The herald., 1897-09-15
But Damaged. Less Than
Was Reported
FOUR DEAD AT SABINE PASS
OTHER TOWNS ESCAPE WITH
LOSS OF PROPERTY
The Texas Tornado Reports Somewhat
Exaggerated, But the Truth
Is Bad Enough
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
GALVESTON, Tex, Sept. 14.-Later
and more accurate reports received to-
day from points in the storm belt show
that the reports that reached here were
greatly exaggerated. At Sabine Pass
the following are reported drowned:
CAPT GREEN B. MOORE.
CAPT. L. l.. BETTIS.
CAPT. GEO. WOLFORD.
ENGINEER w. B. RADCLIFFE.
These men were all on vessels which
were sunk, and up to late hour today
have not been accounted for.
Along the Gulf and Interstate railway
several wrecks occurred, but no one was
killed.
At Winnie George Barber was badly
cut about the knees and wrists; Maude
Williams had her feet and hands in
jured; Mrs. Barber's limbs were severe
ly injured, and people in the vicinity Of
Winnie were generally injured, but none
killed.
Port Arthur suffered the brunt Of the
blast and half the town is estimated to
have been destroyed or badly damaged.
The wind came up about o'clock and
increased in force, blowing from the
south and gradually working into the
east. A number of people sought shell
ter from the storm in the roundhouse OF
the railroad and several were injured
and two killed when the structure col
lapsed. Under restaurant, a small
frame structure, three more bodies were
found.
The wind blew with hurricane force
about two hours. There were many mi
raculous escapes.
AT Sabine pass the greatest damage
was done to shipping and the only loss
of life was among the shipping. There
was no loss of life in either New or Old
Sabine proper
The tug Fannie Guillotte and John P.
Smith were sunk and the Norwegian
steamer Ceres, 800 tons. was torn from
her moorings at the wharf and blown
five miles north, where she grounded in
a few feet of water.
At the new town several buildings
were blown from their foundations and
several partially constructed buildings
were demolished. No one in the town
was seriously injured, the casualties
being confined to the shipping.
Eight miles of the Sabine railway
north of the Sabine Pass Is washed
away and $500 feet of the export pier at
Port Arthur is destroyed. The people Of
that town are SO terror-stricken that
they are leaving it as fast as they can get
away. No estimate of the damage to
property at Port Arthur and Sabine Pass
has been obtained. The damage to build
ings and crops is severe. The losses to
farmers in Jefferson county alone will
approximate $15O,O0o, which they would
have had in hand within thirty days had
the storm been delayed that long, but
now the crops are completely ruined.
The Texas and Sabine Pass Railway
company is at work building their line
to Sabine Pass and rebuilding and re-
pairing is in progress at the town Of
Sabine, and as soon as the people at
Port Arthur recover from their fright,
rebuilding will be resumed there.
The Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf
railway will at once repair the damage
inflicted to their property at Port Ar
thur and push their ship canal to an
early completion. The chief officials of
the road are now en- route to Port Ar
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