Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-04
4 DISASTROUS WAVE
The Fist Authentic Information
Brought by Survivors.
THEIR nEARrRESDISG STORY.
one Hundred aud iify Families FER
ishtd.-A steamer Destroyed
aud the Crew Lost


authentic news came this morning
when several survivors reached here
They tell hsaFtrendipg story. a
tidal wave Hwopt over the islanu'
Destroying lives an property on ni'
sides. A hundred and forty
five families are said to have porithrd'
Tho death list will run up into nun
,fedp. Among the dead ATE Dr. Ffuy
prominent physician, anu wile' Toe
steamer Joe Weuer was blown ~ pleoos
and several OF the crew were lost.
cheuiefe Cnminda, opposite btahul
wan less exposed than the iattef' "
10 the home aud quiet settlement 81
usAufmen, aud has CstuuHu
church and school house In count
Of conjunction, several store
nnda number OF residences. homr
people here who nre familiar with the
topography OF Grand Isle are Inclined
10 think that the stOrles ~ obstruction
there are exaggerated. THIS u NOT lhN
INST time the Island has been reported
waehci away. The leland N pfpcu-
cally cut Oh from communication WIN
the mainland. The ouly means OF
obtaining Information Il through
passenger steamer that plies between
This CITY and the Island, aud lurgrfa
In the oyster trade.
KILLED ny A CYCLONE.
ATLANTA, Lao A little town
Hogan, Ga, has teen demolished by
Cyclone. Niuo houses we're blown
down. George Barnett was killed.
EoDus FousD.
NEW ORLEANS, oct. 4.-rhis morn.
ing neur Burrss, the bodies Of three
little girls, evidently sislere, were
found clingiug together and horribly
maugled by bafbed wire fence
against which they mad been thrown
BY the force Of the wind. man, vile
aud two children went aboard q
schooner outside of Byaou Cook. The
schooner was wrecked and tho husbhud
Rnd children were drowned. The
woman lAihed herself TO the mast aud
foatod In the angry sea all night shc
was rescued 10 tile morning by p s.
ing yossel and brought here today
IllE AWFUL DEATH LIST.
John A. sebui, fisherman from the
shore OF Bayou Cook, told ropfesunl-
alive OF the Associated Press that
nothing was Loft either ON the ehorts
Of Bayou or the Islands. Ga Bayou
Simon situated Ia tho grand hay
there were fourteen fishermen anu
they were all drowned. He said that
not house was left on Bayou Cook
aud whore the people arethe Almighty
only knows. The family OF John
Barber, u fisherman In Bayou CUOk,
was Wa6hed nwAy. The husband AMI
two children were drowned but the
wife aud four children were rescued.
In tho house adjoining the man
was saved but his wife auu
two children were drowned. The
house u Geo. Ffochie was washed
away with the family. The wife and
three children were all drowned. Tho
next neighbor WAS n man named
Barton. Hts two daughters were
drowned. Only QUE person was saved
IRON tile oyster bayou catastrophe. He
whs found hanging by one hanu T. a
post, unconscious; he VIII die. The
wife ami child OF lhomaa Muryoucs
were lost II BHyouCUok.John StUck,np
llnllRn boy, was Instantly KILLED, Luke
D,ttoyltch Loot four daughlefs,h his vito
aud two Of his sailors. On Simon iflc
there were eighteen inhabitants OF
oyster camps. sixteen were drowned.
On Razor leland there WAS camp az
i've meu. AL were drowned. On Bird
island about q hundred and atty poo
pie lived. All were drowned. Oh
Grand Bank eight persona were killed.
ABOUT A THOUSAND rERsoNs
pEHusHEp.
IL Ia now estimated that tho lois Of
life on umnd Isle aud Chenierr, Glu
In Grand ana Adam. bay snd Cook
Chatou and Oyster Bayou settlements
viii reach from oight hundred to q
thousand.
OLD SALONS WEEP.
Matthew wudEe anu Dominic Mtr.
Ruiich, sailors, were rescued by ono OF
the luggeIs. The story they tell Of the
disaster at Gfanu Isle Is hvrriiyiug IN
the extfvme. During the recital "
the tcunes Of that terrible night
ihoy wtpt bitterly. They bAil
tine sea was rising all uuy
and increased alRgmingly towurI
night. About ten p, M the whit
Hhiited 10 HtuthWest. These mon lived
on the Wost end OF the island, fur cut
nt sen. AZ flashes OF lightning H.
Illuminated tho dHTIless, mammoth
waves could be seen travelling with
wonderful rapidity toward the island,
accompanied by "A nOise like thunder
On came the terrible thing, CROWNS
larger lnOmeulhlllys Inv lnlhuh wa
wrapped Ia slumbur. Nen too fright.
eued 10 70 10 their hOmeB remained IN
their boats during the terrible night
HurriiieI they watched the tidal wav,
approach tho island until itslruok.I
all was darkness uud the island "a ial
nm the eye could reach covered with
water. At the next fash VI lightning
the two fishermen found themselves
far Oh 10 the north OF the island AND
looking about could see nothing Tut
sheet VI water, tie island haviu }
totally disappeared.
COvRRED WITH CoRPsE5,
Matthew suhuitz OF GsuldsburTo
One OF the survivors Of the Chenier,
Camiada calamity, arrived mi.
morning. Ho brought harrow
ing tale of less uf life there
ho was engaged there constructing
u school house. Ho boarded In hou q
where twenty-five people lodged. Ia,
house was demolished and It Is be-
lieyed nearly all tho lnmates weT,
killed. Schultz himself was flight
fully Knocked about and bruised, Ht'
clolnts were torn to shfeds, lie
estimates the loss OF life on Grand