The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-09-30

Telegraph Manager SanhOrn Is reported
safe, but the Office and lines are gone for
miles.
THE STORY OF THE STORM.
RECEPTION OF THE NEWS AT GALVESTON
DREADFUL sCESEs-CALLS FOR AID-oR-
CANNING ASSISTANCE.
GALVESTON, Sept. 2l.-The Morgan ship
Harlan came into port this morning with
her cOlors at half-mast. A large crowd
gathered on the wharf to learn the tate OF
Indianola. The destruction there was al
most complete. Only five business houses
are left. These ere H. Ziligsen & Co, H.
Runge & Co., ID. Sullivan & Co., Cassimer.
people are suffering for food and
clothing. The beach for twenty
miles is strewn with dead bodies. The fol-
lowing note has been received:
INDIANoLA, Sept. 20.
To the Editors of the News.
We are destitute. The town is gone. One
quarter of the people are gone. Dead bodies
are strewn over twenty miles along the bay,
Eine-teDths of the houses are destroyed.
Send us help for Gods sake. (Signed).
ID. w. GRAIN, Dist. Atty.
The following was received by business
firms from their correspondents: On
Wednesday, the 18th, there were winds
from the eastward veering to north. On
Thursday, 4. NJ, they became more steady,
increasing to a gale. The water was waist
deep. Every man, woman and child was
seeking a place of safety. 1t blew
fesrfully and the situation was
awful. Screams from the women
and children could be heard in every
direction. The water was six feet deep in
the streets. About 2 clock Friday morn
ing the winds veered to the northwest. The
waves then became chopped. Houses were
washed away or tumbled to pieces. The
winds towards morning began to lulI g lit
tie. The water was getting lower until the
wind veered to the north. 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 as nothin compared with the suffer
ings of our neighbors and citizsns. Along
! the bay broad daylight revealed a scene that
was terrible to behold. The town could not
be recognized as the Indianola OF the day
previous. Ruin, total ruin was everywhere.
! People were seen walking and jumping over
one gully and another. Neighbor met
neghbor and told his troubles and tribula-
tons during the previous night. Death and
destruction was all around us. Houses We're
| crushed to the ground. Others were swayed
round and leaning over. The 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. Police and guards were organ
| lied and the search was made for missing
relatives and friends. How many have lost
their lives in the fearful storm it is impossi
bic to learn, up to this time sixty
or seventy bodies have been
found and buried. Women were found, and
men also, who had floated off on doors or
anything they could get hold o., miles
away. Some were beneath their roofs, and
Others were carried away long distances.
The escape of SO many of our citizsns Is
almost marvellous. The search for bodies
is still going on, and the number Of human
beings drowned Will never bo known, p
there were large number of strangers ia
town. We estimate the
NUMBER OF LIVES LOST
at one hundred and fifty. Fl. j. Huck lost
everything but his house; ". Westhcff, all
his lumber; III. Rienge & Co. and ID. Sulli-
van, heavily; SIR. Pogit, $500 sheep; }.
Mitchell, stock OF goods. DR.. John Fl.
Leake, Mr.. A. Coffin, his mother and fam
lily, nearly all of Mr.. j. Morrison's house
hold, twenty-one in number, the Rev. Mr..
Jope and family of twenty-one persisted.
the search will be continued until all the
dead are deposited in their last resting
place. You can not imagine the extent OF
the disaster. Nothing short of its full de-
tails will give proper knowledge. Num-
bers o. persons were out on raft for hours,
| but in many cases were saved. William
| Taylor, on trial for the Sutton murder, was
| let out of Jail TO prevent his being drowned,
and made his escape. All the churches in
| the town are swept away. So Ia Masonic
Lodge. The court house is safe. Out of
| fifty-fye persons, Capt. Sam. Brown and two
of his family were saved. They took refuge
| in the lighthouse and were thereby
saved. Brown is now the only sur
viving pilot at the pass. About all
of Capt. Decron's family were lost at De-
cron's Point. Great destitution prevails.
The Victoria people hearing o. it nObly sent
their assistance at once. Out of the entire
force of pilots, only one is reported alive.
Manager Sanborn, OF the Western Telegraph
Company, is reported safe. Tie Office is EN-
| tirely destroyed. Information from Corpus
Christi reports that town safe. They escaped
the heavy gale. The town of Salurla is en-
tirely washed away. The telegraph lines are
prosirated for miles. The citizens of Calves
ton are organizing for the relief OF the sur
vivors at Indianola, and clothing will be
sent them.
DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE.
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