The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-09-23
Indianola Totally De-
stroyed by Wind and Water.
Dead Bodies Strewn for Twenty
Miles along the Coast.
Matagorda and Salauria Re-
ported Destroyed.
Ruin and Death all Along the
Gulf Coast.
News via Galveston

that the town OF India ola Is Almost entirely
demolished: lighthouses, wuarves. busi.
ns.s houses and dwellings broken In pie es
or swept away. There are only three
houses remaining which are not damaged.
The Telegraph office Is gone the signal
office damaged telegraph lines down Tor
miles: railroad washed away aud houses.
fences and trees piled up In broken masses
in tue streets X. ports Ut the lo,se, OF Tito
are conf citing All agree that there were |
one hundred 10 one hund, cd and fifty lives
lost. The purser states IT, az on account of |
the excitement 1t was impossible TO obtain |
a correct number. The sic ,mshp re turned |
with her cargo OF goods rs there was no |
place where she could Ia d.
LATER.
The Morgan ship HARLAN came into port
this morning with colors at h lf-nast. A
large crowd gathered ON the wharf to arm
the late Of Indian la.
The des ructon there WAS almost com.
plete. Only live business hou .es are lett
those are q. seslig on IL Co., II. Ru e 4
Co., ID. Su liv n X Co., Ca,simer Lilen We
and ID. IL Regan. The people are suffer-
ing for food and clothing. The following
note has be, n received:
INDIANoLA, sept. 30.
TO Editors News.
We are destitute. The town is gone
one-t-nth of the people gone. Dead Uod es
aie strewn Tor twenty miles along the bay.
Nire-tenths of the nOlses are dest' oy ed.
Send us help Tor God. sake.
tsignedl d. w. W. GRAIN,
District Attorney.
The following was received by business
firms from co respondents On Wednes-
| day, the 10Th, the wind ON the eastw I'd
veering TO the north TN Thursday morn
ing 1t became more steady, incre ,sing TO a
gale. The water YVES waist deep. Every
| man, woman and child was seekii G place
| OF safe y. The wind blew fearfuily. n gnt
| came IN and the sitia On was awful.
Scream, from women MI hildfen could be
he ard in every du,eci e., The wa'er "as
six feet deep 10 tie streets. About two
O'Clock Friday IN I'm n. h W nd We red to
northwest. Tho W YES then Decsm.
| choppe,. Ruin came on were w.sn-1
| away or tunibl d to pi e :. Inc wind
tOwarJ morning bcga TO luii u itlle. ne
water wa K. tung over unit the wind
v.er Lorth. Ten cam hope. Day light
began to b e ak anu the III We bebo the
awful q. struct,un u ound rs, iud thahkcl
our God that we uad been saved ana that
our pe II u. position was rs nothing COM
pared with the sutfcrngs Of our neighbors
and citiZe =.
Along the bay broad daylight revealed
scene that was terrible u behold. Tue
town could not be reco gnizcd a, the Indian
ola Of the day previous. Ruiz, total ruin,
| everywhere. Peopl We're .een ing
and jumping over one gully and another;
neighbor met neighDor and they toll their
| troubles and fluctuations of the previous
night death and destruction were all
around us; houses crushed to the ground,
others swayed round and.l. aiming ovr
The wind fully dying down ana the water
disappearing from places in the streets,
those that could do so sailed out to learn
| the news. Bodies of men, women and
| children were found IN all dire ctions.
Police and guards we're organized, and the
search was made tor missing relatives anu
friends. How many have lost their lives In
this fearful storm It is impossible to learn
| up TO this time. sixty or seventy b"di.s
| have been found and buried. Women were
| found, and men also, whJ had hoated Uh
| on doors or anything they could get no OF
| miles away. Some were beneath their
roofs carried away long distances. The es-
| cape Of SO many our citizens il most
miraculous. The search for bodies IL still
going on, and the number OF human beings
| drowned will never be known rs there
We're many strangers in town We estimate
the number Of lives lost at $50.
| Il. j. Huck lost everything but hi house;
| w. WestnOff all his lumber: II. Runge a
| Co. and D. sullivan lost heavy; Mr.. FACET
lost 9, 800 sheep: j. Michel.'s stick of goods
WAS lost. Eighteen bodies were found
and the search will be nlinued until all
the dead are deposited in their last rest
ing place.
|
| give a proper knowledge lit. Numbers 81
| per. ons were out in ralts for hours, but in
many cases were saved. William TAYLOR,
| on trial for the Su ton murdef, was lei out
| of jail TO prevent his being drowned and
made his escape, All the churches In the
town are swept away; so is the Mas onic
| lodge. The court.house Ia safe. Out of
fity.fye persons, Jnpt sim Brown and two
Of hi. family we're saved, They took re-
fuge In the lighthouse md were thereby
saved. Brown 1, now the only surviving
pilot at the pas. All hut two OF Capt. De.
or WIS family We're lost at Decrow'- point
Great dc 'titution prev ails. The Victoria
people learing Of il nobly sent assistance
at once. Manager Ssnborn, of the tele.
graph company, 1, reported safe, The of.
Il 0 was entirely de,troyrd.
Information IRON Corpus Christi reports
that town sale They escaped The heavy
gale. Inc town of Saluria was entirely
pros.rated for miles.
| Inc cu'Iens Of Galvest n are orga'izipg
Tor the rel'efo OF the survivors, n Indi mol
them.
OTHER TOWNS DESTROYED.
1ALHtsIoN, Texas, Sept. 2l.-Later in.
formation from the West says the town OF
Matagorda was swept away. Only two
houses remain standing.
Inc Town OF Cedar Lake was washed
away and all the people lost.
public m citing of citizens was held
.nis evening and largely attended: Money
was noerally subscribed to aid the INDIA.
poia and other sufferers. A steamer will
leave here tomorrow IN. with provisions
and clothing.
Information received from East Bay
sta'es that suffering among people there IL
terrible. Out of % human beings only tive
are known to DO al ve.
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