The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-10-14
ABANDONED
The Isles in the Tidal-Flooded
Southern Districts.
Death and silence Govern without Let OF
Hintirance- Driven to Desperation by
Hunger the Survivors Threaten to
Attack the Depots OF Supplies.

NEW ORLEANS, OCC. Wine news
from every section stricken by the
storm would indicate the loss Of life to
be fully 1000, while millions of dollars
worth of property was destroyed. BE.
sides that, several thousands of people
have been deprived of the means Of
making livelihood. The situation is
appalling, but New Orleans is doing all
It can to relieve the thousands in want.
DIR. Story, coroner of Plaquemine par.
ish, has made the following report:
IA good many car loads Of provis-
ions and clothing have been sent out.
but not near enough. Men, women
ing. They have become so desperate
that they have threatened to attack
residences that withstood the effects Of
the storm and steal food. II is fre-
quent thing to see little sufferers cry.
ing and begging piteously for some
thing to eat Single graves for the dead
were impossible. Great trenches were
dug and bodies piled in one on top Of the
other. The earth was thrown over them,
and If their name were ascertained they
were cut on rude crosses above the
graves.
81 do not think / exaggerate the
facts when state that at least $500
souls were ushered into eternity by the
recent storm in Louisiana. This, OF
course, includes the Bayou, Cook coun-
ty, Cheinere, Camanida, Grand Isle, etc.
never saw bodies decompose SO rapid
ly as those of the storm sufferers which
were viewed by me. This was due to
the fact that the fish and crabs in the
bayous eat the remains.',
The relief party which set out from
Biloxi tells an awful story Of the desti.
tuition and loss Of life in the Louisiana
marshes. The marshes are filed with
dead and purifying bodies, in very few
cases the corpses being recognizable
The number of lives lost on these
marshes will never be known. The
territory covered was distance of two
hundred miles. Newly-made graves
we're everywhere. The only sign o.
life seen in the marsh was one raccoon
and it was floating N log. Hundred.
Of oyster boats and luggers were lost
with most Of their crews, and the few
survivors tell terrible stories of suffer
ing.
Capt Lefort, the leading spirit among
the survivors of the Cheniere Caminada
places the number of the saved at 800
The population of the plantations ant
the bayous Immediately connected
with it was slightly mora than 1,5oO
He says the island will be abandone.
as habitation of man. Grand ISL
and Chendeleur will also be aban
doned.
The mayor Sunday received tele
gram from r. r. Arnold, of Chicago
general freight agent of the Mono,
route, rendering free the services o
the Louisville, New Albany and Chi
cago railway for the transportation O
donations of clothing and provision
for the relief of sufferers from tn
storm.
This city has raised relief fund O
about $75, 900 in all and steamers, lug
gers, skiffs and trains have been sen
in every direction to extend relie1
The only new development is the intel
ligence from Bayou Sandress, leadin
from the Grand Isle district that ther
tion, making about 1000 deaths be
tween Cheniere and Bayou Cook
The Louisville and Nashville railroa
is still busy repairing bridges. and Wi
not be in good order for two weeks.
great many people are leaving thei
former homes In the stricken sectio
and coming to New Orleans, but tn
heroic Slavonians on Bayou Cook an
the Malayas at Shell Beach and st. Me
say what they want is to recover an
repair their boats and rebuild thei
houses and they will be able to earn
living and pay back the money loaned