The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVIth Year, No. 159, Ed. 1, Monday, September 10, 1900 Page: 2 of 12
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W McGownn 003 Maury utrcot who la
a rclatho of hla dead sister
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Anothcr man who had a sad oxporlencu
was Mr S W Clinton an engineer at
tho fertilising plant at tho Galveston
cf his wfo and six children Whon his
houac was washed away ho rainagcd to get
two of his Uttlc boys safely to a raft
and with them he drifted llko Mr Joyco
not know lag where it w ould brins him
Ho was buffeted about In tho raging tor-
rents ot the stormy gulf colliding with
wreckago of ovsry description Hla raft
was spit in two and ho was forced to
witness the horrible sight of the drowning
of his sons being unnblo to help tbcm In
any way Mr Clinton has a number of
bumrs on his head and bis body Is ono
mass of bruises Ho state that that im-
mediate section of the city Is ouo scath-
ing masi of water and corroborates tho
Btory of Mr Joyce as to condition thoro
A Mr Jennings a slater by trade who
resides at Thirtyeighth street and avonu0
Seven and a half got to tho mainland In
about the same manner as the two mon
named above After losing his wife ho sot
out and by swimming and drifting around
got to tho mainland Not unlike tho others
ho was knocked and banged about and ho
was bruised and sklunod all over Jen-
nings was ln the water longer than CI it
ton or Joyco It being about twelve hours
from the time bo left his homo until ho
lsnded on high dry ground
Jennings Joyce and Clinton all reside in
tho same neighborhood and aro intlranto
friends They had no Idea ot mooting each
other under theso circumstances All ot
them lost all of tholr property and nro in
nocd of substantial
help Juat now
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William Smith a young boy about IS
years eld whose homo is in West Texas
had a rather narrow escape Young Smith
wns blown off of
the docks and camo
ashore In the drift He waa plucky to tha
cndand despite tho
dlffiejilty he expe-
rienced in keeping oJlcat his grit hold out
to tho end and he got ashore safo and
tcund though somewhat tired out aujl
c n ldtrably skinned anil brused after hl3
trip acrowi the bay
Mr A Egland and his wife of Texas
City report that tho whole of that town U
blown away and that qulto a number o
Uvea were lost thoro There were six
women nlono that Mr Kgland knew of who
were drowned and be was satisfied that
there were many others who had lost their
Uvea Mr and Mrs Egland wero also
Picked up at La Marquo by Conductor
Powers train
Mr Den W Dew who la working with
he bridge and building department of
the Southern Pacific at Texas City saved
the life of ia woman who was about to
> drown Pew staled
that there wcrrt
a large number of corpsoa floating
aroundH Texas city 1Q0 or 150 bolng
bis atim tc
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Ampng the Mssenasra which Conductor
brought towati his own son
ftom Genoa whoro ho had been con-
structing n school building reports that
ovcrv building In tho town was blown
down nnd made total wrecks with but
ono or two possible oxcontlons Ho aUtcx
that tho peonlo thoro aro ln dostttutu
clrctimttantVH for Uio most part and nro
icnlly in need ot help from the people
of Houston
UYIIACi AT NAVASOTY
llouMCM AViif I ii roof fit mill Cotton
llllft lllCM llciilcil tlut
Navciotu TcxiiH September 0 Tho Sep-
tember storm n 1S75 has been fully equalled
It nut surpassed A driving rain began to
fall hero yjstcrdny shortly after noon by
riciilng tbo wind was ut a stiff galo luij by
