The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-06
MORETHAN2,OOO DEAD
News From Gulf Storm Grows
Worse Every Hour.
swAmPs FULL or coRPsEs.
stencil Of Dsesyfsg Hunan Bodies foi-
Iuses shs Asr-The vfesims Buried
- Rapidly NJ Possible.

ST. Lorrs, Oct 5-A Republic special
from New Orleans says: The return OF
several relief parties sent to the storm-
stricken districts of the state fully con-
firms the views Of yesterday. and the cor
reeted lists put the total Of the
dead at 2.on- This may be increased
some 500 by subsequent news The loss OF
life AZ Cheniere Carninda is now put at
1.250; ~ Bayou Andre a and az Grand
Island u, instead OF 10. Fears are enter
tanned for fishermen to the number OF
DO living at Lake Borgne swamp. There
is great complaint from throughout
the Bayou Cook section Of the stencil from
bodies lying in the swamp. A large num-
Der were buried, but there are still over
200 exposed. The damage AZ Chantelour
island was more serious than thought at
first. Nearly all the vessels anchored
there were wrecked. The United States
quarantine station and transfer steamer
Walsh were destroyed and everybody on
quarantine lost except the United States
physician. The loss 20 the government
will be $4,000. The steward, nurse and
three patients were drowned.
Relief for the sufferers poured in today.
The city of New Orleans subscribed s.. 500
and Plaqueminc voted money and at once
sent relief expeditions. Dozens of luggers
reached New Orleans from portions Of the
storm country today. All were crowded
with refugees. There are now between 200
and 500 In town.
According to the Republic special below
New Orleans the damage to shipping and
the number of lives lost aboard the ships
10 as follows: OF the American Is. Nikita
IL. Annie b. 6. Laura L. 9, New Union 5,
Annie Babe Is. Lord 4. General Vixie 4,
Three Brothers 3, RoIia Smith 3, Sine
Rosaita 4. Angiique 8. other vessels 6.
New ORLEANS. Oct. 1.-The storm con-
tinues to grow in frightfui loss of life and
property hour by hour as reports come in,
though it Is believed that approxi-
mately full details are now at hand. In
the Pointe 10 Hachie country the death
list swelis to eighty, with . prospect of
reaching 100 before all are heard from. At
Shell Beach and St Malo island the loss is
about thirty. In Mississippi sound and
vicinity probably score are reported.
Chanteiour island was swept, with great
loss 10 lite and property. The loss of life
in the Bayou Cook country will approx
mate 200. The country is swept clear of
houses and scores Of fishing smacks
were destroyed. The news from Grand
isle this morning places the loss of life
there At not above IS. all being negroes.
The property damage is about 500. 600.
At Chenlere, with population of about
LOO, the loss of life is from 800 to Loo.
Seventy-two were drowned in the
Chinese camps on the Bayou Sente
and at Bayou Andre. 1t is estimated
that the aggregate loss of life Is
between 1, 300 and /, 500, the property loss
amounting 10 several millions. There
were 800 or 400 fishing crafts out, of which
half were wrecked. This cripples the oys-
ter industry. and a famine for q time
In this city Is looked for. Fifty
seven bodies have been found Ia the
vicinity Of Grand Prairie, and at the
old quarantine at Bayou du Fent ten we've
drowned. Collins are out of the question,
and the unidentified are being buried in
trenches. The sufferings of the survivors
are being relieved as much as possible, o
second shipment of supplies being sent
this morning. Dead bodies are floating
around on every side. The situation is
unparalleled in the history of the South.
MOBILE, Oct 5--The schooner Alice
Graham. having on board Miss Susie
Heron, aschool teacher, bound for Dauphin
island, was wrecked. At Portersville there
is terrible destruction, entailing loss of
1000 or over. Reports are received here
to the effect that thirty lives were lost at
Ship island and 100 in Biloxi and vicinity.