The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-14
THE HoRRoR GROWS.
Loss of Life Estimated by Thousands
Like a Tidal Wave.

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| Houston, by the News:
Relief train just returned. They
could not get closer than six miles ol
Virginia Point, where the prairie was
covered with lumber, debris, pianos
trunks and dead bodies. Two hun
dred corpses were counted from the
train.
\ large steamer is stranded two
miles from Virginia Point, as though
thrown up by tidal wave.
Nothing can be seen of Galveston.
Two men were picked up who were
floating across the mainland and they
say they estimate the loss of life up
to the time they left at 1000.
The above message is addressed to
Superintendent FELTON,, Dallas, and
comes from Mr.. Vaughn, manager of
the Western Union telegraph Office at
Houston,
Houston, Tex, Sept. 9.-The storm
that ragged along the coast of Texas
last night was the most disastrous
that has ever visited this section. The
wires are down and there is no way
of finding out just what has hap
pened, but enough is known to make
it certain that there has been great
loss of life and destruction of prop
crty all along the coast, and for 100
miles inland. Every town that is
reached reports one or more dead and
the property damage is so great that
there is no way of computing it ac-
curately.
Declined to Risk Their Locomotives.
Galveston remains isolated. The
Houston Post and the Associated
Press correspondents made efforts to
get special trains and tugs to day with
which to reach the island city. The
railroad companies decline to risk
their locomotives.
Bridges Wrecked or Weakened.
All sorts of rumOrs prevail, but
with no substantial basis. 1t is known
that the railroad bridges across the
bay at Galveston are either wrecked
or likely to be destroyed with the
weight of a train on them; the ap-
prOaches to the wagon bridge are
gone and it is rendered useless. The
bridge of the Galveston, Houston t
Northern railroad is standing, but the
drawhridgcs over Clear creek and at
Edgewater are gone, and the road can
not get trains through to utilize the
bridge across the bay.
Found Seven Dead in One House.
\ train went down the Columbia tap
road this morning as far as Chenango
Junction. The town was greatly dam
aged. 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 An
gletOn, Columbia, BraZora, Nalasco
and Quintana uncertain.
Town Almost Wiped Out.
The small town of Brookshire on
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, was al
most wiped out by the storm. The
crew of a work train brought in the
informa ton. When the train left
there the bodies of four persons had
been recovered and the search for 9TH
ers was proceeding.
Hampstead, across the country
from Brookshire, was also greatly
damages, but so far as known no lives
were lost.
Residents Deserving Sabine Pass.
Sabine Pass has not been heard
from to-day. Yesterday 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 becoming high. From the new
town, which is some distance back,
it was reported that the water had
reached the depot and was running
through the streets. People were
leaving for the high country known as
the back ridge, and it is believed that
all escaped.
Many Drowned and More Missing.
Two bodies have been brought in
from Seabrooke, on Galveston bay,
and II persons are missing there.
Three persons were drowned at Nor
gan's Point, and others are missing.
With the exception of those of Mrs.