Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-10-22
The Great Southern Flood.
Details Of The Disaster AT Sabine Pass
and JOhnS0n's Bayou.

Further details of the flood ut Sabine Pass
Texas, indicate that the loss OF life will he
greater than heretofore reported The house of
Bradley Grant was swept away with his family
OF i've persons, and after floating 81 miles land
ed on a ridge with all safe. Mrs. otto Brown
toated TWENTY-FIVE miles on a feather bed. She
had her child with her. but il became bcnumb-
ed and died in commissions. During its >truE
giles ii threw the mother into the water. The
waves pitched Mrs. Brown back on the bed. She
was finally rescued.
\ correspondent who has just returned from
Sabine Pas telegraphS that the turkey huZzard>
are soaring over sabine for miles around on the
Eth1 ana water. ii Is one vast charnei-nnu>e
There are l27 persons missing and supposed to he.
dead. The damage to property can only he cSti-
mated 10y the value OF the town, for all is lost.
When the government tugboat Prnrn>c reach
ed Sabine Friday, Columbus Martee was found
lowing around rne delta looking for the bodies
OF his family H.. said: Myself, wife and three
children Were clinging to n floating roof which
was gradually breaking 10 pieces. Dne OF the
little ones went. and then another. | was hold
ing the Youngest, and soon my wif" said Good
bye, husband; am going could not reach
her. The piece Of the roof supporting her broke
on, and she sank before my eyes held on To
10 the youngest child. named Pearl. some time
longer The child, addressing me, said. Papa,
m tired; won You walk with me !he piece
OF the root was ON was now crumbiing TO pieces.
| told the little uncTo kiss me. She put both her
little hands around my neck, gave m" big
>tttLt' Just tllttl Z wave tlii>tlt Us on ana
saw her no more. Great God. why didn't 20
doWn, too! lie was pressed II go on board the
Penrose. but refused, Styins:: Here among
these iloon> are the bodies OF my wife and chill
dren and here will >tnp until can lind them"
Capt. +. a. Hyatt and William Guy report that
they had II singular experience a> members of
the relief committee on their way Ia the Pass.
The train in which they were travelling >toTpcd
ON Il dump i've miles from the town. The water
az atoutiu tH'N herh oi EtI,i on Nh'h MAS
placed the tack. was fully eight feet deep The
hands of Mrs. Hyatt and Guy are hli>trrrd from
lighting snakes. which literally Cnycrcd The
dump for a distance OF five miles. There were
thousands of water mnrC a>iu> from the overflow
"d district taking refuge on the narrow stretch
-! land, and every step across ii had L. hr fought
Though the twisting >crprut>, many of them the
deadly Stnmp-iailed mocrasIns, larger than
man arm " Wildcats, also trenziei at the wat
er'> fury, rushed peil-meli upon pedestrians
while cooCS and every variety OF animals >uap-
ped at IgtS>cTS-bN. Many times the pedestrians
LETT The dump and swan around The angry rep
tiles rather than Try - pass them. Capt Hyatt
during his walk Of fiFe miles. which consumed
about ten hours.
The number Of persons drowned at John>on's
BAYOU l. put at cighty-hVr. John>pu> Rayeu
was on a high ridge on the Sea-cna~t. and the
bayou, from which il takes i'll name. runs thro
the settlement, in which l. also situated the
pa>toihce station, known A. ltatitord. They are
IN Cameron parish, on the Louisiana shore, >lN
miles east OF sahlne Pass. The BAYOU Is nlae-
teen miles in length ana Varies from one ~ four
miles IN width. Ridges face the sult ivolY" feet
above the SEA level, and in the rear l. &. del,~e
and lmpenetTable marsh. The storm ragged there
for twelve hours. and besides the - lives lost.
practically destroyed the settlement. Among
thOse drowned Were Mrs. Frank Turner. ami
two children; MIR. Locke, wife au'l seven chill
iren. old Mrs. Locke; Mrs. W. Ft rgu>>pn aud
three children: Bradford Kerry and daugG 'rr-
Mrs. Albert Lambert ant t~p children; eight
chlidreh oi sam huFHick; Mf>- shell "at."J
ana four children, 'icorE" NtiE"ner and tuuF
children; Mr.. frau>ctaN. wife and grandson.
Mrs. :. Caller and four children a Child pf Al
ONO smith; Mrs, FOo"haokr's four children:
Jack Fonchackr and seven cHi.iF.u; Nr~. uuv-
kinS AMI three children: br. George smith " itp
and four chIldrru-atl whit. persons The. coli
nrri victims Were: Elavrr Johnson aut wife.
Jack Lewis. vie and brother. aud Richard liam
brick lie and five children.