The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-01
THE GREAT FOUNDATION.

IndianoIa, Lynchburs, and Other
Places.
We compile from various sources the
most reliable information published re-
garding the recent great disaster on the
Texas coast:
INDIANOLA.
Wednesday, 10Th, wind from the eastward
veering TO north. On Thursday morning be-
came more steady, increasing to a gale. The
water was waist-deep. Every man, woman
and child was seeking a place of safety. 1t
blew frarfully; the situation was awful. The
screams of women and children could be
heard in every direction. The water was +
feet deep in the streets. About , O'Clock
Friday morning the wind yeered to the north
west. The waves then became chopped:
houses were washed awSy or tumblcd to
pieces. The wind towards morning began
to lull IA little. The water was getting lower
until the wind veered north; then came up
hope, until daylight began to break, and then
did we behold the awful destruction around,
and thanked our God that we had been saved.
Our peril0us condition was nothing com
pared with the SutferingS Of our neighbOrS
and citizens along the bay. Broad daylight
revealed 4 scene that WIS terrible to behold.
The town could not be recognized as the In
dianola of the day previous. Ruin, total
lbAAAH N'>ll wv ~ - u y" ain
ing and jumping over one gulley and an
other. NeighbOr met neighbor, and they
told their troubles and tribulstiOns the pre-
viOuS night. Death and destruction all
around us; houses crushed 10 the ground.
others swaved round, leaning over. The
wind was now dying down, and the water
disappearing from places in the streets.
Those that could sailed out to learn
the news. Bodies Of men. women
aud children were found in all directions.
Police and guards were organized, and search
was made for missing relatives and friends.
How many have lost their lives in this fear
full storm it is impossible to learn. Up to
this hour sixty or seventy bodies have been
found and buried. Women were found,
and men also, who had tlOated off on doors,
or any thing they could get hold of, miles
away-SOmeb beneath their roofs carried away
long distances. The escape of so many
of the citizens is almost marvellous.
The search for bodies is still going on. and
the number Of human beings drowned will
never be known, as there were a large num-
Der of strangers in We estimate the
number of lives lost at 80. John III. Lcarke.
Mr.. A. Coffin, mother and family, nearly Ill
of NJ. j. MOrriSon's household, the Rev. Mr..
Jope and family-21 persons-perished.
Eighteen bodies were found yesterday. and
the search will be continued until the dead
are deposited in their last resting place. You
can't imagine the extent of the disaster.
Nothing short of its full details will give a
proper knowledge. A number of persons
were out on RATS for hours. but in m.ny
cases were saved. William Taylor, on trial
for the Sutton murder, was let out of Jail to
prevent his being drowned. and
made his escape. All the churches
in the town are swept away: so is the Mt-
sonic Lodge. The COURTHOUSE is safe. Out
of titty-tive persons, Capt. Sam Brown and
two of his family were saved. They took
refuge in the lighthouse, and thereby escap-
ed. Brown is now the snly surviving pilot
at the Pass. About all of Capt. De CrOuSe'>
family were lost at De Grouse Point. Great
restitution prevails. The Victoria people.
hearing of it, nObly sent assistance at once.
During the height of the storm Thursday
night the water in the city rose six feet in two
hours, the wind blowing at the rate of IS
miles an hour, driving The current through
the city at a rate OF y or Il miles an hour.
Som bodies were washed tour 10 six miles
from the city. and were found by Il gang of
plundcring MeXiranS, who cut the fingers
from the hands of the drowned to get ring,
and otherwise mutilated the bodies. Citizr rs
hearing this a patrol was sent out, who
caught the MeXicanS at their deyilish work
and shot five Of them dead on the spot When
YOU correspondents infOrmants left Indi-
anola the survivors there had not enough salt
meat and crackers (all the provision which
was left) to last them two days, and were
then cooking meat IN the streets.
The following extracts are compiled from
files of the Galveston NeWs of Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday:
Truly it can be said that Thursday night
was one that tried mems souls. The water
rushed from the Gulf over the entire island.
excepting a portion of the extreme west end
and a few high and naturally protected spots
near the east end of the city, and sidewalks
and Yards raised by artificial means. Along
Avenue K almost its entire length the water
was from two to three feet deep, and the
same NAV be said of the other crOss-streets;
those near the beach and bay front suffering
more because of the lower grade. AT 2 q. m.
the most sanguine of our citizens began to
look for serious results, and the stOute>t
hearts prepared to meet the seeming impend-
ing dissolution of their houses. Such a period
as that between II O'Clock midnight and 4 Il.
m. has never before been known IN Calves
ton. This is the opinion of the oldest citi-
zens. The events that TRANSFERRED in the vi
cinity of Avenue l. anu Twenty-seyenth
Street, where a large number of small houses
stand. were thrilling i'll character, and were
repeated in other portions of the city. The
bell of the COlOred Baptist Church, on Ave
nue. l., between Twenry-siXth aud Twenty
seventh Streets, was rung, and screams from
people in that region Shove great distress.
All who had been driven from their houses
night before last by the gale represent it As
terrible in appearance and frightful in its
roar. Some who lived SO exp ,sed that they
got the full force of the sea, believe the waves
were at least ten feet high, and the water on
NJ and Y, between Eleventh and Twelfth,
was fully five feet deep in the streets, and
| very rough. One large four room house was
directly in the middle of Fourteenth Street,
and fully 100 feet from its former position.
1t fact, it is SAT, to say $50 houses, within a
radius of ten blocks, were more of less IN
jured, while thirty, including negro cabins,
are entirely gone, portions of which are scat
tered for blocks, and the furniture with
which they were supplied can be picked up
by niPcemaal. Thn moor woman. Mrs. Aeak-