Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-16
OH! EVIL DAY.
The Long List Of Horrors and Of
Woes Extends until Hearts Pail
at their Flecitlng.
GraphIc Description OF the Terrible
Bosom Of Destruction and rs La.
mcntable and Disastrous Effects.
wives Torn from ,hs,r Hnsbands and
ohidren-oh a BnFt with Hor Dead
shtidscn--Death in Nothsra' Asms.
SABINE PASS pErAn.s.

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Special TO thu Gazette
HOUSTON, Tx, Oct. --Thefollowlne
notes OF interest have bearing upon the
la'e storm at sabine Pass, as reported by
stan correspondents OF the Houston Post:
AZ places where water never was over
eight inches deep since the place WAS set.
tied, iorty-two years ago, water was six
TO nine feet deep, with waves breaking
much higher
Brsdley Ghrnetpa new house was
swept away with family OF fye persons
Ia it, aud after floating two aud 4 hslt
miles, landed on the back ridge
ALL INTACT
nobody hurt.
Boats took water ht for drlnking pur.
\ poses from here, there being none there
but salt water.
Mrs john Stewart and her deuelrer
Mi-s Frederick, separated at none ghe
daughter soized feather-bed, the mother
a window frame, and after being out an
night landed 1t Aurora, on the lake shore,
within hslf mile OF each other, each sup-
posing the other lost They traversed
fiftcen miles before they were found
+ Mr.. A. y, Weird, postmaster ut this
noint, telegraphed P1sim tster-Genora w
1 F.vllas, asking permission to distribute
the postmistress and assistant at the Pass
are both reported drowned
4 10 give some idea Of the velocity OF the
wind
SILVER groom
was blown from the residence Of Mr.,
william Harrlsa distance Of twelve miles
MIRA Junkor's body was found this
evening A casket has been wired for
from Orange.
MIR. Moig Broussard lost g25, 900 worth
OF cattle, some say much more than that.
All OF them which are not lost will die, as
nothing is left for them 20 subsist upon,
salt water covering everything
!. Mrs. Otto Brown h1ated twenty-five
miles on q feather bed, With one chld.
She logted until she got benumbed. The
cHILD DIED DUmNG CONCLUSIONS,
during which II pulled her of Ia the
water. The waves pitched her back, and
, she was found 10 little inlet and saved,
, Capt, H. A. Hyatt and Mr.. William Guy
! report that they met with singular expe-
, riance As members of the relief com
: miItee, on their way 60 the Pass, the
. train stopped on dump Ave niles from
: the pass. The water all around this nerK
OF land on which was placed the track was
:, fully elgh, feet deep. The hands OF
y Messrs. Hyatt and Guy are blistered from
fighting snakes which literally covered
the dump for distance OF Ave miles,
There were
! THOUSANDS or WATER hocCAsfNs
from the oyerhowed district taking refuge
! on the narrow stretch OF land, and every
9 step across IL had TO be fought through
2 twisting aud coillng serpents, msny Of
! them umptailed, deadly moccaslns
y larger than mans arm.
+ WILD CATTLE,
y also fren2led at the waters fury, rushed
y pell-mell upon the pedestrians, while
' coons and every variety OF rodents
n snapped at passers-hy with hydrophoblac
$ rage. Many times the pedestrians left
:, the dump and swem around the angry
y reptiles rather .han try to pass them
!. Capt Hyatt alone killed over $50
y snakes during mis- walk Of nye miles,
= which consumed about ten hours
y Mr. Guy says no money could tempt him
e to make the trip over again. Ne was
2 tripped up and thrown down by stepping,
Z about dark,
two inches in diameter and fully nve feet
long.
The following Is result Of called
re meeting by the mayor TO days Az q meet
or inc Of the citizens Of Beaumont for the
purpose Of extending reilef TO the suffer-
ers from the storm at Sabine Pass, Mayor
Ain. +. Calhoun was called TO The chair
IA and A. s. John elected secretary.
=. on motion Of A. s John committee
q Of three was appointed 10 select OH com.
y mittees and report back TO the meeting
~ w. l.. Douglass, g w, O'Brien, W A.
n Fletcher and John w. Keith were
"a appointed on said COMMITTEES. the above
IN COMMITTEES reported es follows: For per
=, - manent chairman, b. r. Calhoun; for per
a. manent treasurer, v. Weiss for per
manent secretary, Alex. Wyune. fOi
as general relief commilte, suo-divlded AZ
o, follows;
5e Committee No. /, registration OF suner
10 ers II. w. Smith, chairman, ". J
20 Douglas, II X Ridley. 4,
COMMITTEES No. 2, nDance y. ~
al wards, chairman, Leon Il Levy, > r
ns Carer, W, Wiess.
iiv Committee No. 8, clothing and sup
M plies; Mrs. t II Langham, Mrs. Lane
III Mrs Long, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. ".
nv Ivey, Mrs w. r. II Mcfadden, mrs
IA Kroner, Mrs. l.. j Heoert. Mlts y. Tray
~. Tor. Ii Solinsky, Rev. ID. y. DaVan.
10 Mark wiess, Mrs sam Wepaer ana 8 u
"a Leonard. ,
nv aud places Of residence; 81. W Greer, W
M. u Ivey, George w Carroll, pr. u Joi
~ don, J5nn w. Keith, A. s. John.
N, Colored committee, added 70 report N
H. needs Of the colored people 70 the gen
- eral committee; Woodson Pipkin, Eiisn
adams. II. Jones, Elder Venerable kir
yestable and Joe Muller.
The committee on relief were requisite
r., 20 meet inmediately after adjournment
Ths general committees was requested '
meet Nhen this meeting adjourned.
am " O'Rrlen, J u Ppiain and Mayor I
.1s Il. Calhoun were added 70 t1e gener'
~ relief committee. Az lunds nue. 70
,ou ,urned over 70 Henry Herring,t 10 ,
" placed 10 the bank Of Y wiess
er' camm,tter OF lise, eVmposei 81 ~
ne n. " SgntD Geo. WI y, OTTO bianen'
tOppinucd On Fourth Pgge