Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-10-13
CYCLONE IN The south.
IT'S DESTRUCTIVE PATH IN
LOUISIANA AND ALABAMA.
The Storm Began in New Orleans;
Swept Down the River to the Gulf
and Then on to MobiIe-Many
Lives Lost-CrOps Ruined-Not an
Orange Left on the Trees.

Lives Jost-CrOps Ruined-Not al
Orange Left on the Trees.
| A terrible storm struck the Gulf coast dis
trct between New Orleans. La, and Mobile
! Ala. coming from the northeast, and ragged
, there all night and part of the next day
| sweebiug to the south from New Orleans
; along the litie ofthe Mississippi River through
! the parish Of Plaquemine to ths Gulf, The
! storm was one of the worst which ever visit.
! Ell that part of the country. and. as far as
! could be learned on the day following.
| twenty-fOur or more persons were killed and
| probably three times as many wounded some
J of them fatally.
The wind at New Orleans reached veloc-
| it, Of fOrty-eight miles an hottf at o'clock
| ?. m, when the anem0metet Of the weather
bureau was destroyed. and IL constantly in
creased in force until 2 n. m. when its teloc1
ity was estimated at sixty mics an hour.
The crash of sheds and buildings blown
down. trees torn up and houses unrooted,
caused intense alarm, and most of the popu-
lation Of the city remained up all night, ex-
pectinS houses TO he blown down.
Among the buildings destroyed was tie
Earaparli street market WITCH crushed sew
eral buildings in its fall. This Burdette
Street Mission Church. the cotton yards of
the Northeastern Railroad, Coleman's boiler
shop, the Pythian Hall, and number of
other buildings were unrOofed.
The Revetment Levee on Lake Ponchar-
train. which protects New Orleans from over
flow on tho rear, was washed away. the
water sweeping over it fifteen feet or more.
Many of the yachts there were sunken or in
jured. The track of the Louisville and Nash
vile was badly washed for fifteen miles.
Three deaths and one person wounded Sc
verely if not fatally. is the mortality record
IN New Orleans. Below the city it was far
worse, especially in Plaquemine. Here the
wind reached velocity of 100 to 125 miles
an hour, sweeping everything before it. The
parish seat of justice. Pointe n la Hache,
town Of 2000 people, was the worst sufferer.
IN that town not single house escaped in
jury. The Court House and Catholic church,
the principal buildings in the town. and
some twenty other buildings. were destroyed,
and the situation was 50 threatening that
the greater part of the people. fearing de-
structiOn in their buildings, camped out in
the street all night in heavy rain.
The air was filled with debris. and the
wind blowing SO fiercely that many of them
had to anchor themselves against trees to
prevent being blown away. Four grown
people were killed In Pointe Il la Hache and
several children. Among the killed were
Mrs. Leon la Franche, wife of one OF the
leading merchants of the town, and Mrs. E.
Levanders. wife of a well-known lawyer.
The crop was ripe upon the trees and
about to be harvested. 1t was completely de-
stroyed in the storm. with a loss of $3GO000
or more on this ono item.
The crop in the orange farms of Bradish
johnson, the largest in the South. had been
sold to fruit dealer Of New Orleans, Mr..
Oteri, for 500. 900. 1t IS said that there is
not an orange lett on the trees, and it is the
came all the way down the coast.
Skiffs were sent OFT in the swamps about
Lake PontchartraiD, and forty persons were
rescued.
The sugar district escaped the worst ofthe
blow. There was much damage to rice and
sugar cane.
At Mobile, the storm reached its height
about O'clock p. m., when the wind had at
tanned a velocity Of about seventy-tive miles
an hour. The rain fell in torrents the entire
dav, and at night the city was in darkness.
There was not an electric light of any kind
burning.
The bay steamer Crescent City dragged her
anchor seven miles and went ashore on the
beach between Arlington and Monroe Park.
The Magnolia and COOlcys warehouses
were blown down and two unknown colored
men drowned in the cotton yard. MaSnih-
cent oaks all over the city were laid low, and
the earth was covered with green leaves
whipped from the trees by the winds.
Houses all over the city were I'M
rooted and fences blown down.
The wind blew the water in from the Gull
until the river reached Royal street, which is
four blocks from the river and at an eleva-
height.
All the wholesale and 4 great part of the
retail district of the city became four feet
under water, and thousands of dollars worth
Of goods have been damaged.