Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-10-11

OF the great Guit storm IN louisiana
on Sunday night and Monday m prn
ing, October 2nd. In the district be-
low New Orleans everything is
wrecked, bat one house in ten is left
standing, and the surviving popula-
ton is left in a destitute situation,
without food or even clothing, for
most of them were in their beds
asleep when their homes were crush
ed by the winds of the waves.
The loss of life in the parish of
Plaquemine, lying on both sides Of
the Mississippi, has been heavy, es-
peclaily in property, and 123 lives.
But the great loss was on the inter
1or settlements, on the Gulf coast
and the bayous leading to it. The
country there is mainly sea marsh,
almost destitute of trees. The high
est point is only 7 feet above the sea
level, and the greater portion is only
three feet high. When, therefore,
the storm forced the waves up Is feet
they swept over the islands aud
ridges or chemeres, carrying every
thing before them.
There have been several similar
disasters on the coe3t-at Last Is
land where 2S6 people lost their
lives; at Johnston's Bayou, six years
ago, when the lost were 900; but
Mondays disaster far surpasses
these horrors.
Monday it was known that the
storm had been very destructive in
Plaquimire Parish, and the loss of
life vas estimated rs high as 35
On Tuesday, the news came of the
destruction of the Bayou Cook set
t'ement, and the deaths were Thought
to be IS many as 25O. The disas
ters at Chemers, Caminada, the Iarg-
est fishing settlement on the Gulf
coast at Grande Isle and other points.
and the mortality is estimated at be-
tween 1900 and 1000. 1t will prob
ably exceed the latter figure when
the full record is made up. In the
large parishes Of plaquimine and JEFF
fefson, where nearly all the fatalities
occurred, more than one-fourth of
the population was made up of white
folks.
The fated settlements extend along
the Mississippi from Pointe a In
Hache 10 miles below New Orleans.
TO the Gnlf of Bayou Baratara, and
the oyster reefs betweep there and
the mouth of the Mississippi and on
the Islands stretching from the Miss
issip2i % the mainland.
Along the Mississippi the loss of
life is to some extent due To- falling
buildings. On Baralara Bay it was
caused wholly by drowning. The
Miss;ssiTpi rose 8 feet and poured
over the levees; the gulf rose Is. and
between these two foods everything
WIS washed away or DESTROYED.
Chemers Caminada was supposed
to re the safest place on the Gulf
coast: hut the fury of the storm rails
ed the water in the bay back Of it.
Early Monday morning the water
bad risen Is feet and poured over
Gran3e Isle eight feet deep. With
Il current Of eight TO ten miles an
honr IT swept everything before it.
aud Of the 80 houses in the settle
me"- only three were standing at
sunrise. The survivors vera secured
by cl'nging TO trees or poles, or in
the few houses which escaped. Most
Of the bodies were carried TO sea.
The storm came up Oh the people
IN the night, when they were disrob.
ed, and they have been in that coudi-
ti"n ever since. It had raiued all
Sunday and the wind was quite
strong; hut no one anticipated q ser
ions storm.
One hundred ard twenty schoon-
and barges aud 2Gj IGggsrs are sunk.
Ia the most cases accompanied with
heavy loss Of life, Some $50 small
vessels ace missing and are supposed
to be lost The entire Gulf coast of
.U'ssissippi and Louisiana, west of
the A'chafa'ayo, is strewn with
wrecknge.
On Farmers Island opposite No
bile, GA this city, only two farm
houses are standing ont OF the total
Of %. Relief expeditions to this sec
ton found 4 group of little children
TO trees and their parents
swept away.
One house crossed the bay. dis
tance of 10 miles, and landed on the /
track of the Louisville and Nashville /
Ral!read. Ths owned aud his fami-
" have not yet turned up. On both
sides Of tue bay are many villages. |
some Of which sre totally destroyed
ard the Inhabitants gone.
At Atlanta, Ga, nine bousas were
lomo'ished 10y tornado in Hogan,
Iatnal County, yesterday. George
bernett, n lad was killed in the wreck.
If his fathers house. Bales of cot
Ton were blown 200 yards from the
depot platform.