nndulght was at tempest helgbt accompanied
li > blinding shoots ot tain This lasted up to
about S oclock thin morning and was one ot
tbo most severs storms that the town of Nav
nsoto hits over experienced Many families
romalued up all night dressed and expectant-
ly awaiting threatening catastiope
Luckily no ouo was pbjstcally Injured as
yet reported but tbo scene that presented It-
self to viewers this morning nearly beggara
description nud could hardly Uio been woito
bud this substnntlnll rock built town been
tnstfart a tramo constructed village on a west-
ern plain vlallea by one ot tholtr awfully doatU
dealing tornadoes unless It should havo been
wiped out entirely
Uprooted shado trees outhouses fencs ana
bams do not count In the summing up or
loss places In town that bnro not sunered
from this class of damago aro too few
A third of the root was blown from tho
thrcOStory Columbia opera lious tho In
terior thorurhly soaked and somo stock ot
tlio Smith llrokerago Co was wetmostly
flour
Portions of the ttn toot was ripped oft b
J Wilton s fctore nud a tin go itmouut of gon
errl nurclandlie almost ruined
Wie tlioestory building ot P A Smith was
unioofcd his dwsittng ar irtcictita wtthm
suffered censldrably and the dry goods storo
of 1 I Kuperman on tho ground floor wan
damaged at least JltXXj
lion end canvans awning to aeorgo Ii
Conol H storo demolished nnd big show win
dow cued in
Awnings to store buildings ot A O hmlth
Uookpian A Crotg Krult Pakicc V O Scott
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V nid I I Chlnskl ami
W It Ajers aro wrecked
Many other signs and awnings badly dam
ngd
Root twisted ofr part of Schumacher oil mill
seed Bheds though no seed damaged
Roof oter engine room section of J You nn
ft Co s planing mill Is gone Stono walls
damage audoll kyllghU mashed SmoK
stttK down
Most of tho new lights w rc blown irom
windows In blgb school tower and tho to
considerably damaged by water
Of m llnoa operated by the Nnvaiota Telo
pbono and Construction company only twilvo
aro working today A main division was dls
nbled by tho planing mill smok staek fall
ing across tho wires It will rcqtilro a
mouth work o repair the system and may
bo two weeks before fair scnlco cau bo rett
dcred patrons
Wlndnsil 0t Sam Mndleys livery stabla
was blown across tho barn
Parts of tin roif from resldenco of J M
bliaw s off and furnishings etc damaged
sru
to extent of about JCfO
Jiloctrlc light wlreB ore greatly tangled
oaoa sao aescoe a cg eeos
v wvjvv m rrr Tf ViMr
Suvcn persons wero killed ln and near tho need for relief Is urgent Mr Cirlton
the town Thoy wore Ins given lilt stock nt goods to tho poo
MRS PRATHnil killed In the Sinta To le bllt tbcy need rallch moc0 aml lhey
nocd U quickly lln reports that thero Is
J M JOHNSTON
MRS J M JOHNSTON plo wrvro killed thoro
o9aoooo ooonooe > oaeoa oocooot > eea oac > ooooeocoii 9oeB
Texas City and had striven diligently In
tho work of rescuing people Ho had
done nobl work and was looked on its
havo blown down and knocked to plecco tiultto a hero After saving tho 1 tc3 of
ludgtng from tho amount of drift wood others ho himself was drowned by an
that tbero was llnatlng about I am going
back to Galveston Just an soon as I can-
to find my slstora body and those of hor
children nnd shall find them it I havo to
walk all over tho Island to do It
accident The younjc man was spoken of
In high torma and had
among tho railroad men
Conductor Powers reports that tho two
freight trains ono an International and
Great Northoin and tha otlrer a Mis-
souri Kansas and Texas which loTt
