Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-23
EASTERN DISPATC HE'S.
BY Overland Telegraph.
,PEoIAL TO THE DAILY SENTINEL
The Galveston Inundation.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 81.
The Galveston steamship Harlan has
just arrived. The purser states that
the o wn of Indianoia is almost entire
ly demolished. The lighthouse,
wharves, business houses and dwell
ings are broken in pieces or swept
away. There are only three houses
remaining which are not deluged. The
telegraph Office is gone, the signal
Off o damaged, telegraph lines down
tor miles, railroads washed away, and
houses aud trees. piled up in broken
masses In the street. Reports OF loss
of life are conflicting. All agree, how
ever, thai there n hundred to m
hundred and fifty lives lost. The pur-
ser states That on account of the ex-
element it was impossible to obtain the
correct number. The steamship re-
turned with her cargo of goods, as
there was no place for her to land. An
other account of the Indianola disaster
says the loss of life and suffering are
terrible. Dead bodies are strewn for
twenty miles along the beach. The
citizens of st. Louis are organizing for
relief, and will send them food and
clothing. Over n hundred bodies
have been found and buried.
Death Of u Distinguished sculptor.
WASHINGTON, Sept. II.
Intetelligencs has been received in
this city announcing the death of Ho-
ratio stone. the distinguished sculptor,
witch occurred in Italy on the 1llh
instant.
Further Particulars Of she Inunda-
tiOn.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 81.
The Galveston NeDS has received the
following frcm Indianola: We are
destitute; the town Is gone and n
quarter of the people dead; bodies are
strewn for twenty miles along the bay;
nine-tenths of the houses are destroyed;
| send us help, for Gods sake!
(Signed) ID. w. GRAIN, Dist. Atty.
Ihe following Is received by bust
ness firms from correspondents on the
18th: The wind from the east veering
to the north, on Friday morning, be-
came more steady, increasing to q gale.
The water was waist deep. Every
man, woman and child was seeking q
place OF safety. The creams of wo-
| men and children could be heard in
every direction. The water WAS six
feet deep in the streets. About 9
o'clock Friday morning the wind
veered to the northwest and the waves
became chopped. Houses were washed
away or tumbled to pieces. The wind
toward morning came to a lull and the
waves were getting lower till tho wind
veered north. Then came up hope
until daylight began to break. and then
did we behold the awful destruction
around us, and thanked our God that
we had been saved and our perilous
condition was nothing compared with
the sufferings of neighbcrs and
citizens along the bay. Daylight re-
vealea q scene that was terrible TO be-
hold. The town couldn't be recog-
nized as the Indianols Of the day pre-
vious. The scene told of ruin every
where; people were seen walking and
and jumping over n gulley and an
other; neighbors told their troubles
and tribulations Of the previous night;
death. and destruction all around.
Some houses we're crushed to the
ground, while others we're swayed
around and left leaning over. The
wind slowly calmed down and the wa
ter Is disappearing from places in the
streets; this bodies of men, women and
children were found in all directions.
Police and guards were organized and
the search was made for missing rela-
tives and friends. How many have
lost their lives In this fearful storm 1t
is impossible to learn. Upto this hour
sixty or seventy bodies have been
found and buried. Women were found,
and men also, who had fioated off on
doors, or anything they could get,
miles away; some, beneath their own
roof, were carried away long distances.