Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-12
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Awful Scenes in Villages Destroyed by the
Tornado on the Gulf Coast.

Nav ORLEANS. La, Oct. 5.-With the
information that has reached the clty
70 day from Grand Isle, from Chenlere
Caminda, from Bayou Cook and the
territory adjacent thereto and from
that section lying upon this side OF the
river from the upper limits OF the parish
of Plaouemine to the Nerantine station,
from the lake coast and elsewhere, 1t Is
now possible to give fair calculation OF
the loss of life and extent Of the dam
ace done by the late storm. 1t IS safe
Is say tlatt between l, 200 and l,ooo peo-
nle periehed and that the property loss
will be several million dollars.
In the Pointe-a-l a-Ha che country the
death list to-day has been swollen to
eighty and the searching parties are
still out with prospect OF increasing the
number to an even hundred at least.
The destruction of property and crops
in the same vicinity will so into the
thousands. Around Shell Beach and
ST. Malo Island the list of dead is
in the neighborhood Of thirty On
the Mississippi Sound and vlcln-
itv probably a score OF people
nave been lost with reports coming III
that the Chandeleur Islands were swept
away and that great damage resulted
with attendant loss of life. The loss to
shipping will amount to many thou
sands Of dollars. 1T is now thought
that the loss Of life in the Bayou Cook
country will approximate 200. Relaple
news from Grand Isle reached mere
this morning shows that the loss Of life
there will not exceed twenty-five, and
strangely enough all Of these are ne
croes. The island had a miraculous es-
cape, but it was due to the fact that the
land upon it is higher than that OF
Cheniere and to the further fact that 1t
was less exposed because Of the tickle
ness of wind and wave to the fury OF
the elements. Houses were blown
down, bricks were scattered in every dl-
rectiOn, massive oaks were bent and
even huge bars Of iron were picked up
and scattered by the wind. The prop
ertv damage viii be in the neighbour
hood of 100000.
On Grand Terre, a part Of Fort Llv--
ingston which was built Of brick and
had a massive foundation caved OF into
the gulf, while the Livingston lighthouse
was unscathed. The Cheniere popula-
ton was AGO in round numbers and the
loss Of life there is somewhere between
800 and 900. The Chinese camps on
BayOuS Sonnet and Andra have SUI
iered greatly.
From persons arriving on the Shell
Beach train this morning it is learned
definitely that the loss of life at Pointe-
ala Hache has now reached eighty.
Fiftv-seven bodies were found yesterday
i'll the vicinity Of Grand Prairie and
the old quarantine station, the larger
part Of whom were Australian colonlsts
who were engaged in the oyster bust
1p nd D1olr rio
Grand Isle, with population Of 700,
lost "A killed. Cheniere Caminda, out
of a population of l 800, lost $50. At
Bayou Dufont 10 are lost out of IS, MAX
ing total of 1856.
The majorities of the bodies are
washed out to sea or washed TAR into
the marsh. The unfortunates found
were in every imaginable place. Some
were lying high and dry on the land
where it is supposed they were washed
by the water after death had relieved
them from their sufterlngs, and some
of the dead were buried under the
wreckage Of their houses which
evidently collapsed without warning.
The bodies were mutiIated and torn in
a most horrible manner. Arms and
legs had been pulled from the bodies
and were either floating in the pools in
the depressions of the fields or lodged
on elevations where the water had cast
them when the wave receded. Collins
were out of the question and the bodies
not claimed by relatives or friends were
inferred in trenches, four or five bodies
being placed in one trench.
The suffering of the survivors is be-
ing relieved as fast as possible and
second shipment Of supplies and pro-
visions was sent out this morning. The
entire population Of all the places
named are now in absolute need of food
and drink.