Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-22
The Disasters of 1856.

Up to the present time the year 1886 50 far
as the nted States are concerned, has b .ea a
most eVenttul one 1t has been signaliZ.d ID by
stFlo1s hreS In some parts of the country, by
wind storms that have inflicted much dana ge
10 property, by prolonged droughts in TrXts
anu among the cattle ranges in MonttnA Great
ing considerable loss in stock, by an e4rthqlak
That has Laid large part of Ch ,rleston in
rnlns. and besides destroying many ives cans-
ing loss OF property amounting to several
mlilons OF dollars. To these dis s4sters are now
10 be al led the entire de.tru"ton by storm
ANA Hood of the vii age OF Sabine Pass, Texas
with th4 loss OF one hundred and twenty seven
lives ont of n total Of i've hundred and the
sweeping AWAY OF the villages of Johnspn's :
Bayou, and Il tdlord in Cam ron parish LDui-
sldna bv the same storm that overwhelmed
SABINE Pass, SIX mii-s distant from the LDul
Nl'na settlements. Scattered over tn ri .eS
"f the hAyou Was Dopulltion of twelve hun
dred souls. Il ,dori, At the he al ofn 4vigation
was the poStOffice station and thr principal set
'ement II had acorDn gin which turned out
eiRht hundret bales Of cotton annually, AMI the
usual stores adapted TO the wants Of an sn.ated
community. About i: were cotton and cane
heids stretching over the fertile rid Ies ftring
Tue gust stream, and reaching back to the
marshes werr The grazing grounds Of eight
thousand cattle. Over lhD>p ri ig-s tn fore
most OF which Twelve feet above the sea
!tvet the waves of the gut swept u,rl con
slleFab!r ptr' 81 the ptriSh Vas ten iest uu Ter
water Under tha conn nied action OF The
wind and the water, house alter b pusa fel in
ana was swept tv, either hurvn- the doom
ed people IN tn Rsbri, or iro osning the a. The
cotton g'n aui stores next succumhel aud X ID
'"Ti and johnson htyouS were DESTROYED As
completely rs if an invading army had dom
ht4 u..tA- l.. !. - L
storm "erA completely cuttei Sub of tn in-
htbiinat> a escaped were fortunate enough to
rrach the higher ridges, here they rem uned
without fp1i or water ff :" drink until TIE
waters T'crdei f. fEhty-hE- lives are known
/" htv- been lo~t of r'g1t rhoIstal Al o.
STOCK SIX thousand were drowned, AMI The re-
mHnder, II i feared viii Ii. OF thirst. a. a the
water $ salt Fol owing close on this CONES
me news OF TIE destruction of the greater part
0! the town of Salisbury, N,rsl,nd, by fre
WIN immense loss OF vhiutblr property. Il i
AZ Tie West where the tprnaio-s sweep 20 de-
sifrction everything they suc tuu;-r in their
pam ani ~ III" States ho-i rinr on the gulf
mat the terrible power OF thu wind and rain
storms Of Ibis continent il mos, frequently felt
Bat at Sabine Pass. and in C,meron ParisA.
L'u'siins, the destruction ~as princip. " due
10 The rising in overwhelming force of the wat
rr> of the quit stream. while AT : .lislury the
scourge was fire, The serras of earthquakes
SO disastrous recently IN South CAroliGa has
al LED a n" terror L. death AMI sense OF
hh&-E heretofore Vat taosn. Happily such
shatAs are Of rare occurrence ant when the
sGhirrranehu force, have read llstei them ives
anew, no further lis tster may hs appreheu led
tor long time tn co NJ Hl' the people of the
N'a'es whose home, are destroyed su whose
lt'rs Az pp' IN jeaP'ri' nv 'o-uai1rs Cyc.ol~s
HTrS aQi .oi, deserve A. ali times the utmost
'Ymprthy of ia" States hat axe trrs from such
'error', an: sg'h mt'~rid help - III 'ir c1u III
ION may require --Hh}1. SH4