The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-08-21
SWEPT BY STORM.
An Awful Tidal Wave DESTROYS
Many Liver.
GREAT ANxlETYIa FELT.
Great Loss OF Lfs and Damage to
Property is Reported From
Many Parts ct the
Gulf

date OF Aug. 10, says tho storm which
has been sweeping the Gulf cosst froul
Pensacola and moving westward during
the past two days, has prostrated tele-
graph and telephone wires to such au
e1 tent that news from the outlying
sections is hard to get at.
The greatest fears have been enter.
tsiaed for the safety of the people iiv-
ing at Port Eads, which is at the
mouth OF the river. and for tho ships
that stsrtcd for sea jl,t before tho
storm began.
The wires there have been pros'rstcd
since Tuesday night at o'c ook but
| The PIosJ sae rsschad 4 man who left
Port EIies Wednesday. He was tcon
st Bura,, which is 50 miles down the
river, snd the far.herest point with
which there is wire c2mmu lication st
the present time.
This min describes the storm which
swept that section as regular tidal
wave, 81 uilsr to the ono VII oarssu!ted
Ia suoh awful loss Of life Ia 1898. He
says oil the people living OIL IN, east
bank ct the riv,r have moved up TO the
jump" which is 10 miles from the
, mouth of tie river.
The house Of mSu named CJbieu,
half mile above tho quarantine. sta
tion, was swept away, and the Is mem
bers Of the family, including children,
drowned
The quarantine buildings were badly
damaged but no one injured. The big
| towbost Cha nberlsin was driven high
and dry in the marsh, but her crew ere
safe. The government boat General
Reise is believed to have been lost
Capt Obrien's house was swept away,
but he was on the boat, which WIS
believed to be outside. Tks pile driver
at Ports Eads was suok. her crew
were said to have been saved.
Tho tugboat Velaso went down to
Pass L'Outre, which is the eastern
mouth of the river, with two barges.
When last seen sho had her deck
awash, and it is fear d she has gone
down. II this boat aud her bsrges have
bses lost 20 people more have been
drowned. There are numerous report
Of Individual casualties all along the
river from Buras down to the Passes.
All the steamers which started for
the sea Tuesday remained inside the
Passes until Wednesday evening and
then went out safely, among the num-
Der being the Crom we'll liner Proteus,
and the British transport Mechanic IN
which was dynsmited while IN port q
few days age. Not single vessel has
passed up the river since the storm
began and great fears are entertained
for the ones which are expected.
There is serious apprehension cou-
cerning ,ho Cheniere Caminada and
Grand Isle sections, on the south Lou
lsiSna coast, west of the Mississippi
river, where =, coo lives were lost IN
1898 by the tidal wave. Up to this
writing no word has been received
from that section, which is largely in
habited by fishermen, mostly Chinese
and Malsys.
Up to last midnight everything
seemed to be safe st the Mississippi
coast towns, Bay S.. Louis, Pass Chris
tisn, Biloxi, Mississippi City and Ooean
| Springs, but since then not word
has beon heard from them. All wires
are down. The only reports Of dam
age so far received are Of destroyed
bath houses and uprOoted trees.
The Louisville and Nashville railroad
is blocked off beyond Chef Menteur, 30
miles from this city. The big steel
bridge there is safe, but beyond there
are several wsshouts on the road. The
New Orleans and Northwestern rsiirosd
Is also blocked by washouts On the
lake and its big trestle over Lake Pont.
chartrain has been shaken by the
heavy seas breaking against it.
There hes been muoh damage done
at Shell B5Ach, a settlement or Lake
Borgno, southeast of the city, and
which connects with Lske POGchar-
train. Al the buildings there have been
swept away, and there are reports Of
loss of life among the fshsrmeD, bug
tue exact extent of this is not known.
A tldal wave swept over the land there
as it aid nine years ago.
Ia the city OF New O,leAns and sub
urbs there has been considerable dsm-
age. AT Millobury, oae O. the iakg re-
p rts, the railroad per head running
out into the lake for distance of =
thousan1 yards has been destroyed Lud
oil llEht buildings demolished. The
big buildings on shore wItnst0od Che
gale. There Tss no loss Of liie The
stesmer Neptune tied up at this pier
head, pounded herself 10 pieces and
sank.
At West Fad the lake rushed over the
reycrtment and destroyed nearly oil OF
the buildings there. The big dancing
pavilion 81 Lake View vas rounded Ia
pieces by wreckAeo, washed up By the
waves. The shell rosd to West End
was under three feet Of water, and
"Bucktown,' = gambling resort ct the
end OF the revontment, has been sweVt
away. Tne old BASIN cInsl coming
into the city on Toulouse street over
hJwed its banks inundating the enti-a
second district A thousand men hsVe
boon at work on j. and are raising its
banks.
A coal feet of 12l barses, belonging 2
to the Moaougahela Coal company OF
PItt1burg and anchored st Cja) Port,
nine miles above the city, had rough
experience and every tug in the hsrbOT
WAS sent to save then. Six Of them
with sn aggregate ca iacity OF 4, 600 tons
OF coal, sank
The toWboat Henry Marx, belonging
to thU Interstate Transportation co m
pany, pounded hole in h.r bottom 81
GretIa this morning and sank.
The storm which developed yesterday
continued throughout the night aud a