New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-04
THE GULF COAST RAVAGED
HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST.'
DEVASTATION WROUGHT BY THE GREAT
STORM OF SUNDAY.
LOUISIANA TOXINS SLEPT AWAY.
THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD
SUFFERS SEvERELY-RiCE AND CANE FIELDS
AND ORANGE GROVES RUINED-A
WATCHMAN AT PORT EADS Run

AND ORANGE GROVES RUINED-A
WATERMAN AT PORT EADs RUN
DOWN by THE FL CID.
| New-OIeans, oct. 3.-1he great storm of yescr-
day has passed, and although the wires are still
down. bits of intelligence continue to come in
from various parts which impart the information
that the loss of life. TO say nothing of the de-
htructon of property, is tremendous. From
Bayou Cook. the great oyster field, which leads
to the Gulf, il is reported that the settlements of
the fishermen have been completely demolished,
and that the loss of life has reached the ap-
palling figure of go
Grande Isle, summer resort, lying In the Gulf,
directly in the path Of the storm, is said to have
been utterly destroyed, and it is known that the
loss of life il large. Many people were here,
Spending the delightful early autumn and
numbers of those who had spent the late summer
month in their cottages had not yet started for
their homes. The hotel and the two long rows
| OF cottages which constituted the resort
said 10 be no more, and it is feared that the loss
of life at this point will be- very great.
| In the parish of PlaluemiTc, the villages OF
Bohemia, the Mississippi, and Shell Beach. on
Lake Borgne, were wiped out. and at least four
| lives lost in each place. On both sides OF the
river. the sugar. rice and orange crops suffered
a great deal of damage and on the west side the
loss of life is reported to have been very great.
II will be some days before the full extent Of the
damage wrought will I've known. but it is feared
here that the grand total will pale into in'c
nficancc the number Of deaths reported from the
storm which recently devastated the Atlantic coast
Reports OF the occurrences OF Sunday and
Sunday night are reaching the city slowly,
owing 10 the almost general prosti alton
Of telephone and telegraph wires The
storm extended about slN miles up the river abov"
the city. The Louisville and Nashville road il
still in bad condition, no trains having been able
to reach the city to-day. owing to the wasnout at
Chef Mcntcu-, which is Lake Pontchartran
about thirty miles from town. and the city has
been entirely cut Of in ~ mail connection with
the East
Pointe a la Hachc h,d TO bear the brunt Of tho
Storm and great damage, attended with l'S' OF
life is reported frou there Bohcnia, near Point"
n Ia Ilache. and Prescott also suffered greatly.
At Prescott several lives lost. The office Of
"Trr r,nte n "a uachc rrotcct.'7 swept
from its foundations and its contents destroyed.
The courthouse in the town and the three churches
many houses demolished those Of Martin
c. Hingle whose entire family injured by
fying tin,bers. The fnlDily of VI. MandolS mot
with serious injuries The family huddled
I'D In the hons. when the tornado struck II, and
In less time than il takes TO tell the force q, the
wind had splntered the rafters and blown the
house down on the unfortunates who hai trusted
10 its security.
When the tornado struck the little settlement
on the river it had attained u v,l"city OF nearly
one hundred miles hour Roofs. shdnties and
fences were hurled through the dir and not
structure in the village came out urscathcd. A.
soon as daylight broke the storm hated and
.u.cial train was sent from Ill" city which picked
I'D the planters along the line and brought them
70 Ncw-Orlcsn.. Ex-Governor Narihoth and
James y Wilkinson. prominent lawyer ol the
city, were among thosn wh1 returned, anu. from
their reports the little town * entirely ob-
liberated from the face Of the earth. Two ears
which standing on Il side track wrr" hifcl
in the air and carried quite a distance from the
line Tive deaths are reported. the victims beng
a Mrs. Iafrace and coorcd woman, name IN
known, both Of whom were killed by ilylng
tlmbers. 80
The tornado has played incalcuL.bie havoc with
the crops Pointc Ia lIache i in the heart OF tho
orange growing section OF the state ana the trees
were unprotected were totally destroyed, and
for miles all trees have been uproo'ei ana lost
beyond recovery. The sugar crop down the coast
has also Deem DduIN HNI' anu WV 'i'' N'"P
has suffered to great extent
A number of tho leading citizens and hnauclerS
Of the city who wer. detained AT the summer re-
SORTS along the Gulf coast by reason OF the wasl-
out Of the tracks of the Louisville and Nashville
road arrived in the city to-day, having been
transported on tug over Lake fonchartram
They confirm III" r'mor- OF the h'aVy danas.
done TO the towns along the coast. and say tlat
il is the worst storm known for years Al Eng
lish Lookout about mile OF the Track hls ',''h
carried away. The prairie and lake hay" lost
h,.ir =
water with an area OF hundreds OF acres me
two-mile bridge which spars the baT 9i ~
Louis midway between Ncw-Orlean, ana Moblle,
also suffered. and the approach from the south
side with several hundred feet OF the bridge, mas
been carried into tho bay. This bridge is the
second longest in the United States. inmates
Of fishing huts along the coast. many of them
we'll known city men. who had gone out for pleas
urc. spent "A night Of terror.
News reaches here this evening from Port Ead'
that the wind blew eighty miles an hour there Oh
SUNDAY night that nj the mouth oi IN" river
John Casey the night Waterman of the Jet'N Com
pany. was drowned wlll" attcmptin. 10 rto,, Il''
pass II is thought that his boat was shattered
hv the Morgan steamer FL Cid, which was gong
10 sea The poor fellows cries were heard bur
it was impossible to send boat TO nim. Ia"
steamer III cid went to rca in the teeth OF IN"
cnle carrying with her the bar pilot captain
Williams a. no boat could venture alongside TO
take him of The signal service station and
annaratus were blown down bur the wind insru-
ment of the United States Engineers wea'hrre"
the storm.
Mobile Ala Oct. b IN" damage d0nr DN Vesr,r-
dnvs storm will reach up into the millions. ihn
steamer Crescent City was wrecked on the bay
In the district the riv'r dWelt twenty-hr,f
families. Only one of their houses can now be
seen standing and rews has ~ yet been 70
ccived il /. believed that many OF the inhabitants
have hcen lost Several hundred head Of cattle
have p.risbed The home of stephen Walter was
swept away and his entire family, consisting, OF
himself his wife Christiana, and his niece; Miss
Carrie Wise were drowned. There is only one
wire out of this city and no trains running
At Grand Bay four churches were dcstroyrd,
while at Scranton five churches suffered like
fate Houses have been scattered. crops ruined
ard desola'io1 appears every hand
Pensacola, Fla, Oct 3.-Tne most destructive
storm that Pensacola has experienced in twenty
years began ut o'clock YESTERDAY morning and
raced with increased fury until late hour y,stcr-
day evening. The rain fell in torrents ana was
swept in binding sheets through the streets. At
the bav front people stood in a drcnching rain,
watching the elements in their work Of destruction
No loss of life has been reported. but upon every
street uprooted trees broken fences and roOhess
buildings testify to the storms force Tnc greater