The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-22
GULF STORM
HITS SUGAR
AND RICE
FIELDS
Hurricane Hits Coast Near
Morgan City, Wrecking
Wires and Cutting Off News
of Havoc.
NEW ORLEANS DAMAGED
BY SIDESWIPING WINDS

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 22-Passen.
gers arriving on Southern Pacific trains
today said there was no known loss Of
life at Morgan City and that reports
received In that city after the storm
told only Of high tides and moderately
high winds,
At Grand Isle and Manila villaae,
tldes did considerable damage, but there
was no loss of life. Fishermen and ma I.
ives OF that section were prepared for
Considerable damage was done to gull
coast traction lines during last nights
nigh winds, according to reports. Be-
tween Long Beach and Pass Christian,
MISS, tracks and wires were badly dam :
aged. There was no service between
Sulfport and Biloxi today owing to dam
aged property ~.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 22.-The tropi.
cal hurricane last night hit the LouisI-
ana coast, striking with full force at
"a point close to Morgan Sity, according
to an announcement early today BY
Or. J. M. Cline, district foreeaster Of
the iccaI weather bureau.
With wires down between here and
points along the gulf coast to the west,
ipe great difficulty obtaining lnforma-
ton from the section where the storm
went inland.
Southern Pacific railway officials
stated their trains from that section
were being greatly delayed because of
high water and destructIon Of teIearaph
wires.
Great 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 and Ter
rebonne parishes being in Its imme-
oiate tIade territory. To the north sugar
plantanons OF the Teche country were
peneVeu to have been in the direct path
OF the storm. A superior grade Of Loui-
siana sugar Is grown IN the lands bor-
derlng Bayou Teche in the Eyangeline
country. Recent reports indicated that
neitner sugar OF rice was IN condition
70 Witnslafid suceeesfuLly storm OF any
fnA9gnItuue. III !, (. = !.
II nehSa 49, tions tonaySwere that the Iish-
t,Iss.,.,li tns ss Asa1ke Borgne Wnlcn
Isurea IN tasti nigntB storm reports
We're MT by 9 series Of gales and did
~. t,UI A1pSIieilce 4ne IoIce OF tne main
,as na;d ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS aS,e @ W9os, II
thay snS ~ lguaDg 10y "ele uissStpas9o Wien
s,,s,,,1s Ney passrd onsr t tue berhar9
s,Saf S%Ssmps ] ana struck the villages Of
RiSnIats and r,,,rhan eietiHe' uie
SUIS' anu ,,..n, nDaa, Ia; ..
foIIous bae wv winds yyos sanostad trn,t,
fba villa ges aIthomoh rsilrp9d 'e hr,dean
were thrown, o,,t ~ n,,,e,h "a Dosso az ts;o
delavad ON tba o,,;sp.,;IIa Nc sh1,,1io
Taiiroad u" ''io A'uiS'iiie {" NaShShie
Hieh winds and rain did cops,daro-
ble damaea in New Orieens and ,,icin-
ifv last nfSbt d,,ring The Ln,,rs Svbau /,
was believed that he tronicaI d,st,rhe
ance would sweep the city and AT one
time tbe wind attained = veIocitv of
az miles an hour and was accornp panied
bv driving rain
Shortly after d,isl, the wind increa sed
in volume hut little worry was felt in
New Orleans as at that time the
weather bureau had nredicted the trop-
icaG disturbance would strike the gulf
coast to tba ,a,est ~ Nau, SrIaans sossen ~