Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-17

Ntttfs lt0urt HlAtf HOlrt lttt III Of Wa
swept away, either burying The doomed
people In the dttriS or hurting them into
the Kissing waters. Cotton and stores next
succumbed, and Rsdford < Johnson's
bayou were DESTROYED rs completely az II
an invading army had done the work.
IL was night OF terror described
by the survivors ~ appalling. The
people could only cling 10 cacn other
and pray for mercy and for the souls OF
those whose despairing shricks rang In
their eaIs. For twelve hours the storm
ragged over the devastated settlements, aud
then came a lnll. Hope revived as the
waters rccedcd and the storm passed away,
and the survivors gathered on elevated
points viewing the scene oi desolation
around them. Houses that stood the attack
OF the storm were completely Quilted. There
was no food or drink, saltwater having
invaded everything. Then there began
search for the dead, and those whose bodies
Law pinioned by the ruins OF houses were
speedily recovered. From out OF the
marshes more torpses were likewise buried.
The dcaih.roli was then made up a fol.
lows:
Mrs. Frank Turner and two children.
Mr.. Locke, wife, and seven children, and
old Mrs. Locke.
Wis W lEufol anu tufNf
Bradford Berry and daughter.
Mrs. Albert Lambert and two children.
Eight children OF samuel Burwiks.
Mrs. shell VALLEY and four children.
George Stiyener and Tour children.
Mr.. Franchall, wife. aud grandson.
Mrs. :. Caller and four children.
\ child Of Alonzo Smith.
Mrs. TOochakos and four chill 'ren.
Jack ToOohakes and seven children.
Mrs. Hawkins and three children.
Dr. George Smith, wife, and four chill
dren-al white persons.
The colored victims were Eleyer John.
son and wife, Jack Lewis. wife, and bro.
Their. and Richard Hambrick. wife, and five
children.
During the morning the regular packet
stern-wboel steamer Emily j. arrived at
Johuson's Bayou and brought 10 Orangcas
many persons as she could carry-in all
about sixty. Not one Of them had any
thing hut what they stood in. Many were
minus hats, shoes. coats, and dresses.
Their wants, however, were promptly sup.
plied by the good people OF this place, and
The refugees made comfortable for the night.
Tomorrow the steamers Emily =. and Lark
will return TO the bayou. and will make
regular trips until all are brought to
a place OF safety. The people who
have large stock interest say they
have abandoned the place forever.
They are descendants OF race of people
who in the past made Johnson's Bayou a
vast orange.grOye. Frost came aud ruined
them, and then they turned TO cotton and
sugar and stock, only to meet the fate OF
their forefathers. or 5000 head OF stock
which once The Bayou boosted, 6,000 are
drowned, while the remainder will die Of
thirst, rs all the water j. salt. There IS no
ostJmsting the loss, as there is no way OF
aScertaning the valuations; hence It is
sufficient TO say that the towns are DESTROYED
and abandoned.
MORE DISTRESSING DETAILS.
GALVESTON, October IG.-Further par
ticulars OF the great disaster at Sabine Pass |
and Johusons Bayou are constantly being |
received. The situation has not been eX- |
alcer8ted in the least. 4 correspondent, |
who has Just returned from Sabine Pass !
telegraphs from Orange that turkey-buz. |
yards are aoaring over Sabine for miles |
around on land and water. IL Is one vast |
chaTnel-hOusc. The town j. swept ont OF |
existence. What was 4 prosperous village |
when last Tuesday dawned is now a centre /
% wreck and desOi1tion. There are Ii |
persons missing and supposed to be dead /
Only about twenty-five bodies have thus
far been recovered.
There j. not one sound house in the town
Of Sabine. The residences OF Or. Gillland /
and Editor Mechanism are the only ones
that can be repaired. Every other house is
an absolute wreck. This in brief Is the
story Of the storm. Innumerable touching
and heartrendiDg stories OF the storm are
related by the SURVIVORS. One house, con-
tanning fourteen colored persons, was seen
10 60 down with a crash, ard every one Of
them vas lost. Incidents are related Of
husbands ashing their wives ana children
10 floating wrecks and seeing them Killed
by heavy logs being driven against them.
TIE damage 10 property can only be
estimated 10y the value Of the town, for all
is lost. The Sabine and East Texas rail-
road i washed out for 4 distance OF ten
miles. The ties have loated OF and the
rails are twisted like wires, the effect OF the
great hurricane. Millions OF dead fish
were cast Up by the waves. and thousands
Of birds also strew the ground. y
Young woman IN perfectly nude
stqie was found roaming around Oh the
prairie Yesterday i've miles from Sabine.
She was demented and could not tell her
name. When the Government tugboat
Penrose reached sabine Pass yesterday
Z 0lilUlnlN 1tIltt NA~ lOluu lNnln-
around the delta looking for the bodies 81
his family. lie said: "Myself, wife, and
three children Were clinging TO float
ing roof which was gradually breaking |
to pieces. One Of the little ones went,
and then another. | was holding the
Youngest, and soon my wife said: Good
i've. husband, | am GOING ] could not
reach her. The piece OF the roof support
ING her broke of. and she sank before my
ewes. held on 10 The youngest child,
named Pearl, some time longer. The child,
addressing me. said: Papa, Pm tired;
won't YOU walk with me- The piece OF
roof was on was now crumbllng to pieces.
! told the little one 10 kiss me. She put
both her little arms around my neck, gave
a big squeeze, and just then wave dashed
us oil, and saw her no more. Great God,
why didn't / 90 down, toO:" He was
pressed 10 20 on board the Penro'e, but
refused. saying: Here among these
lacoons are the bodics Of nv wife and chill
dreD, and here VIII stop until hhd
them"
No tongue can tell how the people have
suffered during the past few dsy'. In
MANY cases the dead ones are considered
lucky ones.
Late reports from Johnson's Bayou brlng |
the terrible intelligence that eighty-iiie 1
persons are now known 70 have been lo.t
in that settlement, and it is greatly feared
that the lit VIII be swelled 10 hundred or
more, thus making the total number OF We
tins by the hurricane fully two hundred.
Reliable Information from JohnsOn's Byou
arrives slowly, all the roads beng implssa-
bic. and only two boats are running to thol
section. The restitution OF the survivors |
Of whom there are over one thousan1 |
around Johnson's Bayou and Radiord WI |
lage. is described a. something awful. |
They lost everything, and are without, food, /
drink, and clothes.
brooklyn Jockey-CIuh Races.
IBy telegraph 10 the Dispatch.]
NEW YORK, October l6 - First iace-ior |