The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-07
Probably 1900 Persons Killed 10
tho SWamps Of Louisiana.
WHAT RELIEF PARTIES FOUND.
The Latest Reports Add to the Horror.
ana II 10 Feared the Worst is Not Yet
Known-RtfugsssN Naked and Bruised.
Oss Man Flayed Alive.

NEW OnLEANs, Oct 0. Returning 70.
lief parties from the storm stricken dis
tricts of the state fully confirm the news
Of yesterday ~ TO the list of those drowned
or killed. In fact, the latest news only
adds to the horror, and the worst IL not
yet known.
A correct list swells the total number OF
dead to 2,04l. This will bs increased
some 300 or 300 when news from the
Louisiana coast is all In. The additional
losses reportsd are: Rigolets, l6; Biloxi,
Chandelier, 10; near Grand Bource, 10;
from vessels, %.
The loss OF life at Chenere Caminada is
now known to be $50 instead Of i,040, as
hrst reported. AT Bayou Andre 72 per-
ished instead of 40, and At Grand Isle "a
instead OF 10.
The only station from whi.h returns
have not been received as yet is st. Ber-
nard on Lake Borgons marsh. This
marsh extends from Lake Borgone to the
gulf. II 10 on dead level with the ocean,
moro water than land, covering l,2OO
square miles. Its only inhabitants
were some two hundred fishermen
who lived in cabins built on piles. It il
almost certain that all have perished.
vandals at Work.
Loud complaints come from the bayou
Cook section of the odor from the dead
bodies there. The land is too low for
burying. Already some 1875 bodies have
been conveyed by boat 70 the highlands on
tho Mississippi at Frsm n. bend for burial
But many are unburied in the swamps
and are rapidly decomposiug. Many OF
the bodies were found to have been looted
and robbed. Most Of the fishermen were
well-to-do and all carried their fortunes in
cash in their pockets. No money has been
found on their remains and from $1,000 to
$40, 900 has disappeared. Nearly all the
bodies were badly mutilated by the storm.
It will be months before the gulf fisher
lee will revive. Half the population and
nine. tenths Of the vessels engaged In them
are lost and oysters and fish are an un-
known quantity in New Orleans to-day.
The crop damage is great. The
orange crop will lose only 80
per cent, but the destruction of
orchards will be very great.
A dozen luggers reached the city to-day
from Grand Isle and other portions Of the
storm section, aud there are now some 800
refugees being cared for here
Refugees Naked and Bruised.
They are naked and in bruised condi-
ton. One man named George Ovichs had
actually been fiayed alive He did not have
q piece of skiing on him the size of dime,
the blows from the debris having fayed
him. He was sent to the hospital, and is
not expected to live. With rare exceptions
the other refugees will probably all re-
cover.
Several cases Of insanity resulting from
the horrors of the storm are reported.
Lieut.. Kirkam, signal officer here, ex-
plains his failure to give warning Of the
approaching storm by saying that there
was not the faintest evidence of it. The
storm came from the gulf The telegraph
from Port Eads, which ought to have an
nounced 1t, was working all right early In
the night, when it suddenly ceased, and
the storm swept over southern Louisiana.
Whence 1t came is impossible to say.
Lieut.. Kirkam thinks additional weather
stations on the gulf absolutely necessary
for protection.