Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-24
TEXAS GREAT DISASTER.
rHIRTY-EIGHT LIVES SACRI-
rrCED TO THE HURRICANE.

o. 400, 900 Estimated as the sum Total
- the Losses on Property In ts'~ Cities
and Towns-CrOps Damaged 8 ,OOO,-
coo--san Antonio Claims "a Loss of
s25GO,O00.
FORT WORTH, Ten, Aug. 23.-From
,,d;anoIa comes the saddest news yet re-
rorted about the storm. During the height
or the storm the signal Office was blown
dawn. carrying with it Capt. J, A. Reed,
tho signal officer, and DIR. Ii. Rosencrans,
hotb of whom were lost. Fire broke ou3
among the ruins, which extended for
hocks on both sides Of the street, destroy
inc thirteen houses, among which were
\. H. Reagan's large dry goods store and
nr Lewis extensive drug store. DR..
Lewis was in the building at the time it
took fire. He escaped being burned TO
death. but was subsequently drowned,
bis body being found yesterday.
A LIST OF THE DEAD.
81 far as can be learned the following
Is a complete list of the lives Of white peo-
el lost: Capt. l. A. Reed, signal officer;
Dr. Croker. DR.. H. Rosencranz, OF Elgin,
I'M. formerly a resident of lndianola;
Si,s. Hodges and two children of DR..
Hodges family Of Cuero; Mrs. Crooker,
III Austin, visiting at Indianola with Mrs.
Iodges: Mrs. Henry sheppard, two chill
pn of Mrs. Lax Luther OF Corpus
hrsti. DR.. Davis Lewis and German
*Ebose name is unknown. Besides the
hove the bodies of ten colOred persons
Nave been FOUND. The body of DR..
IA rooEer the tWenty-second victim, was
found yesterday.
II Four miles of track is washed away,
rendering it impossible for trains to ap-
Eroach Indianola.
MUCH DESTIrUTIoN.
4 There is much destitution there among
HE poorer classes. who have lost every
Hlng. The depth OF the water is reported
&s great as il was during the great storm
i 1915, when lndianola loss nearly 200 OF
Der citizens, swept away. Friday the
ood OF water over the doomed town was
kDTapid that within two hours after the
rst apprehensions were felt every street
as submerged many feet.
At. San Antonio the loss to property is
100000.
At FlOresville the loss is 100000,
Never before was the lower Texas coast t
sited by so terrible aud destructive a
Orm. 1t extended for 200 miles inland,
estroYing thousands Of houses and in
Oying apecunIary loss OF many millions.
Among the poorer classes great destitu-
on must prevail, as but few were able
B save any considerable portion of their
mall possessions from the general
reck.
CROPS RUINED.
The entire crop of the present year is
sctically gone, and a great deal OF suf-
ring must ensue. especially among the
Egr0es, most of whom are without
ans of any kind.
It is feared that many more people were
Uwued at Indianola. The lower end of
be peninsula is completely washed
way. Many people are missing, and
othng definite can be learned until the
nTy waters recede. The storm came
the shape of hurricane. The waters
the Gulf rose up. and In three hours
e whole peninsula on which Indianola
situated was under 10 feet of water.
he total loss, as far as now known, to
eXss rom the storm is: Human lives
ISt 49, loss of crops S1,000,000; loss to
and town property $3,400, 900; loss to
lplng and harbors 100000.
SAN ANTONIo's BIG CLAIMS.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Aug. 23.-The
image to this city by the terrific cyclone
Friday Is estimated at $2,500,0 600. No
IS of life has been reported and the
ork of repair alton is already in progress.
pom the surrounding country come re-
rs that the cotton crop was seriously in
red. The plant WAS blown down and the
aple beaten out by the rain and blown
Eay. Passengers on the Arkansas Pass
fOad from Beeville and Floresville
port great ravages by the storm at both
uls At Beeville many houses in
lrse of construction were destroyed
dod ones were uproofed and otherwise
lred. Two churches at FlOresville
re ruined, while several stores and
tllngs were seriously damaged. An
a couple in attempting to cross a
'olen stream i'll wagon quarter of a
lie from Floresville were swept down
esream and the Womnn was drowned.