Joyce is a man of medium height and
nousttm lU 00 Saturday mornngf ar
looks to bo about forty years old His rived at Virginia Point in safety hut
head was considerably bruliod tip and coud aut no further than that place
his body showed moro than a fow n b sorm Saturday night they were
both overturned and tho cars wero
Ecratcbcs On luehlnB tho
city ho went
WMhvd
cntlrclj ofr tnu rlgluoMvy
at onco to tho resldenco of Mr Guorgo I Tho crewa escaped and thoy sot about
I at onco ln tho work of rescuing people
not a building loft at Alta Loma though
he docs not know how many If any poo
mnny frlundi
Up to yestorday afternoon thoy had re-
covered twentiuvt bodies ton ot whom
wero women and thu work was still go
ing on
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Mr G 15 Roesslng contractor who
stockyards Mr Clintons family consisted tho Urunnor addition camo ln
and down but tho management hopes to
hhvo lights working In buslnesn soCtlon by
toniortow night by cutting out tho i which
eon not bo upaiicd In time It will bu aev
ciul diys tiiforn lights will bo on again ln
the tcfcldcmo portion
Tht thriHsiory wooden addition to tho
bliII hotel waa blown several fuct nut ot
1 lunib large twostory annex to Camp hotel
was twined twoi ory tramp building next to
Camp hotel was noarly turned ovei
Olilinni ys In Mrs Tanny Andersons real
dene d irrt In through tho building and
ruined nearly everything In the ocond story
and the fiirnlturo and lurnlshlnK n nrst floor
worn greatly damaged by brick mud and
water
What doinngo hns betn done the rbtton
cinp Is not yet nsiertalimblo but It Is an
Elittrd nn oil sldcB to bo destruction to tlut
portion open ln tho llelcK Planters ami thoso
dependent uton tlicm are blue ludicd
BRENIIAM WAS BADLY TORN UP
IIOTIIS AMI CIIIIIT
lUIOKUI CITY II VII
IKHKi TJV
WlinCKKII
riii ClinrrliPM ltiipnlnlly
Dumiinr Kin Apiniiiitiix I HilrNH
MrriliiiiilN Io > t Urn II
Drenham Texas Scpteciber 0 When tha
pcoplo of Drenham w nt to sleep last nlnbt
thvy woro filled with grave forebodings for
the safety of tbo people living along tho
coast line of tho Gulf of Mexico When th < y
nwoke this morning it was to find a surfeit
of slorm sufferers at home From midnight
till brood day tbo wind blow from tho oast
with tlio velocity ot nn express train and to
odd to tho discomfort rain tell ln blinding
disnchlng sheets Tho strongest buildings
trembled and frailer structures reeled stag-
gered nnd toppled to tho ground Nothing
llko It has ever been known In this section
of Texas An approximation of the property
losseh In city nnd country Justifies the stato
ment that it Is vory largo Tin roofs all
oor tho city nro blown away nnd storks ex-
posed to nn oil night rain arc terribly dam-
aged and In somo Instances practically total-
ly destroyed
Tho guests at both the Kxrbango and Cen-
tral botels nrenhams two flrttclass hon
telrles oro temporarily homeless Tho tin
roofs on both buildings wcro enrrmd away
irly In tho night and th helpless lodgers
sought shelter wherever thoy night All
liirnlshlngs of tho hotels nnd personal belong
lugt of tho guests aro practltally ruined
The city ball Is n pllo of debris Til lower
story was used a n truck house by Mechanics
tiglno nnd hosn cart companies The flro
appnrtus Is wrecked beyond repair and tho
loss to tbo city from this source olon will
bo 50o0 All records ot tbo recorders court
me believed to havi been destrojed
Sad havoc was wrought among tho churches
ot tbo city Tlu Lutheran church sltuateu
on Clinton street Is a total wreck ino
Ottuollc church on Church street Is oft Its
blocks it was only llnlshcd a few months uk
