Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-16
THE NATION.
The Great Sabine Pass
Disaster.
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Special to the Heartd by the associated Press.
BEAUMONT, October l5.-From reports
brought by the returned Relief Committee
it Is certain that the flooded dist,ict en-.
braced country many times larger than at
first supposed. The gulf seems to have
moved overland for miles in one high un-
broken wall OF water. The committee re-
port that l01 persons are missing. 80 OF whom
are known to have been drowned. Thirty
five OF the victims were whites and 55 col
ored. Ninety one half clad, shiverine,
wreiched victims of the storm were brought
up on the Lamar. Blankets and bedding
were Immediately gathered from house to
house for the com tort Of heart. broken suf-
ferers, every one OF whom has some dear
friend or relative among the dead. Nearly
all are sick and prostrated from
exhaustion and hunger They. are
being tenderly cared for by citizens.
AT NEW ORLEANS,
A special dispatch to the Picayune says
the relief boat Lamar has returned to Beau
mont from Sabine Pass. Only two houses
are left in the latter place. One hundred
and one persons are missing.
AT BEAUMONT, TEXAS
The steamboat L. c. Lamar left Orange
Wednesday night with relief committee
on board. At midnight last night the
whistle of the Lamar was heard. People
hurried to hear the news, but the members
OF the relief committee who returned were
SO tired and worn out and so overcome by
the horrible devastation that they nad Wit
messed that 1t was not possible.
NEW YORK, October H.-Iu an Orange,
Texas, special to the Times Democrat. the
correspondent who was on the relief party
on the steamboat Lamar, dispatched to the
scene of destruction by the Hood at Sabine
Pass and johnson Bayou, says of the latter
place: The steamboat went out to Johnson
s,. H.,
afternoon with the most distressing reports
from the community. Hundreds OF persons
were drowned as well as the fearful and
complete destruction OF property, includ-
ing thousands of head OF livestock.
Cameron Beach Hottl was severely
threatened, but saved by the cattle crowd
ing into the lower story. thereby preventing
the building from floating off with Its upper
stories with terror-stricked humanity.
The Emily Pond relief party for Johnson's
Bayou are yet unheard from. and full par
tculars of the disaster In that section can
not be given until her return. 1t is safe to
say that no such destruction to life and
property was ever known before on the
Gulf of Mexico, and help will be needed
and is asked from all quarters of the coun.
try.
A LATER REPORT.
The Emily Pond has just arrived with
sixty-two survivors. ThiIty-seven bodies OF
persons who were drowned at Johnson Bayou
have been recovered and sixty five are still
missing, but their names cannot be given
Previous accounts have nos been exagger
ated. The relief party report fearful devas
tion. The Government tug PenrOse has also
arrived bringing the body OF Mrs. Junker
Those on board give gloomy accounts OF the
situation at the Pass.
A SINGULAR EXPERIENCE WITH SNAKES AND
WILD CATS.
Capt. F. A. Hyatt and William Guy report
that they had singular experience as mem
har nf no relief
to the pass the train in which they were
travelling stopped on dump five miles from
town. The water all around the neck of
fully eight feet deep. The hands of Messrs.
Hyatt and Guy are blistered from fighting
snakes, which literally covered he dump
for distance of five miles. There were
thousands. Of water moccasins frcm the
oyerfiowed district taking refuge on the
narrow stretch of land and every step
across it had TO be fought through the twist
ing serpents. many OF them the deadly
a mans arm. Wild cats also, fren
zied at the waters fury rushed pell
nell upon pedestrians, while coons and
ers-by with hydrophobic rage. Many times
the pedestrians left the dump and swam
around the animals rather than try to pass
them. Captain Hyatt alone killed $50
says that money could not tempt him to
make the trip over again In stepping about
in the darkness he was tripped up aud
thrown by snakes two inches in diameter
and fully five feet long,
DIR. Calhoun is Mayor OF Beaumont. and
he will distribute through committees
whatever is sent to him.. From all accounts
gathered language could not exaggerate the
State of affairs at Sabine Pass. Wives and
children were swept away and drowned in
the presence of their husbands and fathers,
who were powerless to save them. The
waves broke against the lighthouse in solid
walls
FIFTY FEET HIGH,
Tearing out windows at the very top OF the
structure. Corpses have been picked up
at distance of thirty miles from the scene
OF the disaster. Friends and relatives OF
the drowned residents are coming into
Orange and Beaumont by every train. The
steamboat Lamar" took on board
CARGO OF FOOD,
Blankets and clothing, and also fresh re-
lief committee, and at daylight this morn
unfortunates. The pecuniary damage at
Sabine, including that of the Governments,
works. will aggregate nearly six millions
as many plantations sustained serious in
jury.
FLOOD NOTES.
New ORLEANS, October 15.-Capt. Bailey,
bar pilot at Port Eads, reports there were
twenty-sx lives lost dur lug the recent
storm at Bayou's Landing, from the Gulf in
the direction and back OF Quarantine sta
ton.
DR.. r. B. Calhoun, one OF the relief COM
mi,tee. SAYS there are many persons in the
vicinity of Sabine Pass. who are utterly des-
titute, being without clothing to cover their
pakedness. DR.. Calhoun requests ald ior
the destitute. He says 1t makes no diner
ence what is sent. whether 1000, ciotin1ihg'