The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-03
THE BIG WIND BLEW.
Enormous Damage by Storm in
Louisiana and Alabama.
NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE H'T.
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pIs Killed. RsfIresA Track washed
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the history Of the road. The tine IL i'm
uassab,e east OF chemsnterr. eighteen
miles from View Orleans, for distance OF
fifteen miles. and from statements Of train
men ii 10 learned that the entire line 70
Mobile suffered greatly.
Ex-fsov. Warrnosh and family came 20
town teday from their Magnoiia planta-
ton because OF the havoc wrought By the
storm Sunday. The furious wind tore
sueh number Of states from the roof Of
the great plantation house that the upper
part Of the house Was flooded BY
min and all the other property
on the plantation was badly damaged.
The orange crop all along the lower coast
has suffered great injury. Fruit literally
sfrews the ground. Reports OF serious ac-
cidents are received from Point Ia Hachis
and vicinity. Much property was de-
stroved and four people are said
20 have been killed. Almost every
plantation on the lower coast
suffered. Ii n reported that three
children we're killed in one OF the little
settlements below Magnolia Nearly all
the sugar cane Is down. but may not be
much damaged. as cane is liable TO recover
from blow. Gov. warmoth said the
storm was the worst experienced in
Louisiana since 1911.
The storm was one Of the worst which
ever visited this section. and a. far a. can
be learned. tsenty-four or more persons in
this vicinity were killed and probably
three times as many wounded. some
fatally, besides destroying large amount
~ property nj New Orleans The fatalities
IN this city, so far - known, are as
follows:
uLntcH BAuEK, policeman. killed b. falling
building
srxA.smlp Prior RHo6ss. OF tho Canal street
ferry dropped dead 81 the wheel from excite
ment
The fatally Injured known are:
r. BsuDIxs. run over while blinded BY rain
isxrx. probably fatally injured By GA cleo
trio wire. which killed two herses
The wind reached . velocity OF forty
eight miles an hour at s o'clock, when the
weather bureau instrument was destroyed.
The crash Of sheds and buildings blown
down. trees torn mp aud houses unroofed
caused intense alarm. and most Of the
population OF the city stayed up ell night.
expecting their houses 10 be blown down.
Among the buildings destroyed was the
large market. which crushed several build
ings In its fall; the Burdette street mission
church: the cotton yards Of the North
eastern railroad Coieman's boiler shop and
the Pythian hall. A number of other
the buildings were unroofed. Below the
city the results OF the storm are far
worse. In plaquemine parish the wind
reached q velocity of 100 miles an hour.
In Justice parish, at Pointe In Hachis, q
town of 2. 600 inhabitants, not a house es-
CAPPED injury.
Four grown persons and several chill
dren were killed. Among the killed are
Miss Leon A. Franche and Mrs. Il. l.. Van
ders. two OF the most prominent ladies in
the city. In the immediate vicinity
two others are reported. and still
thirteen others In the country be-
low. When news from the gulf coast
is received II is feared the mortality list
win be greatly increased. The loss 10 the
orange industry il estimated ~ over $780,
COO. The loss Is very heavy IN other crops
and property. but the news In too vague 10
YET form an estimate as TO the amount.
MoniIE, Oct. A terrific gale struck
this section of country, coming from the
southeast. before daylight this morning,
and this afternoon was still blowing over
fifty miles an hour. Water was blown in
from the guIf until the river reached Royal
street, four blocks from IL, and at an ele-
walton of about hftecn feet from the mean
river haisht. There Is no way of estimat-
ing the meney damage tonight. All the
Wholesale and large portion OF the retail
districs OF the city 10 four feet under water
and thousands of dollars worth OF goods
damaged. Several tughoats and other
small craft were driven ashore, aud il Is
reported that three dredgcs working on
the channel have been lost. IL is also re-
ported that nifty miles OF the Louisville 4
NashvilIefoad along the coast are under
water and that the Biloxi bridge has
been swept away. Nothing has been
heard from the gardens in the marshes
east of the city. and the worst is feared.
telegraph communication liz cut off In
almost every direction and from the pres
eat outlook everything will be gone before
late at night in the way of wires.
Ia this city many houses we're unrooied.
enc cotton warehouse destroyed and much
minor damage done. The smokestAcks OF
nearly all the factories have been blown
down: street-car traffic has been totally
suspended. the busiest thoreashfares OF
The city are being navigased ia boats. and
as this dispatch Is sent q =. M people are
wading up - their armpits trying IN save
goods. lt il conceded 10 be the wors,
storm ever known here. The southern
part OF the city presents scene OF wreck.
sse ~ il il had been homharded. The
.towers on the court house and Chris,
church are tottsring. Two men are known
% have been drowned 80 far,
The storm reached its height about
o'clock p. M. when the wind attained a
velocity of scYensy-Ava naiies an hour.
Rain Tell IA torrents the entire day and
tonight the ctty Is IN darkness and not an
electric tight OF aav kiad is burning. The
bay steamer Crescent city dragged anchor
and Ssnt ashore on the beach below the
city, The crew were saved.
Nearly every hathhoass along the west.
ern shore sas blown down, and AZ Nor.
gan's an attendant vas blown awav With
five lighthouses and drowned. TIE Mac.
nolsA and Coosey's warehouses we're hos n
down, sad tive unknown negroes Were
drowned in cotton yard, Magnificent
eaks ali over the eaty sere laid low. ana
tie earth is covered wlfh green lcaves
whipped from the trees by the fierce
tempest. Houses al over the city
are unroofed and feaees blown down
Ii 10 sirnply impossible 20 give details %.
night - there Il no nav 81 sScertasnfrs
theua. Nothing has been hssgss from the
sAsseFa shore nor from The market rArien.
eES in ths marshes. The ssoTn 81 thls
writing ui r N J has saats& Aaa shs
waters Fees4ee. There IL nes wtee in tas
Westssa Uaioa office ailsralng intercourse
With the eatside world. and tkis i 3rttsen
10 be seai several mises cut ef tewa. = here
communication has been established.