Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-09-22
ESTABLISH ED IS4O.

The following was received by bust
ness firms from core spOndeHts or
Wednesday, the "a eenth: "The wind
from the eastward veered to the north
on Thursday, su1 became more steady,
increasing u . pale. The water wss
waist deep, aLC men. women and
children were seeking a place Of safety.
The situation wss awful, and the
SCREAMS or WOMEN AND CHILDREN
could be heard in every direction. The
wG'es was six fec deep in the streets
About two O'Clock Friday morning The
winds veered to the northwest The
waves then became chopped Houses
WSsAeo away CT tumb,ed ID pieces.
Toward morning he wind began TO lull
little, aud tie water wss getting lower.
Then came hope. When daylight
began 20 break we beheld the awful de-
structiOn around Us, and thanked God
that we had been saved, and that our
IeIllOus CGud.t on was as nothing COM
pared with the sltIsriugs of our neigh
boz and citizens sloug tue bay. Broad
daylight revealed = scene that was ter
rible /, behold. The town could not be
recognized Is the iadiabCIa Of the day
previous,
RUIN, T.TAL RUIN.
Everywhere people were seen walking
snd jumping over OF e gully and an.
other; BelghUOr met ueIghboT and told
their tTsZb' es and tribulstion the
previous night; destl and de- stuCtion
were all around us; houses crushed to
the ground, Others swayci round and
leaning over. The wind folly dying
down and the water disappearing from
the street, those that could, sailed out
to learn tie news; Ioties # womer,
men and children were found ia a /
directions; police and guards were o.
gsuiZgd ana sesrch Wss m9de for misc
IEg relatives and trends. How many
have lost Their lives 10 his {, ,a -'pl storm
IL is impossible to learn Up 10 this
time sixty OF Gcgenty houiss have been
found and buried. Women W sTe found,
and men also, who had tl)~ted off on
doors, UT snyth AZ they cJu u geg hold OF,
miles away; some Ws.e beneath theit
roofs, carried away long 6 .ances. Tha
escape Oi SO many or cur cit Z9us Is
almost miraculous. Search for bodies Is
still goiEg on, and the HumUer Of human
beings drowned, will revsT be known,
a. there were q large number OF strangers
IN town.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY LIVES LOST
We estimst9 the uumbcr Of lives Lost
al one bundled and fifty. II J. Huck
lost everything bur his hous w.
WestECH lost ali his .umbsr. X. Ruug
& Co and D. Sullivan lost heavy. MT.
Paget iosi TWENTY-FIVE hundred sheep
J. MitchePs stock OF gDo,s VaB To- t
John II Leake, 3 coffin mater, 2Ez1
family; nearly al # Mr. J. MoTTisoh's
household, twenty-One in number; Rev.
Mr.. JOpe and family OF tWeL ry. one,
eighteen Of whom pershed, Some
bodies were fouCd yesterday, and search
will be continued until all the dead are
buried. You can't im' CINE the extent
Of the disaster. Nothing short If fun
details viii give you the proper know
ledge. A number of per:ols were cut
on RATS for hours, but in many cases
were eaved. VIM. Taylor, on trial for
he sutton murder, was let out Of Jail to
prevent bis being drowned, and made
mis- escape.
ALL THE CHUhCHES IN THE CITY
are swept away; 50 is The Masonic hau.
The courthouse is gafe. Out OF ifly-five
persons, Captain Sam Brown and two
Of his family were saved; they took Tei-
Il &c in the lighthouse, and wera thereby
saved. Brown is now the only surviy-
ing pilot az the Pass. All Of Captain
Dec. lus's family were lost at Dacrsus
Point. Great desiituti0n prevails. The
Victoria people hearing Of it nobly sent
assistance at once. Out Of the entire
force OF pilots only one at Indisnola is
alive. Manager S2nboTn, OF the West
ern Union Telegraph company, is report.
ed SAFE but lis Office is destroyed. In
formation from Corpus Chrisu reports
that that town escaped the heavy gale.
The town Of S&uris is entirely washed
away, aud the JeIegragh lines are pros
trated for miles. fae citizens Of Gal
vestoL are organizing for the relief Of
the sufferers al Indian0la, and clothing
will be seDt them.