Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-12
Vat and Near yelascO twenty-five
Persons We're Killed.
ALL PLACES IN RUIN.
Nearly Every South Texas Town Struck
hy the storm, Either Has Dead
or Badly InIured-Property
Damage Is Great.

e'hA'tH Mhh 'hht' ~ iihnA N'Attf"Ni W n ]
special train on the Columbia Tap. was
o. o. Nation, editor - the Velasco |
World. He said the destruction Of prop.
erty will amount 70 about three-fourths
Of the buildings In that town Most Of
the residences were in the woods and
practically escaped destruction. The loss
Of life was miraculously small
The Hotel velasco. an immense struc.
ture, was among the first places to 20
down Three guests Of the hotel were
the only ones who lost their lives In
this building.
They were:
l.. W. Perrin. wealthy stock grower
Of Jack county aud large investor in
Velasco property.
Rev. Father Thomas Keeny Of Gal.
[ weston.
Samuel BY Of Clarendon. Ark. and
manager Of recent establishment at
/ Velasco.
A Mr.. Parker and his granddaughter.
Nellie Mills, were injured in the storm
and afterwards died.
Two negro men and one child were
killed In the town.
Fourteen negro convicts on the state
farm, nine miles west Of Velasco were
killed:
AZ the state farm. which was only 70.
Gently started. much damage was done.
The buildings were all torn down By the
storm aud most Of the crop was dam.
aged
The ietty work under construction by
the United States government was un.
harmed.
Several boats were wrecked.
ON account ~ the destruction Of the
property and the inability 70 cook. there
Is considerable suffering among the
people for food.
News from the coast along the gulf
and interstate road between Sabine and
Bolivar it is thought no one has been
killed
There ARE no houses left standing
at Patton or Follower
Ths party has not yet reached Bolivar
opposite Galveston. II is reported that
the village was swept OF the earth and
has few inhabitants left. The railroad
tracks are under water and the relief
party Is on foot Thousands Of head Of
cattle are reported drowned.
AZ Quiuinta, the port at the mouth Of
the Bruzos river. there are not more
than u houses lett standing. No one
was killed, but number Of person.
were injured. some Of them seriously
] and everybody Is in need Of food, cloth.
ing aud many require medical attention.
Two big tugboats were driven inland
about half a mile
st Surfsidc which isa summer resort
opposite Quiniana, there were 70 per
sons In the hotel The water was al
. about il aud danger was from the heavy
logs floating from above. Only a few
men were IN the village. 80 a number o.
ladies went into the water 70 theiI
. waists and assisted in keeping the log
. away from the hotel and not one wa
lost
4, The little town 81 Missouri City wa
practically wiped out, While no on'
was killed outright there is large list Of
injured. and il is stated that some oppo
site this place are fatally hurt
At Sartatita, the Ellis plantation Is
ruin. The thousands Of acres Of cane an,
81. cotton are said 10 be nearly withou
value. The big sugar house is damage,
BE- 20 the amount Of several thousand dol
lars, the tenant houses are down aud tn
total damage outside Of the crops are es
timated at $4,000
p There are five houses left standing OF
q the Gordon plantation At Harlem. Tn
Z, cotton fields are stripped clean.
Richmond Is reported 10 have beef
very nearly wrecked. Eighteen person
are reported killed. most Of them ne
groes. in the country Immediately abou
g the town, and for 20 miles from the tow
g there is not a house standing on III
G prairie.
a. one man was killed on the Boot
a. plantation and the plantation wrecked
- Az Fl Campo every house has bee
damaged
At Arcola two persons were killed an
~ several injured seriously.
c Az the Howtz plantation two mile
c west " the railroad station az Arcoli
c the damage inflicted by the element
e. was great Two new residences WEI
c wrecked.
c Sugar mills, cane sheds. stock she'd
.c convict barracks. plantation quarter
and everything else IN the way Of In
! proyemonts ON the Howe plantatio
= were either totally destroyed or ret
dered utterly useless aud uninhabitabl
All crops were ruined and many head,
Dc stock killed On the plantation nyiu
debris injured several people, SON
fatally. There airs 80 convicts qua
tered on this plantation. They work,
, heroically for the protection OF life an
. property Although all could have ver
4 easily have done so had they o desire,
only six took advantage of the oppo
/. tuuity % escape.
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