at a cost of sceral thousand dollars Tho
Methodist church which received repairs u
month ago aggregating 500 Is minus
et eple Steeples wcro blown from tho Jlap
tist nnd Christian churches and a portion
of St Peters Uplscopul church wns uu
loofed
All tbo churches the public school bulia
Jns and Iau Clorkg hall In Camptown wort
blown nwny This Is colored suburb of
Drenham that appears to havo been directly
li tho path of the storm Man houses w re
blown from their blocks and sonic of thun
woken to pieces In Wllklus1 addition a
other colored suburb only two houses are r
ported us being left standing Intaet ond In
WatrotSMllo about n dozen mldeoios wpim
dimollshed
The court houso and tbo Central tcno
building wero unroofed and the bsaullrul
lrt < s In tbe eotirt bouso yard that hav <
bon tho pride of tho entlro county nr lying
tlat on the ground A port ot the enclosure
was fount this morning to bo coered with
dead tparrows Tho little creatures used tho
mpalo and trees In tbo > nrd for rootlng
places lbrywcro dashed aalnst tbo brick
walls of tho building and killed by tho hun
Creds Tho Providence tbat notos the rail
of a sparrow took euro or the llfa of Dren
bam
people Tho only person Injured atnon
count fs tiraculous eiiopes was little Miss
1 Iorenco Seward dauuhtrr of Count Clerk
O A Seward A glass window blew in at
the Seward homestead nnd n portion of tbo
elnsg scratched tho little girl about tho far
tbo Injury bolng In no wis serlout
Tho marhlnerj nt the electric light phut l >
temporarily dlnabUd Tho tower at the torn
SuM Bno Vi Lh0 lot o he lo
Plaut it
demolished
Tho fl y waterworks
W rou rek Tha roum lap
la j i nt or tbo Ameiteanl cotloi connaay
tlfured consulcrablo damage and mcit j
the roof < f tho old
compress u d ns a cot
tm wttchouse Ii gene
In all parts or the city beautiful lawni
f Mi umbratoous oak and
vtrtcly elms arc now but mciao ot debris
osstiiessett moconsoj
GREAT DAMAGE AT ANGLET0N
Two Deaths Are Known Others Reported
Property Destroyed
Mr
Mcltca hardwttro merchant of palntor Colonel P J Duff father or the
Angleton who arrived this afternoon ro youth killed ia seriously injured
ports that when he left every houso and
two deaths known when ho lott
aeorso Duff and Mr Wlllkim ftckltns a destroyed
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MONDAY
HOUSTON DAILY X OST MOBNING SEPTEMBER 10 1900
head and body is not n ploasanj ono I pnw IT I AOC Aff OirVT r CA WITH 1 T T
LOSS ALONG SANTA FE
hardest kind ot a struggle and I thought
trore than onco that I was done tor hut
I lost all I had in this world relatives
who wcro dear to mo homo and all
The Miller resldonce whore I resided
was about three blocks front tho gulf
and thoro wore fully eight or ton feet of
water in this district wlion I left Of the
other part ot tho clfy I know nothing I
toll you I waa thinking of nothing but of
my familys nnd my own lives and atter I
saw that I could not save them 1 didnt
do much else but try to get away After
I had lost all I didnt care to rcc any
tuoro of Galveston for a tlmo at leait
Tho wind was blowing Saturday after-
noon and night at about seventyUvo miles
an hour blowing tho water in from Mio
gulf and completely covering tho tity
Tho pcoplo of Galveston did not think It
Towns Reported Wiped Out Lives Lost and
Crops Destroyed
Tlio nows from the country between SISTER OK MRS JOHNSTON name not
this city and Galvoeton along tho Santa known j
Ke Is appalling Towns wiped out lives S 0 LEWIS
tost cror destroyed Alvln is reported JOHN QLASIY
ncnrly wiped oft the earth Hitchcock In A boy named TUCHAItDSON
awnings cotnlcoslj swlnglflg sgna and
