The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-10-19
The Tornado.

New York, Oct. i4,-I0:3O a. m. the
Western Union officials report that the
storm which prevail. ed in Texas and Louis
ana yesterday and the day before is nOw
travelling in a northeasterly direction, and
is cutting off telegr aphic communications
as 1t progresses. New Orleans ports that
there are no wires west. That the whole
coast territory from New Orleans to Gal
weston is cut of.
CHICAGO CYCLONED.
Chicago, Oct IA high wind, accom-
panied by drifting rain, has been pre-
vsiling here since early this morning. The
storm tore through the trees of Douglass,
Garfield ami Humboldt parks with the
fury of hurricane. Reports show that
the storm extended over a very wide area,
but no particulars can be obtained as the
telegraph wires are down in almost every
direction. A cyclone between Ipsilante,
Mich, and Elkhart, Ind tore down all
the wires in that neighborhcOd.
At the Offices of the Western Union Tele-
graph company an officer stated that the
storm had given the company more trouble
than any storm that they have had Tor
years. The company have large gangs Of
men out repairing the lines as rapidly as
possible. La this city several fra ne nous s
were blown down and in one of them the
inmates were severely injured. On Madi-
son street large building in process Of
erection, fell in and smashed the house adj
joining. The parks suffer severely.
SABINE PASS SUFFERS
Galveston, Texas, Oct. 1.-The town of
Sabine Pass, at the mouth of the Sabine
river, the dividing line between Louisiana
and Texas, is reported entirely washed
away by the terrific storm of Tuesday
night. Over fifty lives are reported lost
out of total population of two hundred.
All telegrsphic communication with the
town is cut off. Sabine Pa is sixty miles
up the coast from Galveston.
Chief Operator West, of the Western
Union telegraph company, has received
the following message from tn operator at
Orange, Texas: THE town of Sabine
Pass was totally destroyed by the water of
the Sabine river last night. There are
kHown to be sixty-fve lives lost. Last
night during he overflow, a hotel with
fifteen or twenty persons in it, was swept
out into the bay, and every one of the in
mates were drowned. The captain of
schooner from there to-day says not
house is left in the whole country, and
that every living thing there was drowned.
A party of men came from Beaumont this
evening on train with the intention of
joining the people of Orange and going
down to Sabine Pass with relief boat"
LATER.
Fort Worth, Texas, Oc'. News re-
ceived here from Sabine Pass is to the
effect thaI the greater portion of the town
he's hcH oh ivfu
seventy persons drowned by the terrible
storm of Tuesday night. The waters from
the lake aDd gulf rushed into the place
with great rapidity and dislodged the
foundation of nearly every house. All
telegrsphic communication east of Beau
mon, is interrupted and the only informa-
4ion procured that is strictly reliable was
obtained from tSo men who rowed over
fthe vast expanse OF water to Beaumont,
These men say that.
THE SCENE Is BEYOND DESCRIPTION.
The entire town is wrecked and the in
habitauts are frenzied withIfear and grief.
The damage done by the storm at Beau
mont is also con siderable, number of the
houses being blown down and many of the
principal lumber mills destroyed. = The
track OF the East Texas ard Sabine Rail-
way is washed away for miles In num-
Der of places, besides the damages done to
bridges and depots. 4
Later intelligence from Beaumont, Tex,
says: Sabine Pass has been nearly de-
stroyed. About twenty seven whites and
thirty negroes we're drowned. The wires
are down. Searching parties have gone
out and will return tomorrow, until
which time nothing further can be sscer-
tained. !
THE LATEST.
A special from Orange, Texas, to the
Pocyane says: Details of the destruction