The record-union., 1893-10-07
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oN.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN-
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 6.-The aftermath
of the great storm continues to pour in.
bringing additional details OF death, suf-
fering and destruction. On the Cheniere-
Camunada it has reached the climax OF
horrors. 1t contained one town (Camln-
daviIle) of about 800 people, the majority
fishermen. On Sunday evening there
were 200 dwellings within the limits;
to-day twenty-five only remain standing,
and of these not one is uninjured. The
very ground upon which they were built
is torn and rent. The pier has disap-
peared. Only q heap of oyster shells
marks the spot where it stood. Not leaf
remains upon the luxuriant shade trees,
and the trees for the most part are pros
trated. and growing fields blotted from
the face OF the landscape. Griet-stricken
survivors came and went silently, or
stopped to mutter a few words OF condo
lence.
1t is not an unusual thing to see ragged
fishermen embrace each other IN tears.
Fathers and mothers are buryIng sons
and daughters, and vice versa. AS many
as ten peODle were placed in one grave.
Hundreds of bodies are still unburied,
some under wrecked buildings, others
floating on the bay.
The brave little band of grave-diggers
are exhausted. They have already buried
on the island $50 persons, and the work is
not vet done. In the house of Il. Terre-
bOnne the grave-diggers found his body
and that of his wife and SIX children.
In the rear of the island hundreds of
little mounds mark the resting-places of
those who were killed in the terrible
storm. Men, women and children Joined
in the search for the dead. With poles,
hooks and ropes they drew corpses from
the water or dragged them from the de-
bris and buried them. At Madame Du-
cro's house were found full fifty bodies,
all mangled in such manner that they
could not be identified. Madame Cidic
and daughter we're found many yards
away from their ruined home in which
bodies were seen, and another daughter,
and Arthur Bizani, Leo Paul, wives and
children, with numerous cousins and
other relatives, were all drowned in the
homestead. The family consisted of
twenty-five people. The bodies were
buried in three graves. Thomas LOrlO
was killed by a falling tree. EIOrentine
Broussard and two children were
drowned In BrOussard's house Ferdi-
nand Broussard, Bernard Broussard, Re-
rina Broussard and Bernardo Broussard
were drowned.
Hundreds of bodies have been found
since Monday and they were buried with
out prayer.
Tie New Orleans Board of Trade to-
day te.egraphed to leading boards of the
country reciting the terrible disaster and
the fact that the survivors were pennlless
and in dire distress.
The people of Louisiana will bury the
dead and feed the starving, but appeal to
the generous public to assist in cOntribu-
tions which will enable thousands Of de-
serving people to again follow their vOca-
tions and support their families" says
the telegram.
received and will be distributed by the
Executive Committee of the Board of
Trade, acting jointly with the committee
OF other commercial bodies.
This morning the lugger Evelina ar
rived crowded with refugees from Cav
arnache on Grand Bayou. Cayarnarche
was completely wiped out, but none Of
the Inhabitants were lost. At Bayou La
Fonda eleven were killed.
At Bayou Henry the latest reports
place the loss of life at sixty five. The
suffering at these three places was terri
BILE. At Bayou la Fonde the people are
eating hogs, chickens and other animals
that perished in the storm. The greatest
suffering is from lack of water. A
Chinese colony near Bayou Henry was
wiped out Over forty Cinnamon per-
ished. The Picay7ale'S relief steamer
returned this morning from Grand Isle
and Cheniere. The Grand Isle Hotel,
with its contents, valued at SO, ,000, was
totally destroyed. The inhabitants of
both islands are in need of clothing, water
and provisions.
Nine hundred bodies were found float
ing in the waters OF Grand Lake.
At Bayou Caminda family of six
was washed out to sea on a raft and back
again when the wind changed.
The loss OF life at Chenlere is not less
than 700, and may reach 1000. Only
eighteen persons were killed on Grand
Isle, though the destruction to property
was great.