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Kansas City, Sept. 15.- Sabine City, Tex., is still shut out from the outer world as fax as can be learned at this point, and rumors to the effect that a tidal wave had wrought great havoc there, as well as other near-by gulf tovvns, is ur.confirmed. Absolutely nothing Is known by the officials of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf railway in this city of the conditior. of affairs at Sabine City, although they have put forth every effort to get into that place. A party of rescuers ordered out from Beaumont, Tex., reported that they had been unable to approach Sabine Pass nearer than seven miles, büt gave no ' inkling of the condition of affairs there. A telegram received over its wires from F. T. Robinson, resident engineer of the road, who was sent to Port Arthur late Monday and returned to Beauir.ont, Tex., Tuesday morning, af ter making an investigation of the situation at Port Arthur, reports six killed, three injured and about $25,000 property damage at that place. The wires to Port Port Artlixir Victilns. Arthur are also still prostrated. The dead at Port Arthur are: Frank Albright, Kansas City, employed by the eleutric light company; Fritz Michelen, carpcnter; George Martin, bricklayer; Mr. Weeks, Mary Unsworth, infant son oL W. H. Johnson. Injured: Roy Stafford, wife and daughter, wifl recover. According to the report of Engineer Robertson the storm came up at about ■6 o'clock in the evening, and was at its height from 6:30 until 10:30, the wind at its highest blowing at a velocity of seventy-five miles an hour. The Sabine hotel, a seventy-five room structure, was damaged about $700 by flying debris, the roof was blown off the natatorium, and the trusses tumbled down, one end was blown out cf the railroad eompany's stable, the doors of the Pittsburg and Gulf roundhouse, in which the secticn boss and his family had taken refuge, were blown in and the structure finally collapsed. Those inside escaped uninjured, or only slightly so. The roof was torn off the grandstand, the 2,000foot pleasure pier was slightly damaged and the steamer Rolobb was washed up the ba y ou and sunk. Nobodywas aboard the Rolobb. The passenger depot, recently constructed at a cost of $10,000, was uninjured. Many other structurea were tumbled down, largely the fault of poor foundation and construction. Ten Drowned at Sabine. The following was received over the Pittsburg and Gulf wires Tuesday at 11:30 a. m. from Shreveport, La., from George M. Craig, general town site agent of the road, who had just returned from Sabine City: "At Sabine City about ten people, including Betts and Moore, tug and lighter owners, were drowned. Three tugs, one sehooner and nearly alKthe small boats anehored at the town were either sunk or stranded. All of the substantial buildings in both old and new town escaped. The wajer in the new town rose to six f eet and that in the old town to four. No ñames obtainable." Devastation at Other Points. To the east of Sabine the reports shov the devastation almost entirely due to the windstcrm. At Winnie every house but to were blown down. The dairy farm of ex-Governor Wheeler of Iowa ia wrecked. The Creel hotel was blown from its foundations. The store of A. A. Thorntcn was demolished. The home of'-Mrs. Gregory was destroyed. The store and warehouse of Z. T. Guess were torn to pieces ar.d the merchandise ruined by water, and every residence was damaged more or less. All along the route of the gulf and interstate road for twenty miles on either side of Winnie farm houses and barns were blown down, trees uprooted and ■wreckage strewn about. The newly established towns of Webb, Seabreeze, Cheek and Fannette are practically ■wiped out.