The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-09-15
THOUSANDS PERISH.
Hurricane and Tidal Wave Strikes
Gulf Coast.
Galveston and other Texas Cities Suf-
fer Severely - Between 1900 and
5000 Lives Lost - Property
Damage Enormous.

5000 Lives Lost - Property
Damage Enormous.
Memphis, Sept. 1O.-A special t.
the Commercial Appeal from New
Orleans, says: Advices regarding the
awful effects of the storm which has
been raging along the gulf coast of
Texas are just beginning to arrive and
the story they tell is fraught with
horror. First in Importance is the
news that Galveston was struck by a
tidal wave and that the loss of life
there was between $500 and 5000. The
water is Is feet deep over Virginia
Point.
Every effort is being made out of
New Orleans to get telegraphic or
cable communication with the wrecked
city, but to little avail. One message
was received fixing the loss of life at
1900. 1t came by cable from Vera
Cruz and was later confirmed in a
general way.
Great damage and considerable loss
of life is reported along the line OF the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad.
There is much anxiety about Sabine
Pass and Port, Arthur. The last news
received from Sabine Pass was Satur-
day at noon, and at that hour the
town was entirely surrounded by wa
ter. The storm had not then reached
its height nor had the tidal wave
come which is reported to have swept
over Galveston. However, at the time
the last report was sent out the people
were fleeing to the highlands for
safety, and it is hoped that they may
have found refuge in time.
Port Arthur is not so exposed &c
the waves as Sabine, out the damage
there is believed to have been great.
Telegraph wires are down to Port
Lavaca, Rockport. Arnsas Pass, Cor
pus Christi and Brownsville, on the
lower coast, and grave fears are en-
tertained regarding the safety of the
inhabitants of those towns.
Losses Elsewhere.
Towns along the southern Texas
shore are flooded and the raging wa
ters have swelled the list of fatalities
Among the places where heavy loss o.
life and property is rumored are:
At Sabine Pass ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ,OO,
At Chenango Junction .............'..'. !:
At Seabrooke ,...................'...'' i
At Morgans Point ..................... y
At other points .....................'''... o.
Texas CITY .......................'.
oyster creek .........'.....'.....
BraZorfa .........'..'...''.''.''
People in towns wrecked by tn,
raging wind are reported so panic
stricken they are neglecting to carr
for the dead and are fleeing to thu
higher land for safety.
Tells sorrowfui Story.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 10. = The
first news to reach this city from
the stricken city of Galveston was re
-ceived Sunday night. James c. Tim
Minis, who resides in Houston, and VIII
is the general superintendent of tn,
National Express company. arrived IL
the city at eight o'clock Sunday nigh
from Galveston. He was one of the frs
to reach here with tidings of the grea
disaster which has befallen that city
and the magnitude of that disaster re
mains to be told because of his EN-
deavors to reach home. After re
naming through the hurricane on Sat
urday he departed from Galveston OF
a schooner and came across the bay Z
Morganspoint, where he caught trail
for Houston. The hurricane, Mr.. Tim
minis said, was the worst ever known
Results Are Appalling.
The estimates made by citizens o
Galveston was that 1000 houses, mos
of them residences. have been de
stroyed, and that at least 1000 peopl
have been drowned, killed or are miss
ing. Some business houses were ais
destroyed, but most of them stood
though badly damaged.N The city, MI
Tilnmins AYERS, is complete wrecl
so far as he could see from the waite
front and from the fremont hote
Water was blown over the island b
the hurricane, the wind blowing a
the rate of so miles an hour straigh
from the gulf and forcing the sea wa
ter before it in big waves. The gal
was steady one, the heart of it strib
ing the city about five o'clock Saturda
evening and continuing without in
PERMISSION until midnight, when
abated somewhat, although it cor
tinued to blow all night.
Nine Killed.
OF his own knowledge Mr.. Timmin
knew of only one house succumbin
with fatal results, though he hear
of many residences being carried ava
with inmates. The house that he sa'
destroyed was Ritter's saloon an
restaurant at 2109 Strand street,
principal business street of the cit.
This three-story building was blow
down and nine men-prominent cit
:zens-were killed. Among the dea
are: Charles Kelner, ST., a cotto
buyer for an English firm; Stanley
Spencer, general manager of the +
,der-Demster Steamship line, and Ricl
ard Lord, manager for McFadden
Cotton company, whose body is sti
in the ruins. Secretary Bailey, of tn
Wharf company, and several waiter
and customers saved themselves b
Jumping from the upper story just b
fore the crash came.
1t was reported that the orpha
asylum and both the hospitals wei
J..tro.ad an1 10 fbis proyes trup I'll