The morning call., 1893-10-07
Survivors Find That They Can
Only Dig Graves.
NOT EVEN A PRAYER is SAID.
That the Living May Live Trenches
Are Made and Bodies Buried
From Sight.

of horrors. 1t contained one town, Cam
indaville. of about 1900 people, the major
ity of them fishermen. On Sunday even
ing there were 1900 dwellings within the
town limits. To-day twenty-five only re-
main standing, and of these not one Is un-
injured. The very ground upon which
they are built is torn and rent. The pier
has disappeared. only a heap of oyster
shells marking the spot where it stood.
Not a leaf remains upon the luxuriant
shade trees, and the trees are for the most
part prostrated, while growing fields have
been blotted from the face of the land
scape.
The grief-stricken survivors in the town
came and went silently. or stopped to NUT
ter few words of coincidence. 1t was no
unusual thing TO see ragged fishermen en-
brace each other in tears. Fathers and
mothers were burying sons and daughters,
and vice versa. AS many as ten people
were placed in one grave, and hundreds
of bodies still lie unburied, some under
wrecked buildings and others floating on
the bay. The brave little band of grave
diggers is exhausted. They have already
buried on the island $50 persons, and their
work Ia not yet doue.
In the house of l.. Terrebonne 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 rest
ing-place of those who were killed in the
terrible storm. Men. women and children
Joined in the search for the dead with poles
aud hooks and ropes. They drew corpses
from the water or dragged them from the
debris and buried them. In Nine. Ducro's
house they found iully fifty bodies. all
mangled in such manner that they could
not be identified. The bodies of Nine. l..
Cidioc and her daughter were found many
yards away from their ruined home, In
which other bodies Of strangers were seen
and that of another daughter. Arthus
Bizani and Leo Paul. their wives and chill
dren. with numerous cousins, aunts and
other relatives were all drowned in their
homesteads. The family consisted OF
twenty-five people, and their bodies were
buried in three graves. Thomas Lorio was
killed by falling tree. Florenstine Brous-
sard and two children were drowned, and
in Broussard's house also Ferdinand
Broussard. Bernard Broussard and Ber-
nardo Broussard were drowned. Hun
dreds of bodies have been found since
Monday. and they have been buried with
out even prayer.
The New Orleans Board of Trade to-day
telegraphed to the leading boards Of the
country reciting the terrible disaster and
the fact that the survivors were penniless
and in dire distress.
The people of Louisiana" the dispatch
said, twill bury the dead and feed the
h,,k
public to assist in contributions which will
enable thousands Of deserving people to
again follow their vocations and support
their families"
Subscriptions of every character will be
received and distributed by the executive
committee of the Board Of Trade, acting
Jointly with the committees of other CON-
mercial bodies.
This morning the lugger Evelina arrived.
crowded with refugees from Cavarnache.
on Grand Bayou. Cavarnache has been
completely wiped tout. but none of the
inha abitants were lost.
At Bayou le Fonde eleven were killed.
At Bayou Henry the latest reports place
the loss of life at sixty-fve.
The suffering at these three places was
terrible. At Bayou La FoDde the people
are eating hogs, chickens and other ami
mails that perished in the storm. There is
the greatest suffering from lack of water.
The Chinese colony near Bayou Henry
was totally wiped out and over forty Chi
namen perished.
The Picayune's relief steamer returned
this morning from Grand Isle and Chen
iere. The Grand Isle Hotel, with its con-
tents. valued at $4,000. was totally
wrecked, and the inhabitants OF both
islands are in need of clothing. water and
provisions. Nine hundred bodie. were
found floating in the waters Of Grand
Lake. At Bay Caminda family of six was
washed out to sea on q raft and driven
back again when the wind changed. The
loss of life at Cheniere was not less than
700 and may reach 1000. Only eighteen
persons were killed on Grand Isle, though
the destruction Of property was great.
Shipping suffered to an extent almost in
credible; hardly less than $50 craft were
wrecked, and in many instances all the
crews lost. Nine out of ten of those who
were saved underwent terrible expert
ences. More than 200 sailors were lost at
different points. The total property loss
will run into the millions.
An arriving schooner at Biloxi reported
many bodies floating Off shore at Cat
Island, Ship Island and Cbandiluer
Island. Not less than seventy of them
were counted off Cat Island alone. The
American bark Helen B and crew, the
American Rosella Smith and crew and the
American schooner Union and crew are
reported lost. Five large ships lying off
Chandlirer Island are complete wrecks.
but the names have not yet been learned
and the fate of the crews is mystery.
Before the storm on Sunday there was
over 100 craft anchored around Biloxi and
only three of them survived.
WASHINGTON, Oct 6.-The rumor that
the revenue cutter Seward had been lost
in the Gulf OF Mexico during the recent
storm with all on board has not been
verified. On the contrary. reports are re-
ceived from New Orleans OF the good
service which the Seward has been per-
forming in carrying supplies to light