The Van Buren press., 1875-09-28
THE GULF STORM
Terrible Ravages of Wind and Wave on
the Texas Shore.
From st. Louis Republican

From st. Louis Republican.
Sr. Louis, Sept q.
The following dispatches have been re
ry, assistant general superintendent OF
the Western Union Telegraph company
A Morgan steams ship just arrived nj
Galveston reports the town Of Indianola
Texas, almost entirely destroyed Light
houses, wliaffs ans nearly all the houses
were swept away ana hundred to enc
hundred and fifty ives were lost. The
cargo.
Latef.-Atlditionai accounts Of the liz
dianoia disaster say the loss Of life and
Suffering is terrible Dead bodies are
stfewn for twenty miles along the beach.
Citizens here are organizing for reiietand
will send them food and clothing, Over
100 bodies were found and buried up to
the time the steamer left Telegraph
Manager Sanbcrn is reported safe, but
Offices and lines are gon ser miles
lndIanola is enti he'd away
Over two hundree'
oTuFs
Gu
Later inl Is
the town of IA. away.
Only two houses r, AZ
4 The town Of Cedar was washed
away and all the people ,ost
a public meeting Of citizens was held
this evening and largely attended, Mon.
lev was literally subscribed to aid the In.
.dlanola ard other sufferers A steamer
will leave here tomorrow Il. m, with
8provisions ant. clothing,
Information re- .t'ivcd from East Bay
states the suffering among people there
lis terrible. Out Of rs hu'nan beings only
Five are known to be alive,
The surgeon Of the steamship Austria
slian ashore at San Bernard river, reports
every house at San Bernard washed
away. All but five of the people reached
the steamer and were saved
The government dredgc boat was in
Eured at Reddish bay, and thee ship.
channel dredge boats sunk at Morgan S
Point. Two dredge boats are ashore,
md two tugs on dry land. The dispatch
steamer Laura is sunk. No lives report
I'd lost in the Morgan feet,
L On the bayou tue water was ten feet
above ordinary tide Families and per
sons saved at Lrnchhnrg are on board
/ he steamer Lizzie. Steamers are now
#'unning between Galveston and Houston
HNith mails and passengers. 4 large force
sDf nen are at work on the railroad and
Bridge. Trains will be running in one
sseek Business here is resumed.
New ORLEANS, Sept. %.
Three men, survivors of the lndianoIa
disaster, arrived here to.night, d con.
Ermed to the fullest extent the eYort o1
the storm there, and give harro wing
account of the destruction OF life and
property. They report also three settle
ments near Indanola, numbering l25
souls, entirely washed away Describing
the scene at Indanola, they say it was
heart rendng, 80 bodies having been
found up to the time they left, Monday
afternoon. few oi whom could be identi-
fed, they had been so torn aud mutilated
by being dashed against fallen houses by
During the height of the storm Thurs
day night the water in the city rose six
feet in two hours, the wind blowing at
the rate OF SO miles AN hour, driving the
current through the city at rate Of
twelve or fifteen miles an hour. Some
bodies were washed four to six miles
from the city, and were found by gang
of
rLUNDERING MEXICANs,
Who cut the fingers from the hands Of
the drowned TO get rings, and otherwise
mutilatcd the bodies. Citizens hearing
this a patrol was sent out, who caught
the Mexicans at their devilish work and
shot i've of them dead on the spot
icy A new definition of An old maid