olat glass bestrew thojstnets
Merchant suffering Worst from dama d
stocks bv roofs beinc carried away ore
K HoITinati dry goods and clothing
Alex Simon dry goods clothing aid gro
cellos
Som nonce druggist
1 W Schuorenbcrg Implements vehicle
and machinery todfa of man building aua
of oco warehouse entirely gono
M A Healy hardware stoves etc i sky
lights blown out and considerable water dam-
age
0 Schawo 4 Sotf china and glassware ana
notlohs q
Tho liyy Racket Store In the Dwycr build-
ing i
T A Holland photographer
Jt uross music dealer
Mi J Amsler Jr Co confections anJ
bakery
Schmld Bros taniftgoto building and stock
estimated at 60UW Damago Includes flood
much the same condition Alta Loma All depots ot tho Santa Vo havo booking of tho slock r0of gone awnings all
without a houso Standing Pcarland ns Mown away and freight cars which wwo dows n tho d5oSroyod0 BlnB8
bid These reports are from reliable par standing en the aiding were blown oft o XiwroyOllwn7iwl ° SUm tfa
ties and are to be depended on so far the right of way almost and wrecked
of nrcwnB M1J
as Alvln is concerned at least The big water tank waB blown across
s
Sir L D Carlton tho president of tho the track which it hag blocked j bet men WoPan ltimberj ajiods desfrojod nntf stock mm of those who were summering at Seabrook
business league of Alvln and a ptoml Mr Carlton says that there la iirewilnsi The residenceoY k c AbWt SamScblett and Morgan Point It was said that thcio
nent merchant thoro says that not a nni immediate need ot relief os thjro are IS ardfnowr lo b llul ° yslde rosorla had
Wlrps of all kinds Including local and l r
rltorlal aro all down
Rercrts from thO country aro mcaiter but
thoro Is no doubt tho cotton rrun of Wash
ington county nlrendy a hopelu Invalid has
rccoled literally a knockout How
HEMPSTEAD WAS STRICKEN
siaxv iitisiMss not snt m > kisi
unvcus Aviun whuckisu
SoImiI llullilliiK AViih Jin llililly Uiim
UK ll till OlMMlllI lit selniol
Muni He tOMtlMIIIlll
Hempstead Texas September 0 Dawn
broke this morning on a sreno ot destruction
and ruin in Hempstead that has no precedent
In tbo memories of the oldest Inhabitant Tha
calamity has fallen on all and ln both busi-
ness and HSIdcnt portions ot tbo city ind a
deen gloom nnd despair pervades all
Tho stoim which has entailed thousands of
dollaro dfnuges and scattoicd tbo wrocknge
ot brick bislness bouses and h ° o rosldoniia
in the winds began jtstcrday afternoon
gradually increasing In power and fury until
It reached Its climax between i nud 3 oclock
this muiilng It can bo conipaicd to only
ono prnlous storm mat ot September iS > 7j
Jmt twentyfio years sko though the prtJ
ent catastiopho tar eutotli tbo former
Saturany ulornlug a brisk wind Irom the
hoith blow up bringing with It litful gUBts of
oin Atter darkness lell tlio pent up fuila
Snrroritl of tbo cltmeiils seemed to lose all control
and Uio vurk of drstruulou commented
bcarca a shado troe remains standing They
wtre torn lp by tho roots utid llnius woia
whirled blocKS avwj Parcels of fence aia
to bo seen on nil tides Uarns and outhoueea
aro masbcs of debris minds and doors weru
turn away aud but few windows aro left lu
ta
lho corner brick storo owned by M
Schwari nud occupied by tleoigo Scliwarz
with a genetal stock > f lnercHanatso valued
ut J1j0W was complci ly destroyed Dotb
building and contouu are almost a totul I0S3
T rear walls of B dihwarz Bros two
story bitch together with the rooilnts and port
of tno side walls uro down Ml
The rear wall or A U Jacksons saloon fell
on tho stoio occupied by 11 HurWlts Mr
Ilurwltz has almost a complelo Iocs and bu
