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The Rhode Island Republican
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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Mississippi River banks broke near New Orleans on May 5, flooding faubourgs and city streets by May 10, destroying plantations and crops. Mayor and Commodore Patterson attempted to stop the crevasse; inundation continued as of May 12.
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On the 5th of May the banks of the Mississippi river broke in near the city of New-Orleans, which threatened destruction to the city. The inhabitants of Faubourgs, St. Marys and St. Johns will be particularly the sufferers. The Mayor has done every thing in his power to arrest the progress of the flood. On the 10th May the water was at the lower end of the Custom-House and Bienville streets, and the adjacent squares were inundated, nearly as far as Dauphin-street. The loss is uncalculable. Many large plantations and rich crops are destroyed.
A gentleman who arrived at Baltimore in the ship Marmion, from New-Orleans, writes his friend in this city thus: "I left New-Orleans on the 12th ultimo. The inundation still continued to increase, but not so rapidly. The rise on Saturday night, in Rue Dauphine, was only three inches. The whole of the suburbs, Rue Bourgogne is covered with water, and the road to St. John's Creek, is passed in boats. The water is partially in Rue Dauphine and Rue Bourbon. There is six feet water in the Church yard, which is a mile back of the town; and the new Protestant Church at the end of Bourbon-street, is inundated. I do assure you it was a melancholy scene to behold! the families crowding the city from the Faubourgs, and all the carts that could be procured were employed conveying furniture, &c. The crevices was not stopped when I left. The person who first undertook to do so failed in his efforts. The next is Commodore Patterson, who went up with the ship Suffolk and two other vessels, to sink them at the mouth of the crevice, which it is expected will enable them to stop it."
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New Orleans
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5th Of May
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the loss is uncalculable. many large plantations and rich crops are destroyed.
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On the 5th of May the banks of the Mississippi river broke in near the city of New-Orleans, which threatened destruction to the city. The inhabitants of Faubourgs, St. Marys and St. Johns will be particularly the sufferers. The Mayor has done every thing in his power to arrest the progress of the flood. On the 10th May the water was at the lower end of the Custom-House and Bienville streets, and the adjacent squares were inundated, nearly as far as Dauphin-street. A gentleman who arrived at Baltimore in the ship Marmion, from New-Orleans, writes his friend in this city thus: I left New-Orleans on the 12th ultimo. The inundation still continued to increase, but not so rapidly. The rise on Saturday night, in Rue Dauphine, was only three inches. The whole of the suburbs, Rue Bourgogne is covered with water, and the road to St. John's Creek, is passed in boats. The water is partially in Rue Dauphine and Rue Bourbon. There is six feet water in the Church yard, which is a mile back of the town; and the new Protestant Church at the end of Bourbon-street, is inundated. I do assure you it was a melancholy scene to behold! the families crowding the city from the Faubourgs, and all the carts that could be procured were employed conveying furniture, &c. The crevices was not stopped when I left. The person who first undertook to do so failed in his efforts. The next is Commodore Patterson, who went up with the ship Suffolk and two other vessels, to sink them at the mouth of the crevice, which it is expected will enable them to stop it.