The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-10-14
BURYING THE DEAD.
Almost Too Horrible to Believe
Is the Misery Of the Gulf.
Few Left to Inter the Corpses.

As Many as Twenty Found Drowned
in One Islanders House--Great Des-
titution Prevails There--New Or.
leans Sends What Aid She Can and
Calls on the Cities to Cortributs
to the Relief Fund.
New ORLEANS, October s.-The
full story Of the great storm is now
told. Every settlement in its path
has been visited, every survivor inter-
viewed and has told his tale OF its ter
rors and its heroism. The newspapers
here are at last able to publish a list
of the dead, which is not likely to re-
quire many changes or additions. The
only doubtful element is the loss of
life at Cheniere Caminada, where 776
bodies have been recovered and buried.
A few are found from day to day in
isolated localities, bnt the general sem
timent is that nearly all that are like
ly to be found have been discovered,
and that the Others have been swept
to sea in the great tidal wave. This
leaves some doubt as to the exact num-
Der lost, as the population of the set
tlemen at the time of the disaster was
not known. Father Gonderaux, the
parish priest, has furnished list of
822 known to be dead. The estimates
OF the loss run from this figure to
l, 200 for the Cheniere proper, and
/, 800 for the whole district.
In the Bayou Cook section the num-
Der of bodies recovered has been I3I,
as follows: In Bayou Cook 81; Bayou
Shute SO; Grand Bayou 20; Bayou
Ferrand I: Bayou Chalard /; Cypress
bay is and at Tropical Bend, on the
Mississippi river, eighteen miles dis
tant, where they foated from the
swamp, II. There are 1873 other per
sons still missing who have not been
seen since the storm. Their bodies
are supposed to be lying in the swamps
or were swept to sea. A large number
Of searching parties are out looking
for them, but as the swamp grass is
ten feet high, the search is a very diff
ficult one and the bodies are discover
ed mainly by the horrible stencil they
send out. 1t will be difficult to iden-
tify them, not only because of decom-
! position, but because they have been
badly disfigured and eaten by the gars
and other fish and crabs. This makes
the total loss In the Bayou Cook coun-
try 316, two-thirds of whom were
Austrains from Dalmatia.
On the coast islands, seventy-eight
bodies have been found on the Chand.
leur and lis on Cat and Ship islands,
probably all from the wrecked vessels
in Mississippi on Grandeur sound. =
The loss of life from the shipping will
be heavier than at first reported. AL.
ready 1873 bodies have been reported,
and there are still many vessels mis-
sing whose fate is unknown. Both on
the islands and in the Bayou Cool
swamp the stencil from the dead bod.
les Of men and cattle is most offensive
BURYING THE DEAD.
/ The Louisiana state board of health
has sent lime and other disinfectants
to be used where the dead are lying
An appeal was made to the board Il
bury the dead, but majority decided
that this was not within its province
and that the burying must be done by
the parishes. The Slovenian Society
of New Orleans, appointed Coroner
Seton to bury all those found In the
swamps at its expense and erect slab!
over them giving their names. This
is being done. Only a few additional
losses OF life are reported to-day; ex
cept at sea. They are: Creole Gap S
Doe island 3; Slidell 3; Wrens islant
2. The list of dead is now given al
follows by districts:
Cheniere Cominada and neighborinl
settlements, 1,312; Bayou Cook coun
ty, 316. Lost from shipping, 1874
Grand Isle, 81; lower coast of Plaquen
mine, Al; Lake Borgne fishing camps
Al; Louisiana Coast island, 10; Missis
sippi sound, 10; total 2,023.
$50, RAISED.
The chief interest in New Orleans
now centers on the relief work which
is being carried on very theoretically
There are dozen relief associations
each acting independently of the other
and already $50, 900 has been raised il
cash and supplies. The Alice was SEN
to-day to Grandeur island laden will
relief supplies, the insolvency and La
bonnie Mere to Cheniere Camanida
the steamers Neptune and Cana tt
Grand Isle, while the New Orleans
Jackson and Grand Isle railroad dis
tributed relief along the Plaquemin'
parish.
HORRORS CLIMAX
Terrific as was the work Of thestorn
elsewhere, on Cheniere Caminada, i
reached climax Of horror. Cheniers
is one Of that group Of islands which
extend along the lower coast, and Il
which belong Grand isle, Tambalie
and Lost island. It's a long, low
fiat strip of earth, about three mile
long by one in width. 1t was one O
| the old haunts of LaF'itte and hi
band. or late, it was a station fo
fishing boats. 1t contained one town
Camindaville, of about ], 800 popula
ton, the majority of whom were fish
| erman and all of whom did n prpat