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SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD
The scene here was frightful, but it was nothing compared with the scene along the Levee, Broadway and the side streets of the Island. Every house had relatives and friends among the dead and injured. Husbands, fathers and brothers worked at night in the freight houses, on the boats and the cars, and as these could not be found the anguish of mothers, sisters and other relatives was heartrending. They would run from one temporary morgue to another, and in some instances push aside dead bodies in order to attempt to identify their relatives, and, when found, the cries would melt a heart of stone. A mother would behold the distorted features of an only son, while at another place some other member would find a missing father, brother or daughter. BACK |
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