The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-14


the evening and increasing in force
until p. M, when the highest velocity
was reached. In Port Arthur six lives
were lost, about thirty houses were
blown down, the second story of the
bank building was blown off, the Sa-
bine hotel was damaged and roofs were
blown from the round house, natator-
ium and the railroad company's stab
les. The pier, it is reported, was some
what damaged. The railroad reports
do not state whether these people were
killed in the hurricane or drowned,
though it is stated there is no high
water nor overflow at Port Arthur.
Of the disaster at Sabine Pass, which
is the Opposition town" to Port
Arthur the Pittsburg & Gulf statement
says: "At Sabine Pass, the loss is one
schooner, four tugs, many buildings,
ten or more people drowned, including
Moore and Belts, contractors, and
there is six feet of water in Sabine
City.
President A. E. Stillwell, of the Pitts
burg &5 Gulf, tonight wired his repre-
sentatives at Port Arthur that the
company would subscribe $4,000 to re-
pair the damage to homes in Port
Arthur and would arrange tomorrow
for the expenditure of the money. The
damage to the pier will be repaired at
once.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept 1s.-A
message received at the headquarters
of the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
railroad station states that thirteen are
dead at Port Arthur. The message
gives no particulars. An earlier dis
patch received by F. A. Hornbeck. land
commissioner for the railroad company,
f1cm George McRaig, townsite agent
at Port Arthur, says: 1.-The dead are
Frank Albright, electric light employe:
Fritz Michaels, carpenter; George Mar
nit, bricklayer; May Ainsworth, six
month-old-child, and an unknown man..
Loss at Sabine Pass is one schooner,
four tugs, many buildings, and ten Or
more people drowned, including Moore
and Belts, contractors. There is six
feet of water in Sabine Pass"
The following was received by the
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Texas rail-
way over it's wires here at $3.50 o. M
from Shreveport, La:
"a severe storm hit Port Arthur last
night, blowing in from the shore, de-
molishing the Gulf railroad round
house and number of buildings IN
the city. There was said to have been
several killed and a number are miss
ing. Just before the regular north
bound passenger, No. 2, got out, the
wind shifted to in-shore. A number
Of people came to Beaumont on No. 8.
having nothing but what clothes they,
| had on. Conductor Ming and crew, of
No. 3, was run right back to render
all assistance possible and move the
people, if there should be any danger
of a tidal wave. w. K. Morley, super
intendent of the southern division,
went to Port Arthur from Beaumont
to make a report from there, but, as
lines are all down, it has been impossi :
BILE to get anything from there as YETI
Port Arthur is a town of about 1,000
to 1,200 people and has probably 300
houses, many of which are substan-
tial structures. The Gulf railway
owns a magnificent $4,000 depot, and
the principal hotel is a costly struc-
ture of seventy-five rooms. Port Ar
thur is the southern terminal of the
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf rail-
road and is situated sixteen miles IN
land from Sabine City.
In 1886, a wave swept over Sabine
City, covering that place with six feet
Of water, destroying many houses and
causing several deaths. Great dis
tress was caused and there were many
narrow and thrilling escapes When
the Gulf road was first projected land
on Sabine pass owned by Kounttze
Bros, of New York, was offered the
railroad for terminal Both because
of the fear of tidal waves and owing
to a failure to reach a satisfactory
price for the land, the proposition was
rejected. Port Arthur then became
the southern terminus of the road and
was built up on the strength of that
enterprise.
AT $50 General Manager Gillian
received a message from Supt. w K.
Morley, who had arrived at Beau
mont, twenty miles north of Port Ar
thur, confirming the previous dispatch
from Shreveport, but giving no further
details of the storm, and the Gulf rail-
way officials do not expect to be in
wire communication with Port Arthur
before morning.
GALVESTON, Tex, Sept 13.-At an
early hour this morning the wind at
Galveston gained a velocity of thirty
seven miles an hour Ships had been
forewarned of the expected storms and
things along the dock were in good
shape A few small skiffs were sunk
and two barges were driven ashore on
the flats west of the wharves. They
were pulled off by a tug. The only
building to suffer was the Olympia, the
big pavilion at the gulf side. Two sec
tions of the circular roof were carried
away.