Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-10-05
Appalling Fatality Attends
the Great Gulf Storm,
GREAT DAMAGE IN LOUISIANA
The Louisville g. Nashville
Railroad Tied Up.
Losses In New Orleans and Vicinity Will
Foot Up over ss1OO,OOO---Several People
Killed In Piaquemine Parish---rhe
Orange Crop Ruined.

and thousands of dollars worth of prop.
erty have been damaged. The pilot boat
Ida Low has been driven OH the wharf at
the foot of st. Francis street. The. bay
boat Heroine was driven on the Mobile
and Ohio wharf and dalmosttotally wrecked.
The Crescent City, another bay boat, left
Point Clear at the same time the Heroine
did this morning. and has not since been
heard from. 1t is also reported here that
some 30 miles of the Louisville Il Nash
vile railroad along the coast are under
water, and that the Biloxi bridge has been
swept away by the gale. Nothing has been
heard from the gardeners in the marshes
east of the city. and the worst is feared.
Telegraphic communication is broken in
almost every direction and from the pres
ent outlook Mobile will soon be entirely
cut off from the outside world.
FEIGHTFUL GALE.
A southeast gale broke here this morn
ing about CLOCK, and the wind has been
increasing in velocity ever since. until at
this hour u p. m.) it is blowing at least 50
miles an hour. The barometer is still fall
ing. The wind has blown the water in
from the Gulf until the river has reached
Royal street, which is four blocks from
the river, and at an elevation of about 10
feet from mean river height. There is no
possible chance of estimating the money
damage.
DESPERATE EFFORTS TO SAVE GOODS.
In this city houses have been unroofed;
trees blown down and one cotton ware.
house has succumbed to the fury of the
gale. The smoke-stacks of all the manu-
featuring industries have been blown
down. Street car traffic has been totally
suspended, because Of the damage to elec-
trio wires, and the city is in darkness.
The busiest thoronghtares of the city
are being navigated in boats, and parties
are wading up to their armpits in an'effOrt
to save goods. IL is given up by all to be
the worst storm that has ever visited
Mobile. The southern part of the city
presents scene of wreckage as if it had
been bombarded. The towers on the court
house and Christ Church are tottering.
MANY LIVES LOST.
Dredge No. turned over near the light
house, and three men were thrown into
the angry waters. AT great peril the crew
of the tug Captain SAM steamed to the res
cue and saved two OF the men, the other
being lost. An unknown white man lost
his footing while wading from the Union
depot, at the foot of Government street, and
was swept under the bridge and drowned.
New ORLEANS, Oct. 3.-The. great
storm spf yesterday has passed, and,
although the wires are still down, Dits
of intelligence continue TO comein from
various parts, which impart the infor-
nation that the loss of life, to say moth
ing of the destruction of property, is
tremendous.
From Bayou Cook, the great oyster
field, which leads to the gulf, it is re-
ported that the settlements of the fisher
men have been completely demolished
and that the loss of life has reached the
appalling figure Of $50.
Grand Isle, summer resort, lying in
the gulf, directly in the path of the
storm, is said to have been utterly de-
stroyei and it is known that the loss of
life is large.
PROBABLE HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE AT
MOBILE.
MOBILE, ALA, Oct. 3.-The damage
done by yesterdays storm will reach
up into the millions. The steamer
Crescent City was wrecked on the bay.
In the GARDENERS district, across the
river, dwelt 23 families, the homes of
whom could be seen from any eminence
in the city. Only one Of these homes
can now be seen standing, and, as no
news has yet been received, it is be-
lieved many of the inhabitants have
been lost. Three or four hundred head
of cattle have perished. 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 are running. AT Grand Bay four
churches were destroyed, while at
Scranton five churches suffered like
fate. Homes have been scattered, crops
ruined and desolation appears on every
hand.
THE DAMAGE IN LOUISIANA.
New ORLEANS, Oct. 3.-The storm
has passed, and though the wires are
still down news is tIickling into the city
from the surrounding country, but it is
not possible to give fairly accurate es-
innate of the damage wrought by the
fury of the elements on Sunday night
and Monday morning.
The. damage done in the city and in
the harbor will run considerably over
100000. The extremes of conserva-
tive estimates and exaggerated opinions
are SO wide 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 Plaque
mine, and more particularly the latter.
The losses include the ferryboat John
Hanley, the steam launch Shannon,
Grace Pitt, a. steamboat, and half
dozen coal barges belonging to Pitts
burg firms, which went down. Electric
wire poles were toppled over, sheds un-
roAfpd "a nd oil alant trfa tuiFao in ftt,
suffered great damage. AT West End
the levee and railroad tracks were
greatly damaged.
Pointe la Hache, Bohemia and Pres.
colt, small towns in Plaquemine 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 its fury The
loss there will be heavy. Mrs. La France
and her babe were both killed in es.
Gaping from their home, which was
shivered by the storm.
At the Empire Mill, near Pointe Ia
Hache, young mulatto woman was
killed by falling timbers. Many persons
were bruised, but the dead list is con-
fined, rs far as known, to the three men
| toned. Most of the plantation houses
barns, sheds and fences suffered, and
many thousands of dollars will have To
be spent in repairing them.
THE ORANGE CROP RUINED.
The orange crop of Plaquemine is
ruined to the extent of 200, 900 10 400, ,00C
boxes. A conservative estimate puts the
crop this year at 100000. This was be-
fore the storm, 1t is feared that these
! figures will be cut down so per cent,