fered heavily bio si was In his bu Tn tt >
legiaph wires
wind mli bai upwards blown oft and tho top
of the tower Apply roof Several roofs woro
rligbtly injqr loIn Rallies have been re
There Is
IsoVUfcJM that the cotton
crop hns b M oMntrevlreil h h
SB T tn bc M lve
lo N L JIUs
inna this i ii i Hiown In weed
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Tho Dolnnev hni l r > hittt u i moro banv nnNDS L llm most n ld
hotel Phlillpi hool Ton ranges frrtl Rint tho Initft high nnit
building was seriously damsge1 and most Hn brick building nirtoll brick rcsidenn > Bt 1 ntv Como n y a h w Ja
of tho buildings including the now Jail of P k Waltr 8tvQni Olisscoek n wt lo clusWa nThSFLift
slJoucrv
and school completely ruined The
ouiy Barbae houro anJ houses of LJ BS 0 r acres subdivided mt ruinH That
Mews W B and Ocargo Munsn ani 1 Cdur u w lZtl
weevil
< totetber or has
wai en
u iitur ir nn i t
filter Kennedy all
largo hjuses wcra Ifaonibly payments ir a uuR otfn
so thanroT
4 BIB taaucsratat If Gloomy
in
this cers p o fax U Hotntaa
The Terrible experience of Houslonians at
Morgan Point and Seabrook
SPME OF THEM HUND A WATERY GRAVE
Anil OUirr urr < mly ISncnpeil with
Their LlvcK Only Kntir lliilliUK
Left nt Morn it u Idlnt
Early yesterday morning alarming ro
ports were circulated concerning tho fato
building is left standing in tho t6wn persona In Alvln who aro In dire distress bib 5rjlure an1 flxturcs beloagln toth bcon BncP < away b > a tldal wavo ani
WM much at first and kept within their cither rcaldenco Or business stocks of Major It II King U InOalVestOn and no f 0n lJu B ufn oinbcVbmidYnThav bwn co that many Houstonlans had boon drowned
houses consequently when tho wind began goods and household furnlturo aro rulndd action cah bo taken toward makUg an sldcrubly dareoKed
oihmcn nro busy
hlffftlng ns It dia and tho water dashingi crops nre a total loss
against tho houses cotnplotoly dumoJIah
Ing them many lives wero lest I havo
uo Idea how many were lost hut think
that thcro will be sexcral thouiauu
deaths reported besides many whom pco
plo will know nothing about I waa In the
storm which struck Galveston in 1S75 but
that ono bad as it was wa nothing In Ij0uis wfl0 lal ln bo baggrago coach a
C0 c ou Vmm ln thom
comparison with Saturdays It will bo
1 ploy of tho Gnlvoston Houston nnd Hen
hard to tell how much
damago waa lcrson walchman
compiny as hriliKa nnd
It tho city but It will be something tor waa 20 years of ago He had dis-
able Tho gulf and bay are full of wreck ngulshod himself as a life saver at
todiy repairing roofs i
official appeal until hla return whxrcis I and transrprrlng stocks t other buildings
iThcrn wcro over a hundred people from
Somo alarming reports wero circulated their effects
< W nv v < VolrV
they did havo to swim for It Among
thoso who took refugo in tho Coyle resi-
dence wcro Mrs Henry St John Wnggn
man and children Misses Alice and May
Coyle nnd MUs Nannio Thompson tho
Misses Pottls Mrs Louise Court and
Mrs H M Gurtln nnd children Messrs
AV H Coylo Alfred Iottls and threo
negro servants
Tho water was nlno foet deep In somo
places and ln getting to tie Coylo resl
donco some of tho party had tho expe-
riences of their lives Mr Waggaman tied
his family together with ropes in ordor
that no racmborawould bo wnshed away
Mrs Curtln also reached tho residence
with her children with tho greatest ot dif-
ficulty Tho rcscuo wa3 niado by tho boila
Sunday morning and later in tho day tho
party reached Houston in safety
Mrs William K Humphrevillo was
seen by a Post reporter on arrival at tho
Grand Central depot Sho eald
