The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-12
AWFUL LOSS Of LIFE
Over Two Thous md Lives Lost
In a Southern Storm.
a TALE on DESTRUCTION
from Louisiana That Rivals the storiea
CT Wholesale Losses of life By
Flood and Earthquake
tho Orient

U.S. VI ihe' 10 say nothing of the destruc-
tion OF property. is Tremendous. From
Bayou Cook. the great oyster field which
'eaus TO the gulf, 1t is reported that
the settlements of the fishermen have been
completely demolished aud that the loss OF
NE / as reache the appalling figure OF
$50.
"rand Isle, summer resort. lying in the
gulf, is said to have been utterly DESTROYED.
and 1t is known that he loss OF life is large.
Many people were there spending the sea.
sou. The hotel and the two long rows OF
cottages which constituted the resort are no
more.
In the parish Of Plaque Mine the village,
OF Hohemis. on the Mississippi, and Shell
Beach. on Lake liorgue we're wiped out and
at least four lives los, in each place. On
both sides OF the river the sugar. rice and
orange crops suffered great deal of dam.
age, and Oh the west side the loss Of life |.
reported to have been great. It Is feared
that the grand total will pale into insignid.
canoe the number ot deaths reported from
the storm which recently devastated the
Atlantic Coast
AT Grand Bay, Ala, -four churches were
destroyed aud the churches al Scranton
suffered a like fate Houses have b,en
scattered. crops ruined and desolation ap-
PEARS on every hand
Train crews arriving at New Orleans on
the Grand Island road. report the track
covered with debris IN which dead bodie,
are prOiuscy informing cd, and one Of the
passengers asserts that he counted no les.
than :, bodies on hi, journey To the city
from that part of the destroyed district.
The counuy throughout is ascene OF wreck
and devastation
Tony Scgovltch. one Of the survivors, re-
ports that - bodies had Ucen found there
mp TO the time OF leaving, and from infor.
nation volunteered by utl,r arrivals, II IL
estimated that 800 peopc perishcd on Bn-
YOU Cook and in that section Of the coun.
ry,
The deaths at other points all the wny
'ro u Bayou Cook To- Grand ls.c and Chen.
ere, will swell the total u more than |, 200,
according 10 the best Information now OBJ.
.ainablc.
At Grand Bayou not less than a6 perished
II is learned that the loss OF life ON Rosario
iud Linton Islands has been greater. No
iclinite information has yet been received
from Grand Island. The tracks are COM
pletcly washed away, aud rs there is nc
communication by telegraph, IL is impOs.
'ible to verify the report that there ha,
)cen great loss of lie at that point The
louses on Grand Isle are built on ridge
hat runs through the middle of the island
and as many of them are she TERED bv the
.rees, 1t is difficult to calculate what the re.
suit OF the storm has been. There are only
about 200 residents on the island and nc
)ne has arrived from there.
OVER 600 lost oN ONE ISLAND.
From the meager details at hand II Il,
1ighly probable that the creates: destruc-
ION To life occurred at Cheniere: settle.
nent OF 400 people, mostly fishermen, ON
he mainland, west of Grand Island. Here
lie wind and waves dealt out death in an
appalling manner Bodies and wreckage
are strewn everywhere and the pictures
rom descriptions by one or two refugees
are heartrending. The loss of life there ID
fariously estimated ut from 500 to 800.
NARROWING TALE or WOE.
Matthew Schurb. of Goldsboro Just or
Josite New Orleans was one OF the suryiv-
lrs of the Cheniere calamity. and arrived
Wednesday morning, bringing with him
narrowing story of his experiences and the
oss Of life. Mr. Schurb went to the Island
about four weeks ago with George Thomp.
on and u negro bricklayer named LOUIS
Roberts for the purpose of constructing a
chool house
schurb on Sunday night had an expert
,nce severe enough Ia turn mans hair
| ,rav. and when he reached New Orleans on
| Wednesday morning he showed the result
If the peril he had been through. lie was
almost naked what clothes he had were
orn into shreis, his face was bruised and
| ne had not yet recovered from the excite
mcnt ne had undergone and the frightful
iCeueS of death he had witnessed. lie est-
mates that the loss ot life on Grand Isle and
| 1heniere Camina' and in he Grand Lake,
| Adams Cook ChalCn and f'istet Bayou
'ettlements will reach 500 When he left
a. H..
| handing out Of n total Of about 800, while
| he land was covered with corpses.
The wind beg n to blow hard on Sunday
'yening and at o'clock il had reached the
| proportions of a hurricane. From that time
| IN II continued TO increase in velocity and
| is II increased the waves covered the land
| md got into the houses OF hundreds OF resi-
| tents of the island BY o'clock there was
| IN average depth of iive feet OF water, and
| n midnight depth OF feet of water while
| he current was NJ swift as the Mississippi
| ii e when that mighty torrent is bank full.
| No person could stand up against il.
As the wind increased the houses began
| o 60 to pieces The wind picked the roots
| of as though they had been shaved from
ra(ters with great carving knife, One h.
one the houses were torn down, crushin
The occupants as they fell. Schurb, ThomI
son and the negro bricklayer were in
house in which there were fully 25 people
all hudded together and terror stricken n,
the mighty agony Of the elements. Suddenly
there was a fearful cracking Of imbers and
| the roof caved in burying nearly every one
of the party, only Schurb and the br cklay-
| eT escaping,
schurb clung to some floating debris un-
| Ill he saw a light twinkling in house. lie
| broke away from the timber and swan 10
| the house and was admitted. He had hardly
entered when the structure went To pieces,
| and out of the 10 who were in IL only Schurb
| q woman and child got out. Schurb sue
ceeded in getting them To tree, and there
| the party stayed until o. clock in the morn
| inv. when the wind began TO abate
The negro bricklayer managed to reach a
| role to which fishing smacks are usually
| tied, and clung TO it during the whole terri.
| bile night finally being saved. Thompson
was lost sight of and was probably drowner
Schurb says that while he remained u
| the tree waves washed over him that were
| mountain high, but he and the woman and
| her babe clung tenaciously TO the limbs for
support. and saved themselves from being
washed away into the awful bowling guilt
| around them The wind was highest aboui