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R 22 1886.NUMBER 21.one minutesTHE TEXAS DISASTERuncertainme. The ary, was low. HeOver One Hundred Lives Knowntp Have Been Lost.ig person Scattered Over the Coun-reply. “I ihe Is herethe nextie servantsilled away s time and think any-e 8qulre’sIble, I mayclaimed.turned the ‘As Graciausekeeper,tr. Graham like her to vorkhouse. elieved herthe Squire grily. At id said abuts In theall the old st before I re; but not more than dng absenttry for Thirty Miles.The Poor Survivors Absolutely WithoutResource.Terrible Tales of the frightful DevastationWrought by Wind and Water.Suffering and Destitution./ r i *4 * 4a # 't t *Beaumont, Tex., Oct 15.—The first reports of the great disaster at Sabine Paw were not in the least exaggerated, in fact they underestimated the number of deaths caused by the storm. The death roll now reaches ninety with a number missing, and it is thought that fully 100 persons met their deaths on the night of the gale.The relief party that went down as near Sabine as possible on the Sabine and East Texas railroad could not get within twelve miles of the ruined town.Over a dozen tow-boats have been sent there and are at work saving life and property.There is considerable back water yet at Sabine, hemmed In and held there by the railroad embankment.The most intense excitement has prevailed ____Phere since the first news of the fearful catastrophe. The people have neither ate nor slept and crowns nave surrounded the depot
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Wayne Register
Wayne, Kansas, US
Fri, Oct 22, 1886
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