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Events in Natchitoches Parish History
The Centinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) October 16, 1805
Natchez, (M.T.) August 16
On Sunday last, the citizens of this place were alarmed by the parting and falling into the Mississippi of a great
part of the bank under the bluff, which carried with it a number of houses. So little notice was had of its moving,
that several lives were nearly involved in the ruins. Providentially, however, no person received injury, except
the loss of considerable property. The scene lasted at intervals for several hours and was truly awful. Had the
circumstance occurred in the night, it is highly probable that a number of lives would have been lost. The chasm
in the bank appears to be about 300 feet wide, and betwixt 40 and 50 feet deep – a large stream of clear cold water
precipitates itself over a graveled bottom impregnated with ore, through the chasm into the Mississippi. Among
the principal sufferers, as to property, we learn, are Mr. Lee, an industrious young man, from Boston, the Widow
Chisholm, the estate of Danile
Barney and John Callender. [Submitted by Nancy Piper]
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