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

count, are so much broken up that they can
not be put together.
At the Point, where the Govern
ment works were being constructed,
the water rose so rapidly that ut
10 O'Clock all were obliged to abandon the
yard and seek refuge in the buildings. as the
current was so swift as to render it difficult
to keep One's footing. At , O'clock eight
small boats started for town loaded. aGd the
situation q the men who were at the Point
became known. AT 4 O'Clock DR.. Peete sent
his family and Mrs. William, over in a vawl.
All arrived safe. About , o'clock DR.. Peete
signaled or help. He had Il green >ail-boat
tied to his yard fence. Some five laen from
the cane piles started, but failed to reach him..
AT I o'clock the carpenter shop and all Their
tools Went. Strong hopes prevailed among
the men that Lieutenant Quinn would send
them assistance, while others began to make
RATS, having decided on laShing Themselves
to the luu'ber, as the remaining buildings
showed every sign of failing. At Il O'Clock
the main building gave way. Two mcn were
Killed by II snd several slightly hurt and two
seriously. BY this time much excitement
prey.iled. Mr.. PeaSe, the Superintendent.
and Barney, the foreman. encouraged the
men TO u>e their utmost eXertiOns in saving
themselves and rendering assistance to those
who were caught in the timberS of the falling
building. Some got on he roof, but finding
tillt ttlC NIttN bI'lhIHS II up ld~l. JiItN
started for the boat piles and reached them.
Those on the piles began helping others up.
Mr.. Barney dashed the strings together. as the
spikes had begun drawing cut, and CON-
menced throwing out lines to assist others in
reaching the piling. All the men behaved
well, rendering every assistance they could to
each other. Mr.. Pea>e, with three other men
and Mrs. Childs, chung to a portion of the
root. and were picked up about 3 O'Clock
Thursday morning.
About 6 O'Clock Thursday morning the tug
boat General Van Vllet rescued some 80 from
the piling and some II from the hargeS and
pump-bOat. and landed them safely at the
Central Wharf.
PLACES.
The entire list % lost at ~LynchburG, Wei
CAMS Point and Bay Town was as follows:
Mr.. West, Ms. Pierce and four children,
Clara Grafton, Mrs. Mckee, Mrs. August,
AMI a grandson of DIR. AleXander-lGi in all.
Two dead bodies of negroes were picked up
by the steamer FOuler.
Information received from East Bernard
County states that the entire section i IN
der water from BraZOria County. We learn
that the town of Nela>cO is entirely swept
away, and not a house is left TO indicate
where it stood. Not q lite was lost, and l13
persons, and among them Judge Gus Cook,
OF the Criminal Court, and family, were nj
raculOuSty saved in the following manner:
When the storm had ragged for sonnet ime. the
surging sea had entirely surrounded their
place, and the pillows began to invade the
houses. The entire population Were huI-
die III the upper apartments of the largest
building in town, but when 1t was seen that
the sea and storm were about to sweep il
away, the men, who were up to their nrckS
in water, with the aid of a small boat got off
the women into n schooner and got aboard
themselves. Among them was COlenel Cook;
he dashed the vessel first to one
tree ard then to another a. they
were pulled up by the roots. and thus rode
out the storm. The house from which they
escaped was swept off shortly after they lett
it with eight mules. On the land side of We
lasco, the sea was five feet deep during the
storm.
The large steamer Australia is stranded in
the mouth of the East Bernard. where she
now lies in eight feet of water. She rescued
all the inhabitants of the town of Bernard.
except thirteen. Among those known 10 be
lost are Mrs. IEerndon, wife of Major Hern-
don; Mrs. Dance, Mrs. Culpepper. and Mrs.
and daughter, of Columbus.
Through like sources comes what appears
TO be authentic Information that the town of
MatsgOrda is almost totally destroyed. only
four houses being left. The Lower BraZOs
country is reported a. almost totally de-
strOyed, s~ugar-hOuses blown away and pianta-
tons wrecked.
TIE INTENT OF THE STORM.
From all Information that can be gathered.
the storm or cyclone appears to have taken
in its course Il belt of country some forty
miles in width from the north of Galveston
Island, extending to the north of Houston.
the hurricane swept over this entire section
of the coast to the west of IndianOla into the
Gulf. Galveston was to the south of the
more severe part of the gale.
RELIEF MEASURES.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. pa large meeting
of citizens was held here Tonight to raise
Supplies for the sufferers. TO-mOrrOw'> train
to Brashear will carry five ear loads, but that
not being able to reach them in time to sup
ply immediate wants the Mayor of Galveston
has been authorized by telegraph to purchase
threethnuSand dollars worth of stores in the
morning and ship them on a boat leaving
there at moor for IndianOla. Morgan'S line
is CARRYING all supplies free. There will he
railroad communication with lndianOla
for some weeks as all the locomotives, five in
number. are buried in sand and all the roll
destroyed.