Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-29
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE STORM ON the COAST.
"Details Of the Terrible Disas-
ter begin to he Received.
The town Of IndianOln Almost
DestrOyed-15O Lives Lost.
Several Other towns Swept
Away and hat Few Persons
Left to tell the tale

Pitiful STORY Of the Drowning
AgOnies Of Men, Women
And Children.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 81 Tho ship
Harlan came into port this morning.
a large crowd gathered on the wharf
TO learn the fate OF indianola. The
destruction there is almost complete
Only five business houses are left. The
people are suffering for food and cloth
ing. The beach for twenty miles ia
strewn with dead bodies.
The following note has been rcceiv-
ed:
1HDIANoLA, Sept. 90 Editors
Aears: We are destitute the town is
gone one.quarter of the people dead !;
bodies are strewn for twenty miles
along the bay; nine-tenths of the
houses are destroyed. Send us help
for Gods sake.
LSigned D. W. GRAIN,
District Attorney.
The following was received from
correspondents:
Wednesday, l5.-The winds from
the eastward veeriRg to the north on
Thursday morning, became more
steady, increasing TO q gale. Water
was waist deep, and every man, wo-
man and child were seeking places OF
safety; the wind blew fearfully the
situation was awful; the screams Of
the women and children could be
heard in every direction water was
six feet deep in the streets about two
O'Clock Friday morning the wind
veered to the west; the waves then
became chaffed; houses washed away
or tumbled to pieces the wind toward
morning began to lull q little about
the bay. The daylight revealed scenes
terrible to behold I; tho town could not
be recognized as Indisnola of the day
previous total ruin every where peo-
pie were seen walking and jumping
over one gully and another; neigh
bors met neighbors and told their
troubles and tribulations of the previ-
Gus night.
Death aud destruction are all round
ue. Houses arc crushed to the ground,
others are swayed round or leaning
over, and bodies of men, women, and
children are found all around. The
police and guards were organized, and
sixty or seventy bodies have been
found and buried. Women were found
and men, also, who had floated out on
doors, or anything they could get hold
OF, miles away. Some while beneath
their roof were carried away long dis
tancee. The escape of SO many ci,i-
zens is almost marvellous. The search
for bodies goes on. We estimate the
number Of lives lost at one hundred
cra etty Y Hearke, Mr.. A. Cof-
M, mother and family, ssna nearly a,S
Mr.. j. Morrison's household. twenty.
ono in number. and Rev. Jope and
family of twcnty-one, persisted. Eigh-
teen bodies were found yesterday, and
the search will be continued until the
dead are all deposited in their last
resting places. You can't imagine tho
extent OF the disaster. Nothing short
OF Its full details will give \ proper
knowledge of the number of persons
out on RATS for hours, but in many in
stances were saved. All the churches
in town are swept away, also the Ma
sonic Lodge. Out of fifty-tive per-
sons, Captain Samuel Brown and two
of his family were saved by taking
refuge in lighthouse. Brown Is now
the only surviving pilot at the Pass.
About all of Captain DE Crouer's
family are lost.
Great destitution prevails. The
Victoria people hearing of it nobly
sent its assistance at once.
Ont of the entiro force of pilots only
one at Indianola is alive.
Information from Corpus Christi re-
ports that town safe. They escaped
the heavy gale.
The town of Salnria is entirely
washed away.
Telegraph lines are Frustrated for
miles.
The citizens of Galveston are organ
izing for the relief of the survivors at
lndianola, and clothing will be sent
them.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2l.-The fol.
lowing press dispatch was received
to-day, showing what damage was
done by the storm on Galveston Island
and vicinity:
GALVESTON, Sept. 2l.-On Friday,
between the hours of l and 8, was the
most trying period during the storm.
From the eastern portion of the Island
along the Gulf. houses were damaged !;
about 20 or % were blown down and
destroyed. The Collins boat. on Tre-
mont street, badly damaged, the house
partly destroyed the street car stables
at the terminus were destroyed; the
Allen cottage, below the fremont was
destroyed. In this vicinity q large
number of houses are blown over and
fences and trees are washed away be.
low on the island for 10 or ii miles
Scarcely house remains.
The Surgeon OF the steamship Aus
tralian ashore at San Bernardino, re-
ports every house at San Bernardino
washed away. All but five of the
people reached the steamer and we
saved. Near Red Fish Point. the
Government dredge boats were injur-
ed, and three ship channel dredge
boats were sunk at Morgan's Point.
Two dredge boats and two tug boats
are ashore. The steamer Laura was
sunk. No lives were lost in Morgan's q
fleet. Not house is left standing on
Buffalo Bayou, and the water is ten
feet above ordinary tide. The follow
ing dispatch was received here this
morning:
GALVESTON, Sept. 2l-4 Up. m.
To Aug Leci: lndianola is entirely
washed away. Over 200 lives are lost
Tho steamer could not be discharged
[Signedl Sol LEVI.
a Picayune extra has tho following
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