St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-07-08
Rapidity of Rise Gave Peo.
pie Little Opportunity to
Place Things in Safety.
RESCUES MADE WITH
BOATS AND TEAMS
Families Take Refuge In
New Southern Hotel and
and Other Buildings.

4 AC III 0tCuCu SIOTM CauSCu con
siderable anxiety. Wednesday among
those who passed through the storm
! last September. and as night drew
near and the wind increased a mum
Der OF families sought safety in tn,
New Southern Hotel, among them be
ing the Grimmer, Pechon and Korn
field families. There. were other.
who went to the houses of neigh
bors, taking consolation in company
But while there was a pretty sti1
wind, little damage was done. OM
side of the blowing of q tree on tn,
roof of the Coco residence ON 21s
avenue and the breaking Of a few
limbs from trees no damage has beer
reported in Covington. Telephon,
lines were damaged to some extent
but there was one good line to New
Orleans.
The excursion train to New Or
leans on the N. o. G. N. reached Sill
dell at p. m. and had to remain
there all night, reaching New Or
leans at 1880 Thursday morning
People were unable to get anythins
to eat, as the hotels had only enough
Tor their own guests, and everythina
the butcher boy had was soon dis
posed of. One man got q hot pot o,
coffee and divided It as far as l.
would go, so it was q hungry bunct
that reached New Orleans.
The boat could not make the tri,
back from New Orleans and was tiel
up. there. The large stores in New
Orleans dismissed all the girl clerk.
at IL O'Clock Wednesday noon, bu
the men came on at night to watch
the stores. Many people went to tn,
federal building for safety.
Thursday evening q heavy rain
storm set in and continued through
the night and up to IL O'Clock Fri
day morning. In fifteen minutes af
ter it commenced the streets were
flooded in the lower sections of the
town. The rainfall was exceedingly
heavy, probably one Of the heavies.
occurring in this section since 1898.
The schooner Rosa A was washed
from her moorings at Covington and
was swept down the river, but the
mate went after her and succeeded
In getting her anchored.
Mr.. Scheff, boy about II years
Old and the driver were carried from
the road at the end of the Covington
bridge while attempting to cross in q
surrey. A rope was thrown to them
and all were saved, but it was a mar
row escape. The horse was gotten
out, but the surrey was washed aWay
in the swift current and may never
be recovered. The Covington bridge
was under water for the first time.
Press dispatches gave the damage
at Laurel, Miss, at 100000. Dam
age not large at Pensacola and Mo.
bile, confined principally to harbor.
Biloxi suffers badly. New Orleans
and lower coast of Louisiana suffe
little. Heavy crop loss in Northern
Louisiana and Arkansas.
Rain stopped about noon Friday
Water commenced to rise rapidly
The N. o. G. N. trestle across Bogue
Falaya river was washed completel,
away. The motor car trestle acros
same stream washed away. Water
covered the traffic bridge to top OF
guards and in the afternoon 1t was
swept away. Water was in the hous
es on Kemper and lower part Of Bos
ton street from two to four feet deep !
Water in the Office of The St. Tam
many Farmer Office was twenty-fou
inches deep.
Mr.. Byrne, on the old Voss plac
on the Military Road, offered, by tele
phone, 500 to any one who woul4
take him of. Place surrounded b.
water. No way to get to him. Cal
for help also came from the direction
OF DR.. Tolson's. Mrs. Bowman and
four children were brought in from
near the bridge by boat. Some peo
pie were taken from the Charropir
place. in Covngton. Mr.. Byrne sub
sequently rescued by the Edgars.
Still laundering and threatening
to rain again, the water continues tt
rise. Oldest Inhabitants have moth
Ing to say about ever seeing hiehe,
water. Pharris family. opposite tho
Farmer Office on Boston street, have
Just been taken out Of the house in
. boat, at 2 p. m. The Farmer force
ate dinner there at II m. and got
here dry footed. Waded in water
from dinner. Water com
Ing up on steps at O'Clock, but fam
[ly refused to leave then. Water
coming into Farmer o1[ice at 2 D. m
Motors detached and lifted on tables
Ind machinery protected where pos-
'fble. Waded four feet Of water te |
get to Ostendorf residence. seventy