Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-03

pfthc Retail District of Mobile ln-
nndated-The Town Cut orr From
the outside worid--ln Piaquemine
Parish-From Other Places.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. 2.-(Spe-
eial.)-Reports from Plaqueinine parish,
below New Orleans, show that last
nght's storm was far more Serious there
Nan here and the loss Of life and prop
erty was ten-fold greater
Throughout plaquemine the storm was
aeyere. BUT worse at Point Tallahache.
ne parish seat of justice, town oil
about 1000 people, and ON the coast
below. The wind reached velocity OF
Between 100 and lbs miles an hour, de-
atroying everything in its path, and not
4 house in Point Tallahache escaped
without some injury. The court house
and Catholic church, the principal build
inc in the town. were destroyed and
Forty or fifty other buildings. -Four per-
epns were killed and n number were
Wounded.
Among the killed were Mrs. Lew La
Ifranche, Mrs. Urbnne Swandier, Char
lotte Burgols and child, whose name
IL not known.
A large portion of the population OF
the town spent the night in the open
air although drenching rain was fail
ing and debris was blown right and lett
WI In the neighborhood of Point Talla-
bachie the situation was equally distinct
ne. four death being reported there,
and a total Of twenty for the parish as
IN ms heard. Below the town is the or
ange region OF Louisiana. The crop Is
ripe and was ready on the trees for gath
ering, when it was swept away by the
storm. The crop on the Bradsh johnson
orange farm, the finest in this country
had lust been sold to a New Orleans mer-
chant for $4,000, Not one orange is
left on the trees. The total loss in this
one item alone will be over $25o,OOO
1t is impossible 10 give any exact esti-
mate of the other losses, but they Will
be very heavy.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct 2.-rhis
city was visited last night with gale
of wind closely approaching hurricane
in violence. Rain fell off and on during
" the day, and as darkness approached
N the storm Increased until about o'clock
the wind reached velocity of forty-two
81 miles an hour \ violent gust shortly az
ter blew away the signal service bureau
Il wind self-registcr, rendering further
m
rometer continued to fall steadily with
the wind varying from northeast to east,
though the storm is more intense on the
gulf than here. Wires are down to
Port Dads and nothing could be learn
ed from that point. In New Orleans
many houses were unroofed or dam
aged, fences were blown down, and many
vessels were damaged by being blown
from their mornings on the river front,
but fortunately, the direction of the
wind drove the vessels against the city
side, where they were made secure.
M All ferry boats ceased running, and
street car passage on most lines was
stopped by the number OF fallen trees.
The wind was so violent that two pc
destrians were blown from the sidewalk
into the street, but escaped serious in
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were snoeA ~ Out no. 1,is,'ii, SS
SNORT t,,e "tt erge nnnlsiar 9olu ,I,1i,
ure, fully 200 feet long, was blown
ao"n. W .nai a, 'in1 noqr IVhe OF
it tne maIket Pe"lhe W. ntounu; II was
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,nis m ,ha1n "ne" Ho one was iouha