The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-03
Sweeps the Coast and De-
mO!iSheS the Towns.
DEATH LIST WILL BE LARGE
Meagro Details Show Almost a
Total Loss OF Crops.
BY Assoelatsa Press 10 rne sews.

I
New ORLEANS, Oct. 3-The
storm that took place III New Or.
leans Sunday night was light
breeze III comparison with the ter
rihc hurricane that passed over the
section Cf country around Polute-a
la-ll ichen, place Of $500 popula
ton, do =. II on the west bar k Of the
river coast. The wind there az.
sumed the proportions Of u tornado,
b own z at the rate of between 100
and l25 miles an hour, and the
damages there we're vast in ex-
tent.
Four people are known to be kill
ed and it is believe about twenty
Others persisted in that vicinity.
Herdly house remains unipjnred.
Some arc absolutely demolished,
some were blown into the river ii
a great number uuruofed. People
out III the storm were blown away
iiko ivatAurs. Throughout Tie
time of The hurric .ne rain fell in a
perfect sncet. inc drops were go
large, and the violence of the wind
was so great as TO & We one ubiect-
cd W the ram a Sensation OF being
assalled by million peas hurled
with mighty force.
The lover coast rice crop was
almost totally ru ned. Several
other lower coast river towns it is
know were equally damaged, bat
travel is still lnpeded and news Is
meagre.
A Bohemia, small town, one
hundred population, few miles
below Polnte-ala lIachen, every
house was demolished, but no lives
were lost, bu. the altering aid
priv alton is terrible.
Ex,Goy. Warn.otb, large sugar
planter in Plaquemnes PARISH, es
Inmates the damage to the sugar
crop at ten per cent. The orange
crop IN the lover coast ls thought
to be an eu,ire wreck. The b. al
ish Johnson orange crop, lately sold
to New Or.eaus dealers for $50, 600
on the trees, is SAID to be en.lreiy
destroy ed.
The magnificent club house at
Shell Bea n, erect, d at cost of
$4,000, was swept away, along
wilh some 20 fishermen hn 4. II j.,
impossible 70 Ascertain whether all
the fishermen escaped. The water
rose rapidly to height of ten feet
and carried everything before it.
The keeper OF the cub mouse, his
family and several iralnmen on the
Shell Beach II ,ad, narrowly esca ed
a ~ateJy grave, one small room of
tn u.uD Oh the extreme end with
standing the fuzzy Of The waves.
At this point two ti,hermen and /,
railroad fireman We're in house
which fell with crash. The wafer
WAS ten feet deep and the waves
mountainous. One fisherman aud
The hfenaa's arln Was broken by the
t,mpers of the house. But all man.
aged to crawl on the side Of the de.
mol shed hut and were swept four
miles INTO tra marsh, where they
we're rescued the next day aim ost
deaf.
The lake coast from NV Orleans
to Mobile sltf rcd the full brunc / {
the storm, and the Louisville and
Na-hyllIe roadhed is disabled in
IN sny places. No trains are run.
ming yet and there is no prospect
If any for several days. A nun
ber OF prominent business men ar.
rived this morning from Eoglish
Lookout by tug. They confirm the
damage stories.
The storm was the worst ever
known. AT English Lookout, SO
miles from the city, mile OF the
louisville and Nashville track was
swept away, and the dividing line
between the lake and the prairie
destroyed. The country is now
one vast sheet of water. The roai.