Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-05
HUNGRY AND PEuuIlE
The Survivors from the Graz.
in the johnson Bayou Dj s%,
Appeal for Aid.
Two Hundred and Fifty Par. j.,
lieved to Have Persisted y; :;
That Locality.


hefugees from the flooded distri,l
Sabine Pass continue to orrivs
small craft that comes up the w..
estimated by persons here who
over the scenes of devastation =.
Pass, Johnson's Bayou, and
Bayou that the death list will -
souls. Eiehty-tive corpses boro
covered and buried around
Bayou, and fifty four bodies tbns ]
been buried at Sabine, wb;lo
persons are still missing at Sal;
these are, of course, dead, as i ''l
impossible for any human BENZ
thus long in the swamp and laao W
out food or shelter. An exami,o,;a
country back of Sabine and imm@S;
the vicinity of Beaumont sSas
the salt water came back irom IN
fully forty miles through the Swan
hundreds Ct thousands of nr,os
submerged by water that was fors'
and has no outlet. This fact mol
search for bodies very difficult - Ga
OF thousands of drowned car,n
horses. and fowl are strewn s "yu,,
and clouds of sea guls and Luzz,ri
over the desolate country for an =
thirty square miles. 1t is known y
number of sufferers around Jol
Bayou, who have lost everything wi
l.2O0. while the Sabine sufferers
800. one half Of whom are now in
mont. Parties who returned tod,
the johnson Bayou district say fl
persons are still missing there
searching parties have almost lcarh
conclusion that many Of these !n;ssi,I
drowned and THEN bodies carried j
by the reco ding waves.
4 correspondent Who has lust ra|
from Sabine Pass telegraphs from /
that the turkey-buzzartls are soo,irl
Sabine for miles around on land and
1t is one vast charnel house. The !
swept out OF existence. What WAS 1
porous village when last Tuesday dad
now the center of wreck and desd
There are l27 persons missing and
posed to be dead. Only about lweu
bodies have thus far been reed
There is not one sonnd house in III
Of Sabine. The residences OF Dr.
land and Editor McClanahan are N
ones that can be repaired. Eyc:a
house is an absolute wreck. III
brief. is the story Of the storm. Ind
able touching heartrending incideul|
storm are related by The survivors,
house containing fourteen colorcd 4
was seen to 60 down with crash. a,il
one of them was lost Incidents az,
of husbands lashing wives and d
to floating wrecks and then seemI
killed by heavy logs being driven
them. The damage TO properly cd
he estimated by the value OF the toj
all is lost. The Sabine and East
Railroad track is washed out Tor d
of ten miles. The trees have foad
and the rails are twisted like VIII
effect of the great hurricane. Mill
dead fish We're cast up by the
and thousands of birds also strs
ground. A woman in a perfeali
state was found roaming around
prairie yesterday, five miles from
She was demented, and could LS.
name. When the Government boa
rose reached there Columbus Mar
found rowing around the delta loos |
the bodies OF his family. lie said
self. wife, and three children were 4
to a floating roof which was gl1
breaking to pieces. One of the lit
dropped off and then another. l wasl
the Youngest, and soon my vie said.
by, husband; am going l could nc
her. The piece of the roof support
broke off and she sank before L
| held onto the youngest child.
Pearl. some time longer. The chi
dressing me, said: Papa, I'm tired
YOU walk with me?' The piece of I
l was on now was crumbling to PIE
told the little one to kiss me. Shep
her little arms around my neck, ga'
| big squeeze, and just then a wave
us OFF, and l saw her 10 more. Gre.
| Why didn't l 80 down, too?'
pressed TO go on board the PenEo
refused, saying: "Here among I'll
goons are the bodies of my wife an
dren, and here will l stop until CT
them" No tongue can tell how the
have suffered during the past few da
many cases the dead ones are con
the lucky ones.