The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-11
There Was Great Destruction Of Prop
erty Along the Line for Il Hun
dred Miles Inland.
Several Towns and Villages We're Wiped
From the Face of The Earth by
the terrible Gale.
1t Is Reported That the Town Oi
Sabine Pass, Tex, Has Beel
Completely Destroyed By
the Hurricane.

Houston, Tex, Sept. 10.-The storm
that ragged along the coast of Texas
Saturday night was the most disas-
trOus that has ever visited this sec
ton. The wires are down, and there
Is no way of finding out just what
has happened, but enough is known
60 make it certain that there has
been great loss of life and destruction
Df property all along the coast and
for 100 miles inland. Every town
that is reached reports one or more
lead, and the property damage is so
treat that there is no way CT COM
putting it accurately. Galveston re-
mains isolated. The Houston Post
ind a press correspondent made eff
forts to get special trains and tugs
Sunday with which to reach the is
land city. The railroad companies de-
clined to risk their locomotives. All
sorts of rumors prevail, but with no
substantial basis.
Bridges Wrecked.
tits known that the railroad bridges
ncross the bay at Galveston are eth
er wrecked or likely to be destroyed
with the weight of train on them:
the approaches to the wagon bridge
are gone and it is rendered useless.
The bridge of the Galveston, Hous-
ton & Northern railroad is standing
but the drawbridge over Clear creek
and at Edgewater are gone and the
road can not get trains through to
utilize the bridge across the bay.
A train went down the Columbia
tap road Sunday morning as far as
Chenango Junction. The town was
greatly damaged and the bodies of
nine Negroes were taken from the
ruins of one house. The train could
proceed no further and came back
to Houston, leaving the fate of the
people at AngletOn, Columbia, Bra
fora, Velasco and Quintana uncer-
tain. The small town of Brookshire,
on the Missouri, Kansas e. Texas, was
almost wiped out by the storm. The
crew of the work train brought this
Information. When the train left
there the bodies of four persons had
been recovered and the search for
others was proceeding. Hampstead,
across the country from Brookshire,
was also greatly damaged, but so far
as known no lives were lost.
Sabine Pass Completely Destroyed.
Sabine Pass had not been heard
from Sunday. Saturday morning the
last news was received from there,
and at that time the water was sur
rounding the old town at the Pass,
and the wind was rising and the waves
coming high. From the new town,
when is some distance back, the
water had reached the depot and was
running through the streets. The
people were leaving for the high
country known as the back ridge,
and it is believed that all escaped.
Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 1O.-A special to
the Constitution from Beaumont,
Tex, says. it is reported there that
the city of Sabine Pass was complete
ly destroyed by the storm. The bur-
ricane was the worst ever known.
Dead Bodies Brought In.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 1O.-Two
bodies have been brought in from
Seabrook, on Galveston bay, and II
persons are missing there.
Three persons were drowned at
MOrgan's Point, and others are miss
ing. With the exception of those of
Mrs. Nicholson and Mrs. James Wood
lock, the bodies of the dead have not
yet been identified.
In Houston one person was killed
Henry Black, a hack driver. The
property damage is great, a conserva-
tive estimate placing it at $3.50, 900.
The Merchants and Planters oil mill
was wrecked, entailing a loss of S4O,-
900. The Dickson car wheel works
suffered to the extent of $4,000 The
big Masonic temple, which is the
property of the grand lodge of the
state, was partly wrecked.
Churches Damaged.
Nearly every church in the city was
damaged. The First Baptist, South
ern Methodist and Trinity Methodist.
the latter a Negro church, will have
to be rebuilt before they can be used
again. Many business houses were
anroofed. The residence portion of
the town presents a dilapidated ap-
pearance but the damage in this part
of the city has not been so great as
in some others. The streets are al
most impossible because of the lit
ter of shade trees, fences, telephone
wires and poles. Much damage was
done to window glass and furniture.
Many narrow escapes are recorded.
Another train has left here for Gal
weston, making the third Sunday. The
two preceding ones have not been
heard from, as all wires are down.
Train Lifted From the Track.
The Santa Fe train which left here
at 7:o5 Saturday night was wrecked