Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-04
SWEPT TO DEATH
Only Thirty Souls Escaped Out
 of Three Hundred.
AWFUL WORK OF THE STORM
Portions of the South Laid Low by
 the Wind and Water.

Portions of the South Laid Low by
 the Wind and Water.
 At Bayou Cook, the Great Oyster Field, tho
 Settlements of the Fishermen Have Been
 Completely Demolished, and There tho
 Loss of Life Was sArpaIIIng-Damagc Be
 Limo of the Storm-From Mobile and
 Pensacola, Fla, Also Come Stories of the
 Ruin Wrought by the Raging Elements.
 NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 4.-The great storm of Monday has passed. and although thu wires are still down. bits of intelligen ce continue 10 come in from various parts, which impart the information that the loss of life, to say nothing of the destruction of property, is tremendous. From Bayou Cook, the great oyster field. which leads to the gulf, it is reported that the settlements of the fishermen have been completely de molished and that the loss of life has reached the appalling figure of 25o
 Grand Isle, a summer resort, lying in the gulf directly in the path of the storm, is said to have been utterly destroyed, and it is known that the loss of life is large.
 Many people were there spending the delightful early autumn season, and num- bers of these who had spent the late sum mer month in their cottages had not yet started for their homes. The hotel and two long rows of cottages, which constituted the resort, are said to be no more, and it is feared that the loss of life at this point will be vel: great. In the parish of Plaquemine, the villages of Bohemia and Shell Beach were wiped out and at least four lives lost in each place. On both sides of the river the sugar, rice and orange crops suffered great deal of damage. and on the west side the loss of life is reported 10 have been very great. It will be some days before the full extent of the damage wrought will be known, but it is feared here that the grand total will pale into insignticance the number of deaths re- ported from the storm which recently de VaStatcd the Atlantic coast.
 Only 80 Left Out of 800 Souls.
 Yesterday a lone and ragged fisherman, who had been member of the fishing col ony at Bayou Cook, where all the oysters bearing that name are tished and which is located about seven miles back of the Bu. ras settlement, came to the SoCola canal which is located on the west bank of the Mississippi, opposite Pointe q la Hache and reported to the keeper of the locks oi the canal, Ozene Martin, that of the 30t people who composed the colony but 30 had succeeded in escaping the fury of the ele ments The fishermen had all retired Sun day night as usual, and though the wind was blowing pretty hard there was no fore runner of the terrible catastrophe that fol lowed. As the night grew apaCc the wind increased in velocity until the timbers il the houses began to Crcak in an alarming manner. and the roar of the waves grew louder and louder
 The water arose with startling rapidity and before the unfortunates who had nc possible means of escape had time to grasI some floating object they were overwhelm ed with the awful might and found theil fate in watery graves. He had clung to 2 tree throughout the night, and when morn ing dSwned the scene of wreckaCe that spread before his view was simply terrible Of the many little cabins which had shel tered the prosperous colony the night be fore barely one was standing.
 4 Night Filled With Horror.
 Of the 300 or more human beings wh, inhabited them but a tenth of the numbe lived to tell of the night of experiences filled with horror. which they will nevc forget. He describes the visitation as il the nature of a tidal wave, which swep everything before it.
 While nothing definite was received iron Grand Isle, there was a general impression at Pointe a la Hache that dire disaster ha, occurred there, and il WAS even rrporte, that the water had swept over the island carrying everything before il in its awfu fury, and much concern was felt for tn safety of the 200 or 3U0 inhabitants wh were known to have been there. The Tt port also said that the big hotel had bee blown away. While this has not been con ,1 view uf the terrible storm at Bayou Cool as reported by the lone fisherman.
 Report also had il that the settlements a Chenicr Amanada. which is directly acrus the bay from Grand Isle. had been the seen of a terrible loss of life. hut this also lackc confirmation, No communication was DO: sihlc with those points. and it will doubt less be several days before the extent of th calamity there is made known
 + was also reported that several casua ties had occurred in the neiChborhuod ( Fort Jackson, but there was no way ( getting at the particulars.
 Where the Greatest Damage Was Done. ! The greatest damage by the storm on th left bank of the river from New Orlean 1 to the gulf is to the crops, and especial rice. which suffered severely. Of cours were many houses blown down, but thei value in the aggregate. Comparativel i speaking. does not amount to much. Mo. 1 of the buildings which succumbcd to th i fury of the clements were the property poor people, who lost everything in ii terrific gusts of wind and rain. The loss life in the territory just named, far as diligcnt search could ascertain, foots up follows:
 1 Between pointe la Hache and Bohemi 1 four-Mrs. I.eonce La France and two h bies and Charlotte Brinkel, n colored won an. At Grande Prairie, four-Willey Al derSon, the son of man named Perot, Il daughter of a man named Henri J. ] oh son and an unknown. At the old quaral tine station, two-the children of n M Hingle. At the jettieS, one-.Iames Care . Total, II.
 Mobiles Story of Destruction.
 MOBILE, Oct. 4.-The details of the stor which broke over the gulf coast Mondu ! morning and raCp,l with intrpasintr fin,