The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-16

New Orleans. Aug. 15.-The storm
which has been sweeping the gulf coast
from Pensacola and moving westward
during the past TWO days has pros
trated telegraph and telephone wires
TO such an extent that news from the
outlying sections is hard to get. The
eravest fears have been entertained
for the safety of the people living at
Port Eads which is at the mouth of
rha Mississippi river, and for the ships
that started for sea just before tie
storm began.
The wires to Port Eads have been
Frustrated since Tuesday night at s
o'clock. but the Picayuae reached
man who left there at o'clock
Wednesday. He was at Buras. which
is sixty miles down the river. and the
farthesL point with which there IS wire
communication at the present time
This man describes the storm which
swept that section as regular udal
wave. similar 10 the one which re-
suited jn such awful loss of life iu 1898.
He says all the people living on the
east bank of the river have moved up
20 the Jump" which is fifteen miles
from the mouth of the river
The house of "a man named Golden,
half q mile above the quarantine sta
ton. was swept away. and the fifteen
children. were drowned Ihe Quaran-
tine buildings were badly damaged but
u- one was injured.
The big tow boat Chamberlain was
driven high and dry In the marsh, but
her crew is safe. The government boat
General Reese is believed to have bee-
lost Captain O'BIieus house. was
swept away but he was on his boat,
which is believed to Dee outside. The
pledriVer at Port Ea1s was sunk The
steamboat Buras was driven ashore
near the lighthouse and la-e- tt was
reported that she had sunk Her crew
Is said % have been saved The tag
boat Fel8sCo went down 10 Pass
i Cutre which is the eastern mouth
OF the river with two barges. When
last seen she had her decks aWash, and
she Us believed to have gone down If
this boat and her baTEes have been
lost twenty more people have been
drowned.
Fears for Safety Of Ships.
There are numerous reports of ndi-
viduaI casualties an aIong the river
from Buras down 10 the Passes. All
The steamers which started f2r'the sea
Tuesday remained inside tie passes
unit. Wednesday evening. and then
went out safely. among the number
being tine Cromwell liner Pr0teus and
the British transport Mecbanician
which WAS dynamited when in port q
few days ago. Not "a single vessel has
passed. up the river since the storm
began. and fears are entertained fOl
the ones which are expected
There is serious apprehension con-
corning the ChenierJ. Caminada and
Grand Isle sections. on the south Lou
isiana coast, west of the Mississippi
river, where 1000 lives were lost IN
1898 by the tidal wave. Up TO this
that section. which is largely inhabited
10y fishermen, mostly Chinese and Ma
lays
Up to- last midnight everything
seemed 20 be safe az the Mississippi
coast towns, Bay St. Louis, Pass
Christian. Biloxi, Mississippi City and
Ocean Springs but since then not q
word has been heard from them. AT
Wires are down, but no great fear is
entertained The only reports of dam
age $50 FAR received are of destroyed
ba-a houses and uprooted trees.
The Louisville q Nashville railroad
Is blocked Off beyond Chef Menteur
thirty miles from this city. The big
sl.a. bridge there Is safe, but beyond
there are several washOuJs on the road.
The New Orleans & Northeastern road
u also blocked by Washouts and its
Dig .rasta over Lake Pontchartrain has
ie-l shaken ay the heavy seas break
Much damage has been done at Shell
hgttN. o. settlement on Lake Borgns 2,
winch t5 southeast of the city. and con-
H-'.r with Lake pCuLChartTa ID. All
'"r buildings there have been swept
away ID. there are reI 0rts of loss Of
--- '...'I- The fishermen. but the exact
N..-- Oh. inns not known. A tidal
wave swept over the land there, as it
Oh. MIN. years a-r.
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