Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-09-14
THE SABINE CITY HORROR
Still Shut Out from Communication
with the Outer World and Wild
RumOrs Rife.
TIDAL WAVE WROUGHT GREAT HAYOC
Party of Rescuers Unable to Approach
the Scene of the Disasters Per-
sons Certainly Killed-Many
More Injured.
TIDAL WAVE WROUGHT GREAT HAVOC

Kansas City, Sept. 14.-Sabine City
Tex, is still shut out from the cute
world, 80 far as can be learned at thi
point this morning, and the rumors tha
the tidal wave wrought great havoc there
as we'll as in other nearby gulf towns, i!
unconfirmed. Absolutely nothing il
known by the officials of the Kansas City
Pittsburg Gulf railway of the condi
tion at Sabine City, although they have
put forth every effort since yesterday to
get into that place. party of rescuers
ordered out from Beaumont, Tex, re.
ported that they have been unable to
approach Sabine City nearer than seven
miles. A telegram from F. 7. Robertson,
resident engineer of the road, who was
sent to Port Arthur late yesterday after
noon and returned to Beaumont, Tex,
this morning, after making an investiga-
tion of the situation at Port Arthur, re-
ports six killed, three injured and about
$25,OOO worth OF property damaged at
that place. The dead at Port Arthur are /:
Frank Albright, Kansas City, employed
by the Electric Light company; Freitz
Metchalier, carpenter; George Martin,
brick layer; Mr.. Weeks, Mary Unsworth
and infant son of W. Il. johnson. The
injured are: Roy Stafford, wife and
daughter; will recover. The storm came
up at about 6 O'Clock in the evening and
was at it's height from $50 to 1920, the
wind blowing rs miles an hour.
RAILWAY OFFICIALS LEAVE FOR PORT Ar
Kansas City, Sept. 14.-At noon today
special train carrying President A. E.
Stilwell, General Manager Robert Gill
ham and other officials OF the Pittsburg
d Gulf railway, left Kansas City for Port
Arthur. 1t is expected that the train
will arrive at Its destination about 3
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon.
Mr.. Gilman said on leaving that it was
intended to Immediately begin the re-
construction of the damaged railroad
SIX BODIES RECOVERED.
Port Arthur Texas, Sept. 14.-Here six
bodies have been recovered, as results of
Sunday nights storm, while at Sabine
Pass the recovered death list numbers
ten and many are missing. Many we're
injured, but not seriously. Telegraph
and train communication were cut off
until today.
Wrecked buildings and scattered house
hold goods fill the sidewalks and road
ways.
Many Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
railroad buildings we're either totally
wrecked or twisted from the foundations.
The loss of property will reach $4,000.
The laboring GLASSES, who live in cot
tages and small buildings around the
yards, made fatal mistake in
seeking the railroad company's round
house, which was unoccupied, for protec-
ton. The gale swept it from its founda-
lion, burying many under the debris.
Great damage was done to the new ex-
port pier. The company boats are all
missing and launches have been found
oottomside up in the lake.
Sabine Pass suffered greatly from the
storm. All small shipping at both the
lew and the old town was destroyed.
)Ely the large buildings of the new town
emain standing. Six feet of water Gov
'red the town.
Four tugs went down with their crews,
mt the United States life saving crew
succeeded in saving many lives.
HEIGHT OF WAVE.
Kansas City, Sept 14.--The following
vas received over the Pittsburg g. Gulf
wires at 11:30 today, from Shreveport,
"a, from George M. Craig, the general
ownsite agent of the road, Just returned
rom Sabine Olty: "At Sabine City about
en- people, including Belts and Moore,
ug and lighter owners, were drowned.
Three tugs, one schooner and nearly all
he small boats anchored in front of the
own were either sunk or stranded. All |
he substantial buildingsi in both the old |
nd the new towns escaped. The water in
he new town rose to six feet, and in the
I'D town to four. No names obtain
ble."