Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-17
SABINE PASS.
--,ruys PARTICULARS OF THE TER
aiBLE DISASTER.
x.rov rseapss-A Mothers Agoniaing
Yxperienee-Frighsened Reptiles
and Animals Organizing
FOR Relief.


az
,,lsces where the water never was over
= \, ipohc~ deep slncc the town was set.
~ Two years axe, toe hocd was nine ieet
S'|n. TIE new hense ot Bradley uhfnc'
oeNi'. ,,..,a away with nj. family OF Eve
r.ons. After aoating two and baii
~, housc 'andcd IN ridge back OF
net,yu all intact and nobody hurt. Boats
l' "a beaumont 20 succor the distressed
t'A, 80 quantities 81 drinking wafer,
toe ling po.hing but sat water for ten
~ w, round sabine Pass.
Joln stewart an1 her daughter
.cr,rsied al their home when the
"" .,r1rk The town. The daughter seized
hS.,.,r hcd snd the mother a window.
and thus supported themselves. AZ
..ing on. an night they landed at Au-
ti an me lake shore, within half mile
I.. y oiber. each surprising the ether had
l @rl,.f. They trayerscd fifteen mites be-
.t.r verr found. Postmaster Ward.
= TT, ',,,o,ont, has tclegraphed Postmaster
@ 60 Nilas asking permission 10 distri-
~, sabine Pass mail from Beaumont,
"a. ro>imisireSs and her assistant al Sa-
Ss.c Pa. ore both reported drowned.
rnt VELOCITY OF TIE WIND.
-. .,,f some idea Of TIE velocity of the
liver spoon was blown from the
VIC oi William Harris distance Of
w" a.. Jnkcrs' body wss found this eve
- and q caskei has been tclegraphed for
A., Noise Braussard lost So, 900 worth
= lsff'f. some reports say much more
ION hat. Al the cattle not lost win die,
na.ling l. lett for them 10 subsist upon,
bs.st water covering everything.
SAD pEArH.
v-. Otto Brown floated twenty-five
-. on n fcliher-bed. She had her child
vfh her. but IL got bcnumbed and died in
,.,,ul.i9n,. During it, struggles Il
I'D The mother into the water. The
-, doaicd Mrs. Brown back on the
- she was finally found in a little inlet,
and va, saved.
,,ui,in +. A. HYATT and William Guy
,..,ft ihsi they had singular experience
q. m,mner, ~ the Relief Committee on
,beir Wv u the Pass. The train on which
,Se, were travelling stopped on dump
i've miles from town.
THoUsANBS OF SNAKES.
The water al round this neck Of land on
which VS., placed a track was fully eight
ut d,tr. The hands Of Mcssrs. Hyatt and
Cuy were hl,tercd fgom fighting the snakes
which literally covered the dump for dis
t,rrf n mile. There were thousands of
water moccasins from the overlooked dis
,riG taxing refuge on the narrow stretch
n land. and al every step acrosS they had
"a be fought through twisting Serpents-
many Of them deadly stump-tail moccaslns
lsrcsr than a man arm.
WILDCATS.
Wildcats. also frenzicd at the waters
f-rv. rushed Tcll-meli unon the pedestrians,
while coons and every variety Il animals
spspped NJ p4s,cTs hy with hydrophobic
nc. Many times the pedestrians left the
duup and swan around the angry reptiles
rather than try 20 pass them. Captain
Iystt alone killed over 80 snakes during
nj. Walk Of five milcs. which consumed
aioui ten hours. Guy ,aSs 20 money could
icmrt bin. o. make the trip over again. In
,t,1ping about in thc dark be was trippcd
no nd thrown 10y q snake two inches In
q amctcr. and fully I've fett long.
CITIZENS NETTING.
