The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-07
m THE CYCLONES TRACKS.
RELIEF EXPEDITION GONG THE
ROUNDS OF THE SEA ISLANDh

- r,srv Hand IL Fearful Doutruetio
"a Crops, Homes. and Lin-Fsmishins
women Come to BEG for Hread-Gov. Till
an, send. n Doctor to Care for the Sick.
CHARLESTON. Sept 6.-The ccrrespandentwho
40 ,coompanied the r elief Committee on it's
land TO tho devastated sea islands. together
I'm Dr. pabcock. who was sent BY Gov. TILL
IAN TO make special report. has seen fearful
A,nes. Ladies' Island 10 Just across Beaufort
p,,.r from the town OF Beaufort 1t is reached
wfsrryboat.
Tho people are fearfully dem oralized. their
arms almost completely gone. and In ma
,ority OF instances their homes destroyed. On
ina trip across the boatman. Albert Brown.
mid that on Sunday night he was at home
nth his wife and child. and that to-day he 10
the only survivor OF his family. Ladies' Island
"a fifteen miles square. Out OF thirty-one
houses twenty one have been destroyed. At
thslanding fully score Of anxious. and per-
hans fatnishing. women were congregated.
They came with their bask cts for miles to get
iood. A team was procured and tour OF In
spectIon made. On every side the crops lay
mined. out OF 800 people on the Eustice place
afty.one arc dead. The loss by families is:
johnson Adkins. I: Quake singleton. p Enos Green.
T. Albert Brown. =; Caroline Marl,ree =; Robin Wash.
los,on .: ely Barnwell, I; Noble Green. 4: Demos
warrington, 2; Caroline simmons, ?; Frank Brown.
al Washington. y; Alex Brown. ?; Ed. jenkins :;
rot found. L.
In the burial ground the bodies are buried
Just below the surface and emit deathly
odor. The dead we're gathered UP all OF last
week. and boxes. made out OF the wrecked
lumber took the place OF collins. Several
k.Jia n m n m n
eoiins. and as many as six are in grave. DR..
Bsbcock ordered lore earth put on the graves.
and supply OF dlsinfectants will be sent there
At once The graves were not dug deeper be-
cause the ground Ia oversatulated, and
grave deeper than two rect caves In. The
mode OF burial is very much tho same on the
Reports had been received that St. Helena
The island is fifteen miles long and ten wide.
About 5000 acres OF Sea Island cotton were
planted and hall the Island was Wth
negroes on st. Helena. lost OF whom were pros
porous large supply OF Erst meal. -four.
day in tho steam err Bessie. which is to be care
fully distributed by, Date d Go. from their
store 1t the ana Was
grist. Mr. Thomas, who Is in charge Of the
store; said that fully 500 c9lored Peopl. had
smalluuantities and had foundwork in his fields
for many Of the negroes. for which he paid in
food. Inc interior OF the island was In ter
house had been blown or washed away and the
crops covered with the tide. The only house
In o row OF six or eight that is left standing Is
Kiett Chaplain's. and that was kept intact by
claiming it to trees. Chaplain. however. is
bemoaning the loss Of his clothing. 125 ter
rapins. and a lot of turkeys. The homes that
have been lost about EddinG's Point have been
washed away The homeless sd are 1aa a
on the way to the island.
Tho negroes have. In the main. been living
salty and sobby." and are far from being as
nutritious as they usually arc.
Capt. Beardslee reports fever on Paris ISL
sriai H fever He has attended to six fractures
and the Same number Of dislocations. He re;
ports that there are 100 cases OF diarrhna and
one Of dysentery on st. Helena. He fears no
ishpess Of the water he considers the causes
Of the sickness. He does not think that for
the present there is any use for nurses, on 40
ee and tho
Paris Island. where the Government docks
arc located. is destitute. Commandant Boards
and iay s6S psose ansbe 3 earn li?eli:
hood and with nothing to eat He has received
Tations from the Relief Committee. It did not
take the negroes long to know that one mem
women and children came up with q. complain-
Ing air to have their pulses felt and get medi-
cine. DR.. Babcock had quantity OF Quinine
capsules. and they were distributed whore
tents S.0ni' VI ''''i "''' -'''N1 49, NV -"
Or. Babcock upon his return to Beaufort en-
Tt to st supply 81 M ESd
an order to Charleston for i've pounds OF
quinine, five gallons Of castor oil. 500 COM
pound oathartic pills, two Rallone OF pare
goric one gallon OF lRudan um. and two pounds
o. calomeL His order viii be supplemented
should 1t be found necessary.