The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-18

network OF islands, bayous, lakes and
swamps, and it will he weeks before the re-
liof boats can traverse all tho waterways and
discover the full extent Of the damage done.
The loss OF life in the parish OF Plaque
mine, lying on both sides o! the MISSISSIPPI.
has been heavy. The record there Is 123
lives. But the great loss was in the interior
settlements, on the Gulf coast, and the
bayous leadin:; to it. The country there is
mainly sea marsh, almost destitute OF trees.
The highest point is only seven feet above
the sea level, and the greater part ls only
three feet high. When, therefore. tho storm
piled the waves UP fifteen feet they swept
over the islands and ridges carrying every
thing before them. g.
The deaths are confinel to two parishes,
Plaqueminc and Jefferson, and are morethan
one-fousth :. total white population. The
seriously wounded are few in number. The
severity OF tho storm was such that it required
a man of the finest physique and in perfect
condition OF health to live throughit all. Inc
weak and injured were killed, and in the set
Elements where the storm was worst not
single child survived, and very lew women.
The survivors are the young men IN the viSor
of manhood. There is none OF them but has
a terrible story to tell. and every one ofthem
is badly bruised. They escaped mainly on
RATS or log, floating from twenty to forty
an hour. The deaths Whlcn are connrmeu,
are
Chemie Caminada, $40; fishermen from
the settlement at SEQ in their boats, 24O {;
Bayou Challon. 70 Oyster Bayou, %; Bay
on Cook, 81 fishing settlements around
B.ycu Cook, 49; Bird Island, As; Simon
Island, 16; Roserio Island, 20; Razor ISL
and, 5; st. Malo. 25; Adams Bay, zoo; fish
ing camps around Daisy Postofice, 70;
Grand Bayou. 26; Tropical Bend, 10; Pass
rOutre. 40 ;Pointe la Hache, 4 Grand Prairie,
Bay, 6; She'll Beach, 70; Grand Bank, 8;
Grande Isle, 10 /; Buras, s.; Point Pleasant,
5 ;Sixty-mils Point 8 Devils Flat, Bolivar
Point. 8; Happy Jack, Q; Nichols P. o.,
8 Faitulings, ;Ft. Cosse's, S ;Stockfeths, !;
Quarantine, Q Eadsport, 1 Pearl River, ;
near Point Pleasant. 2; Bay st. Louis, 2;
Back Bay, lost on Weber, 90; lost in the
bogs or at sea, As Bayou Laford, ITO; Bayou
Andre, 40 Bayou Dufon, 10; Cabanag, 2O;
msger General Vixie, 4.
These towns and settlements extend along
the Mississippi from Pointe 10 Hache, forty
five miles below New Orleans, to the Gulf on
BAYOU Baratara and to the oyster reefs be-
tween there and the mouth ofthe Mississippi,
also on the islands stretching from the Mis-
sissippi to the mainland at Chemie Caminada.
Bay ST. Louis and Pearl River are in Mis-
sissippi. The majority OF the residents In
the places are whites and not more than 100
are colored. At Chemie Caminada there was
a large Chinese colony engaged in preparing
and exporting shrimp to China. St. Malo
was settled by Malays or Manilamen, all fish
ermen. A majority Of the population In the
fishing towns are creoles, Italians, Spaniards
and so-called Austrians or Dalmatians. A
largo proportion OF them were engaged In
fishing and owned boats.
At the time the storm visited Chemie Cam
inada 120 fishing vessels were in the Gulf
fishing. Not word has since been heard
from them or their occupants.
The loss of the crop Of Plaquemine Parish
Is estimated at twenty-five per cent. The loss
in oranges is seventy-hve per cent. About
twenty per cent. of the orange trees were
killed or blown down. The oyster and tish-
ing feet were almost completely destroyed
and the levees badly washed and will have
to be rebuilt. The shipping suffered severe
", but principally the smaller vessels.
The entire Gulf coast Of Mississippi and
Louisiana west of the Atchafalaya Is strewn
with wreckage. or the railroads, the Louis
willie and Nashville is the heaviest sufferer,
and the damage inflicted on it will run from
S500,00O to S600,000.
At Fort st. Philip the guns were dis
mounted. Fort Livingston, in Barataria, one
of the most heavily constructed forts in the
South, is completely destroyed. Nothing Is
left but the lighthouse.