The silver star., 1900-09-14

hurricane made rapid inroad ~.
center Of the state. In Houston -
buildings were demolished ~
heavy loss Of property was sussss..
Continuing inland, the storm ~
the town Of Hampstead, fiftv ~
above Houston, and continued tHs-.
to Chappcll Hill, twenty miles fr,ss.
then to Brennan, thirty miles ais,ssz
All Of these towns were wrecked ~
Inhabitants terr0rized and seyersi n
them killed.
The towns Of Sabine Pass. ro,t +.
thur and Alvin also were almost -
pletely destroyed. The storm ~.
Beaumont, Austin, Pearlland smtZ
Vile. Toylar. Temple. Waco. Corn,
Christi, ROckport and Hitchcock. n.
ing much damage in each town.
The Braxos Bottom, which was y.
scene Of great disaster during ~
years flood, was swept for fully n
miles. Crops and farm property M
fered heavy damages.
From the territory west OF Austin !.
the mountains the storm seems to hs,.
swept everything before 1t, rssins
houses and uprOOting trees AlthoueS
n vast area has been swept by n.
storm, interest tonight is centered + Il
the fate OF Galveston. Some light n, Il
the terrible conditions was obtaipsd
from James G. Tmmins. general n.
perintentlent Of the National Comnres.
Company, who made his way to Hon.
ton, after a perilous trip.
He reported that more than LON
persons were drowned or are missing
and that 1000 houses in Galveston
have been destroyed.
Managers Of the telegraph lines sre
making every effort to reestablish
communication with Galveston at the
earliest possible moment. They have
a large number OF telegraph operation
and linesmen waiting in Houston TO
go to Galveston. These men will BE-
sent on to Galveston Mt the earliest Cd
portunity. No wires are working TO-
night south OF Houston. A sevefe
storm now prevails in this city. but Il
has not interfefed with telegraphIe
communication.
The last definite news about the SIT
uation in Galveston came early this
morning. At that time the lower por
ton OF the island was entirely under
water and the waves were making rap
i'd 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 ".
Dew, an attache OF the Southern Pa
cific. Dew had been at Virginia Point
for some hours. and said that he saw
| from 100 to 100 bodies floating out on
the beach at that place.
Cnrdrnt4r pnxroru rov,nrto1 hat
| twenty-five corpses had been recovered
| by the life saving crew, many Of them
women, and that the crew had reported
| that many bodies were floating and
they were using every endeavor to get
them all out of the water. The water
| swept across the island, and 1t is pre-
sumed that most OF these were 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 ex.
perience, was s. w. Clinton, an en-
gineer Mt the fertilizing plant at the
Galveston stock yards. Mr.. Clintons
family consisted of his wife and six
children. When his house was washed
away he managed to get two OF hia
little boys safely to raft, and with
them he drifted hopelessly about HI
raft collided with wreckage Of ever
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 seething masses Of water.
Mr.. Jennings. a slater by trade. who
resides at Thirty-eighth 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 beer
blown away. and number OF livea
lost. Six women are known by Mr.
England to have been drowned, and ht
said that many others had lost thelI
lives.
Beaumont. Tex, Sept. O.-The grav
est fears are entertained here for thu
safety OF the residents Of Sabine and
Sabine Pass. At the dlspatcher's 0fiict
Of the Sabine and East Texas railroad
It In learned that the last dispatch
from the operator Mt Sabine, the new
town, reported that at that time thu
water was surrounding the station and
washing over the railroad track. III
said people were leaving In crowds fol
the back ridge.