The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-04-22

: cash in the calf of the leg.
Nose Wilson, leg broken in two :
Patsy Harding, leg broken, and her
child Willie, two years old. leg brok-
en- and hip ~dislocated.
Lizzie Mathews, badly bruised in
face and body.
WHITE ITALIAN LABOREKS.
James Benedict, badly bruised.
Benedict GeLoesa, bruised about the
head.
Hytime M~ontach"la, seriously in
iulei internally, and his son fifteen
months old, leg hadl. bruised.
Juan Benedict and wife, seriously
injured internally, and two of then
children indl, bruised.
Carlo Vivann badly bruised about
the fac and body.
Not only then c~lntles and house
holh furniture. but their labor tickets
We're gone.
Al o as the disaster occurred,
Mr.. w. Ii. Price, in charge of Acadia,
sent Il messenger to Thibodaux for
all the ply sicians tn come at once to
attend the wounded, who we've taken
in other cabins and cared tor lis well
as could be done under the circum
stances Together with the manager,
Mr.. Scott Williams. aud assistants, he
proceeded To make arrangements tor
the homeless ones until they could he
fixed up again. In the mean lime Il
subscription was taken up in our town
aud vicinity to which money, provi-
sions and clothing were generousl,
donated to assist the suffering and
destitute.
There is a school for white children
on the PLANTATION. The school house
was not damaged. Owing to the adj
mirahle self possession and calm judy
nlent of the Teacher, Miss Chinn, Il
daughter of Mr.. Bowling Chinn of
Baton Rouge, no panic occurred
among the children, and none Of the
pupils were hurt.
Mr.. w. H. Price, whose rooms are
in the large boarding house. was eat
j g his dinner in the front part of the
building when the crash came, and
left the building yer, promptly. AS
nnn a. the storm had completed its
work, he hurried into the devasted
quarters, an.i found the wife of Bap-
tiste Wood with her leg broke, and
fastened in the debris, with 4 dead
child near her, and IA portion of the
wrecked bui ding Oh fire. He ut once
called for neip aud rescued the wo-
man from her unfortunate position.
About on- mile below Thibodanx.
the dwelling 'mlse of Baptiste Carter,
%c"ioitti, WAS hlo0n to The ground, and
one nf .,is children killed.
On Rldg-ticid plantation, one half of
the ro"i # the sugar house purgeIy
WAS blown off.
Gin St. Bernard plantations, a mile
above iibu,tanA, the cane shed root
was blown If. and striking against
the "v-rs-er'S hnn>e, demolished one
half of the r.tof and CALLER, ; The fam
lily OF Nh. M~elone"n, the manager, had
just left the gallery aud gone for ref
uge int" the back portion of the build
ing IN lime T." save themselves. One
snake stack Was blown down, me
mule ki'ltd and a nuilding to store
away agricult ural utensils demOlisl-
ed.
On S. PERKINS, Waverly planta-
ton. some slight damage was done Il
bout his sugar house, aud II %fertilizing
dist l'uto: lifted up from the field and
dropped into the reservoir.
The cane shed of Mr.. G. A. Coirner,
near Lainurcl,e Crossing was blown
down aud a rait Of it carried over
the body Of the sugar house.
On the Rielizi pa e, opposite Thib-
odaux, IL large tree was blown down
killing a mule in it's fall.
On Mr.. Gaudet's place, adjoining
Mr.. C%oignet's, II nav dwelling house,
just completed. was demolished
On the Rac-land plantation, the
large cane sli' 4 ~ blown down. one
cololtd man killed aud three wou:-
ded. A remarkable Incident happen
cd under this zane shed, just prior to
It's being blown 'iown ; II gentle horse,
accustomed to he tied every day under
this shed, became panic stricken,
broke the Lridle, and ran away /; this
stampedea the mules which were also
under the same shed, and just as the
last II had left, down carne the struc-
ture. Quite a number of laborers
were there also: and most of them
following the example OF the frighten-
ed beasts, left just in time NOT to be
crushed under the debris.
On the Upper Ten, just a mile a
Dove Raceland, a part of the sugar
house was blown down, the stable
completely demolished, killing three
mules and wounding We or eight.
There was one man in the stable at
the time /; he escaped without injury.
although a mule near him was killed.
At Leblanc and Barker, a large hay
shed, the storing room, and Graining