Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-15
v.Ii , Hundred Lives Lost in the Storm
It Sabine Pass Tex.
PICTURES OF DEATH.
r,Is Town Swept Away By The
Mad Waters
,r,Pvs ALL ALONG THE COAST,
,., g,,,,ans Moves Northeastsrly-
Devastation.

.r-rtN October Ii -leleSIdplC
.,.,tion with points outside Of
-. nearly suspended last night,
''. ,be storms in Louisiana, Arkan-
w. = Indian territory. The following
y ,,, | of the great disaster at Sabine Pass
~. ,,.,,,r,phed last night to Houston;
gr,,,royr. October l3.-our town Is in
intense excitement tonight at
~, INST received from Sabine Pass. 1t
of terrible loss Of life
5ssfructicn of property in
..,,,. from high water. We have now
.I..-,pbic communication with the
-. ,r;rs, an being down, but an engine
- here tonight ever the east Texas
.-.. that left there about six O'Clock.
80. ...;,sps who rOwed in q small boat
an eypauSe Of tossing waters, a dis
. Of several miles from the town OF
--... p, the railroad track, came in on an
..s and rave heartrending accounts OF
s.,. there. They say the waters began
invade the town from the gulf
~ .be lake together about two
Ink Tuesday afternoon, and rose
rs unprecedented rapidity. Citizens
.,s doomed place did not realize the
-.r-r, danger until it was too late to
-, When safety by flight was recOg-
...l q, being out of the question, people
al. ue-r ,i,ultcd 50 they could do it, be-
4, themselves 10 houses and resorts ad-
,.,,i Q, ~ safest. The water kept ris-
. sr. between three and four o'clock
Il. smaller houses began TO yield to the
,,,.,~ force OF the waves
.-r-.o,,y moved from the foundations,
r n-1-i upside down. A little later
.- .r.q houses began to give away and
DEATH BY DEOwNING
..--, 10 store for every citizen of the
- With the yielding of smaller
.-.s ~.rrll persons who had remained
.s.r wrgt drowned and when resi-
.-.e, anG business places began To
-n.r rhr tttality began to double. The
v.g, ruromplete list of the drowned
T.,a5.l1ed from the two gentlemen who
--wrro on un engine: Miss Mahata
8 Gamblers. Jim Wonders and family ofslX;
r- Of U,,o BrOn, and two children;
z PER Kim. wife and child; Mrs. Junker
All .~a. Wrs. PomcrOv and family Of five;
4 VI, stewart. daughter and son. q man by
i 1lar of Wilson: Mrs. ArthuS Key
.= Miss Mcdonald, daughter and
-l,aa. Flank MulligIn and family;
rbns VI. Atee aud family, and about
,a1a-i,r roiorei people whose names
.. ar h learned.
.--a'o,r lis, comprises
v..H FIFTY HUMAN BEINGS,
.u,0. the storm; among them some OF
- .ral.u- amiIjes OF the place. There
-..,a.r>. auI many of them doubtless
-wi without, any one now living
l.aa. aavthrus ofi;. Ii is feared the
=. al.s n different parts Of the place have
-.a ,v.p,awl without leaving a per
,s o- yr>,.gr 10 indicate their terrible
\ l.r lis sud that the situation during
-- a,,gr part Of the afternoon beggars
8 .v-g,Da. the manifestation Of terror
1t ta-0y 6yPeopIe looking face to face
d .a,a. and realizing that there was no
0a2r tn. diving e. les Of woman, aud
1lt rendered almost nOlSelesS
'-e mU OF the mad sea. The hoarse
H.~ 0i mliid men trying to save those
lar 9, them, all combined to make a
,a1c 'oo horrible To bc described On re-
-t %, this news citizens OF Beaumont
-.4o.a.rty 5u-1a preparations for relief.
.-. ->, TEXTS railway has placed an en-
,-ra, their disposal ana a party OF men
-. sl1r 90 O,Jugr to carry news there
a.. Wowe boats ana start for the scene.
-li1-@ % property ut Sabine has been
T -arul The wharf property Of the
'"l "a' owned By New York capitalists,
'-' a,' own the adjoining lands, and
'7r AIMING ,o make SI5nc Pass an i'm
pr .dut port uu the Gulf cJlSt