Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-06
THE DEAD list GROWS.
Considerably More Than a Thousand
People Drowned,
AND OTHER PLACES TO HEARFROM
The Awful Tidal Wave Which
Swept Over the Lowlands
Along the Gulf Was the Most
Dreadful Visitation Ever Suf-
fered by the South.

New ORLEANS, La, October 5.-WIth
the information that has reached the
city to-day from Grand Isle, from Chen
iere Caminda, from Bayou Cook coun-
try and the territory adjacent thereto
and from that section lying upon this
side OF the river from the upper limits
OF the parish of PiAuQuemine 10 the
quarantine station, ftom the lake coast
and elseWhtre, IL is now possible 20 give
4 fair calculation Of the loss OF lie and
extent OF the damage done by the late
storm In the Polnt-A-ia-HAtche country.
The death list to-day has been swollen
to eighty, and the searching parties are
still out, with the prospect OF increas-
ing the number TO an even hundred At
least. The destruction Of property and
crops In the same vicinity will go into
the thousands. Around Shell Beach
and st. Malto Island the list OF dead is
I'm the nelghbor hood OF thirty. On the
Mississippi sound and vicinity probably
a score OF people have been lost, with
reports coming In that the Chanelier
Islands were swept away, and that great
damage resulted with attendant loss OF
life.
The loss to shipping will amount to
many thousands OF dollars. 1t is pretty
we'll determined now that the loss Of
life In the Bayou Cook country will ap-
proximate 200,
Scores OF fishing smacks and luggers
have been destroyed and the country
swept clean OF its houses Reliable
news from Grand Isle reaching here
this morning shows that the loss OF lie
there will not exceed %, and strangely
enough all OF these are negroes. The
property damage will be In the neigh
borhood OF a hundred thousand dollars.
The Cheniere population was l,4O0 In
round figures, and the loss OF life there
is somewhere between 900 and 1000.
The Chinese camps on Bayou Senet
and Bayou Andre have suffered severely
and many were drowned there.
II fair to state that between twelve
hundred and fifteen hundred perished
in the storm. The property loss will be
several million dollars. There were
300 or 400 craft engaged in the oyster
and fishing trade and half Of these have
been wrecked, turned bottom up or
sunk. From persons arriving on the
Shell Beach train this morning II Is
learned definitely that the loss OF LIE al
Poiut-a-la- Hache has now reached so.
Fiftv-seven bodies were found yesterday
in the vicinity OF Grand Prairie. Grand
Island with population OF 700 lost "A
killed. Cheniere Caminda, out OF a pop
ulatIon OF 1,S00 lost $50. Al Bayou
Andre To deaths ont OF rs population Is
the result Of the storm.
At Bayou Dufont 10 are lost out OF IS.
The majority OF the bodies are washed
out 10 sea or washed far into the marsh.
The unfortunates were found In every
imaginable place. The bodies were
mutlated and torn In most horriole
manner. Arms and legs had been pulled
from the bodies and were seen either
floating in the pools, IN the depressions
in the fields or lodged on an elevation
where the water had cast them when
the wave receded.
Coffins were out Of the question, and
the bodies not claimed by relatives or
friends were inferred In trenches, four
or FIVE bodies being placed In one
trench.
The suffering OF the survivors is being
relieved ss fast as possible, and a second
shipment OF supplies and provisions was
sent out this morning. The entire pop
ulation OF all the places named are now
in absolute need OF food and drink.
Dead bodies are floating around on
every side, and the situation Is uDpaT-
alleled In the history OF the South.