AZ meeting o. citizens Of Beaumont
held TO-DAY Tor the purpose Of organizing
relief measures Mayor Calhoun was chosen
rresiding officer. and a general relief CON-
mi;tce organized. with Mlyor Calhoun a.
vermancni chairman. Nr. Wicss a. perma-
neut treasurer. and Alexander Wynn sec
rciary. Th, general committee is SUBJ
divided into 8 committee for the reyistrl.
tj0n # sufferers: II. ". smith i chair
nan # tie Finance Committee; Z. F. Ed.
vard.. chairman q the Committee on
supplies. and Mrs. J.. ii. LsnghOrn.
Chairman % the Committee on Clothing
Ia large number OF ladies and all
TIE ministers II the city are on this
cdmuitieC; II. W. Green, Chairman
81 Committee on Procuring Houses and
shelter. Special committees, consisting Of
White and colored citizens. were appointed
% ooh after the cOlored sufferers, and q
committee Of i've appointed 70 take
steamboat and gather up the furniture and
other household effects floating about s.
Zine lake. Before the adjournment Of the
General Committee vote Of thanks was
extended Judge HUI. pre.idelt Of the
Houston Post Publishing Company, for
hi. prompt donation Of 500 for the sabine
sufferers. The Committee on Finance
W,re instructed % solicit fund, and sup
pie, FROM all source, and will gladly a.
csIi old clothing or anything that eau be
Used ny destitute people.
Al ADDRESS.
MAYOR Calhoun issues the following:
BsgumoHt. October 15.-In view Of the
urgent and dire necessity Of the h1pless
and Gc.loIed people Of Sabine Pass. re-
Wrst TIE immediate help In their behalf.
Ard II any Kind j. invited provisions,
clothing, or money. They are without
uean, Of any kind.
.,ignedl Il. +. CALHorN'
Mayor OF Beaumont.
Chairman Green. Of the Committee on
Lodging. has already made 100 refugees
omiortable for the time being. The train
Bhich went toward sabine to-day as far %
the track allowed. returned here at : p. VI.
,teCn bodies wer' recovered on the high
land called Back Ridge. west Of Sabine,
and were buried. six 5Odie, Of women
we've recovered on the west shore OF the
lake. two coiortd and four white, one be-
ing that q Mr.. ". 4. JuLkeT, Of Carlisle.
III. JUDktr ! still missing.
Ils steamer Emily L. returned from
J0lr,an', BAYOU, Ia, 20 Orange, add re-
part, that those drowned 1t that place were
chiefly coior,d people. The deaths at 81
tine Pas, ana vicinity will aggregate more
tlau ninety. and ai ,JOhnsun's Bayou about
ft-Hl h-Afk. bNle tulft ith@7'9 az ANaN ~
ioT human habilation. though perhaps a
dozen are siaDdlng in precarlous condi-
ton. The people wbO escaped with th1ir
I've. are completely ruined financially. the
? aj0niy Of them not being able % provide
with the bsic necessities OF NE.
A telegram from the merchants Of Cat
weston 70 toe Re ief Committee here says;
e. Galveston subscribes $1,000. Draw on
Jail. Hulchings 4 Go. for that amount"
The Mexican schooner Hercules l. hlgh
and dr. al a point called Oil Pond. Her
cp,ain, Jose GuibelOtdo, reports that ne
Wa bound lof New Orleans with lO5 ma,
bogany logs. al o. which are now supposed
% le lost. The captain andC eW were iuI-
ai.hed by the railroad company wit1 passes
O. New Orleans and let tonight.
4 circular will be addressed by the
Finsnce Committee 70 the prlacipal
tu,lness.houses in the leading trade CEN
tfe. Of the country asking assistance
While subscriptions from local and neiyo-
toliug points have been free and liberal
they are sufficient only to supply the re-
gulFcmenis OF a fex days. II Is desired 70
urgently impress upon the people OF le&as
and elsow here the immediate necessity OF
responding Al once 10 toe demands Of TINS
e1bmity. Conservative estimstes place
he los al such figures that it VIII require
from $4,000 to Sl00,0OO to meei the eiiiSr-
etBcies Of the ease.
INV ORLEASs, October ia dispatch
10 the Tines Democrat. dated J9lnson's
Bsyou. last evening. says: The village OF
Jolnson's Bayou is on a high ridge 90 Tue