Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-15
DEsTR0EED BF THE TIDE
The Town o. sabine Pass
RaInea ~ the wave<


NHW OHEEANs. Ost IA dispafsh 1.
the Ilmss- Llssnocruf reesived early nj
mnrnlne from Orange, Texas. navs fha
NE Storm did greaa damaee a. Habin
Pass 1ne Porter Hetel. which con
tained large number uF guests, "a
sWept away. A boat contaiHiue num
bsr % people vas overturned sn "a
bag and all On board we're drowned
EiRht lives aFe known 20 have Deer
lost snd Il ia feared that the worst "a
not been learned. A ral5sf boat hal
Ro1e there viii provisions and ciothinr
for tbs destitute.
GAEvKsxON. 0ck. l4.-Ths toun Of Sd
bine Pass. ~ sue mouth 81 the sthin.
River, the dividing line between Lauf1.
iana and fsxaa. is reported 20 Be eB
tiTsly washed AWAY bF tna terrida storm
Of tuesday niaht. OTar 50 lives A.
reported las&. oaa of . total population
d 10 IeieRrapkio conmnnicafion
win all points outsfaa of Iex4a vas
nearly suspended last nieht. owing "a
The storm in Louisiana, Texas ana ID.
dian Territory. Tha following aoeoani
of the great disaster g Sabine Pas va
tsiezraphed % Houston from Beaumont:
-oar town q Ia State of intense ex
oitsment at the news Just received from
Sabine Psna Of she terrible ioes of life
and destruction Of property al that
place from high water. We hava no lei.
eRfaphio concentration with Sabine
Pass. bat an engine arrived hare fass
night over The East Texas Railway.
ieft thera about s O'clock. Two citi
zena. who r0wed il q small boat across
an expanso Of tossing Watefs, for 8 dis
tanoe Of several mlles fFam tha town of
sabine 10 she railroad track. came IN
on Al engine aad give heartreadiuo
aoe0aat Of affairs there. They sAy that
The waters began 10 invade the town
from the Guif aud the Lake foqether.
about o'clock Tuesday aftarnoon. and
ross with unprecedented raDiditg. Tha
citizens Of the doomed place did not
realixs their imminent danger untii toe
late 10 escape. When safety ~ 1loht
vas recognised a. ont ef ehe Question.
% 80 Who we're situated 90 they ceaid d
%. betook themselves 20 houses and r.
loria adiudRed 20 BE- the safest. The
water kept rising an between 3 and 4 |
o'olock II The afternoon, the smaller 1
houses began 30 yieid 80 the fesistiese /
lofoo o. the water aud not only moved i
from their foundations, bns tanned on 4
lneir sides and t0pe. A little later the
arRer heueos began 90 give way and /
loath bg drowning seemed inevitable
or every oitixen Of the place. With
ne yielding Of lhe smaller houses, sew.
raj persons who had remained il them
lers drowned, and when the residences
lno hoslnes8 houses commeuoed 10
rumble, the fatalities began TO double.
me f9llouing is a. inoomplote list of
ho drowned and was obtained from
70 gentlemen who came over on khe
nRine: Miss Mahala, Jas. Fandy aud
amily % six, the wife Of 0tto Brown
nd tUo children. Homer King and wife
nd child, Mrs. knnker and son, Mrs..
'omeroy and family OF Ave, Mrs. Steg. |
q end daughter and son, nan named !
wilson, Mrs. A. Mokeynolds, Mrs. de
)onald and daughter, Frank Milliken
nd family, Col. Marte8 and family, and !
boat % ooiored people whose names /
51ipfl1g1 oFef f-S5'- lIiFndA ussllzs.- ~
ictims Of the storm, among them being
1me Of the leading families Of The
lace. There are doubtless many others
EoWned without anyone knowing any
hing about it Many families IN diff
srent places have been swept away
lithoat leaving person or 3 single
estiRe 10 indicate their harrible fats.
