The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-06
THE DEATH LIST GROWING.
Purther EeTS o. The Appalling Loss Of
Life in he Gull CyClOnG
PROBABLY TWO THOUSAND LIVES LOST
zach Visit TO Inc Scene Of Desolatlon ADDS
TO the Roll OF Vioiims-Property
Losses Reach Millions

reoorts from Point LaHache and vicinity
,nls morning put the death list up TO 500
,orsons. Yesterday the searching parties
we're IN the vicinity Of Grand Prairie and
they found 81 bodies some buried beneath
the debris Of the wrecked houses and
others high and dry on the land where
the receding watrs had dropped them.
They were nearly all Austrian colonists
who had a large settlement at this point.
The local Austrian and slavonic societies
tsve sent committees into the section 10
attend TO the wants Of their countrymen
and relieve the distress and suffering as
much as possible. The dead were buried
five or six I'm a trench except where
relatives or friends took charge Of the re-
mains and gave them a Christian burial
Tie dead had 20 be inferred as soon as
possible and collins were unobtanable.
The call for aid from the storm-stncken
country has met with a ready response
and the large shipments Of supplies went
hy rail to-day to Point LaHache and
Bellaire John Dymond. one Of the largest
sugar planters I'm the unfortunate section,
Yesterday sent the steamer Neptune 10
the above points loaded so the guards
with flour meats and other supplies.
These places will be made distributing
points and other shipments will be made
to-day. Crops are not as badly injured as
Che first reports indicated. A conserva-
tive estimate places the loss 20 the rice
crop at 10 per cent, while the sugar cane
suffered very slightly. The heaviest loss
viii be on the orange crop. It is estimated
an rrnN Of EI fVfft a g
been blown from the trees and is lying
on the ground. too green 10 ship and unit
for use and viii prove a dead loss 20 the
growers.
Reliable news has come to-day from
Grand Isle and Cheniere. The loss Of
life at Grand Isle is not more than p,
oh OF the dead being negroes. The pro-
perty destroyed is valued at nearly $780,.
Go Many Of the whites were bruised by
falling timbers and some Of them Grip
pied. but they were thankful TO get off
with their lives. There is no bright side
TO the picture OF desolauon at Cheniere
and ne death list will run from eight 60
eleven hundred. The total death list I'm
this section, by the late storm, will be
from a thousand TO fifteen hundred.
Throughout the town OF Biloxi great
trees were uprooted. swinging signs were
swept away like leaves. sheds and vehi-
cles were tossed about Ike match boxes
and animals of every description terri
bly, frightened. Many Of the streets are
blocked with fallen trees and a mass Of
rubbish washed i'm by the sea. while the
beach itself SIS impossible ou account OF
the piles of wreckage visible all along the
entire coast. The canning industries were
completely wrecked, all the factories be-
iug either badly damaged or utterly des-
troyed Much Of the damage al the back
bay was caused boy q section Of several
hundred feet Of the railroad bridge, which
was swept away at ocean spring, wash
ing up against the buildings. crushing them
like egg-shells. IL is difficult at this time
to make any intelligent estimate of the
damage sustained by the loss Of sloops,
luggers. small schOoners, fishing boats
and like craft.
ON the back bay only one or two
Weathered the gale. Not a single wharf
IS standing on either the front or back
bay. The damage was not confined alone
tp the water front but all through the
city, in every direction. the effects of
the storm can be seen I'm fallen trees.
fences and I'M here and there house par
TALLY mroofed
The Baptist church steeple was blown
down and the bell cracked. The break
water at the lighthouse was washed
away. but the tower was not damaged.
AT Deer Island just opposite Biloxi,
over forty head Of cattle were drowned
When the storm came up. which was Il
genuine cyclone, there We're many Biloxi
boats in the Louisiana marsh oyster
fishing and it is almost certain that
number. If not an. Of their boats. have
gone down with an on board OF eight
seh00ners that were known 10 be there
on Sunday evening. three have been
picked up bottom up, with masts and
r .ing am gone and not a soul on board
lt is believed that the loss OF life will
NOT fan short of one hundred.
The British bark Rosella Smith was
found bottom up drifting outside and
is % total loss. The mate, carpenter and
cook were drowned. The Austrian barge
Annie -. is complete wreck. OF the
crew OF thirteen, and two stevedores
aboard. the captain, three sailors and
tle two stevedores were drowned. The
s'eyeiores were from Pascagoula. one
white and one col0red. The other YES
sells suffered considerable damage. The
harse Hero lost one man, named Shep-
ana and the barge Boss. Of the same
place. also lost a colored man. name un-
known. Considerable damage was Hlso
done on the island. the warehouse. fort,
Keepers house and laZarettO al the quar-
srt.ue station being completely washed
away, and the Hght-house Keepers house
being badly damaged. About one mile
of the railroad bridge at Bay st. Louis
a washed ashore on the island, together
with much debris OF other kinds from
wrecked vessels oyster boats sloops
and luggers Very little Of the govern
meat wharf remains. and what is left will
De- ~ no service A large number OF
cattle were also drowned.
The damage by wind 90 the quarantine
service alone az Chandelier Island will
amount 90 nearly 10000 The disinfect-
Dt plant. which had been erected dur
't he past year. together with the
't and dis.ufecting apparatus cost
"li), and the other buildings and inn
Fltcmeuts between $4,000 and 10000,
" which may be added about 5000 FOR
~, ,.e steam transfer boat. william n.
"tsh, Captain Joseph Detmas, aground
.. We north point OF the island IN three
-. Of water. Should the tug get ahoat
Nuch is extremely doubtful, she will
.s-aln damages 20 the amount Of seve-
4s' thousand dollars. About forty head
y cattle We're also lost on the island
Yesterday q Manila sailor made his way
~ Me Chandelier Station from the fish
~ sloop Laura b., OF New Orleans,
@'i'h was wrecked in Grand Pass out
~ d crew OF seven men. he is the only
-'F FiFor, and when found on the Island
l.., e' IN an unconscious and perfectly nude
.'loon' having been In the water over
a. hours- lie was furnished with cloth
-. ana brought 10 Biloxi on the steam
p Juiius Ebert. The oyster lugger.
as9'a'le' OF Biloxi. Is also known 10 have