The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-10-08

and screams from people in that region
showed great distress.
All who had been driven from their
houses night before last By the gale re-
present il As terrible i'm appearance and
frightful in is roar. Some who lived
So exposed that they got the full force
Of the sea, believe the waves were at
least ten feet high. and the water on VI
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 Four
teenth Street, and fully 100 feet from It's
\ former position. In fact, il is safe 10
say $50 houses, within radius Of ten
\ blocks, were more or less injured, while /
thirty, including negro cabins, are en-
! tircly gone. portions of which are scat I
tered for blocks, and the furniture with /
which they We're supplied can be pick
ed up by piecemeal. The poor woman,
Mrs. Meaken, who was drowned. was
found partially covered with rubbish I
across the street from where their house /
formerly stood.
Twas "A sight pitiable indeed TO see I
weak, frail women. children of all ages,
rs well as able-bodied men, the former /
but lightly dressed, and hair streaming
in the wind, wading around in water
from one 10 three feet deep, pulling and .
hauling about remnants of houses, try
ing TO find something of their late pleas
ant and happy homes.
The strength Of the wind may be esti-
mated by seeing the debris, part Of
which now lies one hundred and twenty
feet from the buildings. II i estimated
that about one hundred small houses
between the Fair Grounds and fremont
Street are wrecked and badly damaged,
and the cost of getting them back in
position will be almost a much as the
cost Of the buildings Fifty Of them, at
the lowest count, are so much broken
up that they cannot be put together.
At the Point. where the Government I
works were being constructed. the water
rose so rapidly that at 10 O'Clock all
were obliged to abandon the yard and
seek refuge in the buildings. a. the cur
rent was so swift a 10 render il difficult \
10 keep ones footing AT ? o'clock I
eight small boats started for town load
ed. and the situation of the men who
were AZ the Point became known. At 4 4
o'clock DR.. peete sent his family and
Mrs. Williams over in yawl. All ar
rived safe. About O'Clock DIR. peete .
signaled for help. He had green sail
boat tied 10 his yard fence. some five
men from the cane piles started, but
failed to reach him. At 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 10 make
RATS, having decided on lashing
themselves 10 the lumber as the re-
naming buildings showed every sign .
of failing. At II o'clock the main .
building gave way. Two men were /
killed by it and several slightly hurt and I
two seriously. By this time much ex-
element prevailed. Mr.. Pease. the SUI
perintendent. and Barney. the foreman,
encouraged the men 10 use their utmost
eXertions in saving themselves and rem
dering assistance TO those who were
caught in the timbers of the falling
building. Some got on the roof, but
finding that the seas were breaking IL
up fast, they started for the boat piles
and reached them. Those on the piles
began helping others up. Mr.. Barney
laShed the strings together, as the spikes
had begun drawing out, and commenced
throwing out lines TO assist Others in
reaching the piling. All the men be-
haved well. rendering every assistance
they could TO each other. Mr.. Pease,
with three other men and Mrs. Childs,
chung to portion Of the roof, andwere
picked up about 5 o'clock Thursday
morning.
About O'Clock Thursday morning
the tug-boat General Van Welt rescued
some 80 from the piling and some u
from the bargcs and pump-boat, and
landed them safely at the Central
Wharf.
OTHER PLACES.
The entire list Of lost At Lynchburg,
Weigan's Point and Bay Town was a
follows Mr.. West, Mrs Pierce and
four children. Clara Grafton, Mrs. Me
kee. Mrs. August, and a grandson Of
Dr. AleNander-l6 in all. Two dead
bodies Of negroes were picked up blythe
steamer Fowler
Information received from East Ber
nard County states that the entire Sec
ton j. under water from Brazoria Coun-
". We learn that the town Of Nelasco
is entirely swept away, and not house
is left To indicate where il stood. Not
life was lost, and l7S persons. and
among them Judge Gus Cook. of the
Criminal Court, and family, were mi
raculously saved in the following man
ner: When the storm had ragged for
some time. the surging sen had entirely
surrounded their place, and the pillows
began 10 invade the houses. The
entire population were huddled in
the upper apartments of the
largest building in town. but
when il was seen that the sea and
.tnrn, xx.ra abnnf ~ SxVpen II away /