Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-15
si.c Sabine Pass Storm.

An engine arrived nj Beaumont. Texas.
last night over the East Texas railway. I've
citizens who r"wei in :. sInal. ngot across
nn eXpanse .; tossing waters, q distance C
several miles trom the lGn'u ~ sabine 10
the railroad track. arrived a. Eaa8mon! Oh
the engine, aAd give :, iiea.l-rcuing uc.
count OF the dcus>. TEey s.y She water
began 10 invade the town from he Gulf and
The lake together nbout two u'v!ccl; Tues.
ddy at!crhnu:i, amd rnst. Wl,h unDrrcs.,lcl,,yd
rapinity. The citizens a. the du0l,ici a,arn
Gld Eol realize The imminent danger uuli! il
was too hate 20 ""C@ir. Wlra ...cty l,v
night was recognized ~ heiu" uE' 1i iie
QUESTION, the people gathered III the uprc.
stories and Oh The jnp al houscs. I he ygutrr
KEEP. rising, and between three ana four
O'Clock the smaller houses began to Njr!i 10
ti.e Ic7ist!esS force OF tho watrI. .sl.icn NOT
only moved them from ;he.r iols"Gt..
tionS, but turned them over on their
sides. i little later the larger houses be
gan 10 give way, and death hy d:nwninr
scented III Store for every person III the
place With the yielding oftho smaller houses.
Sevcra! persons who haG remained IN lhem
were drowned, ani when the residences
ami business places began 10 crumbie he ia
tn!ities increased. about iiy persons.
white and coIoreG, are known 10 have
per!shot. The ist comprises some ufiha lead.
lng families the place. There are others.
and many OF them dCuhilcss drowned with.
out any one living knowing anything Of il.
IL Is iearcd that whole families. in different
places. have been swept away without !eay-
ing 8 Vestge Of them fate l. i. said hat
the situation during he latter parl 81 The
afternoon. beggare6 description. The man
tcsatlon of terror a@d agony by the uro.
pie looking face 10 face at death, aud re.
aizng that there was no escape: the diving
cries Of women audible. bu: reniipred almost
nosc!css by the roar Of ;he mao sea; the
honrSe voices Of pallid men trying TO save
those dear TO them -al combined. made 81
scene TOO horrible 10 be- described
The loss OF property along TIC Cameron
parish, Gulf coast, and ijr some distance
west OF Sabine Pass was fearful ln@ ma.
boat from Cameron parish reports Tia, tin.
water a; CalcasIeu Pass was eight lee; t.pi,
nj the light mouse, and jEa; The entire coun
try east and west was suhmc:peG Tu.st:ay
night drowning thousands cf cattle end
running crops. No lives wcln cS. at Lees
hurs or Cacasi"u Pass hut The following are
reported lost 1t Johnsou;s Bayou. La: Tn.
entire families OF Alfred Lambert. Marion
Luke, George ;>.rieyrr, Charles Bluuchat,
R".i!o!a Berry and two families hY the name
oi F;npeswar, besides t2anr others whose
ram"s have not Iscn aaccrfaned.
\ dispatch iroin OrAngr, Tex, says: De-
ta'- - ;he destruction IS H." ~torm ri Sa.
hi"" Pass and J,Ai&un's bayou come in
slowly. Two brothers named pomerov
were picked up by thc schooner Andrew
Baden in sabine Lake. They had been in
the "nt"r thirty-~iX tours, c!ngiug 10 their
c"psiZ.d yawl. Their mother ard sister and
Mrs. Captain Junkcr her son and Il little
cir! OF the party. were lost. Tho Pomeroys
report that fifty lives were lost al the Porter
House, where the people had collected as
the best = ace OF safety. 1t went to pieces
Al nine O'Clock. Many persons are missing
still greater loss is reported from Johnson's
Bayou. Whole families we're swept away.
Not house was left standing within five
miles of lhe lake. Parties were organized
last night and left on the steamers Lamar
and Emily =. with provisions and bedding.