The Osceola times., 1886-10-23

depces were wrecked, but most re-
markable and singular instance oil pres
eryation is presented in the old Caihohc
Church, or rather convent, which Is one Oh
the most dllapidated frame structures IN
the town. 1t looks from the outside Ike
Il is TOO frail to stand an ordinary Texas
nor,her, and is virtually abandoned 10.
general church service, but u passeu
through this great storm unharmen' .'
though four of the largest trees III the
town were blown down IN row, lhelr
tips Just touching the end OF the build-
ing. At the time the parish priest was
I'm little room in the southeast
corner OF the building engaged In
prayer for mercy 10 the Peop'r,
and the points OF the limbs OF
the PROSTATE trees protruded through we
broken windows and almost touched the
GOOD man. This Is the same old convent
in which a historic incident In Texas MS
tory occurred: During the war ihree
prisoners chained together, AMI VINO were
charged with murder, were placed III lhe
same room In which the priest was pray
ing on Tuesday last, as above menlloheI'
The sanctity OF the place II was beleNed,
would save the prisoners from the ven
peance of the mob bowling for lhelr
lives, but at an unexpected moment TO
the officers in charge, a body OF naskeu
and armed yigiIantes rushed in ana III
,winklipa had shot 10 death the three
maIefactors, retired, mounted their horses
and rode away into the Trinity ootlom
jungles. ,,.
The steamer Rabb left Beaumont thls
morning to pick up the dead, make res
cues and recover as much OF the eitects
as possible Of the people. The waters
and shores Of Sabine lake and the Gull oi
Mexico are strewn with trunks, fnrnl-
ture, tools and miscellaneous plunder.
The Rabb is expected back tonight or IN
the morning. and her return is anxiously
awaited, as the fate OF many people is
still unknown, the list OF missing per-
sons being still very large.
The number OF sufferers from Johnson's
BAYOU, Sabine Pass and the surrounding
country will aggregate, II II does not eX-
coed, !, 200. There are 500 OF the john
sons BAYOU sufferers. The calamity al mat
point was even worse than at Sabine
Pass, as 1t contained more people. us
renoteness prevented the disaster being
known until a full day after the country
was shocked at the destruction oil Sablne
Pass. Johnson's bayou was prosper
Gus little summer resort, back from the
gulf about ten miles, with orange
orchards, small farms aud caitle-raislng
engaging the attention OF the people.
Hatest reports show that the damage TO
| shipping and sailing craft has been COM
paratiyely insignificant. Hall a dozen or
so OF little sloops and schooners were
wrecked or washed up and stranded on
| the main land Some people were on
| board that may have been lost, however.
/ News reached here tonight that the
storm struck the country forty or nifty
miles north of here with great severity
| Crops and farm property were badly
/ damaged, and in the neighborhoond OF
| jasper County was blown from the fields
snd almost totally ruined. The resi-
dence of Matt Collins, near Jasper, was
blown TO pieces, but his family escaped.
Details received are meagre, and II is fear
ed that further loss of life in this new di'
rection will be reported.
SAD sCENE,
At 1880 p. m. a special train from
Orange arrived over the Southern Pacific
with nearly one hundred refugees from
Sabine Pass. II looked like the entire
population of Beaumont had turned out
TO see the sufferers. The opera house
| had been lit up, and committees were In
/ waiting to assign the sufferers TO various
places TO be taken care Of II was pit
liable procession that marched from The
! Southern Pacific depot 10 the opera
house. Old men and women, middle
aged people and babies In arms were in
the party. They were sorrowiul and de-
iected, many of them sick, others injured,
and all heart-broken. Little children
were crying, some of them hoarsc from
exposure, and many grown PERSONS
cheeks were wet with sympathetic tears
which flowed responsive TO the sad
scene presented. Quietly the refugees
were distributed about aud the meeting
adjourned
Reports from Orange state that relief
movements are being perfected there. No
! additional news was received from the
exploring parties in the steamers sent
out up to ten O'Clock tonight. The iettv
and other Government Improvements a,
Sabine Pass have not been injured. Cap
| tain Hyatt, who has the contract, says as
soon as the present calamity matter i ad.
| justed he will put large force OF men at
| work prosecuting the work at the Pass.
| The stone to be used he will secure from
| Maine and Cuba.