The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-10-22


scores OF great. oak and poplar shade
trees were blown down and shattered.
The Baptist Church and several resi-
dences were wreckeds but a most re-.
markable and singular instance of pres
ervation is presented in the old Catholic
Church, or rather convent, which is one of
the most dilapidated frame structures in
the town. It looks from the outside like
it is too frail to stand an ordinary Texas
norther, and is virtually abandoned for
general church service, but it passed
through this great storm unharmed, al
though four of the largest trees in the
town were blown down in a row, their
tips Just touching the end OF the build
ing. At the time the parish priest was
in a little room in the southeast
corner of the building engaged in
and the points of the limbs Of
the PROSTATE trees protruded through the
broken windows and almost touched the
good man. This is the same old convent
in which historic incident In Texas ais-.
tory occurred: During the war three
prisoners chained together, and who were
charged with murder, were placed in the
same room in which the priest was praY-
ing on Tuesday last, as above mentioned.
The sanctity of the place, it was believed,
would save the prisoners from the ven-
geance of the mob bowling for their
lives, but at an unexpected moment to
the officers in charge, a body of masked
and armed vigilantes rushed in and in a
twinkIing had shot to death the tESee
indicators. retired, mounted their horses
and rode away into the Trinity bottom
jungles.
The steamer Rabb left Beaumont this
morning to pick up the dead, make res
cues and recover as much of the effects
as possible of the people. The waters
and shores of Sabine lake and the Gulf of
Mexico are strewn with trunks, fdrni-
ture, tools and miscellaneous plumber.
The Rabb Is expected back tonight or in
the morning. and her return is anxiously
awaited, as the fate of many people is
still unknown, the list of missing per.
sons being still very large.
The number of sufferers from JOhnson's
bayou, Sabine Pass and the surrounding
country will aggregate, if it does not eX-
ceed, l,200. There are 800 of the John
sons bayou sufferers. The calamity at that
point was even worse than at Sabine
Pass, as it contained more people. It's
remoteness prevented the disaster being
known until fun day after the country
was shocked at the.destruction of Sabine
Pass. JohnsOn'S bayou was a prosper
ous little summer resort, back from the
gulf about ten miles, with orange
orchards, small farms and cattle-raisIng
engaging the attention of the people.
Latest reports show that the damage to
shipping and sailing craft has been COM
paratiyely insignificant. Halt dozen or
so of little sloops and schooners were
wrecked or washed up and stranded on
the main land Some people were on
board that may have been lost, however.
News reached here tonight that the
storm struck the country forty or fifty
miles north of here with great severity.
Crops and farm property were badly
damaged, and in the neighborhoond of
Jasper County was blown from the fields
and almost totally ruined. The resi-.
dence of Matt Collins, near Jasper, was
blown TO pieces, but his family escaped.
Details received are meagre, and 1t is fear
ed that further loss of life in this new di
rection will be reported.
A SAD SCENE.
At 10:30 p. m. a special train from
Orange arrived over the Southern Pacific
with nearly one hundred refugees from
Sabine Pass. It looked like the entire
population of Beaumont had turned out
to see the sufferers. The opera house
had been lit up, and committees were in
waiting to assign the sufferers to various
places to be taken care Of It was pit
liable procession that marched from the
Southern Pacific depot to the opera
house. Old men and women, middle
the party. They were sorrowIul and de-
iectod many of them sick, others injured,
and all heart-broken. Little children
were crying, some of them hoarse from
exposure, and many a grown PERSONS
cheeks were wet with sympathetic tears
which flowed responsive TO the sad
scene presented. Quietly the refugees
were distributed about aud the meeting
adjourned.
Reports from Orange state that relief
movements are being perfected,thcre. No
additional news was received from the
exploring parties in the steamers sent
out up to ten o'clock tonight. The iettY
and other Government improvements at
Sabine Pass have not been injured. Cap
tain Hyatt, who has the contract, says as
soon as the present calamity matter is ad.
justed he will put large force OF men at
work prosecuting the work at the Pass.
The stone TO be used he win secure from /
Maine and Cuba.