Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-23
Little Hope Entertained that lndlanoIa
VIII Ever Recover from the
e Severe Storm.
The IL spioass,v Preparing to
Leave fes',r l1.eodIes Of
the De> e "a.
vivid Description of the Rnins-Every
Sailing Graft Along tho Coast De.
stroyed OF Badly Damaged.
THE DESERTED VILLAGE


train went down within four miles OF In
dianola to-day, from which point the
track is destroyed.
Your correspondent walked into town.
picking his way through piles Of drift Of
every description.
This drift consisted Of household
goods, boxes, barrels and the carcasses of
sheep.
Lumber, from the destroyed buildings,
formed heterogeneous mass.
An inspection OF the devastated town
leaves little hope Of its ever recovering
from the severe storm of Friday.
There are not more than half a dozen
residences left even in moderately good
condition.
People are preparing TO leave for other
points, and 1t is likely that inside of a
month there win be but few remaining to
brave the dangers OF another storm.
The bodies OF the lost have been re-
covered, except that of one negro man.
DR.. Hodges OF Cuero passed up the
road this evening with the bodies of his
wife and two children, and also that Of
his sister-in law, Mrs. Croker of Austin.
The husband of this last lady, Mr.. l..
M. Croker, formerly mayor OF Austin
and now leading merchant there, came
in on the evening train and Is now at
Cuero, where the bodies are to be buried
The story of this loss of Mrs. Hodges,
her two children aud sister is a sad one
Trey arrived at Indianola on Thursday
evening, expecting to return to Cuero
Saturday.
Owing TO the storm of Thursday night
both were much disturbed and slept but
little.
When the water, which came Up so
rapidly that escape was impossible, was
found to be on the point OF washing away
the house, the company with young Henry
Sheppard, at whose mothers house they
were stopping, made their way TO Mrs
Sheppard's room, which was apart from
the main building, thinking II less likely
to yield to the combined rush Of wind
and waves.
Shortly afterwards their new place o.
refuge was lifted from the ground ant
whirled toward the bayou situated ives
of the town.
/, Suddenly the building collapsed, b ury
ing In the seething torrents Mrs. Shep
pard her daughter, Mrs. Max Luther aud
her children, Mrs. Hodges and her chill
dren, Mrs Croker and Henry Sheppard,
this last boy about seventeen years of
age.
The entire party were inclosed in a
small space and subsequent developments
lead to the conclusion that Mrs, Shep-
psrd, Mrs. Hedges and Mrs. Croker
were killed by the falling timbers.
Henry Sheppard found himself many
feet under water on his hands and knees,
and unable to rise for the floating wreck
above him.
AS the water closed over him he felt
someone near him, and Immediately
grabbed hold Of an arm and pulled its
owner vigorously
Fortunately, he was soon able to get
his own and his companions head above
water, when he found It TO be his sister,
Mrs. Max Luther.
They were both nearly exhausted, but
managed to get on top of the wrecked
house and foated across the bayou and
were finally saved.
Mrs. Luther had one Of her children In
her arms when the crash came, but In her
struggles under water lost her hold on
the infant and II was drowned.
Nearly every sailing craft belonging on
this coast either went ashore or barely
escaped.
The sloop Eclipse, thirteen tons,
dragged her anchor and went ashore,
being pounded to fragments,
Frank Brown, q sixteen-year old boy,
was on board, but managed TO
save himself by an improvised raft
The schooner Alice, twenty three tons,
was wrecked. Her crew, Henry Rodgers
and Henry Salleoough, were saved.
In ~ trglth
Haastrick and Adolph Sterburg on board.
Both men were saved.
Lake Austin, Capt. John Hicks, went
ashore about q m.
Schooner Flower OF France turned
over near Grass island. Five men and
one woman were on board, They man
aged to get upon the overturned vessel
and remained there from Friday morning
until Saturday at 10 a. IN. The
Flower OF France belonged TO the Mer-
menteau Biver company But recently
came 10 tie western gulf from Brashear.
Her crew consisted OF Capt. A. Rnggioi
w. j. Manning, Rea Armo, Hite Burch, j.
S. Spencer and wife The party were en-
gagged in shooting seagulls for their plu-
mage, used largely in millinery. They hho
already killed over 500. Their boat was
worth $1,000; besides they lost about 5000
worth OF guns, ammunition, etc, The
wrecked were brought TO Indianola by the
schooner Sarah Moore.
The fishing boat Buffalo Bill capsized
of the peninsula and its occupants, Capt.
Baily and Mic Yorker, were lost.
Or. Fisher, quarantine officer, and wife,
Capt. NJ. S. Mahon, Capt. Adolph
SteInbach aud negro woman We're AZ
the quarantine station The hospital
was nrst swept away, soon followed by
everything else connected with the
station, aud the party managed 70 get 70
some salt cedars 10 which they chung Tor
about nine hours before they were
rescued
The news from MatagoIda Is encouras-
ing Not life is reported lost, and only
ons building, the Episcopal church was
blown down.
A rnmor Is current that six lives weIe
| q, !. csal,yfa INT II lacks confirmation \.