The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-13

Lows. on board with the cook and
sailor. A number Of other vessels We're
badly damaged. but il will be several
DAYS yet before the full and complete
record Of the total loss Of life and prop
ertv can be made. Jack shepard. the
assistant bridge tender on Biloxi
bridge. was washed over and drowned.
His body was recovered the mex day
and buried at Ocean Springs. lie
leaves "A wife and several children.
FROM OTHER PLACE
From inform ,ica received from Mis-
sissippi CITY. Handsboro. Pass Christian
and Ocean Springs il is learned that
the destruction Of wharvcs. lighthouses
and boats has been complete. At
Handsboro the mills of u. L. Leinhart
and the !. u. Little Co. have been dam
aged considerably. but To what extent
is not known. The roadbed OF the
Louisville & Nashville road from Pearl
river To Wavcland is completely washed
away. and west of Lookout it is nearly
as bad. Telegraph poles along the
road are down as far as the eve can
see. The schooners Alice McGuigon
and Angelina have been discovered bot
tom upward 3 or 4 miles from the
mouth of Pearl liver.
Considerable damage was also done
on the island. the warehouse. fort
keepers house and lazarctto mt the
quarantine station being completely
washed away. and the lighthouse
keepers house being badly damaged.
AT ST. LOUIS.
About one mile of the railroad bridge
at Bay 1t Louis is washed ashore on
the island. together with much
derelicts of other kinds from wrecked
vessels. oyster boats. sloops and lug
gers. Very little of the government
wharf remains and what is left will be
of no service. A large number of cat
tie were also drowned.
AT CHANDELEUR ISLAND.
Probably the worst damage and loss
of property was ut C~handeleur island.
Here was located the United States
marine hospital quarantine buildings,
in charge OF DIR. G.. NJ. Guitcaras. with
DIR. Charles Pelaiz. of Biloxi. as assist
ant. At this point the fullest
strength of the storm was devel-
oped. resulting not only in the
almost complete destruction of all
buildings on the island. but a
fearful loss of life. The velocity of the
wind reached 100 miles per hour. The
building and pier known as the disin-
fecting plant. supplied with all the
modern appliances for the thorough
disinfcction of vessels from infected
ports, is a complete wreck. everything
being washed away. whilesthe other
buildings on the island are more or less
damaged and uninha bitable. The
largest house connected with the
The buildings on the island were
located so far apart that there
no communication, and ii was inn
possible for the occupants to render as
s%istance TO one another. The light
house is also wrecked to such an ex-
tent that the lighthouse keeper has
abandoned it. Miles Of the island have
been washed away. and what little re-
mains is liable to be completely sub
merged with a little more than or
high tide. DIR. Guitearas has
notified the department at Washing
ton that the island is no longer habit
able, and recommended the trans
fer of the quarantine Il
ton to Ship island. and DIR.
has been transferred t. that
point. DIR. Guitearas has also notified
the bar pilots and the health authori-
ties at Pensacola, Mobile and Pasca-
goula that all vessels from infected
ports will hereafter report at Ship is
land instead of Chandelier.