Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-22
coast CITIES SAFE
| AS GULF TORNADO
DIES OUT INLAND
Greatest Anxiety Now Is for
Louisiana Sugar and
Rice Crops.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press
| After having kept the gulf coast
| from Brownsville to Pensacola at high
tension for forty-eight hours the trop-
ical storm passed inland last night
west of the Mississippi river and to-
! day the weather bureau announced
that it was expanding it's force over
northern Louisiana.
! No great damage from the wind had
| been reported today, although COM
munications along the gulf coast were
| badly crippled and all points had not
been heard from.
| Some damage was done in New Or
leans. where the wind attained for
| ty-eight mile velocity during the
| night. breaking plate glass windows
| buildings. Railroad bridges in the
| vicinity of New Orleans also were
! damaged and train schedules de-
| moraliZed:
! Mobile reported high winds and
| heavy rain, but no damage.
| Coast Back to Normal.
The Texas coast, for which the hur-
ricane was headed before making its
! swerve eastward last night, returned
| to normal after many uneasy hours,
| during which every precaution was
! taken to avoid a repetition of the
disasters suffered during previous
blows.
| Storm warnings. which had been
hoisted at virtually all gulf ports,
were ordered down at $50 am.
| NEW ORLEANS. September 20 (by
the Associated Press).-The tropical
hurricane last night hit the Louisiana
coast at point close to Morgan City,
according to an announcement early
| today by DR.. I. NJ. Cline, district fore
| caster Of the local weather bureau.
| Southern Pacific railway officials
stated their trains from that section
were being greatly delayed because of
| high water and destruction of tele-
! graph wires.
Fear for Crops.
| Greatest anxiety was expressed here
| for the sugar and rice crops. Morgan
City is close to one of the greatest
! rice-growing sections of Louisiana,
the rice fields of Assumption, st. Mary
| immediate trade territory. To the
| north sugar plantations of the Teche
| country were believed to have been in
\ the direct path of the storm. A SUI
perior grade of Louisiana sugar is
grown in the lands bordering Bayou
Teche in the Evangeline country. Re-
| cent reports indicate that neither
sugar nor rice was in a condition to
Withstand successfully storm Of any
magnitude.
| Indications today were that the
l fishing villages along Lake Borgne,
| which figured in last nights storm
reports, were hit by series of gales
| and did not experience the force Of
the main disturbance. Accompany
| ing winds, it was said, were probably
dissipated when they passed over the
st. Bernard swamps and struck the
villages of Chef Menteur, Lake Cath
crime, the Rigolets and Dunbar, La.
Only the customary damage which
follows heavy winds was reported
from the villages. although railroad
bridges were thrown out of plumb
and traffic was delayed on the Louis
Vile and Nashville railroad.
Mobile Undamaged.
MOBILE, Ala. September % (by the
Associated Press).-At $50 o'clock,
Weather Observer Ashenberger an
nounced that the center Of the tropi-
cal storm had apparently passed in
| land over Louisiana. adding that he
did not expect winds of high velocity
at Mobile. He based his opinion on
reports received at the local weather
bureau Office this morning from gulf
coast points and from Fort Morgan.
at the entrance to the gulf. Suually
weather and heavy rains would con-
tinue at Mobile, the weather man
stated but expressed the opinion that
no winds of hurricane force would
strike this city, unless the storm again
recurved. The barometer here was
rising slowly. but the tide Continued
to rise.