The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-22
THE TEXAS CYCLONE.
DESTRUCTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY

business houses and dwellings were broken
to pieces or swept away. There are only
three houses remaining which are not
damaged. The telegraph office is gone,
signal office damaged and telegraph lines
down for miee. The railroads are washed
away and houses, fences and trees are piled
up in broken masses in the streets. The re-
ports of loss OF life are conflicting, but all
agree there were from one hundred to one
hundred and fifty lives lost. The purser
states that on account Of the great excite
mpnt, 1t was impossible to obtain the cor
rect number. The steamer returned with
her cargo and goods rs there was no place
where she could land.
SUFFERING AND DEATH.
ST.. LOUIS, Sept. 81.
Col. Clowry. assistant superintendent of
the Western Union Telegraph company,
has received the following Galveston adj
/ ditional accounts of the In6ian0la disaster
say the loss of life and suffering are terri.
bic. Dead bodiesssarc strewn for twenty
miles along the beach. The citizens here
are organizing for the relief of the suffer
ers, and will send them food and clothing.
Over one hundred bodied had been found
and buried up to the time the steamer left.
FULL PARTICULARS.
GALVESTON, Sept. 81.
The steamship Harlan came into port
this morning with her colors at half-mast.
A large crowd gathered on the wharf to
learn the fate of Indianola. The destruc-
ton there was almost complete only four
business houses are left. These are II.
Zeligsen 81 Co., ID. Sullivan & Co.., CAST
mere Zillware and ID. II. Regan. The peo-
pie are suffering for food and clothing.
The beach for twenty miles is strewn with
dead bodies. The following note has been
received
INDIANoLA, sept. 90.
To Editors of News We are destitute;
the town is gone one-quarter of the peo-
pie are gone dead bodies are strewn for
twenty miles along the bay nine-tenths of
the houses destroyed send us help for
Gods sake. (Signed)
ID. w. GRAIN,
District-Attorney.
The following was received by bust
mes firm from correspondents on Wednes,
day, 10Th Winds from eastward veering
to north on Thursday a. m. became more
steady, increasing TO gale. The water
was waist deep. Every man, woman and
child were seeking for u place of safety.
The wind blew fearfully the situation was
awful the screams from women aud chill
dren could be heard in every direction.
The water was six feet deep in the streets.
About two o'clock Friday a. m. the wind
veefed to the northwest. The waves then
became chopped aud houses were washed
| away or tunbled 10 pieces. The wind to-
wards morning began 10 lull little, and
| the water was getting lower until the wind
veered north. Then came hope until day
| light began to break, and then did we be-
| hold the awful destruction around us and
| thanked God that We had been saved and
| that our pefilsus condition was nothing
compared with the sufferings of our neigh
| bors and citizens along the bay. Broad
| day light revealed scene that
| was terrible to behold. The town could
not be recognized as tho Indianola
Of q day previous. Ruin, total ruin. ev-
erywbere ! Neighnor met neghbor and
told their Troubles and circulation of the
previous night. Death ard destruction all
around US h0Gses crushed to the ground ;
| bodies OF men, women ard children were
| found in all directions, Police and guards
were organized ard q search was made by
miss ug relatives and friends. How many
daye los. their lives in This fearful Storm ii
is impossible to lean. Up 10 this time
sixty OF Sc, enty bodies have been found
| buried wonen were found aud men also,
miles away, who had ilnaled oil on doors
or anything they Gould get hold of Some
were belieatu Ttfs carried away long dis
ances. The vsHc'pe Of 81 many
Of our -clize& from death i, almost
,narvelous. Che search for bodies is still
going OF and the rumber of human beings
irowned will never be known, as there
Nere Il large humber of strangers in town.
We estimate the number of lives lost at one
hundred and fifty.
H. J. lluck lost every thing bu. his
house W. Wesloff all his lumber; H.
RunGe & Co., and d. sullivan lost heavily;
MIR, Psget lost 2, 500 sheep; j. Mi'chel's
stock Of goods is lost; DR.. John II. Leake,
Mr.. A. Cowan, mother and family nearly
all of Mr.. j. Morrisons household, twenty
one in number, Rev. Mr.. Jope and family
persisted.
Eighteen bodies were found yesterday
aud search will be continued until all the
dead are deposited in their last resting
place. you can't IMAGINE the extent of
the disaster. Nothing short of its full de-
tails will give proper knowledge. A
number OF persons were out on RATS for
hours. but in many cases were saved
VIM. Taylor, on trial for murder, was
let out of Jail to prevent his being drowned
and made his escape
All the churches in town are swept away,
so are the masonic lodges I lie court house
is safe. Out of ffty.fve persons, Capt. Sam.
Brown and two of his family were saved
They took refuge in the light house and
were thereby saved. Brown is row the
only surviving pilot at the pass. About
all Of Capt. Decrous family were lost al
Decrous Point. Great destitution prevails
Victoria people hearing of it nobly sent
their assistance at once. But of the entire
force of pilots only one at Indianola is
alive Information from Corpus Christie
reports that town safe, they escaped the
heavy gale. The town of Salurla is en-