Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-17
THE NATION.
The Great Storms Work
of Destruction.
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a1THE MOHAWK CONFERENCE.
Win W.T. q A New Oceanic Scheme-The Sit
'naF N uati0n at Chicag0--Big FIRE
IN in Utah-News Notes.

Tsp ecial 10 tie Herad by the associated Press. J
New ORLEANS, October l5.-Is is now
learned that over eighty five OF the lnbao-
ltants of Johnson's Bayou lost their lives in
the storm. Forty OF their bodies have been
recovered and consigned to graves in the
shell reefs, while the decomposing corps es
Of the renal ming forty five lie festerin g in
;he marshes ladford was very thickly
settled, and whe n the storm began Tues day
everybody took to their homes and
AWAITED WITH BATED BREATH
The fate which they foresaw. The waters
began rising and the wird swept 1t through
the lower stories of the buildi~gs, driving
the frightened people into attics and upon
roofs, BY 10 O'Clock the first ridge, which
was twelve feet above sea level. was ten
feet under water. House after house fell
IN or was swept away, either buIying the
doomed people in the debris or hurting them
INTO THE Kissing WATERS
The villages of Radford, Johnson and Ba-
you were destroyed as completely as If an
invading army had done the work. For
twelve hours the storm ragged. OF the o,ooo
head of stock of which once Bayou boasted,
5000 are drowned, while the remainder
There is no way of ascertaining the valua-
tions; hence, suffice il to say that the towns
are destroyed and abandd ID.
STORY OF A srRICKEI PARENT.
GALVESTON. October 1G.-l'urther pnrticu
lars of the great disaster at Sabine Pass ana
Johnsop's Bayou are constantly being re-
ceived. The situation has not been exag-
serated in the least. A correspondent who
has just returned from Sabine Pass teie'
graphs from Orange that turkey-buzzards
hi fnr mil
on land aad water, seeking the bodies OF
persons and animals. The town is
SWEPT OUT OF EXISTENCE.
What was prosperous village when last
Tuesday dawned is now scene of desoa
kton. There are l27 persons missing and
supposed to be dead. Only ao ut twenty
dye bodies have thus far been recovered.
The damage to property can only be esti
mated by the value of the town; for ali is
lost. The Sabine and Texas railroad is
washed out for distance OF ten miles.
MILLIONS OF DEAD FISH
Were cast up by the waves and thousands
of birds also strew the ground When the
government tug, Penrose. reached ga,
Sine Yesterday, Columbus Mastee was found
roaming around Delta looking for the bodies
of his family. He said: Myself, wife and
three children were clinging to floating
roof. WHICH was gradually breaking TO
| was holding the youngest, and soon my
wife said
GOOD BYE HUSBAND,
1 am going. l could not reach her. The
piece OF the roof supporting her broke and
she sank before my eyes. held on to the
youngest chh1 named Pearle. some time
longer. The child addressing me, said:
Papa, am tired won't you walk with me.
The piece of roof l was on was now crum-
bling to pieces. l told the little
one to kiss me. She put both her little
ARMS AROUND MY NECK
And gave me big squeeze. and Just then a
wave dashed us off and saw her no more.
Great God why didn't go down too?" He
was pressed to go on board the Penrose, but
refused. saying, Hero among these la
goons are the bodies of my wife and chill.
dren, and here will stop until can find
them" No tongue can tell how these peo-
pie have suffered during the past few days.
THE LIST OF VICTIMS swELLED.
GALVESTON, October 16.-Reports from
johnson Bayou bring the terrible iatelli-
gence that eighty-fve persons are now
known to be lost in that place, aud It is
greatly feared that the list will be swelled
TO hundred or more, thus making the total
of victims of the hurricane fully 200 Reli-
able information from johnson Bayou ar.
riyes slowly, all roads being impossible anu
only two boats are running to that section.
f'he condition of survivors, of whom there
are over 100. around Johnson and Radford
villages, is described as something awful.
They lost everything and are without food,
drink and clothes.