurate
SSsUlinale of the damage wrought by the
Jury OF the elements on Sunday night
anu Monday morning. The damage
pone IN the city and in the
Haroor s{dor will run considerably over
StiOO'UUO The extremes of the conserva-
i've estimates and exaggerated opinions
oIe 50 VIDE apart that it is difficult to
approximate the loss in the country, the
major portion of which is confined to the
parishes of Jefferson and Plaquemine,
anu more particularly to the latter. The
upper limit of the storm was not more
Uudn d dozen miles above the city. The
S'qTin was not as severe as that Of 1888.
mere this year the principal sufferers
we're the shipping interests The losses
mlIude the ferryboat John Hanley, the
steam launch Shannon, the Grace Pitt a
SyGanooat and half dozen coal barges
down.
Electric wire poles were toppled over,
snsus unrooted and all the electric wires
s{Il %s{u1ered great damage AT West End
e Ievee and railroad tracks were
greatly damaged.
SMALL TOWNS SEVERE SUFFERERS.
Tolnte a la Hache, Bohemia and Pres
80 ~ small towns in Plaquemine parish,
~ Uhe Drunt of the storm. Several
nouses were blown down and much terror
lag ba9 IeIC oy the residents until the storm
HHqau spent itself, The loss will be heavy.
I.9' LaFrance and her babe were
tI1n yo1n killed in escaping from
s.eIr nome, which was shivered by the
s'Grln I AT the Empire mill, near Pointe
GiIi.IBi i IBiaGhe, a young mulatto woman was
--tu Dy falling timbers Many per-
Hs We're bruised, but the dead list is
,ronil.Heu, as far as known, TO the three
I-0lIlohed Most Of the plantation
soIaes' barns, sheds and fences suffered,
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