The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-10-12

there were scores OF otdic- lying about
an! already beginning 10 SHOW signs OF
decomposition. Irdcr the clrcun-
stances. for tie safety of the rest
Of the cclony. it y came neccs-
sal'y = take bro mp. steps -
bury trosc who had lot their
lives. There were still many ,ople
who We're alive and an,tt Giei. ard
they were immediately organized f,r /
week If duty and charity. There was
no time 10 build collins. II there had
been. there We're no tools with which
20 construct them. no boards that could
be nailed together as receptacles for
the bt dies lying everywhere: SO the
living merely hunted up spades and
commenced the task Of digging bitches
into "sich to deposit tn remains.
Vas; Territory >torm>wept
The G towns and >cttlcm. nt> extend
along the Mississippi from Fointe a la
lache. forty-tiIc mile below New Or
leans. to the Gulf on Bayou Barataria
and the Ovet T. re Is between there and
the mouth IF the Mississippi. and en-
sippi to the main land - Chcniere
River. are in Mississippi. The
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whites. and not over 100 are col
ored. At Ch"nie Camnada wa a
large Chinese colony engaged in pre-
pairing and exporting shrimp to China.
st. Malo was settled by the Malays. all
fishermen. \ ma jon ity OF the popuia
ton in the fishing towns were creo.es.
Italians. .:paniard.. and so-callcd Aus
trlans or Dalmatlans. \ large proper
ton OF them We're engaged in fishing
and owned boats. Vt the time the
storm visited Chenicre Caminada. 120
fishing We sells were in the Gulf fish
ing. Not Il word has since been heard
fro m them OF their occupants.
The news has come in slowly. The
first day following the calamity it was
known that the storm had been very
dcst, uctive in pla lucmine Parish and
the los; of life was estimated as high
;is thirty-tivc The next day the news
came of the destruction Of Bayou Cook
settlement and the death We're thought
to be As many a, 80. Afterwards
came in quick sllccc sion the news of
the disasters at Chcnicrc Cam ma Ia.
the largest fishing settlement on
the Gulf coast. at Grand Isle
and other p ints. These returns
swelled the mortality estimate to
between l.sO and 1900. The facts
will probably exceed the latter figure
when the full record is made up. The
deaths are confined to two parishes,
Plaquemire and .Jetfers on. and arc
more than cnc-fourth the total white
population.
-Awf I" E:eI,oid.
When the wind died out the waves
began to decrease in size and the water
that ha swept over the land rolled
back again into the Gulf. When day
light broke the picture of desolation
was awful to behold. Only here ard
there stood "a house. Everywhere there
were only brick foundations to mark
where homes had been. Trees lay
PROSTATE upon the ground. Timber
was lodged in piles in indiscrim-
mate profusion. where it had been
thrust by the mighty rush of the wa
tiers. Ruin, d chimneys suggested
stories of stricken hcarths. Furniture.
bedding. clothes. stoves, kitchen uten-
sils and other household goods were
scattered in promi -cuous confusion
wherever the visi n was able to reach
He. there and everywhere were
the CHASTITY faces of corpses turned
upward to the peac .ful skies. now
bright ard beautiful with the mild
autumn sun. and bearing no traces
o the fury # the night. On many
of the countcnanccS there were still
evidences of the terrible agony suffered
before death came t. relieve the hOr-
r,r. Some had lost their lives in the
wreck of their hCmcs: some had been
drowned after escaping frt III the shells
which could not shelter them from the
blasts Of that frightful gale: some had
probably given up their lives in a vain
effort t. save those whom they loved
and were dependent upon them for pro-
lection.