The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-25

church this week. Rev. w. &. Lumpkln,
pastor. There hive been ten or twelve PEN
itentS each night. ROBIN HOOD
r u | n.
FURTHER REPORTS OF THE DE-
VISITATION IN TEXAS.
THE WORK OF THE CYCLONE.
New YORK, September ga special dis
patch 10 the Herald from Houston says
Matagorda is gone. Five houses only are
Sanding. No lives are reported lost IN the
town. Every soul, however. Of the fifteen
families who lived on Matagorda peninsula
are supposed to have persisted. Not shed
is seen there. The loss OF the planters is Ca
tima,ed at two thirds, with picking back ward.
Susar.caue is leveIed with the earth. The
accounts of the cyclone on that part Of
the coast embracing Felrsco and Qnin-
tara saw the wipd commenced blowing
on Tuesday night from the northwest,
changing east, then northeast. By
Thursday moroing it was blowing hurri.
cane. During Friday the wind blew with
the greatest force. The water from the
Gulf was driven with grea, rapidly, anu was
mapi(estly tidsl wave; and from 10" tide
it could be seen coming forward IN plateau,
and soon the whole country was ofeIhoWed.
The tide rose from twelve to fourteen feet
above low mean.tide, six or seven feet higher
than was ever known. and six feet deep n
the lands that had never been touched by
salt water. The towns Of Felasco and Quiz
TARA were swept away. Only two or three
houses are left standing, and they are IN d.
Iapidated condition. The loss, at low val
ultion of property there, is fully S30,oOo.
10 live stock the loss IS not ascertain
able. The people srt in need OF provisions
and clothing, none having saved anything
but what they wore. There were about one
hundred and twenty-five people at OUR
tara and fifty at Nclasco, mostly women and
children. The steamship Australian, after
dragging anchor, ran on the shore at St. Bar
nard's, and nos lies in eight feet, her draugbt
being seventeen. 1t is estimated that it will
COS, not less than 100000 to get her of,
even if she can be saved. The latest ac-
counts from Luliug report considerable dam
age to houses and plantations between Bra
EOS and Guadaloupc.
BEYOND THE COLORADO
the storm Was lighter. All the open cotton
vas blown out. The FreestoDe county losses
of cotton are heavy. Navarro, Limestone
Falls. and BrazDs counties lose ten per cent.
of the cotton. The news from Fort Bend
county, east of the Brazos river, is that
Kirkston and VarneyS lakes are flowed,
flooding the whole bottom and greatly dar-
aging the plantations. The cotton is all
blown out. 4 number Of houses were
blown down and three negroes killed. O;be:-
wise the losses betwt en- Houston and Colun-
bia are comparatively light.
Later accounts continue 70 come in OF de-
Struction in the loTer.cOaSt counties. III Is
estimated that little or DO cotton will be
picked on most of the Plantations. One
fourth of bale per acre had been picked.
The TeXIs Central road is making regular
The international and Great
Northern has no trains below the San ia
ciuto. The river bridge is under water.
Two hundred men are working on the Gal
weston bridge, and it is expected it Will he
repaired in two weeks. The steamer Laura,
OF the Morgan Ship-cAannel fleet, is atioat.
The following dispatch was received yester-
day by Mayor Wickham:
GALVESTON, September 81, 1915.
To the Mayor Of Ne,c York city:
Indanom and other towus on the coast be.
low here are almost entirely destroyed.
Those who survive have lost everything,
and appeal to you for aid. Provisions,
and every necessary OF lie are
needed. J. p. DAVIS, Acting Mayor"
A subscription list for the relief of the In.
dauola sufferers was opaned here yesterday,
and several contributors received.
PREVIOUS REPORTS CONFIRMED.
CINcINNATI September ga special
southern dispatch to the Times says: Par
lies who arrived from IDdianola last night,
aud who were there during the terrible cy.
clone, fully confirm even the most SenSa-
tional report Of the destruction Of life and
property there. Out of 800 houses only i've
are left standing. During Thursday night,
while the storm was at its height, the water
In the city rose over six feet in two hours,
the wind blowing Lightweight miles an
hour, driving the water and breakers
through the city at the rate of fifteen miles
au hour, sweeping everything in its way.
and covering the plain 10 the rear OF the
CITY, for ten miles, TO depth OF several
feet. Several small settlements, number
ing total population of one hundred ana
fifty, were also swept out of existence,
making, with the two hundred and fifty lost
at Indianoa, total of four hundred lives
lost. The gentleman conveying this intorma-
ton gave most narrowing account OF the
destilution of the survivors. When they
left Indanola on Monday afternoon ninety
bodies had been discovered. The stencil in
The city from the putretaction of these bodies.
and with the stencil from dead animals, was
almost unbearable. It is also stated that a
party OF MeXicans on Sunday began robblng
the dead bodies washed to the plain, four to
six miles back Of the city. The scoundreis
chopped fingers, bands, and ears from men
and womeni to obtain their jewelry. AS
soon as this was heard Of in the city party
OF citizens went out and killed five MeXicans,
whom they caught In the devilish work.
MOLE DISASTERS.
GALVESTON, September 23.-Tbe body of
DR.. George w. Peel, lost from Quarantine,
was found this morning near the shore, in
the bay, four miles above the city. The re-
mains were taken charge of by the Masonic
OF which be had been an active
md worthy member, and the funeral this
evening was very largely attended. Passen-
gers arriving from Colu,nbia and Richmond,
On tie Harrisburg read, say the storm has
been Obstructive through The country. The
bridge over Braz Is river at Richmond, which
Vas uamaseu, Is Iepiifeu, auu ~ - fAPec.eu
rains will be running over that road To-
morrow.
Later.
Associated Press telegram
GALVESTON, September 24.-Mrs. Herndon
nd family, who were reported lost, are at
falasco safe; also, DR.. Alexander and family,
Who are ut Lyncbburg.
The Acknowledgement telegaphed to the
ecIelary Of War for aid, as In The Alabama
ise, and The Secretary replies that Texas
oes no. lie wi!bjp the scope Of country pro.
ided for Nv lay.