The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-05

came he was ready TO succor those who
had been saved from the awful wrath OF
the storm.
AS stated before, the picture was a
terrible one on Monday.
SCORES OF BODIES
There were scores of bodies lyin G
around, and beginning to show signs OF
decomposition. Under the circum-
stances, for the safety OF the rest of the
colony, it became necessary to take
prompt steps to bury those who had
lost their lives. There were still many
people who we're alive and able bodied,
and they were Immediately organized
for the work OF duty and charity.
There was no time to build collins. II
there had been time there were no tools,
no boards that could be nailed together,
no receptaces for the bodies lying
everywhere. So the living merely hunt
ed up spades and commenced the task
OF digging trenches, in which to deposit
the remains. Up to u o'clock Mr..
Schurtz assisted in that great work, and
during that time he participated in the
interment ofnot less than fifty persons,
men, women and children, and some Of
them not having mark upon their
persons TO show what had caused their
death. Others were badly slashed.
Not less than six people were in one
grdyc. They were all the grave would
hold. There was little time tor cere-
monies usual on the burial OF human
being.
PROVED HIMSELF HERO.
Robo Rando proved himself hero.
He was the bead OF a family that, be.
side himself, comprised his wife and
two children. Their house had been
torn to pieces by the hurricane and
they were in imminent danger OF losing
their lives. Just about this time the
Weber had parted from her mooring
and was sweeping down past Cheniere.
Rando swan about in the water un-
til he had gathered sufficient lumber to
make an impromptu raft, and with this
raft he succeeded in saving himself
and family from watery grave or from
worse death. Mr.. SChurtz Gays a
gentleman from New York is among
those lost. He had gone to Cheniere
for his health aud occupied n house
near that IN which Mr.. SChurtz had
slept During the height of the storm
schurtz heard him cry piteously for
help, but no succor was near, and Mr..
Schurz believes he perished along with
the hundreds Of others who were lost.
1t will never be accurately known
Just how many lives were lost in the
storm. The mighty waves swept with
such irresistible force over the land,
and at such u great depth that it is
probable that many bodies. and per-
haps many who are still living were car
ried into the marshes. As previously
mentioned the population OF Cheniere
was abou: 1,40O. Mr.. Schurtz thinks
that 1000 OF these have been lost,
though his calculation may be some
what overdrawn. No thought has been
given to the monetary damage.
Unless steps are Immediately taken
for the organization Of relief parties, it
is not unlikely that many will perish
from starvation and thirst.
TOUCHING TALE.
Tony Megovitch came in to-day, direct
from Bayou Cook. He said that dur
ing the height of the storm he saw his
vile swept Dy MIN, appearing PIT
eously for help. He was unable
to give her helping hand and she
perished. He witnessed scores of peo-
Pile drown about him. men and
women whom he had known all his
life. Many OF them did not drown,
but we're dashed against their houses
and their lives were crushed out
Others perished in the destruction
OF their homes.
1t is variously estimated that
from 200 TO 500 people perished on
BAYOU Cook and that section OF the
country; the deaths at other points,
all the way from Bayou Cook to
Grand Island and Cheniere, will
swell the total to more than 1900, &C.
cording to the best information now
obtainabIe.
At Grand Bayou not less than twenty
six perished.