10 receipt Of this news the citizens Of
Ieaumont immediately began prepaFa
0ag Tor relief Of the sufferers. Tie
,asi Texas Railway placed an engine at
aeir disposal and . party Of men Ave
one TO Orange 10 carry she news there
I'D pF0oare boats and start for the
seno. Tue damage 30 property at sa-
lne has been very great. he wharf
fOperty OF tne town was Owned by New
apltAlssts, who alao own She adjoining
lnds aud we're shining 70 Eaake Ssb1ne
'ass an Important point on the Gnif
l0ast.
LAKE CHARLES (LA.), Oct. "A The
bee % property along Cameron Parish,
q the Calf coast, sad for some dts
ancs WsHg Of Sabine Pass by thc storm
{ Tuesday niQht vas foarfai. A mail
,0Bt from CAmefon Parish reports thai
ne water at Caleasleu Pass was eight
eet deep at ths liehshouss and that tne
ntire csuutry east and wesI vas sub
merged on tuesday night drowning
h0nsands Of cattle and fuininR the
'rops. No lives we're lost 81 Lsesbafg
y Oalcasisu Pass. bat the following are
epoFted lost a. J0anaon'a Bayou, La
roe entiFe families Of Alfred Lamnerts
Marion Lakis, Geo. ntEiessr. Il. Charlse,
1nas. Blannein and r. Gray, and tgo
Iamilies b the name Of ffanswares BE-
Iides many others. whose names hage
nos been asoertAined.
OnANaR rexas), Oct. n.-Eha de-
ais OF tne destruction b the storm -
5abise Pass and 5ahnson Bayou come /
IN alsWiy and aFs yet indeaniie, though /
hey aii agree that thera hag b1eu 3
great loss of life aHd property. Two |
brothers named FomefoY were picked |
% by the Schooner AndEsa Baden, u |
Sabine Lahe. Thsy had been 10 the
water thiFey-1iE hoaFH. ciiueine 70 their
FaWl. Their mosheF and sintag and
Mrs. Captain JunkeF, her son and iittls
girl. eli members Of tue party, Wers
lost. The Pomereys Fepeft that hfty
lives we're loss at the Porter Houae,
where the people had eoilegtsd as she
be1t p aee of safety. 10 Went %
a. 3 O'slocA. Mang persons are M
and stils greater losa % repeated Ia
johnson Bayeu, where whale families
we're swspi aWnY. Not house. was ieft
standing Within ase mileg Of She Lake.
Parties gere orEAnizsd lass night and
lsfi On the steamers Lamar and EAily
p. Weleh with pFDVisions and bedding.
fhey ere expsoted baak tonlsht. whsn
farteer parsisuiars will Be obtained.
G&EvKsToN. Odt. l4.-Ihis city has
been u q fagerish state 81 eEcilsmenl
all day over the dreadful news fEom
Sabins Pass. Mnug anxious persons
have eaatriy visited The teleglaph On
osa, saekina furthsE psrtisalaFs iFsm
the alriakon iewn. Dst4tls are very
difaonia to obtain, beasuse % he I'm
paired facilities f1r oommnnioafign IN
he vfoiniiy Of sabine Pass. Telegraph
oonnanicafion With Heaumout ana
Orange, the nearest points % tho an
f8ftnBaka town, has beea - established,
has the inhab8tanls % thess places ap
PEAR % b WailIaa the return 81 Keiief
parties that have aone - sabine Pass.
rhe Viilazs Of sabine Fsss ia located
Al tha eaoulh of 8abina River, within
half mlis of tke oxtrema r9sa8 tatsinN
from tbs 1exas SIDE. Tie to8u lies
oulg fear fsst above tho mean tide
mark, and y boanded hg ersai RBemp
on shs weas and Lkka hasine an 80
north. Tha enfFaboe 70 Laka Habfne 4
one Ard . half miles aboys the tcwa.
Ths laks i hfteen miles ioug y ten
niles u vita a. average aepfh %
a4wen feet, which is always mai4tatHed
y. 49,. 49,