The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-16
! FIRST RELIEF TRAIN
- OUT OF HOUSTON TO
|sr W., PEOPLE FROM sroRM.
.hst went to seabroek
y - . Storm Was Raging.
- rola BY = Passenger.

i .ss passengers on the nr.' 70, 70.
o. ~ went out Of Houston last
ri .,ering during the prevalence
9 torn to bring the people pie in Iron, from
y 80 and sesbrook gives the follow
s s,srlptlou Of the trip; ..,.,. ~,
So NH ID We know what trials speed
'' !, ". started out for La Porte
~ ot At 5 o'clock on that fatal
IN, night. But we did know our
~. we're in danger. and with a
,,,esr crew IN charge OF the
y a trusting 10 the good God above
y j. a. VIC started, hoping for the
-, obstacle that impeded our
x,.a pire tree OF about two
w ,,.mo,er acoss the track. This
u, cut in two and we 'ourneyea
~ wind almost blowing the train
h track. . ,aw milo. further
W ~ .s,Iided with two box cars that
fH ~ Slnwn from the switch to the
N tack ..,. ,s,,v we started
q. A euriue crippled, and everybody "S'
.rsr could make them.
! p,s,aena we took on board several
,'s,ss ana children who had been
..,Iss waist deep in water for several
=, Deep Water was reached; Here
~ .,s, sot off and were carried to the
.Ass N Mr.. w. Il. Jones. The train
~, srarted again when tho depot
\. ~ saay' part OF it against our rain,
's,ss he windows and blinds of the
nj throwing glass ell over Us.
,etly no one was hurt'
q sad now been three hours coming
,.lrs miles, and we all began to grow
- uneasy. 1t was at this point where
s,sI telt or knew what storm We
u IN. The coaches rocked like era
I vIndows blew in, and 1t seemed that
rouli be blown away ourselves.
lnsr two hours more we reached East
porte There most Of our companions
n a 10 look for their people. 1t did
!. s.sul that anyone could live in that
k,u--the wind must have been blowing
niles an hour. But our friends knew
k,t tbey we're needed at their homes.
n they launched out. Some to be. blown
III TO US, only TO try 1t over again:
[h.rs to be blown In the mud and water.
Nsr a considerable delay the train
hired on At West La Porte we found
u depot blown across our way. All
sat to work cutting and moving timbers.
IA With the assistance of the wind we
la had the track clear. We now had
L one more serious place to get across
t.ore we COLD get to Seabrook. At last
reached 1t and were in few mlnutea
boss TayoN bayou, which we found to
half mile WIDE and the waves four
a high This bayou in ordinary wealth
Is about fifty feet wide.
On reaching SeabroCk We found tho
epa full OF refugees. houses all gone.
slsf over everything. Some OF the fami-
+ Of our companions on the way were
h, never to be seen alive agaiu.
Here We started out to work in earnest
a Y was only very short time before
bad everyone that was without
ne Oh board. BY this time the train
~ had fires in the coaches and we
ffed coffee, cheese and bread to the
Pnkfy ones, and made them as com
Hlne as possible We still had lots
work 70 do, though, and we were look
lot y when man appeared on the
eae reporting Judge Tod's barn had
40 down on two ladies and several
PLdrtn We went to work to get them
and after three hours work we res
al alive except the mother. She
coaoly could have saved herself but
gave up her life for the children. She
icund In position leaning over thcm
fateetug them.
ilaaliy day came and we could now see
~ damage the storm had done. Mr..
Alllons house was the only one left In
mas and most Of the houses on tho
Y we're blown to pieces 1t was a
~ 'sss taat more lives were not lost.
!. sasnered up everyone who wanted
s0ne and left for Houston at $50
sunday and arrived at Houston
~ u o'clock, our journey lasting
sven hours, was over. The gentle
on me train who had families at La
~ ana Seabrook are under lasting
au0ns TO the Southern Pacific off,
Y, s wa especially to the train crew:
y y vlark, conductor.
" y KIDD brakeman.
" Taylor, engineer.
Knight, fireman.
~ Waver crew ever went ont WITH
ana We wish to tender them orr
c sS, and sincere thanks.
'flfaee and ra.t
ssa n aauded by the world and no
NJ. WI stool more nobly TO duty on
Il. sums than did these men who
~ :. ,g ~ train n the full fury of the
M. . !, me search for the wave tossed