The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-12

tndiscriminnfe con frsion, where they nou
been thrust by the mighty rush VI waters
Ruined cbimneys surgesied urcken
hesrtbs; furniture. bedding. clothes. stoves,
xitchen utensils and o her btusshold I'd goods
were scattered In promiscuous confusion
wherever the vision was able 10 reach. ana
here. there aud everywhere were Tue ghasuy
faces of cofpses turned upward TO the peace.
ful skies now bright and bearing no traces
of the terrible night.
Many Of the men, women and children
had lived through the night but, mortaliy
wounded and without anything 20 quench
their thirst and no medical assistance nj
hand had given up the struggle. There
were broken arms and legs; bruised and
battered bodies. faces slashed out OF all
human resemblance. Many Pile OF
debris was the temporary grave OF family.
Cheniere lies across IRON Grand Isle and
is separated from the island by Chentere
bay. Its head is stuck out in the gulf anu
when the storm came up the mighty waves
of the ocean washed over the face OF the
Nric en- land aud swept everything before
them. Chenicre was even more thickly
settled than Grand Isle. II was the
home Of fishermen and storekeepers, and u
comprised colony OF i,400 souls, with
churcnes ana schools ana evidences OF
modern civilization. Nearly all its residents
were white people, the Spanish race largely
prcdominating
Scores OF bodies had already begun to
show signs of decomposition. Under the
circumstances. for the safety the rest OF
he colony, II became necessary to take
prompt steps To- bury those who had lost
their lives. The living were immediately
organized for a wor6 OF duty and charity
There was no time TO build collins. IL there
had been there were no tools with which TO
construct them no boards that could re
mailed together ms receptacles for the bodies
lying every where; so the living merely
hunted uV SPADES and commenced the work
OF digging bitches Ia which TO deposit the
remains. Mr. Schurb assisted in the work
ami inferred not less than 80 persons In n
few hours some of them having not n mark
upon their persons to show what had caused
death; Others were badly laceraied.
PEOPLE rEmsuiNG IN TnE MARsEs.
Bebe Raudo proved himself hero. He
was the head OF family that. besides him.
self consisted of his wite ana two children.
Their house had been torn to pieces by the
hurricane, and they were In inimed ate peril
of losing turir lives. Just about this time
the WeOer had parted from her moorngs
and was sweeping down past the Cheniere
with tie tide. Many planks had been blown
from her and were drifting ashore Rando
swan about in the water until he gathered
suiiicieutto make AN improvised raft with
this raft he succeeded n saving himself
and family from a watery grave or worse
death.
IL will never lie known how many were
lost in the storm. Tho mighty waves swept
with such irresistible force over the land
and at such depth that it is possible that
many boiies and perhaps many who were
still living. were carsied into the marshes.
Unless step, are AIKEN Immediately to or.
game relief parties 1t is not unlikely that
many will perish from starvation and
thirst. The waves destroyed all the provis-
ions on the Chenicre Island. The result Is
that fresh water is 81 scarce that It is not
sufficient TO relieve the thirst Of the hun
dreds that are without anything TO eat, and
scarcely anything TO wear.
si 600. coo Loss NEAR MOBILE.
\ dispatch from Mobile says: Reports of
damage by the storm are coming IN slowly.
Railroad, shipping and mills are the heaviest
losers the amount aggrcgnting nearly Sl, 900,
600. The loss of human life cannot be esti.
mated. On Farmers Island only two farm
houses are standing ont OF total Of %.
These towns and settlements extend along
the Mississippi from Pointe n la Hache. *
miles below New Orleans, 10 the Gulf OF
Bayou Baratar@ and the oyster reefs be-
tween there and the mouth of the Missis
s,ppi and on the island stretching from the
Mississippi to the mainland at Chcniert
Caminada, Bay 81. Lodis and Pearl River
are in Mississippi.
The pccuniary damage, while heavy, 1,
not so large rs might be expected, as the
sugar plantations and the richer position,
of Plaqucmine parish were not worsted by
the storm. aud II was the smaller farms anC
fishing settlements which suffered most
The damage rs estimated as follows:
New Orleans $500. 600; Plaquemire, par
ish. houses etc. 5000 0O0. orange crop.
$3.50 600; other crops $3.50, 000 cattle, etc,
$500 900; shipping, schooners, luggers, etc.
S25U 900; fishing settlements $4,000; rail.
roads 100000 miscellaneous $3.50, 900
Total s3,5000OO. Between here and Mob c
the amount OF damage done is placed .
$4,000 aud in and around Mobile 1900, 600
Grand total damage si.390,000.
oN MIssIssIPrI's SHORE.
Biloxi, Miss, is scarcely less than n wreck
On every side are scattered vessels. piers
and bath houses Those houses fronting or
the beach were blown down or so badly
damaged as to be uninhnbitablc Up
the town great trees were torn up. III,
streets were flied with debris OF wrecked
barns, carriages fences. etc Many OF til,
streets are so blocked with wrccknge a. :.
he impossible. The canning industry, th
leading industry OF the place, has been
wiped out, all the factories having been
Either swept aAay or rendered useless.
LATER DETAILS.
The latest adyIces from New Orleans are
| as lollows:-As the news from the outlying
aud exposed points on the gulf comes in the
| great storm OF Saturday night Is shown %
| have been the most destructive OF human
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