Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-10-13

ti?n Is left In a destitute stIII7 I7TT777--Y,-v NJ
mhhout 1000. Most Of them have no cloth.
| - iCi tLeE were asleep when theit houses
"e[e crushed hy the wind and the waves.
| -1orlt than DOZEN relief expeditions wen,
| uo"h from New Orleans 10 Distribute fool
among tha survivors, Tho tr1w, l,,,h
| iis' iis' II already aooye 1900 and only ra-- of
| 'h@ GcTastatCd c0untrv is heard from, I, i
network Ut islands. bGyous. lakes and
| S"anpS. and ;. ~ill EC wees= before the re
| a. a.; 'o'''s can traverse ail the WATERWAYS ami
| uiscover the full extent II fht. DAMAGE a,r,..
| The loss Of lifa IN the T,a-ish ~ Iqa1r,a
! mine lying on both sides Of the NIissis4,I,r,i
| mas heen heavy. The record fhera - IOQ
| iNts. But the great loss was in the interior
| settlements. on the Glllf coast. AMI rho
| payoHs leading to it. The country there is
| mainly sen marsh. almost destjtu,a NJ ,reas
! The highest point i only seven feet ato,l
| the sea level: and the greater part Is only
! three feet high. when. therefore the s,orc,
| pued the waves up ftteeI fert they syert
over the islands and ridges carving e4erv-
thing before them.
Inc deaths are confneI u two marshes
fIa4uenllpe and jefferson. and ar. more than
! 6n2-fO1rtn total white p0uulatIor Tba
seriously wounded are few in number The
severity OF the storm such that il rprJr1-ed
q man OF the finest physique and IN perfect
condition OF health to ivethrough it all. The
weak and njureI were killed. and in the ant
single child survived. and very few women
The survivors are the young men in the yigor
OF manhood. There is none of them but has
terrible story 10 tell, and every enc Ofthem
IS badly bruised. They cscappd mainly ON
RATS or log, floating from twenty TO fortv
hours in the water with the wind at fI5 miles
an hour. The deaths which are confirmed.
are
Chente CaminaGa, 920 fishermen from
the settlement at sea in their boats. 240
Bayou ChallOn. Al; ; Oyster BAYOU 28 BAY
gu Cook, 81; fishing settlements around
Bayou Cook. 43 Bird Island. As; Simon
Island, 1G RoseriO Island. 90 Razor Isl
and. 3; st. Malo. % Adams Bay. 200 fish
ing camps around Daisy POstofflce. 20;
Grand Bayou, 26: Tropical Bend. 10 Pass n
lOutre, 40 POinte a la Hache, 4 Grand Prairie
B Barthclemy, 6 ; Fort st. Philip. 6 Hospital
Lay, e Shell Beach, 12 Grand Bank. 8;
Grande Isle, 10; Buras, 3 ; Point Pleasant.
); Sixty-mile Point. 8 Devils Flat Bolivar
Point. B; Happy jack, 2; Ni"hOlls z. O..
3; Fatulings. 3 :Ft Cosse's. 5 :Stockfeths, |;
Quarantine, q Eadsport. l Pearl River. /
near Point Pleasant 2; Bay st. Louis, 2;
Back Bay. 1 ; lost on Webcr. 20 lost in the
bOgs or at sea, As Bayou Laford. 11O Bayou
Andre, 40 Bayou DufOn, 10 : Caban2c. 90:
lugger General Vixie. i.
These towns and settlements extend along
the Mississippi from POintc n la Hache. forty
five miles below New Orleans to tho Gulf on
bayou Baratara ana to the oyster reefs be-
tween there and the mouth of the Mississippi
alsO on the islands stretching from the Mis-
5issippi to the mainland ut Chemte Caminada
Bay st. Louis and Pearl River are in Mis-
stssippi. Tho mHiOrity of the residents in
The places are whites and not moro than 100
are colOred. At Chemie Caminada there wns
n large Chinese colony engaged in preparing
md exporting shrimp to China. st. MaO
was settled by N1alays or Manilamcn, all fish
ermen. A majority Of the population in tho
0shing towns are creOles, Italians, Spaniarde
and sO-called AustrIans Dalmatians. 4
large proportion of them We're engaged in
fishing and owned boats.
At the time the storm visited ChcmG 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-tive per cent. About
twenty per cent. of the orange trees were
killed or blown down. The oyster and fish
ing fleet were almost completely destroyed
and the levees badly washed aud will have
to be rebuilt. The shipping suffered severe
Iy. but principally the smaller vessels.
The entire Gulf coast of Mississippi and
Louisiana west of the Atchafalaya is strown
with wreckage. OF the railroads. the Louis
vile and Nashville is the heaviest sufferer
and the damage inflicted on il will run from
$500, 900 to 5000, 900.
At Fort st. Philip tn" guns were dis
mounted. Fort Livingston. iii BarHtaria. ono
of the most heavily constructed forts in the
South. is completely destroyed. Nothing is
left but the lighthouse.