The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-07
NEARLY 5000 LIVES LOST.
New Horrors Developing Every Hour
in the Storms Path.

I Dwellings Wiped From the Face of
the Earth at Caminidaville on the
Island of Cheniere-The Bodies of the
Dead Buried Eight and Ten in One
Grave by the Handful of Survivors.
Nothing Left But Desolation.
New Orleans, La, Oct. 6.-The Plea
yune's relief boat returned to the city at
1:30 o'clock this morning from Bayou
Cook, Grand Isle and Cheniere, and con
firms the reports of awful loss of life in
that section. A vessel will leave to-day
with full supply of provisions.
Following is a complete list of the fam
lilies with the exact number of members
lost:
Louis Malcolm 4, Silas Viger 1, Vero-
nique Petrea 2, Prosper Terrebonne 5,
Louis Terrebonne 2, Ernest Gaspard 6,
Harrison Gaspard Z, Armand Croshe /,
Andrew Curol 3, Meifert Arnodin Z, Leod-
gard Petre l, Augustine Petre 5, Aizere
Petre 10, Thomas Alario Z, Manuel Terre-
bonne 6, Joe Budro 8, DIR. Fried 4, Alexis
Crosby 3, Ovide Petit Z, Clement CLOVIS
3, Joseph Ortis 4, Alexis Terriet
5, Arnold Palket, 4, Antoine Valence, 8,
Zepherin Duet, s. Joseph Terrebonne l,
Adam Smuver, 3, Nine. Dutoes, 3, Philip
Smith, 6, Marcus Perrin, 4, Cisco Dan
tine, 2, Belinto Terrebonne, 3, Dudime
Dantine 2, Orrelien Crosby Z, Opte Bouzi-
ga, 8, Migul Lanasse, 2, Alexis Terre-
bonne, 3, Leo Guedry, 5, Thomas Valena,
z, Charles Laufont, 5, Charles Laufont,
Jr., 4, Pitlo Lafont, 4, Theogon Lafont, 2,
Theoppile Guedry, 2, Claude Gibbs, 6,
Joseph Lafont, g., Andrew Gilbert 2, Jo-
seph Gamesse, A, Gaspard Sicard, 3, Con-
stantine Itro, 8, Emard Terrebonne, /,
Dupre Terrebonne, TO- Louis Gardey, g.,
Lovena Terrebonne,7, z, Oscar Terrebonne /,
DIR. Frederick Cotton 2, Sicor Jomon 2,
Andre Pisoni 5, Moick Allen 5, 1heodule
Terrebonne 4, Leon Theriot 5, John Bigil-
sin 6, John Sanamon 5, Raymond Terre-
bonnie g, Paul Malgom 5, Madame Vyet
Sandras 4, Frank Gibbons 4, Jack
Fallon 1, Louis Broussard 5,
Wilfred Petre 3, John Valence
8, Louis Lafonte 8, Lestra Cheramie s,
Cirioque Prospery Albertine Fizani 5,
Joseph Lafonte 3, Adam Duat /, Au-
gusta Petre 5, Dido Lafont 4, Rief
Brankly 0, Francois Bartellon l, August
Bohmaur II, Baptiste Millett 5, Willie
L Il {,
Etienne Perrin 3, Alerede Pizani 3, Hip
polyte Elor 4, Peter Buzero Z, John Spon-
| ger 8, Jeseph Sponge b, Horace Dantin 8,
| George Danlin 6, John Mitchell 4, Pierre
! Nlcoll 8, Teresfort Bonamoun 8, Antoni
Alanda 5, Pierre Amont 2, Orelian Crosby
! s, Mrs. Carmondy l, - Tracy l.
The list is very nearly completed, very
| few families having been missed. The
| following recapitulation, made on the
spot, is absolutely correct:
itulation-Cheniere, living 696,
dead 719; Grand Isle, 27 dead; Bayou
Andrew, Chinese camp, 63 dead: bayou
| lin rear), l dead; at Grand Lake, almost
| all those people were drowned; Caba-
| nogne, no news.
HOUSES IN RUINS.
On Grand Island houses were lifted
| from their foundation and thrown several
hundred feet
The Grand Isle hotel with its contents
is a total wreck. 1t was valued at S55. 900.
The inhabitants Of both islands are in
need of clothing, water and provisions.
The relief boat distributed all that it
had. She took on a cargo of provisions
this forenoon and proceeded Girect to
Cheuiere. Several Of the survivors came
to the city on the McSweeney. Each of
them had lost relatives. Two hundred
bodies have been found floating in the
waters of Grand Lake. The majority of
them were buried in graves along the
shore.
At Grand Isle, the storm struck a fiat
car, bore 1t of the track and carried it a
distance of 500 feet.
A number of persons made miraculous
escapes on RATS, but family of six were
washed out to sea.
The property loss on both islands will
be very heavy. The people are bearing
their loss bravely.
Only an approximate list of the dead at
Cheniere can be made The loss of life at
that point is not less than 700, and NAV
reach 900 Only Is lives were lost on
Grand Island, though the destruction of
property there was great.
SURVIVORS, STORY.
Capt. Kranz, who had been badly in
jured, came up to the city on the Nc
Sweeney. He gave the following account
of his personal experiences during the
storm: Pm 20 years old, and for many
years have owned the Grand Isle house.
! am a widower, with four children, On
the night of the storm | was at home. l
did not expect that anything serious
would happen. The wind rose about 9
o'clock and blew hard. At II
o'clock it changed and blew from varying
points on the northwest to
southwest at intervals of fifteen minutes.
In about half hour the water on the
grounds around the house was fully fifty
feet deep. A terrible gust of wind struck
the house and knocked it over. A portion
of the building fell ON me, and for time
/ thought our last hour had come. For
tunately the water continued to rise. and
10 a short time felt the weight pressing
heavily on my body gradually removed. /
was washed away from under the house.
the water carrying me with it for a dis
tance of twenty-five feet. 1 was struck
by something and became unconscious.
For several hours l did not know what
had occurred to me. When / regained
consciousness it was Sunday morning l
was still clinging to a beam, which was
imbedded in the ground opposite my bath
houses. l received very serious injury.
In my feeble condition, returned to what
had been the hotel but out Of the several
cottages there were only twenty left.
There was not a particle of food to be
found, everything having been washed
away, including all the wearing apparel.
l estimate my loss at from S75, 900 TO $780,
600"
THE WORST IN THE COASTS HISTORY.
The whole lower coast has been devas-
tated by storm without a parallel in its
history. The historic gale Of 1856. which
destoyed Long Island, while terrific in
deed, was but bagatelle in comparison
In Grand Isle and Cheniere Caminda
nearly q thousand people have been