Daily Republican., 1886-10-16
NINETY PERSONS DEAD.
ONLY Six HOUSES OF sABINE PASS
STANDING.
Terrible work Of the Flood In the Ua-
fortunate village-The Loss of Life
Very Large.

Very Large.
BEAUMONT, Tex, Dot 1.-THE
steam boat /. @. O. Lamar left Orange
Wednesday night 1t 10 clock with
relief committee on board. When she
would return no one knew. but q con-
slant watch was kept ut Orange and
here. At exactly midnight last night
the whistle OF the Lamar Was heard.
The people hurried heller skelter to hear
the news and 10 receive the sick and
destitute.
The Relief Committee aboard the
Lamar consisted OF twenty citizen from
beaumont and about forty from Orange.
They Travelled up the Necbes river be-
tw cen 4 p. m. and midnight, which was
an extraordinary trip, fraught with
fearful danger. Twenty five of the
committee we're left at Sabine Pass to
make attempts to recover some of the
bodies, many Of which are reported to
have been washed dozens Of miles over
into Louisiana.
The exact extent Of the storms wept
district 10 yel:unknown. From reports
brought by the committee 1t 10 certain
that the flooded district embraced an
expanse Of country many times larger
than ut FIRST supposed. The gulf seems
10 have moved over the land for miles
In one high, unbroken wall Of water.
The com m.ttee report that 101 persons
are missing, so Of whom are known to
be drowned.
and 6fty-fve colored. Joseph Smith, q
famous local character, known Is "Alli.
gator" Smith, was supposed to be
L q m n tha 1Oat No he ioS
train saw him driving before the gale
on Lake Sabine at the rate of twenty.
Ave miles an nour, clinRing to his skiff
and calling loudly for help. Great " AZ
the surprise, therefore, when "AlliRa-
tor" oserhauled the steamer ON its re-
turn, bringing with him in his email
boat three persons whom he had res.
cued IN swamp. Many other miracu-
lOus escapes are recorded.
Mir city -one half-clad, shiveriug,
wretohed victims of the storm were
brought up on the Lamar. Blankets
and bedding were immediately gathered
from house to house for the comfort OF
the heart broken sufferers, every one OF
whom has some dear friend or relative
among the dead. Nearly all the refu.
gees are sick and Frustrated from ex
haustion and hunger. They are being
tenderly cared for by citizens at Beau.
mont.
DIR. B. r. Calhoun, one OF the Relief
Committee, says there ara many per-
sons In the Vicinity of Sabine Pass who
are utterly destitute, being without
clothing TO cover their nAkedness. Dr.
Calhoun requests all correspondents TO
ask laid for the destitute. He says II
makes no difference what is sent,
whether food, clothing, medicine or
money. they need them all. DIR. Cal l.
houn 10 Mayor Of Beaumont, and he
will distribute through committees
whatever IL sent to him.
From all the accounts gathered Ian
auage could not exaggerate the state OF
affa,re ut Sabine Pass. Out of more
than $50 houses In the village less than
six remain standing, and they are
ruined. Wives and children were
swept away and drowned In the pres.
snce Of their husbands and fathers, who
were powerlets to save them. The
waves broke against the lighthouse In
solid wall fifty feet high, tearing out
the windows at the very top of the
structure.
| Co,pses have been picked up at 9
d distance Of :hi.ty miles from the scene
Va tho dAnhotCks II ItSuuo hbo AOt6biVCf
OF the drowned residents are coming In
to Orange and Beaumont by every
train. The damage nj Sabine, includ
ing that TO the government works, will
aggregate nearly $500, 900.
THE DAMAGE AT BUFFALO.
BUFFALO. Oct. 15.-The gale which
visited Buffalo last night did . vast
amount of damage. For o time the
wind reached q velocity OF seventy
miles an hour. On the lake front In
the vicinity of what is known ~ the
sea wall, forty small houses were totally
destroyed by wind and water, and theiI
occupants had to flee for their lives.
Sevs raj persons are known to have per.
ished.
The bodies OF two children were re.
covered this morning, and also two
bodies which are unknown at present,
On the Hamburg Turnpike, near. the
city. Twenty or thirty families have
been rendered destitute, and an appeal
for aid has been issued. Throughout
the city many buildings were damaged
A large secti IN of the rear wall of one
building, which WAS nearly ready for
the roof, was blown down withsa terrific
crash, shaking houses In the vicinity
like an earthquake. The damage on the
building 10 estimated at $12, 900.
Mrs. Roberts saloon and boarding.
house on the turnpike road was carried
about 900 feet, and the family had "a
take refuge In the attic, AS the lower
floors we're ruined. The family were
removed from the building by the
police. The officers also found family
named OUR n up in a tree. Their house
had been demolished.
Another house on the turnpike was
carried away, and the family are miss.
ing. OF the forty or more houses thai
stood on that part of the island yester.
lday, but three or four remain intact.
i IN OTHER PLACES.
I. CHICAGO, Oct. 15-Dispatches from
various points in northern Indiana and
ceutral Illinois report considerable
damage by the severe storm Of yester
day. A number Of frame buildings In
the suburbs Of Chicago were blown
down. The little town OF Lehman,
cor sisting of about 6fty frame houses
aud located ON the line of the Chicago
and Northwestern road, was entirely
demolished. The buildings were no,
completed, so that no one was hurt.
DETROIT, Oct. 16.-Repcrts are con-
ing In owly OF the effects of yester.
days storm. From all parts Of the
State comes the same story Of damaged
buildings, ruined fences, broken tele
graph and telephone poles, uprooted
trees, and general state Of demorali
cation; but rs yet no lives have be en-
reported lost.
THE STORM ABROAD.
LONDON, Oct. 10 The wind, which