Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-05

Aloag Bsyon SsnstFs nany Chinemen
aEe eagezoe a dFyz1g shrimp the1
we're uithin the track snG uAny - them
have pFob4slis rerished Later repors<
ffom thessorm Ueli eecEipn conl.fn nrsf
rppagts q the asfol iass ~ iite. Desti.
tution reiens Ia the stricksn dletrsct Apd
the feE sfrAzxiers Who have foabd tkelf
nay q poiRts IL comnunicsflon With
the city teiI the tales uf distress
The flchynnH this naruln& az ,
O'Clock seat relief boat g. tie sfril ken
dlstrset Ii xill take dsy and haf %
rsach there. - the rosie - fhroogh tlf.
tnoos bayons and iakes The foii0xing
was received ffo4 the scesei this even
ing: hetnesn sp aad so htos sere
t1sf by the sform nlich struck the isisnd
sl.oaf o'ciock sunday evening II vas
d southeast uind. changing o. eGst and
inereaspd Ia velocity. Half al hour
later il changed 90 nofth. northwest. and
from this quarter h blew tili clock in
the nsoFning u Monday. IL then czlrzed
OF for short time.
lkescsod MANY Pcr-ons
Captain Terrybors. aided by several
residents II the ialand. proceeded 10
help the unforfuna.es. lie sncceeded
ia SAVING SIXTY persona al q shom be
placed IN John knfFlers's house on the
island. When he saw hoose about -
drift he aua his companions dragged
the inmates from H. Twelve or fifteen
persons sought safety Ia the house Of
Bouzcgard Between AGO aud SO per
sons according 10 a rough estimate.
have been saved out of population a
l.3W The distress existing there IL
terrible. Those rescued have lost every.
thing but lie. They are soreiy IA need
OF water, food aud clothing. One hun
dred aud fifty dead bodies wera found
yesterday and buried One hundred
and fifty iuggeu have gone % the bot
tom together with their seines. The
number of ekiffs that capzized and sunk
cannot be counted. Mark ple.
ciloli furnished the rescued with
al tho provisions he had
in HE store. Old man kaspia "a
Bayou Reggie was lost At Grand Isle
with his two daughters. His two boys
were saved. lils house was completely
wrecked. The captain was unabie Ia
state bow many houses were wrecked.
The steamer Joe Weber Was lying al her
wharf at the time Of the storm. She
was driven upon the prairie and CON-
pleteiy wrecked. She was valued al
5000; completely covered by insurance.
The crew % about eight were saved.
Tony Tonich. captain Of the schooner
Ade'ina. had narrow escape from
wreck. lie was anchored IN a cutoff
near the Bay ~ Tambour ehcn the
storm STACK him..
Canning FACTORY Wrecked
The canning factory at Bayou Andre.
kept by j. II. Lewis for canning shrimp.
was totally destroyed and all the in
mates killed. The value of the plant Is
said 10 exceed 1900. There were eight
or ten Cinnamon In the place At
Bayou Defound another Chinese can
ming eatablishment--fhR of Louis 10y
for the canning Of shrimp--was located
and was also destroyed aud all the IN
mates drowned. The damage at Isle
Cheniere win exceed sO0,0o0 An the
fishing camps along Grand lake have
been destroyed. All the oyster fisher.
men have been lost All the houses
and boats there have been oyerthrown
and destroyed. and the scene beggars
description. Q
The Picayune relief boat Is going TO
take on provisions at the first landings
and with bounfiful supplies Of water.
will proceed nj once 90 Grand Isle. If
will encounter a place where supply
OF food can be obtained before reaching
Barataria One of the luggers named
Young American. while leaving Che
nicrc with twenty-five people on board.
encountered the storm and only ten
were saved.