Historedia
Person

Surgi

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1849–1850

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Surgi, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Sauvé's Crevasse floods New Orleans, May 1849

    1849–1850

    Role: undertook stanching the flood

    1. May 1849 · Sauvé's CrevasseLevee Failure at Sauvé's Crevasse

      A Mississippi River levee failure occurred in May 1849, flooding much of New Orleans. The river reached its highest level in twenty-one years, causing significant inundation.

    2. June 20, 1849 · New OrleansFlood Control Efforts

      Workers Dunbar and Surgi stanch the flood after seventeen days of effort, concluding on June 20, 1849.

    3. 1850 · New OrleansMunicipal Financial Response

      In 1850, the Second Municipality levied a special tax to offset expenditures related to the crevasse and infrastructure repairs.

Sources

  1. Sauvé's Crevasse Wikipedia, revision of 2026-02-26