Bayou Teche, Louisiana Tornado
March 29, 1863
Terrible tornado
A terrible tornado passed over Bayou Teche,
La., on the 29th ult. It swept over a tract only
two hundred yards in breadth. The residence of
Mr. Honore Dejean
was lifted up and carried some distance, killing
nearly all in it, including
Mr. Dejean, Mrs. Dejean,
Emile and Matilda, their daughters, Mrs.
Zeringus and child, a young man and a
colored boy. Oaks, five feet in diameter, were
torn up and broken like flax. As it crossed the
bayou, it overturned a forest of very large gum
trees, all of which it rooted up or decapitated
at different lengths from the ground, say from
15 to 30 feet, and, strange to say, they were
the full length mentioned above, one half
carried off and the other left standing.
The Daily Dispatch, Richmond, VA 13 Apr
1863
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