The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-10
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
Houston Tells Narrowing Tales OF
storm stricken section.


noon and its crew tell story OF death
and desolation throughout the country
through which they passed
Conductor Ferguson states that houses.
barns. CROPS and orchards have been de-
stroyed and great damage has been done.
a. L. Fobes. postal clerk. reported that
az Oyster Creek the train crew and pas
sengers heard cries coming out Of mass
OF debris. Several persons answered the
cries and found a negro woman fastened
under roof. They pulled her out and she
Informed her rescuers that there were
others under the roof further. search
resulted In the finding Of nine dead bodies.
all colored persons.
When the train arrived al Angleton, all
the churches. the jail and a number OF
houses had been blown Gown. Three Ia
taiities are known TO have occurred al
Angleton. but tho train stopped there
only few minutes. and the number killed
or their names could not be learned.
Al Angleton the conductor decided to
return 10 Houston 90 that the extent Of
the damage beyond Angleton Is not
known. On the return trip the crew saw
the debris OF dozens OF demolished houses.
Az Sandy Point several persons were
badly injured. but no fatalities were re-
ported.
AZ Arcoia a family named wofford had
gathered IN the upper story OF their
house. The upper portion OF the house
was blown away and Mr.. wofford's moth
or was instantly killed.
Brookshlre Was wiped Ont.
The hurricane was particularly severe
at Brook shire. twenty-seveu miles west
OF Houston on the Missouri Kansas and
Texas Railroad Four dead bodies have
been taken from the debris Of wrecked
houses and IL Is believedthat others have
been killed. II Is reported that only four
houses are left standing In BroolGshire.
which had a population OF 600 persons.
The names OF the dead at Brookshire can
not be learned tonight
Many KILLED mt Alvin.
Later reports received from Alvin state
that many persons were killed there. Elev'
en- bodies have been recovered.
At seabrook. Mrs. Jane Woodstock was
killed by a falling house: Mrs. Nicholson
and Louis Broquet were drowned. s. X.
McIlhenny. wife and daughter. and Mrs.
Leroy and two children are missing. They
are known TO have been in their cottages.
which were destroyed. The dead body of
a sailor was found under a cottage.
At Brazoria six people were killed. by
falling houses OF were drowned last night.
including George Dun. son OF Hon. J. +.
Dun.
Judge Duff was himself seriously IN
iured. Reports state that only the Court
House and two other buildings are stand
ing there
eight people were killed.
Among the passengers who arrived here
on a relief train from Galveston is Ben
w. Dew. an attache OF the Southern Pa
clnc. Dew had been at Virginia Point for
several hours and said that he saw from
100 20 40 dead bodies floating out Of the
beach az that place.
Conductor Powers reported thst twenty
i've corpses had been recovered by the
life saving crew. many Of them women;
that the crew had reported many dead
bodies we're floating and they we're using
every enasavor TO get them all out OF the
water The water swept across the ISL
and and Il Is presumed that most OF these
were Galveston people. though none OF
them have been Identified.
saw Essr sons Drown.
one Of the refugees who came IN the
relief train and who had a sad experi-
euce was s. W. Clinton. an engineer at
the fertilizer plant at the Galveston
stock yards. Mr.. clinton's family con-
sisted OF his wife and six children. When
his house was washed away he managed
"a get two OF his little boys safely 10
raf, and with them drifted helolessiy
ahout His raft collsded with wrecksse
OF every description and was split II '"o'
and he was forced TO witness the drown
ing OF his sons. being unable 10 help them
in any way. Mr.. Clinton says parts OF the
city we're SETTLING masses OF water
Mr. Jennings, a slater by trade. got 90
the mainland Ia about the same manner
as Clinton. After losing his wife he see
out and By swimming and drifting around
reached the mainland.
william smith. q boy about Is years oio'
whose home is IN West Texas. had a mar
row escape. Young Smith was blown OF
the docks and came ashore IN the Drift
wood Despite che dafiiculiy he expert
eneea in keeping anoat he held out 60
the end and reached the shore safe and
sound
A. England and his wife of Texas City,
who were on IN e relief train, report that
the whole OF chat town IL blown away
and A number OF lives were lost. There
were six women known 70 Mr.. England
who we're drowned ana he IL satisfied that
many others host their lives.
Damage I'm Interior Towns.
Al Walter, half the houses In the town
were demolished. The South Texas Bap-
tist College is badly damaged and the
school house h a wreck
No, a house In the town Chappeh Hi
escaped damage and many were dcmo1ish-
cd. business houses also suffered and
fine gin is complete wreck.
At Penham the Court House was nearly
wrecked and the city Han completely 50.
Every business house and residence suffer
cd 40 a greater or less extent. The Gre
apparatus Is under the ruins Of the City