Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17
..w,,,s Towns Swept Away and Only
goraes Bodies Recovered.
,:DDIBLg SCENE OF DESOLAfIOE.
... \, thousand Head Of Cattle
Drowned.
a2vyORSPICKED UPBYLSTEANBR
n,sss From the Sabine Pass
Horror.
FIFTEEN MORE BODIES RECOVERED,

fifteen MORE BODIES RECOVERED.
,., oRLrANs. October l6.-A dis
s.,5~ Tines Democrat, dated John
BAYOU. u,;oher Is, says: The viii
.r,rr,ons BAYOU is a high ridge on
.,4.t and tue bayou from which 1t
.....,. r,p.r runs through the inhabita-
- ISL. ,h,t section Of the settlement,
a.t +, as, situated the pOstOfhce
-- ..r,vp Is Rldtord. They are IN
..-..-,r n,r!>h on the Louisiana shore.
-r..,.l>r of sabine Pass. The Bay
.-,rr-prq miles in length and varies
--srs 10 .ourmileS in width. Ridges
n. ~a,l twelve feet above the sea
I'D ,-l ~ rle rear Is a dense and I'M
-.-H. marsh. The population on
.r.-,fy morning numbered twelve
.-.r~.al,. Today eighty-iye Of that
..rsr. counted with the dead. For
-..a- have been found and consigned
-.-- ia ,h, she'll reefs, while the de-
.-asa- sorp>es otthe remaining forty
... .. ..,rr-iu. in the marshes.
.sp-i WIS very thickly settled and
-.-.,, lt boasts OF its cotton gin and
,~- s., cane plantations. 1t was the
...f..,svrgi,.On and the stores were
-- Principal among these were those
! ri, .-r. RlyrrtO. who also operated
Il - .-aui out annually SOO bales Of
~- r.t.red in that section. The
~. Sure, we're owned by 4. B. Smith
f.alL griffith, general merchandise,
.-..,.- ,a4l. merchants constituted the
:. .----l. community. The handling of
a --- 4al sugar cane produced in that
.,-.-ug, the principal industry These
ia, nap9S.d some Of the richest and
s .-.i.r grazing land in the country,
v .n.ssI oi cattle and horses being
r. The thriving community. Com
-a,ua wi,h the outer world was had
4 --..- .yo ,,rJu vessels, both owned in
~,-., BAYOU and RadtOrd, while
r. trading vessels piled the wa tiers OF
- a-al
,.h VS. picturesque JOhnSOn's BayoX,
a'-rr a series Of ridges over which Zoo
-.oa wr-r
-'ATTERED
.. lamia. o.. Tuesday last HapPi-
~ -' rra.ruum-nt wa> the lot OF the
n0Hi four o'clock that evening.
'-- .a. ,su-m descended upon them
- u. ,ans @, their homes and waited
4.-. 1.cul the fate which they
'~--. The waters began rising, the
j E.w-2' through the lower stories OF
.~-, irving the aiirlghted people in
.~, sat upon roofs. by 10 o'clock
s@'-a-r. which WAS twelve feet above
ID .av~, wl~ ten feet under water.
.,. l.;rF hog>n fell in, or was
-. 1Ugy. either burying the
81 a1r. pop.e IN the debris or hurting
T.. -'r 90. h.>,lIg waters. Cotton
a-. Et ~tagyS next Succumbed,
a ~.-oH aud iohuSon'S BAYOU were
~ n, -' completely aS n IN invading
ny Ia. done the work. 1t was 4 night
.s1o- Described ~ survivors rs appall-
Fsop,e D,Un- 10 each other and
II ... lJ- Mercy and far the souls of those
r'.>pl.T'ns sAT'eks rang ON theiT
n. -, - ''''.,I .I 'ue S'oL.n , isseu sfsu
d, '.'.. Ni..' '''e " "YTLs s IeeeeleH ;
.-.r...t ... t,,,.' '"''l, .n9 NC eEI
-r-. ,s -''. '',''1, 'l', s'e'' poI-i.1, p5
r.. >.'' "' Ee'0''tion aTO"hu
ID. u ''.''' S'o"' - 'n, az
.,-g,,o, .s w., ,',., ',l', ~ '''S $50. 80.
Lon. .y,f.I .S. ''I' S':' '''N' III M 80 -
--5 .-,fo.t. ~ '.''''S n'" ''''
".'>r 'r'''~ lay pinioned by the
.'..'.., were speedily recovered.
= .' " lHr marshes more cOrPSes
lUg DEATH Roll.
e .-.a rIdr. r,...- c.r.,..
ag FaAys r'p%rr .,nl t,,o .bI-
r N. A. Vile amt seven children.
lss..Rr T,,. b., ,.N Nan anu ,1 tnrSe Sn''uren'
, l,rrr~ r'', ,.,.,',, Wv. u,'1S ".eI. Ill
.''' '..'''"SN' ana TWO 'hii-
'n g.r,,r.,.....,. ~,
q, >f.r, N....- n s.-A, 'n''IrSn. =,
''.'.'' ana '""F Gull
-..s....
Ia rs,'''..,,' '., '.N'H aud lour children.
t, G,,,,...,, G,',,,n., "'it and grandson.
-,s,>r''r.,,, '.,...N , amt ionr children
"a, r.,'u,r...,l'. 'a ~ ..,l ,"l.u. ,''l' ,,,
r...,,,,.. ',Hn- : hour children;
H,ryi,,sNh "ANh ana seven children
lDg'r.Ir I'Sr S,,,,i.. ,',H 'hlee children .,
'''"' VIE ana iOur chil-
.l,.,. ,,.-.. ,.t... III
z.-,...,. were white people. Inc