The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-29

birds. killed By ne rag,a~ slenlputs. co
even where b seen. AiiGolore and other
scplile< navigate around II The deeper
hoies sud the biz bitches, nankins either
side Of The southern Pacific road.
Hundreds 81 tFces with bodies =
lnUe - four barrels are lying
PROSTATE, their limbs tors
and twisted. and. telegraph poles,
fences. houses and movable farm proper
y generally b . total wreck Railroad
tracks suffered but iitsle. except on ne
Sabine Z East TexaA which line IRON
this point 70 Sabine Pass 10 ruined, ovcs
one half Of Il being washed away.
A. Libertv. one Of The Oldest and most
Historic towns In this section Of Texas.
.eorse q srsst OAK and poplar shad:
The baptist Church aud several resi-
dences were wrecked. but . most -
markabIe and singular instance Of pres
ervation 10 presented In the old Catholic
Church. Or rather convent. winch II one Of
the most dilapidsted frame structures II
the town. Il looks from the outside like
II u TOO fraiI TO stand an ordinary Texas
n0rther. and 10 virtually abandoned for
general church service. but u passed
through this great storm unframed. al
though four Of the largest trees In the
town were blown down In . row, their
tips Just touching the end Of the build
ing. AZ The time the parish priest was
I'm . little room in the southeast
corner Of the building engaged In
prayer for mercy 10 the people,
and the points OF the limbs Of
the PROSTATE trees protruded through the
broken windows and almost touched the
good man. This Is tie same old convent
In which historic incident In Texas his.
tory occurrei: During the war three
prisoners chained together. and who were
charged with murder. were placed In the
zane room In which the priest was prav.
ing on Tuesday last, ~ above mentioned.
The sanctity Of the place, II was believed,
wonld save the prisoners from the ven
geance Of the mob bowling for their
lives. but II an unexpected moment tc
the officers In charge, = BODY Of masked
and armed vIcilantes rushed in and IN
twinkIing had shot TO death the three
and rode away into ths Trinity bottom
jongles.
The steamer Rabb left Beaumont this
morning 20 pick up the dead. make res
cnes and recover As much Of the effects
- possible Of the people. The waters
and shores Of Sabine lake and the Gulf Of
le se~n VIII uu.Ns' lutn.
The Rabb Il expected hack tonight or in
the morning. and her return is anxiously
awaited. as the fate Of many people Is
still unknown. the list OF missing per-
sons being st.ii -ery large.
The numberof sufferers from Johnson's
bayou. Sabine Pass and the surrounding
u 80 III . T 80 = uoes no. 81
c<eus i,-v0 mere are sv0 Of the Jonn-
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engaging the attenlOn OF tne people,
Latest reports show that the damage TO
shipping and sailing craft has been CON-
parativeiy insignificant Hall dozen OF
20 81 little sloops and schooners were
WRECKED or washed up and stranded on
the main land Some reople were on
board that may have been lost, however.
news reached mere to-nixnt tnat tne
storm struck the country forty or NIFTY
miles north OF here with great severity.
Crops and farm property we're badly
damaged, ana N me neighoornoond q
Jasper County vas blown from the neIds
ana almost totaiiy ruined Inc resi-
oence q mali Collins, near Jasper, was
blown to pieces but his family escaped
Details received are measre.and y - lear.
"a tnat furtner loss OF lie 10 tnls new a.
recsion VIII % reDoried-
At 1880 p. m special train from
Orange arrived over the Southern Pacific
with nearly one hundred refugees from
Sabine Pass Il looked Ike the entire
population OF Beaumont had turned out
had been liz up. and committees we're 10
waluns 70 assign tne sunerers 70 Various
49, . = y ,..ss $50 80. y. ~" 49, p 49,
southern raciilc &c ,;oi 70 inc opers
house. Old men and women, middle
aecd people ana DaDles 70 arm~ were "
- P.sS- Ansy 49, .s s -. -