North Park union., 1900-09-21

..,,.ar nu,..r' ns the state. In Houston ifnny
buildings were demolished, aM n
heavy loss OF property was sustafneu.
Continuing inland, the storm FweW
the town Of Hampstead. htty mites
atora Uouston. and continued thence
to Cbnppell Hill. twenty miles 1mrthe.'
then TO Brenham, thirty miles dls.nn..
Al, Of these towns We're wrecked taeis
Inhobitnnts terrorized and sevefai Oh
them killed. por+ Ar
The towns of Sabine Pass, Fort AT
tbu,. and Alvin also We're almost coih
nietely DESTROYED. The storm swept
beaumont. Austin. Pearlland, sihith-
Vile. Toylar, Temple. waco, SoiPns
Christi, Rockport and Hltchcoch' W.
Ing much damage In each Town. ,,
The BraZos Bottom. which wis Wv.
scene of great disaster during ius, ,nn
years flood. was swept Tor lu!i! ~
miles Crops and farm properly e'
fered heavy damages. .
From the territory west OF Austih 10
tho mountoins the storm seems to have
swept everything before It, razlns
houses and uprooting trees. Although
yast area has been swept by inc
storm. interest tonight is centereu III
the fate OF Galveston. Some lieht Oh,
the terrible conditions was oDtaineu
from James G. Iimmins. general SUI
perintendent of the National Compress
Company. who made his way TO hous-
ton. after Il perilous trip. 400,
He reported that more than l:VoV
persons were drowned or are inlssihi'
and that 1000 houses in Galveston
have been destroyed.
Managers of the telegraph Iines ure
making every effort TO re-estapiisi
communication with Galveston AT the
earliest possible moment. Ihey nave
n large number of telegraph operators
and linesmen waiting in Houston 10
90 to Galveston. These men VIII ne
sent on to Galveston at the earnest oP-
portunity. No wires are working 10
night south Of Houston. severe
storm now prevails In this city, put IL
has not interfered with telegrnphlc
communication.
The last definite news about the sit-
uation in Galveston came early 'his
morning. At that time the lower por-
tion of the island was entirely under
water and the waves were making rap
ID inroads upon the banks which bor-
der the island proper.
Houston. Tex, Sept. 9.-Among the
passengers who arrived here on re
lief train from Galveston is Ben W.
Dew, an attache Of the Southern Ia
cific. Dew had been ut Virginia Point
for some hours. and said that he saw
from 100 to $50 bodies floating out on
the beach at that place.
Conductor Powers reported that
twenty-five corpses had been recovered
by the life saving crew, many of theNi
women. and that the crew had reported
that many bodies We're floating and
they were using every endeavor to get
them all out OF the water. The water
swept across the island, and II Is pre-
sumed that most of these We're Calves
ton people. though none Of them have
been identified.
One of the refugees who came in on
the relief train, and who had sad eN-
perience. was $. w. Clinton, an en-
gineer ut the fertilizing plant at the
Galveston stock yards. Mr.. Clinton's
family consisted OF his wife and six
children. When his house was washed
away he managed to get two of his
little boys safely to Il raft, and with
them he drifted hopelcssly about. His
raft collided with wrecknge of every
description. and was split In two. and
he was forced TO witness the drowning
of his sons, being unable to help them
In any way. Mr.. Clinton says parts Of
the city are scethng masses of water.
Mr.. Jennings. slater by trade. who
resides nj Thirty-cighth street and Ave
nue. NJ. Galveston. got TO the mainland
in about the same manner as Clinton.
After losing his wife he set out, and
by swimming and drifting around
reached the mainland.
a. England and wife of Texas City,
who We're on the relief train, report
that the whole Of Texas City has been
blown away, and a number of lives
lost Six women are known by Mr..
England to have been drowned. and he
said that many others had lost their
lives
Beaumont, Tex. Sept. 9-The gray
est fears are entertained here for the
safety of the residents of Sabine and
Sabine Pass At the dispatchers Office
of the Sabine and East Texas railroad
1t Is learned that the last dispatch
from the operator at Sabine. the new
town. reported that ut that time the
water was surrounding the station and
washing over the railroad track. He
said people were leaving in crowds for
! the back ridge.