The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-12

as TO make it difficult TO identify them
Ihey were washed ashore near Sea-
brooke. The same train brought the
oodles of Mrs Vincent and her two
children. who We're drowned at Nor
gan Point Mr. MC1lhenny was res
clsed alive and is completely proStrat-
ed He said the water came NJ so
rapidly that he and his family and Mrs.
Lucy and her children sought safety
on the roof. He had his little son Ha-
ven in his arms. and the other chill
dren were strapped together 1t was
not long befOreza heavy piece of timber
struck Haven, killing him. YOuns
Tyce was washed off the roof and
drowned.
Die One By One.
Mrs. Lucy's Oldest child was next
killed by a piece of timber and the
younger one was drowned. Then Mrs.
Lucy was washed off and drowned,
thus leaving Mr.. and Mrs. McIihenny
the only occupants on the roof. Final
ly the roof blew off the house. and as
1t fell. into the water il was broken in
twain. Mrs. McIlhenny remaining on
one half and Mr.. McIlhenny on the
other The portion of the roof TO which
Mrs. McIlhenny chung turned over and
this was the last seen of her. Thus in
a very brief space OF time Mr.. Nell
benny witnessed the loss of his family
one by one He held to his side of the
roof so distracted in mind as to care
little where or how i drifted- He
finally landed on terra firma about
p m. Sunday.
News from the coast along the Gulf
& Interstate railroad indicates that
no one has been killed
There are no houses left standing at
Patton or Bolivar The rescue party
has not reached Bolivar. opposite Cal
weston. 1t is reported that the village
was swept off the earth and has few
inhabitants left. The railroad tracks
on foot
Distress at Quintana.
At Quintana, the port at the mouth
of the Brazos river, there are not more
than twelve houses left A number of
persons were injured and everybody is
In need Two big tug boats were driv-
en- inland about half mile
At Surf Side, a summer resort oppo-
site Quintana, there were seVenty-five
persons in the hotel. Women went
into the water to their waists and as
sisted in keeping the logs away from
the hotel and no one was lost.
AT Belleville every house in the place
was damaged One girl was killed.
Not a house is left at Patterson in a
habitable condition. One person was
killed there.
convicts Are Released.
On Shetland plantation, near Hemp
stead the convict building. tenant
houses and shops We're destroyed. The
cOnVictS were released on parole and
but four have returned. of these two
We're recaptured, and the others may
be dead The Stone and Buchanan
plantations We're swept clear of build
lngs, but every one escaped.
At Waller the destruction is complete.
but no one was killed.
At Prairie View the Normal school
mas been badly damaged, but no one
was killed.
At Wharton an immense amount Of
damage was done. In the country
about town all crops were laid waste
thirteen negroes are reported killed on
various plantations in Wharton and
Matagorda counties In Matagorda
county only two houses were left
staEling-
Missouri City Wiped Out.
The little town of Missouri City was
practically wiped out. No one was
killed outright, but there is a large list
of injured.
At Sartaita the Ellis sugar plant is
in ruins. Three thousand acres of cane
and cotton are said to be nearly with
out value The damage outside of the
crops is estimated at $50, 900. Richmond
is reported to have been very nearly
wrecked. Eighteen persons are report
ed killed. most OF them negroes, in the
country Immediately about the town
and for TWENTY-FIVE miles from town
prairie. Most of the dead so far To-
Gated are in the two small villages of
Heedville and Beasly- One man was
killed on the Booth plantation, and the
plantation was wrecked.
At FL Campo every house has been
DANA ged.
At Ariola two were killed and several
injured seriously.
Two boarding cars were blown out
on the main line and whirled along
the road sixteen miles. to Sandy Point.
where they collided with a number of
other boarding cars, killing two and
injuring thirteen occupants.
Fifty Other Towns Affected.
A dead child. the destruction of all
houses except one, and the restitution
Of some fifty families is reported as the
work of the hurricane at Arcadia. From
fifty other towns come reports that
buildings were wrecked or demolished.
Most of them have injured people in
them. but no dead are reported. There
are evidently few churches in the hur-
ricane district that are in condition to
be used with any safety.
No lives We're lost at Rockport, Ar
kansas Pass. Brownsville or Corpus
Christi.
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