Huntsville gazette., 1893-10-07
DESTRUCTION PATH.
Two Thousand People Have
Perished in the Storm.
AND MILLIONS IN PROPERTY GONE
Many Whose Names Will Never BE PUB
lished Have Met Death in the
Monsters Way - Details
Not Yet Complete.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 6.-Every fresl
batch of news from the gulf coast add
new horrors to the already long list o
fearful details that have been received
from the path of the storm.
The damage here, which at irc
thought seemed appalling, wa hardly
tithe of the destruction wrought by IL
monster as it went on its way 10 IN
gulf.
That the whole truth will ever b.
known, is extremely doubtful. Hun
dreds have, in all probability, perish 2;
whose names win never be published
and whose fate will never come to light
The worst, perhaps. is already reported
and the death roll will
Approximate 1000 Souls.
And, in all this tel rible loss of life
two parishes, Plaquemine and Jefferson
are mainly tho sufferers.
The severity of the storm was sucl
that it required man of the finest ply
sique and in perfect condition to hv'
through it. The weak and injured wer'
all killed, and in the settlements wher,
the storm was worst not a single chill
survived and very few women. Thi
survivors are young men in the vigor o.
manhood. Not one of them but wha
has terrible story to tell. Not one bu
what is badly bruised and injured They
escaped mainly ON RATS or logs, fioatins
for 20 to 80 hours in the water, with thl
wind at 115 miles an hour howline
around them.
Damage to Property.
The losses so far given will approx
mate as follows:
New Orleans, $360,000.
Palquemine parish, houses. etc, 5000,
600.
Orange crop, $3.50, 900.
Other crops, $250,00O.
Cattle, ETC., $3.50 900.
Shipping -schooners, lnggers,4- etc.
$25O,000
Fishing settlements, $4,000.
Railroads, 100000.
Miscellaneous, $3.50, 900.
Total, So, 500, 900.
Between here and Mobile the damage
done is placed at $500, 200, and in and
around Mobile at 100000, the tota
damage amounting to $4 800, 900.
The loss of the crop of Plaquemint
parish is estimated at % per cent, the
loss in oranges is IS per cent, while
about 20 per cent Of the orange tree
were killed or blown down. The oyster
and fishing fleet is almost completely de
str0yed, and the levees badly washed
and will have to be rebuilt The ship
ping suffered severely, but particularly
the smaller vessels. The due Webre
Aspinwall, Chamberlain and two Other
steamers are supposed to be in the wreck
One of TEEN was blown into rice field
One hundred and twenty schooners anc
barges, and 265 luggers are sunk, il
most cases accompanied with heavy los
of life. Some 150 small vessels are miss
ing and are supposed to be lost. The
entire gulf coast of Mississippi and Lou
isiana west of Atchafalaya is streWr
with wreckage.
At Ship Island, previous to the storm
seven ships were loading for foreign
ports. All of them were damaged, two
beng completely wrecked and 10 men
drowned.
Probably the Worst Damage
and loss of property was at Chandelier
Island. Here was located the United
States quarantine building. AT this
this point the fullest strength of the
storm developed, resulting not only in
the almost complete destruction Of all
buildings on the island, but in fearful
loss Of life, The velocity of the wind
reached 100 miles an hour.
The building and pier known as the
disinfecting plant supplied with all mod
ern appliances for the thorough disinfec,
ton of vessels from infected ports, is a
a complete loss, everything being washed
away, while the other buildings on the
island are more or less damaged and un
inhabitable. The largest house connect
ed with the main station was also car
ried away.
The following persons are MISSING, and
it is almost certain they We're drowned
DteWdIu n. L. DuCheIt, NOW trleanS;
Nurse Mckenzie, Mobile; Seaman Null
Ter, of Amsterdam, and two patients.
At Biloxi nothing escaped the fnry OF
the elements. On every side could be
seen the wrecks of boats, Of pieces OF
bath houses, and in many instances the
fronts Of houses on the beach were to-
tally demolished. Out of more than 100
boats on the front bay, only three rode
the storm safely. On the back Of the
bay there were only one or two that
weathered the gale. The velocity of the
wind must have been 100 miles an hour.