The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-10-21
SABINE PASS.
RETURN OF THE GALVESTON COM
MITTEE---THEIR REPORT.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
GALVESTON, October Is. The local committee
comprising NJ. Laske, Sylyon Blum. Jas. Moore
&. B. Miller, Samuel W. Penland and others who
LETT here Saturday night, with a schooner laden
provisions, clothing and drinking water for the
sufferers at Sabine Pass and Johnson's bayou, re-
turned near midnight last night
The committee report their schooner drawing
several feet of water could not navigate Johnsons
bayou. So they sent half their supplies to the
johnson bayou sufferers by the barge Topsy, and
distributed the balance to about one hundred sur
vivors whom they found at Sa inc, mostly en-
gagged in searching for the missing dead.
Mr.. Lasker, in an interview with your CORE.
spOndent gives many graphic details of the fea full
storm. and declares the devastation and suffering
is greater than any one can imagine In his op1n-
lou, the sufferers at Johnsons and Sabine are in
far more abject condition of distress than the
couple of thousand Sufferers by the great fire In al
weston last November and are even greater suffer
ers than the people of Charleston, by their un-
precedented earthquakes. MIR. Lasker agrees that
whereas, the Galveston and Charleston sufferers
managed to save more or less property, the thou
sand or more sufferers at johnson Is bayou and
Sabine Pass have lost everything in the world
they possessed even many members of their fam
lilies the committees are unanimous in declar-
ing that the people of Texas and elsewhere, can
not do too much for these poor sufferers.
Among other interesting data brought back by
the committee list of the names of the sixty
two COlored people who were lost at Sabine. The
list presen so me remarkable features, from the
fact that fourteen of the coored victims bore the
name of GoOnigan, ten were named HannOr, and
seven johnson Some thirty are still missing and
and the members of the committee say it is the
opinion of those searching for bodies that many OF
them are stuck to the mud bottom of the bay and
may not be recovered for a week or two. Several
corpses have been found lately partially deyoured
by the buZZaTds.
Thousands of these scavengers have been drawn
thither by the dreadful stencil of decomposing hui
man bodies and countless cattle, horses and hogs.
The committee were so seriously impressed by
what they saw on their trip that they to-day issued
a SET ond appeal to the citizens to come forward
and subscribe to further relief 1t is thought that
81, COO or more will be subscribed tomorrow.
Mayor Fulton received a 9tter this morning from
Mayor Saunders, of Orange, asking for aid to care
every boat At re gular meeting OF the city coun-
Gil, this evening, Mayor Fulton pre-
sented the letter from Mayor Saun-
ders. and informed the cOuncil that he
would heartily second any steps aldermen might
take in the premises. S5OO.O) was appropriated by
the council and the mayor authorized 10 remit Ihe
same at once.
In accordance with these Instructions Captain
Fulton tonight telegraphed Mayor Saunders as
follows: Your favor soliciting aid for Sabine Pass,
johnson and Taylor bayou sufferers only received
IL affords me great pleasure to be able to say In
reply that the city council of Galveston, at meet
ing held this afternoon, gave eloquent expression
of symuathy for the sufferers, and authorized
me- as MAYOR, to pay to your order $500, for the
benefit of those made desolate by this most dis
tressing calamity. (Signed,
r. l.. FULToN.
Right Rev. Bishop Kellogg, of this diocese, has
telegraphed the mayors of Beaumont and Orange,
informing them that he will take care of all or
phans under the age of IL years. who lost the par
ents He instructs the mayors to send the orphans
10 Galveston, where he will place them in the asy-
lum under the care of the Sisters of Cha rity