The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-22
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE
WHEELING REGISTER.
Associated Press Report. by Western
Union Line, office Northwest cor.
of Main and 18th SITS.
THE TEXAS STORM.
An Entire Town Destroyed
Terrible Destruction.
Dead Bodies Scattered Over
a Distance Of Twenty
Miles.

NullCS.
ST. Louis, September 2l.-Supern-
tendent Clowry, Of the Western Union
/ Telegraph Company, communicates to
the General Superintendent Anson
| Stagcr. aS follows: y Morgan steamship
| Just arrived at Galveston reports that the
town of Indianola, Texas, Is almost en-
/ trely destroyed The light houses,
wharfs, and nearly every house were
swept away, and from 100 to 80 lives
lost. The steamer could lind no place TO
land her cargo.
Additional Accounts.
ST. Louis, September 2l.-ColOnel
CIowry, Assistant Superintendent of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, re-
ceived the following telegram from Gal
weston:
additional accounts of the ludianola
disaster say that the loss ot life and Sut-
lerne is terrible Dead bodies are strewn
for twenty miles along the beach The
citizens here are organizing for their re-
| let, and will send them food and cloth
| ny. over one hundred bodies have been
/ found and buried, up 10 the time the
| steamer left. Telegraph Manager San
| born Is reported SAFE but the office and
/ lines have gone for miles
LATER.
GALVESTON, September 2l.-The Nor
gan ship Harlan came into port this
morning with her colors ut half mast. y
large crowd gathered on the wharf To learn
the fate OF Indlanola. The destruction
there Is most complete, only five business
houses being lett standing. The people
are suffering for food and clothing. The
beach Tor twenty miles Is strown with
dead bodies.
The following note has been received;
Appeal for Help.
lSDrANoLA, September 81.
k,itorS of tie Ne,rs:
We are destitute; the town Is gone; one
quarter of the peop.e gone; dead bodies
are sirewn for twenty miles along the
/ bay; ninc-tcnths of the houses are des-
troyed. Send Us hclp for Gods sake.
y w. GRAIN,
District .AttorHcV.
ne lbllOWlilA WIS EtNtlN tNl bN DA-l-
ness firms, from correspondents, on
Wednesday,: Winds from the eastward
vrcriug to north; on Thursday morning,
became more steady increasing to II
yale. The water was waist deep, and every
man, woman and child were seeking
place of safety The wind blew fcariuly.
The situation was awful, and screams
from women and children could be-
heard in every direction. The water
WAS six feet deep in the streets. About
+ , o'clock Friday morning, the wind veer-
. ed to the northwest, and the waves then
I became chopped, and houses were wash
ed away or tumblcd to pieces. The wind
toward morning began to lull !"
/ little The water was getting low
er until the wind veered north,
| and then came hope, until
/ daylight began to break, and then did
We behold the awful destruction around,
and thanked our God that We had been
saved, and that our perilous condition
WAS nothing compared with the suffer.
lngs of our ncighOOrs and citizens along
the bay. Broad daylight revealed
A Scene that was Terrible
to behold. The town could not be recoS
niZrd rs the Indianola of the day pre-
vious; ruin, total ruin everywhere. Peo-
pie were seen walking and jumping over
one gully after another; neighbor met
| Ecighbnr and told their troubles and
trlhulations the previous night. Death
and destruction was all around us
( houses crushed to the ground, others
/ l,.,rip., 'Hpn
wind fully dying down, and the water
| disappearing from places in the streets,
| those that could sailed out to learn the
news. Bodies of men, women and
/ children were found in all directions.
, Pchce and guards were organized and
search was made by missing relatives
and friends How many have lost their
lives in this fearful storm 1t Is impossible
to learn. Up to this time sixty or seventy
bodies have been found and buried.
Women have been found and men
also who had huated OFT on boards
or doors, or anything they could get hold
. of. The escape OF SO many OF our cltl.
2cns is almost miraculous. The search Tor
bodies is still going on, ana the number
of human beings drowned Will never b"
known. There were large number OF
strangers IN town. We estimate the
number of lives lost at hundred and
fttv. You cannot imagine the extent OF
the disaster. Nothing short OF full ac-
count Will give YOU proper knowledge
\ number of persons were campcd Out
ON RATS for houses, but in many cases
they were saved. William Taylor, on
trial for the Sutton murder, was let out
0! Jail to prevent his being drowned, and
made his escape. All the churches III
the town are swept away, together with
the Masonic lodge; the court house is
safe. Out Of fiity-tive persons Captain
Samuel Brown and two of bis family
were only saved They took
refIre in the light house,
and we're thereby saved. Brown Is now
the only surviving pilot at the Pass. All
of. Captain Decrons family We're lost.
At Decron's Point great de>titution pre-
walls. The Victoria people hearing ct 1t
Loblv sent 1t assistance at once. Gut ot
the entire force OF pilots only one at In
diauola Is alive. Manager Sunborn OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company Is
safe, but his office is entirely destroyed.
Information from Corpus Christi report
the town safe. 1t escaped the heavy
gale. The town of Sa,uria was entirely
washed away. The telegraph lines are
pr"Stratcd for miles.
The citizens OF Galveston arc organ
izing for the relief of the survivors of
lndianola, and clothing will be sent to
them.
More Towns Destroyed.
New ORLEANS, September p Later
information iron the west reports the
town Of Matagosda swept away; only two
houses remain standing. The town OF