The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-06
OVER A THOUSAND KILLED.
The Death List Of the Gulf Cyclone as
Large as First Reported.

Ldlge dS FlISl hepOllpu,
Nothing Able to Withstand the Fury
of the Blow at Biloxi-The Chande-
leur island Quarantine Station
wrecked-Great Damage TO Shipping
at Ship Island--Eight Hundred Lives
Lost at Pointe a la Haohe and vicin-
ity-only Twenty-Five Killed at
Grand Isle.
New Orleans, La, Oct. 5.-The first
definite news from the Mississippi gulf
coast reached here this morning. All the
wires were blown down, and the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad is washed out
at intervals from Mobile to New Orleans.
The financial loss along the coast will foot
up not less than 81 100000 and fully 200
lives were lost. The news is almost as
appalling as that from the gulf coast of
Louisiana.
AT Biloxi nothing escaped the fury of
the elements. On every side could be
seen wrecks of boats, pieces of bath
houses, and in many instances fronts of
houses on the beach, totally demolished
Out of more than 100 boats on the front
bay only three rode out the storm safely
On the back bay only one or two weathered
the gale. The velocity Of the wind must
have been 100 miles an hour.
HAVOC in THE TOWN.
Throughout the town great trees were
uprooted swinging signs were swept
away like leaves, sheds and vehicles were
tossed about like match-boxes, and ami
mails of every description were terribly
frightened. Many of the streets are
blocked with fallen trees and mass Of
rubbish washed in from the sea, while
the beach itself is impossible on account
of the piles of wreckage visible all along
the entire coast. The canning ind ustries
were completely wrecked, all the factories
being either badly damaged or utterly
destroyed. Much of the damage at the
back bay was caused by a section of
several hundred feet of the railroad
bridge, which was swept away at Ocean
Spring, washing up against the buildings
crushing them like egg shells. 1t is diff
cult at this time to make any intelligent
estimate of the damage sustained by the
loss of small schooners, fishing boats and
like craft.
NOT A WHARF STANDING.
Not single wharf is standing on either
the front or back bay The damage was
not confirmed alone to the water front,
but all through the city, in every direc-
tiOn, the effects of the storm can be seen
in fallen fences, and here and there a
house partially unroofed. The velocity
of the wind at the hight of the storm
must have been at least 100 miles per
hour. The Baptist church steeple was
blown down and the bell cracked The
| breakwater at the light house was
| wa h1lf fOe 1pf
| damaged. u
At Deer Island, just opposite Biloxi,
| over forty head of cattle were drowned.
| When the storm came up it was genuine
| cyclone. There were many Biloxi boats
in the marsh, oyster fishing, and it is al
| most certain that a number, if not all of
| their boats have gone down with all on
board. OF eight schooners that were
known to be there on Sunday evening
three have been picked up bottom upward
with their masts and rigging all gone and
not a soul on board. 1t is believed that
the loss of life will not fall short of 100.
AT SHIP ISLAND.
AT Ship Island, previous to the storm,
there were sevenvessels loading for foreign
ports. The British bark Rosella Smith
was found bottom up drifting outside and
total loss. The mate, carpenter and
cook were drowned. The Austrian bark
Annie +. B. is complete wreck. OF the
crew of thirteen men and two
stevedores aboard, the captain, three
sailors and two stevedores were
drowned. The stevedores were from
Pascagoula. One was white and one col
ored. The other vessels suffered consid-
cradle damage. The barge Hero lost the
only man aboard, named Shepard, and
the barge Boss of the same place also lost
colored man, whose name is unknown.
Considerable damage was also done on
the island, the warehouse, fort keepers
house and LazarrettO, at the quarantine
station, being completely washed away
and the lighthouse keepers house
being badly damaged, About one IN lie
of the brid ge at Bay ST. Louis, is wash ed
ashore on the island together with much
debris from wrecked vessels. oyster boats,
sloops and luggers. Very little of the
governmentwharf remains, and what is
left will beof no service A large
number of cattlewere also drowned.
GREAT DAMAGE AT CHANDELEUR ISLAND.
Probably the worst damage and loss of
property was at Chandelier Island.
Here was located the United States quar-
antine buildings. At this point the full
lest strength of the storm developed, re-
sulting not only in the almost complete
destruction of all the buildings on the
island, but fearful loss of
life The velocity of the
wind reached 100 miles an hour. The
building and pier known as the disinfect-
ing plant, which was supplied with all
modern applicances for thorough disin-
fection of vessels from Infected ports, are
a complete loss. every ything being washed
away, while other buildings on the island
are more or less damaged and uninha Bit
able. The largest house connected with
the main station was also carried away
The following persons are missing and it
is almost certain that they were drowned:
Steward A. l.. Duckert Of New Orleans,
Nurse Mckenzie of Mobile, Seaman Muller
of Amsterdam, and two patients, one
named Lazen, of the steamship Ravensdale
ana George B. Salmis boatman of the
American bark Rebecca GODDARD Neither
of these patients, however, were suffer
ing from any contagious disease and there
was no disease of that character existing
at quarantine DR.. Guiteras has notified
the bar pilots that vessels from infected
points will hereafter report at Ship Island
instead of Chandelier.
THE DAMAGR S100, 600
The damage by wind to the quarantine
service alone at Chandelier Isl and win
amount to nearly 100000. The disinfect-
ing plant which has been erected during
the past year, together with the wharf
and disinfecting apparatus, cost Sl7, 900,
and other buildings and imDrovements he