Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
THE HORROR GROWS.
Loss of Life Estimated by Thousands
Like q Tidal Wave.

Loss of Life Estimated by Thousands
Like a Tidal Wave.
Dallas, Tex, Sept. 9.-The following
telegram has just been received from
Houston, by the News:
Relief train just returned. They
could not get closer thar six miles of
Virginia Point, where the prairie was
covered with lumber, debris, pianos,
trunks and dead bodies. Two hun
dred corpse were counted from the
train.
4 large steamer is stranded two
miles from Virginia Point, as though
thrown up by a tidal wave.
Nothing can be seen of Galveston.
Two men were picked up who were
floating across the mainland and they
say they estimate h loss of life up
to the time they left at 2,000.
The above message is addressed to
Superintendent FELTON,, Dallas, and
comes from Mr.. Vaughn, manager of
the Western Union telegraph Office at
Houston.
Houston. Tex, Sept. 9.-The storm
that ragged along the coast of Texas
last night was the most disastrous
that has ever visited this section. The
wires are down and there is no way
of finding out just what has hap
pened, but enough is known to make
it certain that there has been great
loss of life and destruction of prop
erty all along the coast, and for 100
miles inland. Every town that is
reached reports one or more dead and
the property damage is so great that
there is no a of computing it ac-
c~urately.
Declined to Risk Their locomotives.
Galveston remains isolated. The
Houston Post and the Associated
Press correspondents made efforts to
get special trains and tugs to-day with
which to reach the island city. The
railroad companies decline to risk
their locomotives.
Wrecked or Weakened.
All sorts of rumors prevail, but
with no substantial basis. 1t is known
hat the railroad bridges across the
bay at Galveston are either wrecked
or likely to be destroyed with the
weight of a train on them; the APP
proaches to the wagon bridge are
gone and it is rendered useless. The
bridge of the Galveston, Houston &
Northern railroad is standing, but the
drawhridges over Clear creek and at
Edge waite are gone, and the road can
not get trains through to utilize the
bridge across the bay.
Found Seven Dead I'm One House.
A train went down the Columbia tap
road this morning as far as Chenango
Junction. The town was greatly dam
aged, and the bodies of nine negroes,
were taken from the ruins of one
house. The train could proceed no
further, and came back to Houston,
leaving the fate of the people at An
gleton, Columbia, Brazora, Valasco
and Quintana uncertain.
Town Almost Wiped Out.
The small town of Brookshire OH
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, was al
most wiped out by the storm. The
crew of a work train brought in the
information. When the train left
there the bodies of four persons had
been recovered and the search for 9TH
ers was proceeding.
Hampstead, across the country
from Brookshire, was also greatly
damages, but so far as known no lives
were lost.
Residents DESERVING Sabine Pass.
Sabine Pass has not been heard
from to-day. Yesterday morning the
last news was received from there,
and al hat time the water was sur
rounding the old town It the pass,
and the wind was rising and the
waves becoming high. From the new
town, which is some distance back,
it was reported that the water had
reached the depot and was running
through the streets. People were
leaving for the high country known as
the back ridge, and it is believed that
all escaped.
Many Drowned and More Missing.
Two bodies have been brought in
from Seabrooke, OF Galveston bay,
and II persons are missing there.
Three persons were drowned at Nor
With the exception of those of Mrs.
Nicholson and Mrs. Jane Woodlock,
the bodies of the dead have not yet
been identified.
Great Property Damage at Houston.
In Houston one person was killed,
Henry Black, a hack driver. The prop
erty damage is great, a conservative
estimate placing it at $250,0O0. The
Merchants and Planters oil mill was
wrecked, entailing a loss of $4,000.
The Dickson car wheel works suffered
to the extent of Sic, 1000. The big Ma
sonic temple, which is the property
of the grand lodge of the state, was
partially wrecked.
Many Churches Damaged.
Nearly every church in the CITY was