The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-06
MADISON. SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER g. 1898

pIied win all the modern appliances
for the thorough disinfection of vessels
from infected ports, Is a complete loss,
everything being washed away. while
the other buildings on the Island are
more or less damaged and uninhabita-
BILE. The largest house connected with
the main station was also carried
away.
The buildings on the island were
located so far apart that there was no
communication, and 1t was impossible
for the occupants to render assistance
to one another. The lighthouse 10 also
wrecked to such an extent that the
keeper has abandoned it. Miles Of the
island have been washed away, and
what little remains is liable to be COM
pletely submerged with little more
than ordinary high tide. The damage
by wind to the quarantine service alone
at Chandeleur will amount to nearly
e,0O, ooU.
Destructiou Complete.
From information received from Mis-
sissippi City, Handsboro. Pass Chris
tian and Ocean Springs, 1t 10 learned
that the destruction OF wharves, bath
houses and boats has been complete.
At Handsboro the mills Of III. Leinhard
and the j. T. Lidd com pany have been
damaged considerably. but to what ex-
tent is not known. The roadbed on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, from
Pearl river to Waveland, is completely
washed away, and west of Lookout it
lie nearly as bad. Telegraph poles along
the railroad are down as far as the eye
can see. The schooners Alice Nc
Guigin and Angeline have been discov-
cred bottom upwards three or four
miles from the mouth of Pearl river.
The marine quarantine station near the
Rigolets came in for share of the
general loss and was battered up con.
siderably by the hurricane.
Aid Requested.
Appeals for aid have come in 90
swiftly from the stricken section that ii
is impossible to render the necessary
assistance. The Red Cross society has
taken the matter in hand and issued
the following call:
1.-The Red Cross society of Louisiana,
Of which Miss Clara Burton is the ma
tional executive, does hereby issue cal
upon the public generally for subscrip
tions and contributions in aid Of the
sufferers from the recent storm in
Southeast Louisiana who are at pres
ent without food or shelter. The society
requests that all subscriptions and CON
tributions be made to John III. Coos
treasurer, at Q Ticoupetoulas street
New Orleans"
The Commercial club will meet ant
take steps TO raise subscriptions. Gov
ernor Foster has been called on an,
will arrive in town during the day.
Fonnd Fifty-seyen Bodies.
The reports from Pointe a la Hach
and vicinity put the death list mp to 8
persons. The searching parties are il
the vicinity of Grand Prairie and hav
found 81 bodies. some buried beneatl
the debris of the wrecked houses, an.
others high and dry on the land wher
the receding waters had dropped them
They are nearly all Austrian colonist
who had large settlement at thi
point. The local Austrian and Slav0ni
societies have sent committees into tn
section to attend to the wants of thei
countrymen and relieve the distres
and suffering as much as possible. Tn
dead were hurled five or six in trench
except where relatives and friends tool
charge of the remains and gave them
Christian burial. The dead had to b
inferred as soon as possible and coffin
were unobtainable. The appeal for al,
from the storm stricken country ha
met with Q ready response and larg
shipments Of supplies went by rail dur
ing the day to Point a la Nache an,
Bellaire. Mr.. John Dymond, one o
the largest sugar planters in the IN
fortunate section. has sent the steame
Neptune to the above points loaded +
J the guards with Hour, meats and othe
supplies.
Orange Crop Suffers Most.
The crops are not as badly injured a
] the first reports indicated. A conserv
ative estimate places the loss to tn
rice crop at 10 per cent, while thesuga1
cane suffered very slightly. The heav
!. lest loss will be on the orange crop. ]
is estimated that fully 81 per cent Q
, the fruit has been blown from the tree
and is lying on the ground, too gree
to ship and unfit for use, and will prov
o dead loss to the growers.
Reliable news has come from Gran,
Isle and Cheineie. The loss of life a
Grand Isle is not more than %, all o
the dead being negroes. The propert,
destroyed is valued at nearly 500, ,00C
Many of the whites were bruised b.
falling timbers and some of them Grip
pied, but they were thankful to get oi
with their lives.
There 10 no bright side to the pictur
OF desolation at Chemeie and the dealt
list will run from 800 to 1,1OO Tn
total death list in this section by tn
late storm will be from 1000 to 1.ni10
To Organize New Party.
, MILWAUKEE,, Oct. cit has been de
eided to have committee. composed Q