The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-08-26
NATIONAL NOTES.
Geronimo Slips Through the Fingers
Of United States Troops.
Fresh Details of the Ravages BY
Storm on the Gulf.
The Loss of Property Amounts to
Millions.
Foreign Freaks and Follies Transmit
ted by Wire.

Foreign Freaks and Follies Transmit
ted by Wire.
A Sad story.
FT. WORTH. Tex, Aug. 23.-From In
dianola comes the saddest story yet re
ported about the storm. During the
| height. of the storm the signal Office was
! blown down carrying with IL Capt I. A.
| Reed. signal officer, and Dr.. II. ROsecrans,
| both of whom we're lost. A IRE broke out
| among the ruins which extended tor
blocks on both sides of the street destroy
were d. s. Regan's large dry
goods store and DIR. Lewis extern
sive drug establishment. DR.. Lewis was
in this building at the time Il took fire,
| but he escaped being burned nearly to
death and was subsequently, drowned. the
body being found yesterday. So far as
can be learned the following Is q COM
plete list of lives of white people lost:
Capt. 1. A. Reed, signal officer; Dr.. Crook
er; DR.. II. Rosecrans of Elgin; Illinois,
formerly. resident of 1ndianole; Mrs.
Hodges and two children OF DR.. Hodges
family OF Cuero; Mrs. Croker of Austin,
who was visiting at Indianola with Mrs.
Hodges; Mrs. Henry Sheppard and two
children of Mrs. Max Luther of Corpus
Christi, Mr.. David Lewis and
German, whose name Is unknown. Be-
sides the above the bodies Of ten colored
persons have been found. The body Of
Dr. Croker, the twenty second victim,
was found yesterday. Four miles ftrack
is washed away, rendering 1t impossible
for trains to approach 1ndianola. There is
much destitutlon there among the poorer
oil hn lnaf aUoFufhtuc than
possessed. The depth of water is reported
as great as during the great
storm of 1875, when Indisnola lost nearly
two hundred of her citizens. Fridays
1 food of water over the doomed town was
SO rapid that within two hours after the
/ first apprehensIons were felt every street
| was submerged many feet.
At San Antonio the loss to property Is
1 100000, and at Floresville the loss is
| 100000. Never before was the lower
Texas coast visited by SO terrible and de-
structive a storm. It extended for two
1 hundred miles inland, destroying thou
| sands OF houses and involving the
pecuniarY loss OF many milllons.
| Among the poorer classes great
\ desoIation must prevail as but few were
| able to save any considerable portion OF
| their small possessions from the general
\ wreck. The entire crop OF the present
year is practically gone and vast deal of
suffering must ensue, especially among
| the negroes, most of whom are without
means of any kind. It is learned that
many more people were drowned at Ins
! dianola. The lower end of the peninsz-
1 lar is completely washed away
| and many people are missing and nothing
/ definite can be learned until the angry
l waters subside. The storm came in the
shape of hurricane The waters OF the
gull rose up and In three hours the whole
peninsular on which Indianola is situated
was under ten feet OF water. The total loss
now known to Texas from the gulf storm
is: Human lives lost, thirty-eight; loss TO
crops, 81 600 O06; loss to city and town
property, 81. 40e.O 600; loss to shipping and
harbor Improvements, 100000.
GALVESTON. Texas, Aug. 24.-The re-
cent storm proved very destructive to
small vessels off the Texas coast. The
sloop Katie j. went 70 pieces of Pelican
/ island but her crew were saved. Lying
near her, bottom mp, is the sloop Eliza
her crew of two men are supposed to be
drowned. An unknown vessel Is reported
bottom side up at Red Fish Bar and the
schooner LevoDia Perkins Is now lying
bottom side up In the bay at Pelican Is
land. Two of her crew were lost. The
schooner Lottie Mayo is reported ashore
near IndIanola, also all hands are
supposed to be lost. The schooner
Lake Austin Is near her but
the crew OF the latter were saved.
The schooner W.Perry went to pieces and
her captain and cook were drowned It Is
roughly estimated that the damage done TO
shipping In this vicinity will approximate
800, 900. The village Of Quintana at the
mouth of the Brazos river was entirely
swept away and the schooners Rosa Lee
and Nettie were driven ashore. No lives
were lost.
A special to the News from Victoria
saws Indianola Is a complete wreck, not
more than three or four houses having es-
capped destruction. DE-. Fisher, quaran-
tine officer with his wife, III. Malone,
Capt Sternbrook and q negro woman
named Martha Ellis had narrow escape
from drowning. The quarantine station
was washed away early Fri
day morning and they were
forced to take refuge in large grove OF
Spanish cedars to which they chung for
nine hours. Nearly every house on the
upper end Of the island was swept away.
Bette Meade, negro woman, and two
children we're drowned. Nearly all the
sheep and cattle on the island were
drowned and the remainder will probably
perish for want OF water. There are no pre-
visions on the island except meat as none
of the survivors saved anything besides
what they had on, and much suffering Will
snsue unless aid Is at once extended.
A special to the News from BRENNAN
says the rear coach OF the north bound
passenger train on the Gulf, Colorado 81
Santa Fe railroad, jumped the track at q
point about two miles above Lyons yes
terday, and went down a ten foot embank.
ment. Il is reported that Mrs. Lockett
was killed and about $50 others more or
less injured.