The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-09-25

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SATURDAY MoRsiyg.
Tho work Of z lheriug up what
was Iefl Of the wreck occupied ell
Fires we're lit in the streets, bnill
with che debris Of the buildings, and
each individual was, per force, his
own cook. Little knots stood
atound the fires discussing the di4-
Ister, and there was on all sides Wis
lille a sadness and grief beyond the
power Of tears to alleviate.
A rumor spread through the town
that some two miles back, where
most of the bodies had been washed.
there were some six Mexicans de-
polling the dead. Those who saw
them reported that in their greed
Tor jewelry they had cut off fingers
from corpses and slit the ears to Sc
cure rings. 1t was but short time
before a small company CT volun'
tecrs was foSned, and in a few
hours they retul ned, having killed
seven OF the brutes whilst at their
hellsh work. The stencil from the
dead at this time had become almost
unbearable. Those who had been
caught beneath falling buildings had
commenced to purify, and the whole
air had the smell oil a charnel house.
As the food extended some ten
miles in shore. there were some three
thousand head Of cattle awaiting
transportation, numbers of the herds
were d owned and their carcasses
added t. the nauseating stencil.
THE WIND.
According to the last measure
ment m lde in the Signal Oo3erva-
tory before it,ieIl, Thursday night,
the rate Of the wind was eighty
eight mlos an hour, and the citizens
say it increased to fully one hundred
during the night. The barometer
fell as low as 1896 inches, the low
est known at Tndanola.
| do not think, says Mr.. Kelly,
that there ss a person in lndianola
vho.thinks the town will be rebuilt. |
All VINO can get away are hurrying
10 Victoria, and those who cannot as |
-ct will do so as soon as possible
Yon crn rest assured that !ndsanola
: a town no more. Through the
main street the current has cut
.uloh some fifteen in depth, and the
,lacc is now divid d bv it, Every |
,ouse shows that it has passed |
Trough q crucial test, and | am
orrv to say that there are but few
tauding. 1t is impossible for me to |
tell you, sir, what the extent Of the
damage is. Nobody can as yet, but
t is enough to gay town was, so to |
peak, swept away.
To 6nd the inhabitants Of ln-
dianola. one has to walk away back |
o the lake in the rear Of the town,
md here end there unearthed from
he sand is the bodies, half covered
With sometimes an arm exposed
sometimes foot.
To show you how rapidly the
y ater rose, | need only cite the ex |
,erieace of some of the herders |
ending the cattle on the prairie, |
back of the town. When the wa ter |
we're FIRST noticed rising bick there
lo.with -tanding the wind and rain
hey attempted to drive their herds
urther inland, but in ten minutes
he water was up to the saddle
,irths.
To save themselves they left the
attic and made for the highlands.
ardly able to keep their seats on
ccount of the force of the wind
he rain came down in torrents, and
was with the utmost difficulty that
hey could lind their way across the