Wo escaped with our lives and with
only tho clothes wo havo on and wo wero
glad to got out at all We had an awful
tlmo n saving tho children Tho Btorni
at Morgans Point commenced early m
the morning and blow all day Tho wind
waa ill tho north and wo apprehended nj
Houston at theso two places all having danger but at night tlio wind switched
around and tho water swept In ono bg
I relatives i friends here that when
j and so
of tho Point
ttavo over all tnat low aecti0n
such alarming and sensational nows waa
given circulation scores became almost
ipanlcHtrlckcn as their relatives and
friends were in Jeopardy aa they plc
where tho cottages are or rather woro
located Tho wind wns blowing a hurri-
cane tho rain was falling In torrents and
tho water from tho bay wa3 soverAl feoi
deep in tho houses
Hunter Knox and Vano Knox did
turcd to themselves the loss of thoso ncariberolc and noblo service In their efforts
i to aavo tbo lives ot others they lost
and dear to thorn I everything they had At first they used
A relief train was made up by Superln their wagons to get tho pcopietho no
en and children out Then tho water
i i a i ni
Seabrook
tondent and dispatched to
Mulvoy
Rot t0j ccp flm Ul0J put m bamng aull
and shortly after a second train wa3 tlia and swam to the re3cuo of thoso Impris
patuhod bound for Galveston over tho oncd In tho house which wore fast being
Galveston Houston and Northern but It Mown to pieces or washed away
Mr hculs Itrncquot waa drowned and
could get no further thnn fccabrook and
M wag Unde nlllo JoncS whfl WJ3 n
returned tho brulgo acroas Clear crcoc tho Wall hoiwc It was a tcrrlblo expo
heing washed away
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Tho relict tran wai mot at Duopwator
and a sight It was Thoso on board uad
lost everything in tho way of clothing
ejeept what they wore Thoy also lott
rlonco and wns particularly so aa tho real
danger camo at night
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Only four bouses remain utandlug on
the Point thoso being tho residences oj
Messis Coyle and Sharp tho club houto
i this city The homo of Mr Knox m
had escaped not
Hut those who oniy transfer line was demolished
told or thrill tig e
storm but said th
oils housos
twostory rcs
itrovt ii thr ° cottaS < waro de
i Were III llnrn nnl BtSir Mm waKM occupied by
fe Were lliMroyetl Kba 1llTCtte Pniessnor
ana John C n
DeckorJn chargo ot dlfforont
dopttrtments in Mr iMItehells storV
Tho rescuo of tbo party at Mr W H
nSZJinco was llttlo short ot
miraculous
Mr Coyltf accompanied by
wcn t
J i3 down Tom Houston Sat
ve
boats
Ilichmond Texas September 0 The moat
tcrrtne Btorra that has ever visited this soe
killed at Booth
at Beasly
Pour lives aro reported lost
bone
down Tht corn fields nra Isveled to th
ground but the cotton hns not heon danagad
d ly li foct xhe wasnt much to damage
Kcore of workmen huvo been busy tlnen car
Lr mornln maklng temporary re frs
on buildings and roodnc
Ti J 01i8 hve not > ct V
recnvoOd
from their dazed condition and will not until
V das or two hnn elapsd
I
A UAI1S AT IIDIMM
AVIntlinlllH
nn
Glddlngs Texas Sepember 9 This place
wns visited by a wind nnd rain storm Jail
ntgbt A galo began blowing from the norlb
west about 12 oclock nnd continued unabated
until 6 oclock tlls morning Fences awnlnga
and shade jro scattered nil over tbe
streets Tho w Kmlll on tho public square
and that belonj Pit Mr P Haubo Just south
ot tbo nubllo wir blown down and
ruined Tho b iOANtngs Water ootnptinya
which Is situatod on higher ground Mrs
Allen
Mr Mltcbolls mothorlnlaw al
s stepped off tho gallorv as Mr Mitchell
