Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-10-13

ana uninhabitahle. The largest
house connected WITH The staslon
WIS also carried away.
FATER:-Stories OF death and
,,iation which continue to come
rom the storm stricken districts
between Point La Hache and Quar-
antine station are Of most harrow
ing character. Scores Of dead bod
les are still lying on the rivers
edge, or in the high and tangled
weeds Of the marshes, whittier they
were driven. Many of those who
escaped are starving.
1t is reported that men and wo-
men, driven to desperation by hum
ger, are feeding on dead animals
washed ashore. A large number OF
bodies are already thrown into the
trenches and covered up, but those
still lying exposed to the hot sun
are rapidly accomplishing adding fur
Ither peril to the situation. and to
relieve this terrible condition the
Board Of Health sent down to the
coast d large quantity of lime and
! disinfectants for sanitary purposes.
The distressis 50 great the Board
|of Health concluded to send to SIM
liar bodies in the leading cities and
appeal for help, promising that
ILouisana will bury the dead and
feed the starving, but soliciting as
sistance Of charitable associations IN
getting unfortunates who are well
nigh ruined upon their feet AGAIN
The total Of the dead are now esti-
mated at 2,275.
New ORLEANS, Oct. GA relic
boat returned to the city this morn
ing from Bayou Cook, Grand Isle
and Cheniere, confirm the report
Of the awful loss Of life in that sec
ton.
When reports from all the de
vostated section are in the tcta
r number of dead will be over 24O0
Loud complaints come from tn
BAYOU Cook section of the odo
from the dead bodies there. TIL
land is too low for ourying, Al
, ready some 1875 bodies have bee
!. conveyed by boats to the highland
- on the Mississippi at Frisman Ben
W for buaial, but many are unburle'
in the swamps and are rapidly de
:. composing.
IL Many bodies found have bee.
nc looted and robbed. All bodies al
|
le badly mutilated by the storm.
Lieutenant Kirkham, signal Oft
w. Ger here explains his failure to gi'
oi warning Of the approaching storl
'es by saying that there was not til
III faintest evidence of it. The stor
came from the Gulf.
Is New ORLEANS, La, Oct. 8-Tf
a relief party, which set out fro
Is Biloxi, tells an awful story OF I'll
'ut restitution and loss Of life on I'll
no Louisiana Marshes. The marsh'
icy are filed with dead and putrifyln
no bodies, in very few cases the corps
us being recognizable. The numb
Of lives lost on those marches W
are never be known. The terrific
NC covered was distance Of 200 mile
. !. Newly made graves are eve
Az where. The only thing OF life SCI
&C. n the marsh was one raccoon, al
he 1t was floating on a log. Hu
SIS dreds of oyster boats and luggf
his were lost with most OF their Gre
wn and the few survivors tell territ
sh- stories Of suffering. Most Of the
ter were nude when found.
ms Captain Julian Lefont, the lea
'ast ing spirit among the survivors
ION the Cheniere Camanda, places t
yes number saved at three hundr
The population of the Island a
ing the bayous connected with it v
ou- slightly more than 1900. He Sc
ped the island will be abandoned as
ey- habitation ct man. Grand Isle a
OF Chemdeleur will also be abandC
ma ed.