The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-10-20
AWFUL DISASTER IN TEXAS.
4 Town Wrecked BY Sto.m-Whole Families
Drowned-BusinesS Houses and Residences
Capsized ard Occupants Drowned.

CapSiHed ard Occupants drowned.
GALVESTON, October 1t.-The Town OF
Sabine Pass, at the mouth of Sabine river.
the dividing Eiie between Louisiana ana
Texas, is reported to be enticly washed away
by the terrific storm oi Tuesday night.
Over so lives are reported 10 be lost oui
Of Il total population Of 200. All tee
graphic communication with ;hc iowa =
cut off. Sabine Pass is 60 miles up the
coast from Galveston and Is miles SoG;i!-
west of Beaumont, the county seat OF JET
ferson county.
Another report says ;l!at daring The over
liow a hotel containing i3 or 20 persons
was swept out into the bag anu 81! the oc-
cupauts Were drowned.
DETAILS or TlIE DISASTER.
BEAUMONT, Texas, October l4-l.5o 4
M.-Our town was in 4 state o. intense cN
element tonight at news Just received
from Sabine Pass. WchaTe nc telegrapnlc
communication with Sabine Pass, us the
wires are all down, but al engine arrlveG
here o.nisl,t over The East Texas rai!roao
that left there abo;It + 0ciCck. wo cl;l-
Zens, who rowcd in Il Smail boat across tue
expanSe Of angry waters, Il distance OF scV-
eral miles. fruiI! the toWn ct Sap!He 10 tnc
railroad track came IN on tie engine ara
caves, heart rendering account Of the affair
They say the waters began 10 invade The
town from the Calf and the lake together
about 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, AM;
rose with unprecedented rapidity.
The citizens Of the doomed place did not
realize the imminent danger until Ii was
TOO late to escape. When safety ey hight
was recognized as being cut ot the quts;1cl;
the people who were situated 50 they cou!o
do SO tetcok themselves to houses and
other resorts which they judged TO bc sale;
The water kept rising, and betweea ;ut!
O'Clock the smaller houses began to Yield
TO the resistless force of the waves. WHICH
not only moved them from their touGl:a-
tons, but turned them over on Their sioes
and tons. \ little later the larger houses
began to give way, and death by drowning
seemed in stoce for every person III the
place. With the yielding OF the Smalle!
houses. several persons who had remained
in them were downed, and when the resi-
dcnces and business places began 10 crunl'
ble the fatality Began to double.
The following list Of the drowned was
obtained from the gentlemen who came IL
on the engine: Miss Mahala Chambers,
jim Vondy, and family of six; the wife Of
Otto Brown snd two children; Homer
King, wife and child; Mrs Junker and son
Mrs. Pomeroy and family of five: Mrs
Stewart. daughter and son; ! man by tht
name Of Wilson; Mrs Arthur Nckcvno!ds
Mrs. Mcdonald, daughter and grandson
Frank Mlliga4 and family; Columbu:
Martin and family; about25 colored persons
whose names could not be learned.
The above list comprises over 30 human
victims of the storm-among them some O
the leading families of the place. Theit
are others. anC many OF then coubtle>
drowned without any one living known.
ANYTHING about it. 1t IS feared tIl"t whole
families in different places have been swep
away without leaving q restige Of thel
fate.
It is said that the situation during Ii;
latter part of the afternoon beggared &c
scription. The manifestations OF ttrro
and agony By people looking face to tac'
at death, and realizing that there was NJ
escape; the dying cries Of women, audible
but rendered almost no:$eleSs by the roar
the mad sea: the hcarSc voices OF paiiit
men, trying TO save those dear to them-ai
combined made u scene too horrible 10 b.
described
On receipt Of this news the citizens o
Beaumont Immediately began preparation
for the relief CT the sufferers. The las
i. Texas railway has placed an engine at thei
Disposal, and a party Of men have gone I
procure boat and start 10 the scene OF III
disaster. The damage 10 property IS Ecr..
great. The wharf property Of the tow!
was owned By New York capitalists, VIII
also own the adjoining lands, and wer
aiming 10 make Sabine Pass an importan
point on the Gulf coast.