 Once again , Balize , Louisiana was directly in the hurricane 's path , and suffered heavily as a consequence . The storm lasted from the afternoon on Friday , September 14 to late Saturday morning . Local reports indicate heavy rain and large hail fell in association with the cyclone , and in Balize , nearly every structure was destroyed ; any buildings that withstood the initial winds were swept away by the ensuing inundation . Floodwaters killed ten people at one location alone in Plaquemines Parish . Residents of the hardest @-@ hit communities were forced to wade to safety , in some cases through water shoulder @-@ high . Northerly winds drove water from Lake Pontchartrain that had already been built up by northeasterly winds southward over small fishing and resort towns along the southern bank of the lake . Sheds , wharves , and bathhouses along that section of the lake were destroyed . Several people drowned in flood waters that covered lower Plaquemines Parish . The hurricane drove several ships , including the steamer Galveston , ashore . 
