The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-07
TEN In ONE GRAVE.
Hurrying Louisiana Victims
Bodies Under Ground.
coRPsEs NOT AL BURIED YET.


NEW ORLEANS, Oct. e.-Afterm.th Of &
great storm continues TO pour IN, bringf
additional details Of death. suffering d
destruction. On cheniers Caminaa
reached the climax OF horror. IL Go
tanned one town. Canindavl.Ie, sith
population Of about so people, q maj
ity fishermen. On Sunday evening the
we're l,1o dwellings within the Iimil
ioasy twenty-five only remain standis
ana OF those not one Il I
injured. The very ground upon VII
Lney were built Is torn and r.
II ne pier has disappeared and only tp
OF oyster shells marks the spot rhsn
stood Not leaf remains upon thex-
uriant shade trees. and the trees Il the
most part are Frustrated. Gardeuand
growing fields are blotted from the &c Oh
the landscape. The griefstrieka sEr-
visors today came and went Silly or
stopped 10 mnt.er q few words con-
doience. IL II no unusual thinto see
rugged fishermen embrace each her In
tears.
Fathers and mothers are bs,rag sons
ana daughters, and vice versa. 3 many
rs ten people are being plaa In one
grave. Hundreds of bodies still an-
buried, some under wreckesbuiitfings,
Others floating on the bay. n brave lit
tie band Of grave diggers iexhsusfsd,
they having already buried the island
W persons and the work ing not yet
done. In the house of LIerrebonne.
me grave diggers found Is body and
that OF his wife and ak cfsaren. In the
rear OF the island hunleds OF little
mounds mark the restinslaces Of those
VINO were killed In h.terfiole storm.
Men, women and chiidrt joined IN tie
search Tor the dead: witpoies and hooks
and ropes they drew jrpses from the
water or dragged then from debris and
buried them.
In Nine. Ducro'a hore were found fully
hfty bodies. all mangli in such . manner
as TO be beyond idepfication. Nine. L.
Cidioc and daughter found many
yards away from tsir ruined home, In
which were the bodks Of q son and an
other daughter. Arthur Bizani. Leo
faui, wives and oikdren. with namer-
Gus cousins, aunt md other relatives.
were drowned intheir homestead. The
family consisted of twenty-five people.
The bodies wersburied in three graves.
Thomas Lorio w killed by falling tree
florestine Brousard and two children
were drowned. In thousands house
Ferdinand Brossard. Bernard Broussard,
Regina Brousard AMI Bernardo Brons-
sard were drowned. Hundreds of bodies
have been Hound since Monday, and they
we're buried without prayer.
The New Orleans hoard of trade today
eiegraphed 10 the isading boards of the
country. recting theterrible disaster and
he fact that the survivors were left penni-
ess and in dire distess. 'sThe people of
louisiana viii bury the dead and feed the
but sppes to the general public
o assist In contributions which will
nable thousandf OF deserving peopla
o again follow their avocations and sup.
ort their famiihs." says the telegram.
ofeyery character will be
recei+ed and distributed by the
xeeutive committee of the board of trade.
citing jointly with n committe of the
Their commercial bodies.
This morning the lugger EveIena ar
we'd, crowdet with refugees from CAVIAR
ache. on Grad bayou. Cavarnaehs was
ompletely wiped out, but none Of the in
abitants wee lost. At Bayou Ia Fonds
even were killed. At Bayou Henry
le latest reports place the loss of life
! sixty-hys. Tho suffering at these
lree places 10 terrible. At Bayou Ia
onde people are eating hogs. chickens
nd other animals that persisted in tba
.orm. TIE greatest suffering il from Iaes
water. The Chinese colony nea. Rayou
Ienry was totally wiped out, over forty
hinamen having persisted.
The Pscnyu,,e's relief steamer returned
lis morning from Grand Isle and Ceniere.
he Grand Isle hotel. with its contents
alued at $4,000. Is q total wreck. The
habitants of both islands are I'm need of
othing, water and provisions. Nine
lndred bodies were found floating in the
aters Of Grand lake. At bay Caminadaa
mily of six were washed TO sea on
&c and back again when the wind
langed. The loss of life At Chenlere in
,t less than zoo. and may reach i.OOn
My eighteen persons were killed on
rand Isle. though the destruction of
-operty Was great.
Shipping suffered 10 an extent Amos.
credible. Hardly less than s0eraIt we're
rocked. and in many instances all the
ew were lost Nine out OF ten OF thass
we'd underwent terrible experiences
ore than 200 sailors we're lost At slifIeren.
,ints. The total property loss y III run in,o
ililotiS+ au aAaAfsAtg sLBpbAlsE 1T hfkuxA 1
ported many bodies floating on shore
Cat island. Ship island aud cAaadeleur
and. Not less than seventy ol then,
ere counted On Cat island alone. |
le American bark Helen L., al,b |
crew, The American brig Rosetta
NTH and crew and the American |
hooner Union and crew ate reported /
It. Five large ships on Chandeliers
and are compiets wreck, but their
mes are not yet learned aud the fate AZ !
e crews Is a mystery. Before the storm |
lnday there were over i0o craft an. /
cred around Biloxi, aud oslly three sur. /
we'd.
CAMDEN. Ark. Oct. 6-Negs reached
c city today that last nieht cyclone /
ssed over n section Of Union county /
,ports are meager. A cabin i known "a |
we been demolished and the inmates /
nshed to death.
business Fsouhtes.