Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-14
ESABDH'S SORROW.
The Waters Of the Gull and the
Lake Cover Sabine City with
Great Fury,
Ihe Greater Portion Of the City De.
lused, Houses Washed Away,
and Lives Destroyed.
seventy Persons Drowned, ana the ust,rens
wild with Terror and Grier-Beau.
mont suffers
DRrUar Ar SABINE PASS.

DELUGE Ar SABINE PAss
Special 10 the Gazette.
HousroN, TEX, Oct. ls.--News has
just been received here from Sabine Pass
to the effect that the greater portion Of
the town has been washed away, and
about sixty or seventy persons drowned
by terrible storm yesterday. The waters
from the lake and the gulf rushed into
the place with great rapidly, ma
theirfury dislodged the foundation Of mar.
" every house The reports &C. ar 70.
celved are meager, aud the names OF tina
persons lost In the disaster cannot be as
certained. All telegraphic communica-
ton east OF Beaumont is interrupted. and
the only Information procured that ia
strictly reliable is from two men who
rowed over the vast expanse Of water
and reached Beaumont. Those men say
that the scene can't be described. The
entire town Is wrecked, and the inhabi-
tants frenzled with fear and grief.
The damage done by the storm at
Beaumont is also considerable, number
OF houses being blown down, and many of
the principal lumber mills being injured.
The track OF the East Texas & Sabine
railway is washed away for milesln
number Of places, besides other damage
TO bridges and depots. The trains were
late coming In from Beaumont to-day.
ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST.
NEW (luIEANa. IA Orf onartaI
from Mississippi quarantine station says
one OF the most terrific and damaging
hurricanes since 1860 prevailed In this
neighborhood yesterday and last night.
For thirty-six consecutive hours the wind
blow over the bay, destroying the property
u the inhabitants. The storm was OF
such violence as TO tear away leyeea OF
seven years. standing. Last night all the
Inhabitants OF this place went a distance
of one mile In water three feet deep 20
the United States custom-house for pro-
lection.
Distressing news Is received from the
lower coast regarding the effects OF the
storm. Water In the town Of Pointe la
Hache, In Plaquemine parish, Is several
feet deep having been driven In from the
gulf. Many took refuge in the court
house and jail. The water rushed In with
such force that II carried everything be-
fore IL. The levees, which along this sec
ton are very low, oserliowed and were
swept away, and the water rushed Into
the Mississippi river, carrying with IL all
the rice stacked on the farms In the vi
cinity OF Pointe la Hache, and for dis
lance OF twenty miles below.
Men, women and children deserted
their homes and fed to places
OF safety. AS far as can be ascertaned
there Is no loss OF life. Many buildings
were swept away and the damage ex-
tended over thirty-avc miles along
the east bank Of the river, commencing
at point about forty miles below the
city and extending below the quarantine.
Large numbers OF wild animals and
small game crowded and lodged along the
leyees In some places numbers OF hogs
were drowned, and chickens were blown
entirely across the river. The loss,
roughly Estimated at 100000, will fall
chiefly on the small rice planters, who
have lost even their seed rice.
THE SITUATION AT GALVESTON.
GALVESTON, TEx., 0c. 1.-THE fur-
GUS gale OF last night began to subside
about midnight, and by daybreak II was
blowing only stiff breeze. To-day proves
pleasant and warm. The damage by the
storm does not amount TO much. trip
along the wharves shows that the big
ships withstood the gale without injury,
and the damage by the overflow IL small
Missouri Pacific trains left on time this
and the Santa Re track will be
repaired by nlghtfall. On the gulf side
the water came into McKlnney's bayou at
the foot Of Fitty-nrst street, and flooded
the surrounding residence property for
distance OF ten squares from the gulf
This inundaiion was confined 10 the west
end, and beyond carrying away sidewalks
and few fences, no serious damage is
yet reported from that district. The gale
blew in favorable direction and counter