The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-26

His Dtcll HllO 'iIl S's. Dtil hIth
persons believe that 1t will take on Il
new growth and develop top crop.
The damage has not yet been estimated.
but will be very heavy.
\ I.ulin". Texas. special says: On
Friday mornin" about daylight terrific
rain storm set in. which continued until
7P. NJ. causing Great damage. Houses
were blown from their foundations. trees
were uprootcd. fences blown down and
cotton was stripped from the stalk and
blown over the fields. No casualties
are reported.
y lIcmpsLcd Texas. dispatch says
that the storm did great damage to The
cotton crop. In the uplands the loss to
the crop from the raragcs Of the wind
and rain Of Friday will he fully ID per
cent.
\ special from san Antonio says:
The damage to tins city by the terrific
cyclone of Friday is estimated at So
800 900. No loss of life has been re-
ported. and the work Of rcparation is
already in progress. From the surroun-
ding country come reports that the
, cotton crop was seriously injured. The
plant was blown down and the staple
! beaten out by the rain and wind.
Passengers on the Arkansas Pass
railroad from Bccville anil Florcsvilc
report great damage by the storm ut
both points. At Becvillc many houses
in course Of construction were lcmollsh-
ell and old ones were unroofcd or other
wise Injured. Two churches ut Flores
vile were completely runincd. while sew
cral stores and dwellings were damaged
seriously. An aged couple. in attempt
inu TO cross Il swollen stream in Il wagon.
quarter Of a mile from Florcsvlllc.
were swept down the stream and the
woman was drowned.
From IndianOla comes the saddcSt
news yet reported about the storm.
! During the height Of the storm the
Signal Onicc was blown down, carrying
with it Capt. |. \. Reed. the Signal
| Officer. and Dr.. II. Il. ROscncrans, both
of whom were lost. Fire broke out
amour the ruins which extended for
blocks on both sides of the street Destroy
inu thirteen houses, among which was
DR.. Lewis's extensive drug establish
mcnt. DR.. Lewis was in this building
at the time it took fire. He escaped
being burned to death. but was subsc-
uuclltly drowned, his body being found
Yesterday. So far as can be learned
the following is complete list OF white
people lost: Captain |. y. Reed.
Signal Officer: DR.. Crookcr, DR.. II.
R0scncrans. of Elyln, Illinois, formerly
resident Of Indianola; Mrs. Hodge
and two children Of DR.. Hodges family
of Cucro: Mrs. CroOkcr of Austin. vlsl-
ting at Indiaola with the Hodges; Mrs.
Henry Sheppard two children of Mrs.
Luther of Corpus Christi; DR.. Davis
| Lewis, and an unknown German. BE-
sides the above. the bodies Of ten color
ed persons have been tonud. About
five miles of track is washed away,
rendering 1t impossible for trains TO ap-
proach Indianola. There is much dcstltu-
ton among the poorer classes, who
have lost everything they possessed.
The depth Of the water is reported as
great as it was during the great storm OF
1875. when Indianola lost nearly two
hundred of her citizens, swept away.
On Friday the flood Of water over the
doomed town was so rapid that within
two hours after the first apprehension
were tclt every street was submerged
many feet.
At san Antonio the loss to property
is $5O0,O0O. At Florcsyille the loss is
500. 900. Never before was the lower
Texas coast visited by so terrible and
destructive 4 storm. 1t extended Tor
two hundred miles inland, destroying
thousand OF houses and involving a
pccuniary loss ofmany millions. Among
the poorer GLASSES great dcsolalion must
prevail. us few were able to save any
considerable portion Of their small pos
sessions from the general wreck. The
entire crop Of the present year is pracll-
cally gone. and Il vast deal Of suffering
must cnsuc, especially anon" the ne
rrocs. most Of whom are without means
of any kind. 1t is feared that many
more people were drowncdat In'lanoa.
The lower end Of the peninsula is COM
plctly washed away. Many people are
missing. and nothing definite can be
learned until the angry waters rcccdc.
The storm came in the sllapc OF Il hurri-
cane. The waters Of the Gulf rose. and
in three hours the whole peninsula on
which In'lianOla is situated was under
ten feet of water. The total losses as
far as known. to Texas. from the Gull
storm arc us follows: Human lives lost.
3S: loss ~ crops. $l.oon.n'n: loss to
city and town property. -. lnn. .on"; loss
to shipping and harhor improvements.
$9uU.nnn.