St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-05
The LOSS APPALLING,
Two Thousand Drowned in
the HoWling Gulf.
AWFUL SCENES OF DES0LA7I0A
Terrible Tales Of Destruction
and Suffering.
STORIES OF EYE WITNESSES.
AWFUL SCENES OF DEsOLA7l0A
STORIES OF EYE WITNESSES.
Chastity Work OF Buryine
Hundreds OF Corpses.
WHOLE TOwRs WIPED QUIZ

WHVLE 5OWHS WIPED UUx.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 4.-Over 1000
Killed and nearly S5,OOO,O 600 of property
annlhilated is the record of the great
gulf storm i'll Louisiana. There has
never been anything approximating it
since the country was settled. More
than half the population in the region
over which the hurricane swept is dead.
Everything is wrecked, and not house
In ten is left standing, while
the survivors are left in the most desti-
tute condition, without food or even
clothing, for most of them were Sleep
ing in their beds when their houses
were crushed by the wind or the waves.
There have been several similar disas-
ters on the coast. AT Lost island,
where 2S6 people lost their
lives, and at Johnstown's Bayou
the lost numbered 900 six years
agO,but Mondays disaster far surpasses
these i'll horror. The weak and injured
We're all killed, and in the settlements
where the storm was worst, not child
survived and very few women. The
survivors are the young men in the vigor
of manhood. Not one of them but
has terrible story to fell; not
one but is badly bruised and injured.
They escaped mainly on RATS or logs,
floating for twenty to ninety hours in
the water with the wind at lis miles an
hour. The deaths so far as reported,
and which are confirmed aggregate
over 1000, as follows:
Chemeie Canunada, $40; fishermen ae
sea, 24O; Bayou C!eaiion, 10; Oyster
bayou, %; Bay on COX, 81; fishing set
tolements, Ba you Cook, 43; Bird
island. AZ; Simon island, l6;
Rosario island. 20; Razor Island,
5; st. Malo, 25; Adams bay 200;
Fishing camps at Daisy p. o., 20;
Grand Bayou. 26; Grand Prairie. 5;
Tropical Bend. 10; Pass Loutre. 10;
Point la Hacbe, 4; Bartheley.6; Ft. ST.
! Phillip, 6; Hospital Bay, s; Shell Beach,
212: Grand Bank. 8; Grand Isle, 100;
Buras Point. 6; Pleasant Point, 10;
Bolivar Point. 8; Happy Jack, 2; Nieh-,
OILS p. o.. 3; Faituling'S, 8; Il. Cosses,
Eads Point, /; Pearl River, /; neal
Point Pleasant. Q; Bay ST. Louis, q;
Back bay, 1; lost OH Weber, 20; lost in
the boys, 45; Bayou La Fond. ITO;
Bayou Andre. so; Bayou Dufon, 10;
Cabinagge, 20; on Iugger General
Vixie, 4.
At the time the storm visited Chen
iere Caminda 120 fishing vessels
were in the gulf fishing. Not word
has since been heard from them or their
occupants. Along tile Mississippi the
loss of life was 10 some extent due to
falling buildings. In the bay it was
caused wholly by drowning.
The pecuniary damage, while heavy,
is not as large as might have been ex-
pected, as the sugar plantations and the
richer portions of Plaquemine parish
were not worsted by the storm, and ID
was the smaller farms and fishing set
Elements which suffered most. The
damage is now estimated as follows:
Towns or Articles Amounts
New orleane ....:............. ...-.. S300,ON
Plaquemine parish Observation-Disclosures. 6O0OOq
Orange crops. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 260,UOi
Other crops ....... Observation-Disclosures. 250,G0l
cattle, etc.. ........,.. ..... 25O,UOu
Shipping. schooners, etc........ 25o,O0a
Fishing settlements. ntS................... 4JO.OO9
Rallr0ads ........... $1,000. 9Ju,0tg
Miscellaneous 49,. -. 35O,O0d
Total. ..s3. SIC, ,OOd
of damage done is placed at $500, ,0O0,and
damage, S4.420,O00. The total loss OIL
oranges is 75 per cent, while about 20
per cent of the orange trees were killed
or blown down.
Of the railroads the Louisville g
Nashville is the heaviest sufferer. and
the damage inflicted on it will run from
S50O,000 to 100000. The greater
portion of the line between here
and Mobile, 142 miles, is damaged.
Thousand nf
bridge are swept away, and 5000 feet of
the Biloxi bridge are gone, while the
Scranton and jackson bridges are all SO
badly injured they cannot be used.
Five miles of embankment and trestle-
work and fifteen miles of track are
washed away.
EARLIER REPORTS.
New ORLEANS. Oct. 4.-'The disaster
at Grand Isle and Chieniere has been
unparalleled. The loss of life is ter
rible. 1t is now estimated by Mr..
Schurtz, of Grand Isle, that the loss Of
life on Grand Isle and Cheniere and in
the Grand and Adams bays, and the
Cook, Chaton and Oyster bayous settle-
ments will reach 500 to 1000.
The first authentic news came this
morning, when several survivors reached
here. They tell heart-rending stories.
A tidal wave swept over the island, de-
stroying life and property on all sides.
DR.. Frey, prominent physician, and
his wife, were drowned. One hundred
and forty-fve families are said to have
perished. The steamer Weber was
blown to pieces, and several of her
crew were lost. Chieniere Camlnda Is
opposite Grand Isle, and is less exposed.
1t is the home of many fishermen, and
constitutes quite settlement. The
population is about as large as that Of
Grand Isle.
The news from Grand Isle was appall-
ing, but there are many persons in the
city familiar with the geographical posi-
tion of the island. and the topography Of
it and the surrounding country, who
are inclined to believe that the reports
are exaggerated. 1t is not the first time
that Grand Isle has. been reported to
have been washed away. The island is
practically cut off from communication,
and the only means of obtaining inform-
alton is through the regular passenger
steamer that plies between this city and
the island. and tho many luggers en-
gagged in the oyster trade.
Tony Morvorich, owner of luggeH