Last Island, LA - Aug 1856
Posted by cypresstx on 2/6/2014, 10:30 am
http://www3.gendisasters.com/louisiana/11337/last-island-la-hurricane-aug-1856

the last paragraph:

"This is truly an afflicted city. Last year at this time it suffered greatly from the drouth. Bankruptcies, and a general and most serious interruption of trade were produced by the low stage of water in the rivers and bayous. This year, when the usual scourge of yellow-fever had ceased to afflict the city -- the calamity of an overflow falls upon the people. Some years ago the city was overflowed from the river, which broke through the crevasse and submerged a third of the town; now, the inundation is from the Lake. It appears to be impossible for a year to pass around without bringing some affliction on New Orleans.

The Defiance Democrat Ohio 1856-09-06"

for reference:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1856_Last_Island_hurricane
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