The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-22
THE TOWN ALMosT.>ENTIRELY r
.a DEsTROyED. ~
One Hundred and Fifty Lives Lost.

,, &C., &c, &C
DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AMONG THE POOR
ASSISTANCE NEEDED.
NEW YoRk, September 21.-The following
kilograms were received last evening By
prominent merchants doing business with
TeXas:
Housros, September 2o.-The agreaiess
distress prevails among the poor re0ple9at
East End, Galveston. Several hundred
have been rendered utterly destituts, By the
storm. They need help Immediately. 1, 8
HoUBroN, September 20.--A committee Of
relief has been organized to help the suffer-
ers, with the mayor of Galveston at ita head.
Contributions are DOW being received. Can
you help them?
GALVESTON. September ao.-rhe greatest
suffering prevails here aInopg the poorer
classes, and many In the Wealthier classes
are 10 distress. The people OF the East End
have been wsshed out Of their homes, they
clothing lost, and provisions destroyed.
Help Is needed now.
INDrANoLA DESTROYED AND rsARruL LOSS ov
LIPA
Sr. LOUIS, September 21.-Superintend.
ent .Clowry, Of the Western Union Tele..
graph Company, communicates to GeneraI
Anson Stager as follows: ~
"a Morgan steamship has just arrived at
Galveston, and reports the town Of Indian.
ola, Texqs, almost entirely destroyed. The
lighthouses, whsryes, and nearly every
house have been swept away, and one hun.
dred to one hundred and tifiy lives lost. The
steamer could find no place to land her
cargo"
Another dispatch 20 Colonel Clowry, from
Galveston, says: N
Additional accounts Of the Indianola
disaster say the loss Of life and suffering b
| terrible. Dead bodies are strewn for twenty
miles along the beach. The citizens here are
| organizing for relief. Over 100 bodies bad
been found and buried up to the time the
| steamer bringing the news left. Telegraph.
| Manager Sspborn Is reported safe, but the
Office and lines are gomez
DETAILS OF THE rNDIANoLA DISASTER.
GALVESTON, September 2l.-The Morgan
steamer Harlan came into port this morning
with her coors at halEmast. A large crowd
gathered at the wharf to learn the tate of
| Indianola. The destruction there was al.
most complete. Only five business houses
are LETT. The people are suffering for food
and clothing.
| The following note has been received:
Indianold, September 20.--We are desti.
tute. The town Is gone. Ons-quarter of
the people are gone, and dead bodies are
strewn for twenty miles along the bar.
| Nine-tenths of the houses are destroyed.
Send US help, for Gods sake.
I'D. W. CRAM, District Attorney"
The following was received by business
firms from correspondents:
"On Wednesday the 10Th the winds were
l.from the eastward, veering to north. On
I'Thursday A. NJ. they became more steady,
increasing to gale. The water was waist
deep, and every man, woman, and child
we're seeking places of safety. 1t blew fear.
fully, and the situation was awful. Screams
from women and children could be heard
In every direction. The water was
six feet deep In the streets. About
2 O'Clock Friday morning the wind veered
to northwest. The waves then became
chopped and the houses washed away or
tumbled TO pieces. The wind towards morn
ing began to lull little and The water was
getting lower. The wind veered TO the
north, and then came hope. Daylight began
to break) aud then did we behold the awfui
destruction around, and thanked eur God
! that we had been saved, and that our peril.
) Gus copdition was as nothing compared With
the suffsrings OF our neighbors and citizens.
"AloDg the bay, daylight revealed scene
that was terrible to behold. The town could
: not be recognized as the Indanola OF the day
previous. RuiD, total ruin, everywhere
People were seen walking and jumping over
one gully and another. Nelghbor met De'gn'
Dor and told Of the troubles and triouiatlons
of the previous night. Death ana oestruc.
ton were all around "a. Houses crusneo
to the ground; others sWayed around ana
leaning over. The wind was dying out and
the water disappearing from places on tne
streets. Those that could sailed out 10 learn
the news. Bodies Of men, women, and cbil'
dren were found In all directions. Police
land guards were organized, and the search
for missing friends begun. How many have
lost their lives it Is impossible 10 learn. The
escape of 80 many Of our citizens 10 almost
miraculous. The number drowned Will
never be known. The extent Of the disaster
cannot be imagined. rnc
s.Greas dessitutioD prevails. Assistance Is
being received from the: town OF Victoria.
Corpus Christi escaped the gale. saluris
1 was entirely washed away. The telegraph
lines were prostrated for miles,
4 FURTHER PARTICULARS or TIE STORM.
NEW ORLEANS, September 2l.-Indtanola
is situated on Matagorda bay, With no pro-
lection In front. Il contains l,Go inns0lt"
ants. of whom oEe-fltb are reported lost,
Fears are entertained for the safety OF
Rockp,rt and Matagorda.
dispatch from Sabine Pass. says that
place is submerged. Crops, wbaryes. and
buildings damssed and stock destroyed, but
no lives lost. The mail steamer Pelicsn was
wrecked In SaEene Lake; no Vs lost.
4 Many smaller craft wers blown over aad
cao.ized. The schooner Fireman, troq
New York for IndianeIs. was wrecked hi.
teen miles west OF the Pass, and Is total
loss. The crew were saved af1er being In The
rigging all night. ~,
casie,r., as much lighter gales, haze 10 the
mast swept the place With much loss Of NE.
the Massachusetts Govsrnesship.