The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVIth Year, No. 159, Ed. 1, Monday, September 10, 1900 Page: 1 of 12
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THE DAMAGE AT EAGLE LAKE
IT lb SAID THAT IT WIMj IHEYCH A
ILAItTUIt OK A MILLION
Tho Town of Una llcrnnril In Itc
Eagle Lake Toxns September 9 Last
c cnlnE about dark a slow rainstorm 1 03an
here lurking It very unpleacant to be ou
of Oocrs the storm blow steadily and at an
Increasng rage and by 11 oclock nonous
ocnple were up and fining nboJl The ba > m
ana ratn continued and by 1 o clock erj
tiw < nnabliduts of tbe little city were asleep
Several dwelling houses were toppledsome
blown off blocks and some blotn down fani
lcs ncre traggline through the torrents of
liea > y rain and tho Kuslilnc wind trjlne to
did shelter It wai not until dajbfeak that
tho storm tubsided and tho diiuape was re
vcalcd Three churches together with many
ether houses dwelling and business wero
completely blown to pieces
Tho rice crop and the pecan crop are ruined
the cotton crop is nearly ruined tho cane
crop Is considerably damaged The loss to
this community roni this storm is estimated
by tho most reasonable citizens at about
Sjre000 No lives lost
One very strnngo occurrence happened
Major Herbert a gentleman of sf > scars wa
sleeping in tho Becond story of a business
house and his dog was under his bed asleep
The Etorm awoke tho major In the earli part
of tbo ulght and bo realized his danger and
In his hurry to leave bis room forgot his
deg Soon after ho had left the building waj
blown don and ho wis Hmtniing the los
of his dog When djyllgit came ih major
v t to isee about Rrc and found him ljliu
cound asleep nnd unhurt on a P > rt of tho
floor that had held tog tli r and the bed
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this morning aid repors tho town of Ua
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XYITH YEAllNO 159 HOUSTON TEXAS JUONIXAAr SEPTEMBEK 10 1900 PRICE 5 CENTS
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Bagging and Ties
Burlap tar Round Bales
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HOUSTON TRJCA9
OF GALVESTON
Mr James G Timmins Escaped from that City and
Tells of the Hurricanes Effect
ONE THOUSAND PERSONS DROWNED KILLED OR
JONE
MISSING IT IS ESTIMATED
Four Thousand Buildings Have Been Destroyed Most of Them Residences the Rjtter
Building Collapsed and Nine Prominent Men Were Killed A Water
Famine Now Threatens and Provisions Scarce
Mr James G Timmins jvIio resides at 1918 Texas avenue Houston and who is
the general superintendent of the National Compress company anived in the city last
night at 8 oclock from Galveston one of the first to reach here with tidings of the great
disaster which has befallen that city and the greatness of that disaster he can not tell in all
its horror because of his endeavors to get home After staying through the hurricane of
Saturday Saturday night and Sunday morning he got away on a schooner about nooi
yesterday came across the bay to Morgan Point where he caught the train and came to
Houston
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The hurricane Mr Timmins said was the worst ever known The estimates made
by citizens ofGalveston was that 4000 houses most of them residences have been de-
stroyed and that at least 1000 people have beendrownetikillecl or are missing Some
business houses were also destroyed but most of them stood though badly damaged
The city Mr Timmins says is a complete wreck so far as he could see from the
water front and from the Tiemont hotel
Water was blown over the island by the hurricane the wind blowing at the rate of
eighty miles an hour straight from the gulf and drivings the sea water before it in great
waves The gale was a steady one the heart of it striking the city about 5 oclock yester-
day afternoon and continuing without intermission until 10 oclock last night when it
abated somewhat although it continued to blow all night
Of his own knowledge Mr Timmins knew of only one house succumbing with
fatal results though he heard of many residences going down and carrying their inmates
to destruction The house that he saw go was Ritters saloon and restaurant at 2109
Strand the principal business street of the city this threestory building was blown down
and nine prominent men were killed that he knew of and perhaps others
Among the dead are CHARLES KELLNER SR a cotton buyer for an English
firm STANLEY G SPENCER general manager of the ElderDempster steamship line
and RICHARD LORD manager of the AkFaddens whose body is still in the uiins Sec-
retary Baiy of the wharf company and several of the waiters and customers saved them-
selves by jumping from the upper story just before the crash came
It was reported that the orphan asylum and both the hospitals were destroyed and
if this proves true the loss of life will be great as those institutions were generally crowded
and as they were substantial buildings the chances are that many had taken refuge in them
The water extended clear across the island Mr Timmins said that it was three
feet deep in the rotunda of the Tremont hotel and six feet deep in Market street
Along the water front the damage was very great the tops had been blown from
all the elevators and the sheds along the wharves were either wrecked or had lost their
sides and were of no protection to the contents Most of the small sailing craft was
The Galveston Houston and Henderson
sent out a Relief train which consisted of
an cng ne and a combination passenger and
baggage coach In charge of Conductor T
J rowers yesterday mornlnB early It
could get no furthev than La Marque At
tola point U picked up a number of
refugees from Oahcston Texas City and
