Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-23
MANY LIVES LOST.
People Drowned and Property Ne.
strOyed by the Texas lnundatiom.

People Drowned aud Property Ne.
strOyed by the Texas lnundaliOm.
CHICAGO, August pa special dispatch
from Fort Worth, Tex, says: From Indianola
comes the saddest news yet reported about the
storm. During the height OF the storm the sig.
nal office was blown down, carrying with it
Capt i. A. Reed, signal officer, and Dr. III. Rosen.
Grams, both of whom were lost. Fire broke out
among the ruins, which extended for blocks
both sides OF the street, destroying thirteen
houses, among which were ID. Ia. Regan's large
dry goods store and Or. Lewis extensive drug
establishment DIR. Lewis was In his building
at the time IL took fire. He escaped being
burned to death, but was subsequently drowned,
his body being found yesterday. So far as can
be learned the following is a complete list of the
lives OF the white people lost: Capt L. A. Reed,
signal officer; DIR. Crooker, DR. ii. Rosencrans.
OF Elgin. Ill, formerly a resident Of Indianoa;
Mrs. Hodges and two children of DR. Hodges
family, of Cuero; Mrs. Crooker, OF Austin visit
Ing at 1ndianola with Hodges Mrs. Henry
Sheppard; two children of Mrs. Max Luther Of
Corpus Christi; DIR. Davis Lewis and n German
unknown. Besides the above the bodies of ten
colored persons have been found. The body Of
Dr. Croker, the twenty-second victim, was
found yesterday. Four miles of the track il
washed away, rendering IL impossible for trains
10 approach lndianola. There is much destitu.
ton there among the poorer classes, who have
lost everything they possessed. The depth of
the great storm OF 1873, when Indianola loss
nearly two hundred OF her citizene,swept away,
Friday the Hood Oh water over the doomed town
was SO rapid that within two hours after the
nrst apprehensions were felt every street was
submerged many feet.
THE EXTENT OF TUE STORM
AtSanAntonio the loss TO property is$5OO 600.
Al Floresyille the loss is 100000. Never be-
fore was the lower Texas coast visited by SO
Tor two hundred miles inland, destroying thou
sands OF houses and involving a pecuniary loss
OF many millions. Among the poorer classes
great dissolution must prevail, few were
able TO save any considerable portion OF their
small possessions from the general wreck. The
entire crop OF the present year is practically
a al nf INNS
especially among the negroes, most OF whom
are without means OF any kind. Ii is feared
that many more people were drowned at In.
dianola. The lower end of the peninsula is
mpletely washed away. Many people are
missing, and nothing definite can be learned
until the angry waters recede. The storm came
in the shape OF q hurricane. The waters OF the
gulf rose up, and in three hours the whole PEN
insula on which Indianola is situated was un-
der ten feet OF water. The total loss, as far a.
now known TO Texas from the gulf storm, Is as
follows: Human lives lost IS; loss To crops,
S1oOoOOO loss 10 city and town property,
S3,4OO.OoO; loss to shipping and harbor inn
provements, S9oO,OOo.
GREAT DESTRUCTION IN GALVESTON.
GALVESTON, TEX, August pa special to
the Net0s from san Antonio says: The damage
10 this city by the terrific cyclone of Friday is
estimated at S2,5oo,Oo0. No loss OF life has been
reported and the work OF reparation is already
in progress The storm was the severest ever
known in this locality, the wind reaching a
rounding country come reports that the cotton
crop seriously injured. The plant Was
blown down and the staple beaten by the
rain and blown away. Passengers the
Aranzas Pass railway from Beevtlle and Flores
willie report great raNages by the storm at both
points. AT Beeville many houses In course of
construction were demolished and old ones were
unrooied OR otherwise injured. Two churches
at Floresville were completely ruined, while
several stores and dwellings were damaged
seriously. An aged couple in attempting Ia
cross a swollen stream, in a wagon quarter oe
a mile from Floresville were swept down the
stream ana the woman w&s drowned, while the
man had a narrow escape. The woman's body
Was recovered and given interment by the
passengers train which delayed Ae
hours by washouts on the line.