Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-17

turkey buzzards are soaring over Sabine
Tor miles around on land and water. 1t Is
one vast charnel house. The town is
swept out of existence. What was
prosperous village when last Tuesday
dawned is now the centre OF wreck and
GesOlation. There are 127 persons miss
ing and supposed to be dead. Only about
70 bodies have thus fur been recovered.
Ihere il not one sound house i'll the town
OF Sabine.
The residences of DIR. Gillimand and
Editor mcClanahan are the only ones
that can be repaired. Every other house
Is an absolute wreck. This IN brief Is
the story of the storm. Innumerable
touching and heartreuding stories of the
storm are related by the survivors. One
house containing fourteen col0red per
sons was seen to go down with crash,
and every one OF them was lost. Incl
dents are related OF husbands flashing
wives and children to flOaJing wrecks and
seeing them killed by heavy logs being
driven against them.
THE PROPERTY LOSS COMPLETE.
The damage to property can only be es-
tlmated by the value of the town, for all
Is lost. The Sabine and East Texas rail
road Is washed out for a distance of ten
miles. The ties have fioated off and the
rails are twisted like wire from the effect
OF the great hurricane. Millions of dead
t1sh were cast up by the waves, and thous-
ands of birds also strew the ground.
young woman, In q perfectly nude
state, was found roaming around on the
prsirIe yesterday five miles from Sabine.
She was demented and could not tell her
name. When the government tugboat
Penrose reached Sabine Pass yesterday
Columbus Martee was found rowing
around the delta looking for the bodies OF
his family.
A HEARTRENDING EXPERIENCE.
He SAID: Myself, wife and three chill
dren were clinging to q floating roof
which was gradually breaking to pieces.
One of the little ones went and then an
other. l was holding the Youngest, and
soon my wife said: Goodbye, husband,
am going | could not reach her. A
piece OF the roof supporting her broke off
and she sank before my eyes. held on
to the youngest child (Damed Pearl some
time longer. The child, addressing me,
said: Papa, Pm tired; won't you walk
with me? The piece OF roof l
was on was now crumbling to pieces.
told the little one to kiss me. She put
both her little arms around my neck,
gave me big squeeze, and just then u wave
dashed US OH, and | saw her no more.
Great Sod! why didn't 20 down, too"
rose, but refused, saying: "Here, among
these lagOons are the bodies Of my wife
and children, and here l will stop until l
can find them"
BEYOND DESCRIPTION.
No tongue can tell how the people have
suffered during the past few days. In
many cases the dead ones are considered
the lucky ones. Late reports from john
sons Bayou bring the terrible intelligence
that So persons are now known to have
been lost in that settlement, and it is
greatly feared that the list will be sweIled
to 100 or more, thus making the total
number of victims by the hurricane fully
200.
Reliable information from Johnson's
Bayou arrives slowly, all the roads being
impossible, ana only two boats are rum
nlng to that section. The destitution of
the survivors, of whom there are over
1000 around Jonnson's Bayou and Rad
ford village, is described as something
awful. They lost everything, and are
without food, drink and clothes.
COMMITTEE COLLECTIONS.
The committee collected $1,000 to-day
and large quantities of clothing, food and
household necessities. One thousand
dollars of money has been telegraphed to
Beaumont, to be applied at that point for
Pass. The remaining $1,000 is being ex-
pended on behalf OF the survivors Of
JohnsOn's Bayou district.
The prOprletOrs of the schooner Adelia
and the tug Estelle have generously
rendered the use OF their vessels to the
relief committee, and the Adelia was
loaded with supplies for the sufferers.
Over a thousand dollars worth OF -four,
bacon, coffee, sugar, mOasses, blankets,
kitchen utensils and table cutlery was
placed on the Adelia, and also large
quantity of fresh water, boxes of old wear
ing apparel and fifty new calico wrappers.
AT t9 O'clock tonight the Adelia in tow of
the Estelle, started up the coast for Sa-
bine. She will reach the pass at daylight
tomorrow, and will then proceed along
up Sabine river to Johnson's Bayou,
where food will be distributed tomorrow.
The survivors of the Sabine Pass over
flow have all been taken away to Beau
mont and other neighboring places,