surrounding country and brousht them In-
to Houston last night
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Among the refugee which the Galvpu
ton Houston 3nd Henderson train In
charge of Conductor T J Powera picked
up at ia Marquo which is ibout four
and onehalf miles south of Virginia
Point wae Tat Joyce who resided In the
West Knd of Galvcrton on tho corner of
Foqrtyfourth tlreet and Avenue S
Joyce li la th employ of the construc
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and I left for hcrf dane abou
1 oclock nnd roL ILM
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water In the yai blown t manyVet worse
and worse ber and
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the wind etrpigo 510U almost
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wiecked and was either piled upon the wharves or was floating bottom side up about the
bay There is a large steamship ashore three miles north of Pelican island but he could
not distinguish hor name she was flying a British flag Another big vessel lias been driven
ashore at Viiginia Point which is the place at which the railroad bridges start across the
bay Still another he saw hard aground at Texas City and anothei at the south point of
Houston island opposite La Porte The condition of these vessels Mi Timmins could not
speak of as he lost no time in looking into them Ths lightship that marks Galveston bar
is hard and fast aground at Dollar Point
Mr Timmins and the men with him on the schooner rescued two sailors in the
middle of the bay who had been in the water for fortyeight hours these men were for-
eigners and he could gain no information from them They saw the wreck of a vessel that
looked like a steam tug but had no time to examine it and two laige vessels floating bot-
tom up were passed
Coming across the bay tiie carcasses of nearly two hundred horses and mules were
seen but not a human body
The scenes during the storm Mr Timmins said he could not desciibe women and
children were crowding into the Tremont hotel where he was seeking for shelter and all
night these unfortunates were bemoaning their losses of kindred and fortune they were
grouped about the stairways and in the galleries and rooms of the hotel What was oc-
curring in other parts of the city he could not say
The city of Galveston he says is now entirely cut off from communication the
boats are gone the railroads can not be operated and the water is so deep that they can not
walk out by the way of the bridge across the bay even if that biidge is standing 1 Provis-
ions are badly needed as most people lost all they had The water works power house
was wrecked and a water famine is threatening as the cisterns werejallmnned by the salt-
water this he regards as the most serious problem to be faced now The city is in dark-
ness the electric light plant being among the buildings which have been ruined
Asked as to the properly damage Mr Timmins said that there is no way of esti
mating so far as he could see or hear the cast end
side of the island
scurrying to and from endeavoring to
find places of safety and making the air
hideous with their cries There were
nine families In the house which was a
large twostory frame ond of the fifty
pcoplo residing there myself and niece
wero the only ones who could got away I
managed to find a raft of driftwood or
wrockago and got on It going with the
tide I know not where I had not gotten
far before i Wa struck with ftomo wroclt
ago and my njeco was knocked out of my
arms I could not save hor and hid to
see her drown I was carried ou and on
with the tide sometimes on a raft and
again when I was thrown from It by com-
ing Jn contact with lomc of tho pieces
oj timber parts of house logs cisterns
and other things which were floating
around In the gulf nod bay Many and
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many a knock I got on my head and body
until I am black and blue all over The
wind was blowing at a terrific rato of
ipeed and tbe moves wero away up I
drifted and swam all night not knowing
whore I was going or In what direction
About 3 oclock In the morning I began
to feel th3 hard graund and know then
GEO D HUNTER
CITY PASS TICKbT AGENT
the residences which are on the gulf
has been practically wiped out of existence in the west end which faces
the gulf on another portion of the island tiiere is about one house standing for twenty
blocks The beach has been swept clean the bath houses are all gone and most of the
residences as well This last was hearsay as he had not been able to get out that far
Only a few men accompanied Mr Timmins the boat would hold no morcAsked
as to the likelihood of others getting out that way he said that they were slim that the
people preferred to stay there now that the gale has abated though the wind wasblowing
hard when he left H
tion department of tho Southern Pacific
company and was the sole support of a
widowed sister and her four children
two Irls and two boys Joyce has a bar
rowing talo < f miny hardship ho had
suffered to reach the mainland and Ills
experiences aftsr hi left Vlveston It
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began raining In Gxloy3inV said Joyco
to a representative ofKe dvpost
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urday morning carljvaiucd at 0 oclock
work was dtacontinP Grocer
company
re abaut
feet of
I was on the mainland I wandered
around until I came bo a house and thera
a person gave me some clothes I baa
lost most of mine soon ufter restarted
and only wire a cofnt
I was Jn tho water about eoven houis
and this sensation together with be focl
ing of all these bruises I bavo on uly
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