The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-10

up. I am impelled by these conditions
to ask the merchants of the city to con-
until organization can be effected. I
| will furnish transportation from stores
to depot. S. H. BRASHEAR,
PAT JOYCE'S EXPERIENCE.
| Houston, Tex, Sept. 10.-Among the
refugees which the Galveston. Houston
marque, which is about four and half
miles south of Virginia Point was Pat
Joyce, who resided in the west end of
Galveston. Joyce is in the employ of the
construction department of the South
ern Pacific.
.'It began raining in Galveston Satur-
day morning, early said he. about 3
o'clock work was discontinued by the
company and I left for home. I got
there about II o'clock and found about
three feet of water in the yard. 1t be-
gan to get worse and worse, the water
getting higher and the wind blowing a
gale. Finally the house was entirely de-
mOliShed. People all around me were
endeavoring to find places of safety. and
shrieking in despair. There were nine
families in the house, which was a large
two story frame, and of the fifty people
residing there, myself and niece were the
only ones who could get away. man
aged to find a raft of drift wood or
wreckage and got on it, going with the
tide. Suddenly the raft struck some
out of my arms. I could not save her
and had to see her drown.
THE raft was carried on and on with
the tide, continually striking wreckage,
throwing me from my feet until my
body was black and blue from bruises.
The wind was blowing at a terrific rate.
I drifted and swan all night not know
ing where was going or in what direc-
ton. About 3 o'clock in the morning I
began to fel the hard ground and knew
I was on the mainland. I wandered
around until I came to a house and
there person gave me some clothes.
7 after i
started and wore only a coat I was in
the water about seven hours I have
lost all I had in the World-relativeS
home and all.
1.-THE Miller residence, where I resided,
was about three blocks from the gulf
and there were fully eight or ten feet
of water in this district when I left. The
wind was blowing Saturday afternoon
and night, about rs miles an hour. The
people of Galveston at first kept within
their houses, consequently when the wa
ter began dashing against the houses,
completely wrecking them, many lives
were lost. / have no idea how many
were lost, but think that there will be
several thousand deaths reported. I was
in the storm which struck Galveston in
1875, but that one, bad as it was, was
nothing in comparison with Saturdays
Storm
There is no doubt that the cotton crop
has been seriously injured throughout
southern and central Texas. Owing to
the excessive rains this year the cotton
known and in some fields it ranges from
six to ten feet high and is very rank
with leaf.
Richmond, Tex, Sept. 10.-The most
terrific storm that has ever visited this
section of the state has swept this town,
and there are but a few houses that are
not damaged. Many buildings were de-
rnolished. The court house was greatly
damaged. The Baptist church is a total
wreck, while the Methodist church is
T<erk
in the colored Baptist church, Henry
Ransom and two children, colored; one
person was killed at Booth and four
lives were lost at Beasley.
PORT ARTHUR IS SAFE.
Kansas City, Mo-, Sept lot was
learned at the general offices of the Kan
sas City Southern railway here today,
that beyond a rather severe wind which
unrOofed a large warehouse and par
TALLY wrecked the roads pier and doing
considerable damage to the rice crop, no
serious damage was done at Port Ar
thur, Tex, which is eight miles inland
and connected by a canal with the gulf,
by Saturday nights storm which swept
the coast in that section and where ser
ious damage had been reported.
No information is obtainable here
from Sabine Pass, which is situated di-
rectly on the gulf, some ten miles from
Port Arthur on the Southern Pacific
railway.
LETITIA A WRECK.
Brooxshire Tex, Sept. 10.-Letitia is
q Wreck Inc houses winch STOOD IN the |
place including the depot have been |
blown to the ground and the timbers
from some of them carried for miles. |
Mrs. Sophia Schultz was killed. She |
was 70 years of age Mrs. Amelia Quad |
was fatally injured.
RICE CROP DAMAGED
Jennings, La, Sept. 10.-The south
west Louisiana rice crop has suffered |
heavy loss from the storm. Rice men
estimate the damage at ten to fifteen
per cent of the crop as a whole
WHOLE TOWN BLOWN AWAY.
Eagle Lake, Tex, Sept. 10.-Three
churches, together with many houses,
were completely blown to pieces.
The rice crop and the pecan crop are
ruined. The cotton crop is nearly ruin
ed, the cane crop is considerably dam
aged. The loss to this community from
the storm is estimated by the most
citizens at $3.50, 900. No lives
We're lost here, but the town of East
Bernard has been blown away and three
persons were killed.
WHEAT IN DAMAGED ELEVATORS.
Chicago, Sept. 10.-According to board
Of trade statistics the damaged grain
elevators at Galveston contained 2,223,-
900 bushels of wheat.
THE STORM AT HOUSTON.