The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-03
A Score Killed in Louisiana; Mobile
Cut Off for a Time.
TERROR IN A PARISH COUNTY SEAT.
People Flee to the Streets in the
Rain and Fierce Wind.

Mighty Rising OF tho Water, Fierce
Winds, Destruction OF shipping aud
Other Property, with Darkness at Night.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. "a terrific storm
struck New Orleans late last night. coming
from the northeast and ragged here all night
and part OF to-day. sweeping to the south from
here along the line OF the Mississippi River.
through the parish OF Plaauemine to the Gull
The storm was one Of the worst which ever
visited this part Of the country. and. as far as
can be learned. twenty-four or more persons
were killed and probably three times as many
wounded. some OF them fatally.
The wind had reached velocity Of forty
light miles an hour at 8 o'clock last night
when the anemome ter OF the weather bureau
was destroyed. and 1t constantly increased In
force until 2 A. NJ. when its velocity was esti-
mated at sixty miles an hour.
The crash Of sheds and buildings blown
down. trees torn up. and houses unroofed.
caused intense alarm. and m ost OF the popula.
ton OF the city remained up all night. expect
ing houses to be blown down.
Among the buildings destroyed was the
Saraparu street market, which crushed several
buildings In It's fall The Burdette street mis-
sion church. the cotton yards OF the North
eastern Railroad. Coleman's boiler shop the
Pythian Hall. and a number Of other buildings
were unroofed.
The Revetment Levee on Lake Pontchartrain
which protect New Orleans from overflow on
the rear. was washed away. the water sweep
ing over it fifteen feet or more. Many Of the
yachts there were sunken or injured.
The track OF the Louisville and Nashville
was badly washed for fifteen miles. and it will
be several days before 1t can run trains.
Three deaths and one person wounded Sc
verely IL not fatally. is the mortality record in
New Orleans Below the city it was far worse
especially In Plaouemine.
Here the wind reached velocity OF 100 to
125 miles an hour. sweeping everything be-
fore It.
The parish seat OF Justice. Pointe a Ia Hache.
I, town OF 1000 people. was the worst sufferer.
In that town not a 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 SO threatening that the
grenter part OF the people. fearing destruction
in their buildings camped out in the street all
night in n heavy rain.
The air was filled with debris. and the wind
blowing so fierceiy that many OF Thorn had to
anchor themselves a.anst trees to prevent
being blown away.
-Four grown people are known to be killed in
Pointc n In Hache and several children. How
many is not exactly known.
Among the killed are Mrs Leon la Franche.
wife of one OF the leading merchants of the
town. and Mrs. E. Levanders. wife OF we'll
known lawyer.
1t is probable that the mortality will be
greatly increased when news is received from
PARKWAY settlements on the Gulf coast below
Pointe q 10 Hache. In the orange country OF
Louisiana.
The crop was ripe upon the trees and about
to be harvested. 1t was completely destroyed
In the storm. with loss of S350.0 or more
on this one item.
The crop In the orange farms OF Bradish
Johnson. the largest In the South. had been
sold to fruit dealer OF Nav Orleans, Mr.
Oteri. for $4,000.
1t ia said that there is not an orange left on
the trees and 1t Is the same all the way down
the coast.
TeleRraphic communication was cut off with
nearly all places.
This morning skiffs wore sent out in the
swamps about Lake Pontchartrain. and forty
persons were rescued who were in more less
danger from the storm.
Tho storm came from the north and north
east and southwesterly direction The sugar
district escaped the worst Of the blow, There
Is much damage to rice and sugar cane.
MOBILE. Oct "A southeast gale broke here
this morning about 4 o'clock. and the wind
has been increasing In velocity ever since. un-
til 1t ia blowing at least fifty miles an hour
The barometer is still falling. Tho wind has
blown the water in from the Gulf until tho
river has reached Royal street. which Is four
blocks from the river and Mt an elevation OF
about fifteen feet from mean river height,
All the wholesale and great part Of the re-
tail district OF the city is four feet under water
and thousands OF dollars worth OF goods have
been damaged.
The pilot boat Ida Low has been driven on
the wharf at the foot OF st. Francis street.
The bay boat. Heroine. was driven on the
Mobile and Ohio wharf and almost totally
wrecked. The Crescent City. another bay
boat. left Point Clear at the same time the
Heroine did this morning and has not since
been heard from
1t is reported that three jredges. working on
the channel. have been lost 1t Is also re-
ported here that some fifty miles OF the Louis
Vile and Nashville Railroad track along tho
coast are under water and that the Biloxi
bridge has been swept away by the gale.
Nothing has been heard from the gardeners
In the marshes east OF the city and the worst
10 feared. Telegrapho communication is
broken in almost every direction and from the
outlook at 3 +. NJ. Mobile will be entirely cut
of from the outside world whom darkness
comes. Houses have been unroofed. trees
blown down. and one cotton warehouse has
succumbed to the fury Of the gale. The smoke
stacks OF all the manufacturing Industries
have been blown down. Street car traffic has
been totally suspended because OF the damage
to electric wires. and the city will no doubt be
in darkness to- night. as the waves are fast en-
croaching on the electric light works In tho
busiest thoroughfare OF the city boats are
being rowed and men are wadinR up to their