New-York tribune., 1900-09-12
LOSSES OUTSIDE GALVESTON.
PEOPLE KILLED AND PROPERTY De
sTROYED IN MANY PLACES.

uo,ston Tex Sent 1i-Outside Galveston small
towns are beginning to send in reports as tee-
graphic communication improves, ana many au-
dtions to the list OF dead and property losses are
received Richmond and Hitchcock each report SIX
teen lives lost Alta Iona, Arcadia, Neiasco 0e"-
brooke Belleyile Arcola and many other lo"hs |
have from one eight dead In most oil ~ ~these
rIaces many houses have been DESTROYED ana thou-
sands of live stock killed
The Santa Fe Railroad ran It's hrst relel udlH
70 Hitchcock this morning In many places nome
less inhabitants of the section uaNerseu were
fourd housed in empty box cars whhe otheIs
were sitting on the wreck of their household et-
fects piled together in promiscuous heaps. Many
sufferers are utterly destitute and Will nave Fee
TRANSFORMATION to places where they can oo'dl"
shelter and sustenance. At Alvin great damage
was done to property and eleven deaths are ie
ported. s,..
Angleton and the surrounding country suffered
severely from the storm and assistance Is much
needed Algoa Arcadia and Alta Iona show signs
of the severe visitation, and many are In need oil
help. :, ,-,s
Searching parties have found a dozen bodies IN
Halls BAYOU and buried them. and the work Is
not half completed
News from the coast along the Gulf and Inter
s.o,a Railroad between Sabine and Bolivar, indi-
Gates that no one has been killed. There are no
houses left standing at Patton or Bolivar me
railroad tracks under water and the rehet party
IS foot.
A. ouintans the port at the mouth of the Brazos
River not more than twelve houses are left. A
number of persons were injured Everyoody Is IN
need OF food and clothing. and many require meol-
cal attention. Two big tugpoats were dilNeh ilia"u
about half a mile
At Belevle every house was damaged ana several
| were demolished, including two churches. One girl
was killed. Not house Is left in Patterson IN
| habitabe condition. One person was killed there
ON Steele's plantation, Hampstead, all the
| convict buildings tenant houses and shops were
destroyed. The convicts were released on parole
and ell but four have returned Two of these were
! recaptured, and the others may be dead. Other
plantations suffered severely and some loss of life
| is reported.
| At Waller the destruction is complete. but no one
was killed. At Prairie View the Normal School was
badly damaged. but no one was killed. There were
a hundred students and nearly many attendants
| in the buildings.
| At Wharton an immense amount of damage was
done. In the country about the town all crops
| ruined. Thirteen negroes are reported killed
on various plantations in Wharton and Matagorda
counties. In Matagorda County only two houses
left standing
The little town of Missouri City practically
wiped out. While killed there is
large list injured.
At Sartatita the Ellis sugar plantation is ruin
$4,000 Five houses are left standing on the Gordor
plantation, at Harlem. The cotton fields are
Richmond is reported nearly wrecked Eighteer
In the country Immediately about the town anC
for twenty-five miles from the town there is not
! so far are in the small villages of Heedvlle anC
Beasley. One killed the Booth planta
ton and the plantation wrecked.
At E Campo every house has been damaged. A
Ariola two killed and several injured seri
ously. At the Housee plantation sugar mills. can
a sheds, stock sheds, convict barracks, plantation
quarters and everything else in the way OF i'm
? provements were either destroyed rendered use
y less and uninhabitabe. Crops ruined an
many head OF stock killed. FLYNN debris injure
several people
| The relief train which pulled out of the Interna
Il tonai and Great Northern station yesterday morn
> ing had aboard three surgeons and assistants an
medicine for the injured. The train also carrie