American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-25
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
INDIANOLA, TEXAS, UTTERLY DE-
VASTATED.


vASTATED.
Galveston, Sept. 21.-The steam.
ship Harlan has just arrived. Her
purser states that the town of In
dianola was almost entirely demol>
ished. Light houses, wharves, bust
ness houses and dwelling were bro
ken to pieces and swept away.
There were three houses remaining
which were not damaged. The tel
egraph Office and general signal of
fee are damaged telegraph lines
down; railroads washed away !;
houses, fences, trees piled up in
broken masses i'll the streets. Re
ports of the loss of life are conflict
ing; all agree, however, that there
were from a hundred to hundred
and fifty lives lost. The purser
states that OH account of the excite
ment it was impossible to obtain
the correct number. The steamship
returned with her cargo of goods as
there was no place where she could
lan'.s
st. Louis, Sept. 21.-Col. Clowey,
Ass.s ant Gen. Agent of the West;
ern Union Telegraph Co., received
the following from Galveston Ad-
ditional accounts from Iudianola Say
the loss of life and suffering are ter
rible. Dead bodies are strewn for
twenty miles along the beach. Citi-
zens are organizing for relief. Over
one hundred bodies had been found
and buried up to the time the
steamer left.
Galveston, Sept, 21.-The Morgan
steamship, Harlan, came into port
this evening with colOrs at half
mast. A large crowd gathered on
the wharf to learn the fate Of Indi-
anola. The destruction is almost
complete. Only five business houses
are left. The people are suffering
for food and clothing. The follow
ing note has been received:
Indianola, Sept, 90.
We are des .itue. The town is gone. One
fourth of thespeople are gone. Dead bodies
are strewn for twenty miles along the bay.
Nine-tenths of the houses are gone. Send
us help for Gods sake.
D. W. GRAIN, Dist. Atty.
Houston. Sept. 20.-The Genital
Rail Road was not damaged by the
storm. and trains are running as
usual. A force of fifty men are at
work at Clear Greek Bridge. is ex-
pected to be ready to morrow night
A dozen laborers this Evening
ar redalring the Galveston and
Houston bridge over uhe bayou, in
jured by the Fowler in in passing
through yesterday morning. 1t will
be finished and ready for trains to,
morrow. It is believed here that
trains will through to Galveston
in a week.
No trains through on the Great
Northern since Thursday night and
travel Is entirely stopped. The
bridges at Spring and Cypress are
down.
A passenger train has been lying
at Halton's since Thursday. 1t is
hoped tomorrow evening.
Galveston.22.-The suffering and
loss of life and property at East Bay
curing the storm were terrible. Out
of twenty eight human beings only
five are known to be alive.
These got along without disaster
until Thursday night when the, water
began rising very rapidly. They
hastily made q raft, and fastening
and fastening a skill on the top of it
for still greater security, the five
saved, who were the family of Mr..
Robert McCarty, set sail on their
fragile ark for haven of safety.
Friday they reached a partly sub
merged house on the prairie, when
making the raft fast to it they went
into the upper story of the house.
The wind and waves soon came
with such violence that the house
was soon broken. up, and hastily
putting together few boards which
were lest of the house, MIR. McCarty,
with his family, got on the new raft
as the old one had been driven off
by the force of the wind, and were
once more at the mercy of the flood,
On this they driftee about until
Saturday morning. when they saw
their own boat, which had floted OFF
Thursday night when the flood com
menced at the east bay, and Mr..
McOarty swan to it, and getting in
it, came to the rescue of his family
on the raft.