page_title: 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane
section_title: Impact
hierarchical_section_title: 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane / Impact
caption_attribution_description: Cheniere Caminada, Louisiana. Ruins of house.
context_page_description: The Chenière Caminada hurricane, also known as the Great October Storm, was a powerful hurricane that devastated the island of Chenière Caminada, Louisiana in early October 1893. It was one of three deadly hurricanes during the 1893 Atlantic hurricane season; the storm killed an estimated 2,000 people, mostly from storm surge.
context_section_description: As a strengthening hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, the Chenière Caminada Hurricane brought a strong storm surge that flooded much of southeast Louisiana. 779 people died out of the town's 1500 residents from the high winds and flooding from the storm surge. The surge was up to 16 feet, with heavy surf above it. The hurricane caused about 2000 fatalities in total, making it among the deadliest United States hurricanes.
  The Gulf States were greatly affected by the hurricane. The orange and rice crop were greatly damaged, and combined with destruction of the wind, the hurricane caused about $5 million in damage (1893 USD, $102.6 million in 2005 USD).
  Many vessels known and unknown were sunk in the hurricane throughout coastal Louisiana and Mississippi including
  SS Joe Webre (steamship)
  SS Alice McGuigan (schooner): Also listed as Alice McGuigin.
  SS Angeline (schooner)
  SS New Union (schooner)
  SS Rosella Smith (bark)
  SS Young American (lugger)
  SS Annie E. B (bark)
  SS Laura B. (sloop)
  SS Three Brothers (lugger)
  SS Alice (sloop)
  SS Bertha (schooner)
  SS Sunny (lugger)
  SS Premier (schooner)
  SS Centennial (schooner)
  SS Pecourt (schooner)
  SS Rosalie (lugger)
  SS Nikita (Austrian bark)
caption: Ruins of a home in Cheniere Caminada pictured in 2006
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