The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-25
THE RECENT GULF STORM.
Large Numbers of Small Vessels Lost-The
Town of Indianola Completely Wrecked.

GALVESTON, Aug. a. - The recent storm
proved very destructive to small vessels
off the Texas coast, and it will doubtless be
sloop Katie j. went to pieces off Pelican island.
The crew were saved. Lying near her, bottom
up, is the sloop Eliza. Her crew of two men are
supposed to be drowned. An unknown vessel ia
reported bottom ap at Red Fish BAR The
schooner Livonia Perkins is now lying bottom
ND in the bay near Pelican island. Two of
her crew were lost The schooner Lottie Mayo
is reported ashore near Indianola, and all hands
are supposed to have been lost The schooner
Lake Austin is near her, but che crew of the lat
ter were saved. All the small craft in the bay
from the shoal to Edwardspoint are reported to
have been lost The schooner S. W. Perry has
gone to pieces in the gulf, and her cargo of lum-
ber, valued at So, 900, is strewn along the beach
for several miles. Her captain and cook were
drowned. The remainder of the crew were
saved 1t Is roughly estimated that the damage
done to shipping in this vicinity during the
storm will approximate 500. 600.
The village of Quinlana, at the mouth of the
Brazos river, WAS entirely swept away, and the
schooners Rosa Lee and Nettie were driven
ashore. No lives were lost so far as is known.
A special to the News from Victoria says:
"Indianola is complete wreck, not more than
three or four houses having escaped destruction
by the heavy storm which swept over the town
last Friday morning. DIR. Fisher, the uuaran-
tine officer, with his wife; NJ. Malone, Capt
Adolph Sternbrook and a negro woman named
Martha Ellis had narrow escape from drown
ing. The quarantine station was washed away
early Friday morning, and they were forced to
take refuge in. a large grove of Spanish cedars
that grew near the quarantine hospital For
nine hours they clung to these fral supports
before they were relieved. Nearly every house
on the upper end of the island was swept
away. Bette Meade, negro woman, and
lives were reported lost. Nearly all the sheep
and cattle on the island we're drowned, and the
remainder will probably perish for want of water.
There are no provisions on the island except
meat None of the survivors saved anything
besides what they had on, and much suffering
will epsue unless aid is at once extended. Or
ders have been issued to remove the Office of the
collector Of customs of the Saluria district from
Indianola to Victoria and the transfer will be
made Immediately. The bodies of Mrs. DR..
Hodges her twin children and her sister, Mrs.
Crocker victims of the storm at Indanola, were
inferred at Cuero Sunday"
The Galveston City Council, at meeting last
evening appropriated 81 900 for the benefit of
the storm sufferers of this CITY, Citizens have
subscribed $1,000 for the same purpose. This
will afford temporary relief. Over one hundred
and fifty families were rendered helpless and
destitute by the storm
AuUittOudi NEWS u tuo OBSTRUCTIVE IOrc6 OF
last Fridays storm is constantly being received.
The latest advices report the loss of Capt. VIM.
Moore, wife and five children and his brother,
Dolph Moore, wife and three children, the former
residing at Deming's Bridge and the latter at
Elliot They came down Matagorda bay on
Thursday evening to visit friends. On the
same evening the party left Indianola in the
sloop Dauntless, for their destination. Yester-
day the vessel was discovered in the bay, bottom
upwards. In consequence Of the destruction in
Jndianoia county. the seat of Calhoun county
will be removed back to Lavacca, the former
county-seat, which will also be made the gulf
terminus of the Gulf, Eastern Texas & Pacific
railway, which was badly damaged By the storm.