The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-10-07
I HUNDREDS PERISH.
wild Work Of Wind In Portions
of Louisiana.
Over 200 Persons Killed and Many In
Understanding VIZ cked and Rail-
ways Damaged--OtherS Storms
in the South.
A HURRICANES FURY.

A HURRICANES FURY.
New ORLEANS, Oct. 4. - BAYOU
Cook was swept out of existence and
the south coast left:a, ruin by the tor
nado of Sunday. Reports now give 2O7
lives lost. This announcement came
Tuesday night, the first authentic
tidings of the terrible work of the
storm south on the Mississippi river
and along the gulf. From Bayou Cook
came all of New Orleans oyster supply.
1t was town of about 200 inhabitants,
mostly fishermen. 1t was wiped out
by the waves driven in from the gulf,
which rolled feet high over the sham
ties.
Death and Destruction.
All along the south coast is death
and destruction. A summary of the
lives known to be lost at various points
follows, compiled from returns received
up to midnight:
Cooks Bayou, $50; Point-a-la Hache, 4; EN-
pire Mill, g Hingles. 2; Daisy Post Office s:
Point Pleasant, g Fort st. Phillip, L; Gaspar
Smiths, /; Nichols Post Once, B. Fostering,
4; Grand Bayou, IA; Bayou Shute, H. St
James, 1: Pigneola l: Grand Prairie 4; to-
tai, 207
Buildings Destroyed.
The crash of sheds and buildings
blown down, trees torn up and houses
unroofed caused intense alarm and most
of the population of the city remained
up all night, expecting their houses to
be blown down. Among the buildings
destroyed were the Saraparu Street
market, which crushed several build
ings in it's fall, the Burdette
.Jtreet 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 ]evee
on Lake Pontchartrain, which protected
New Orleans from overflow on the rear,
was washed away, the water sweeping
over it Is feet or more. Many of the
yachts there were sunk Or injured.
Railway Tracks Ruined.
In the Mississippi the coal feet was
scattered, the transfer boat of the
Texas Il Pacific railroad badly dam
aged and several wharves carried
away. The New Orleans & North
eastern had it's track flooded for Z
miles and so badly washed that it can
run no trains. The track of the Louis
vile & Nashville was badly washed for
IS miles and it will be several days be-
fore it can run trains.
Fearful Work of the Wind.
Three deaths and one person wounded
severely if not fatally is the mortality
record in New Orleans. Below the city
it was far worse especially in Plaque
mine. Here the wind reached veloc
ity of 100 to 1875 miles an hour, sweep
ing rything before it. The parish
seat of Justice. Pointe a la Hache. a
town of 1000 people, was the worst
sufferer In. that town not a single
house escaped injury. The courthouse
and Catholic church, the principe
buildings in the town, and some twenty
other buildings We're destroyed, and
the situation was so threatening that
the greater part of the people, fearing
destruction in their buildings, camped
out in the street all night in a heavy
rain. The air was filled with debris
and the wind blowing 80 fercely that
many of them had to anchor themselves
against trees to prevent being blown
away.
Mortality will Increase.
-Four grown people are known to
have been killed in Pointe la 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. f. Levanders, wife of a
well-known lawyer. In the imlnedi-
ate vicinity of Pointe la Hache
there are other deaths reported, and
thirteen others in the country below.
1t is probable that the mortality will be
greatly increased when news is re-
ceived from far away settlements on
the gulf coast below Pointe la Hache.
in the orange country of Louisiana
Damage Near Mobile.
MOBILE, Ala, Oct. 4.-The damage
done by Mondays storm will reach up
into the millions. The steamer Ores
cent City was wrecked on the bay. In
the gardeners district across the river
dwelt twenty-three families, the houses
of whom could be seen from any
eminence in the city. Only one
Of the houses can now be seen
standing, and, as no news has
as vet been received, it is believed
many of the inhabitants have been lost.
Three or four hundred head of cattle
have persisted. The home of Stephen
Walters was swept away and his entire
family, consisting of himself, wife,
Christina, and his niece, Miss Carrie
Wise, were drowned. At Grand Bay
four churches were destroyed, while at
Scranton five churches suffered a like
fate.
storm Strikes the Florida Coast.
PENSACOLA, Fla. Oct. 4.-The most
destructive storm that PENSACOLA has
experienced in twenty years began at
o'clock Monday morning and ragged
with increased fury until late hour
in the afternoon.
The greater damage was on the bay.
The Portuguese bark Josephine and
the Norwegian bark Wilhemia were
blown on the beach. One of the YES
sells is in dangerous position. The
fishing smack Isabella is also on the
beach. Railroad communication is cut
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