iwd done and camo near bolng drowned
finally through tho asslstaneo ot Mr
Knox in charge or tho transfor tho fam
blown down obstructing tbo Mev dowt
of
tS
clectr lo leW Ph and
° nre dmn ble3
nmr w0 E
aro blown out of tbo
court boiso and much
of ih rmental Ton work dimaled On
blak WtttCrKOrKs PUwplnB bSuses and
a it
hmS op are demolished
and
nee o homes some
arc destroyed Tho night train
0t
including hla 3 ° wCero ro U aro J ± Pi
IIvm woVr1 No
oorTed Thi0 t nd no WW o ocl re
storm was as severo as iu 1SJ5
A0 DAMAIJIJ TO liUWHIL COAST
Htilli Itoeknort 7n
l CormiH ClirlHtl
Inruiicit the llurrlcniir
< > rm C
nrm Teas September
9A
s n n D0ri rthre8tCr Btruck beTB last night
but
dd do damage
At Flower Bluff and
steps wero washed away and tho floor wind > JJ I1 weather Northwest
te flKht teotVom tho groind outhrSt toSietMi55l t Mt
would havo mado It extremoly dnngerotis tonight with fair weather
f th
ho house ° party attempted to lea
boforo tbo rescuins
came tor
hcm Tho water
iwr
notwilthstaruVng IU
e 1 > ry ncessarily
Cot > Ura
touiii >
reached tho n ° Txas September 0 A repetition
heltrhv ant s Pte ber galo of 1S75 was repeated
huddled to Wi Beock lJt nl ht until 7 this morn
it r n n
bo rer mngn boa u S oTh n2xqr L f C ° Wh the tplftf >
tbe high gallery and one of lho bos orSwif 1 l lju > lt lngs turned oxer
capBlicd ocennanti 1 ° sh pe timber
Si
throwing the ni torn un ami vory badly
aw a sis msmmm
F
Winter JFmdsa
fC U
autumn or winter S0Z
in the family
the weather fmn
ongmzUng in impure
irritated conditionoflhezJ
All theso of whatever
cured by tho Ct iSST >
HoodB
SarwpariTla It RJNJ
AbQCQ3oesl am psf p
good lien 1th is due to Hood M1 < w
aiia Hoods Pills wWch on7tJin H
ftlnl hoalcd the ugly abscIsS M
DyopopsaMJiv hiKb j 41
loug tlme for dyspepsia wubll i
rtryrl ef The tint S
arllla helped and be s rf
It cured mv sick headachel vrt4 >
A CbAnic WIlmtnBton f Uui
Hoods IM eurellror111
isTF7itiiruc iiinnuiVBgg g
23 per cent Is a c6ascr < itlv0 cittmi
cotton on low lands Is enffi T
tbo cotton worms aro aglnsfsn M ii 1
pie can get In tho field taw m ° rw
young cotton > i
Tha wind Is blowing verv T
aerday ana the
SOM13 DAMVUU Ar IlllUvt
reared that te cotton froa 2
SufTereil Severely
Bryan Texas Seplomber
90aeiil tk
severest slomis that has visited tit S
since tho groat September
storm ct lis
been aging here for tha past 1VmU
l lt > alnlnS hero at occ >
arthutt ia
til by nlghtrair apcrfVer VA
It cgntlnurd raining and thS wind mwhS
cr and at 10 oclotk
a tcrrlllc
storm iaiMi
ing which continued uatUiffi
to rase
this morning It is still ralnlntfinVtlisiS
la pretty stilt and many fear last Sisals 2
will be rereated tonight It KlK
ll dcd Fsl b and th
tho furniture they bad taken down t > ° = a S wuTO
llr building ncd by tho Morgans i thousand dollars Two
f of
ow the ktx
Seabrook for ihn summer and with th it
mM Devcto t company Mr Jo lfcr ° fi nI7BB fl ° 7 r < W > IS
exception ot the Hamilton cottage every ileyula rc > ldance vas unrooted nnd all Jjilc r VvifalIv or p rtIsifirtiown rSBt S
houso at Seabrook had been destroyed thu other buildings except those named above stores Hooded with water itrtuV jS
inmates barely escaping with their lives ero totally wrecked The following ru
the goods Many buildings Wcro dauijrt
either lit being r > ullnll
which hS
owned residences each of waa
cs unrooffd
in tbo baggage wero tho bodies ot
car gU
< lomoll3nd Mrs justln whlt Ml0tWnflon or broMn IlralyVrp
two ladles who wcro victims of tho s orm wuiiamt Mr John Williams Simmon f faiiiSc DoLw an ie n E0J
fury They wcro Mrs Dr Nicholson p W a Wall J Z Gaston Rushmoie cEpeel Uy thoso of Drf BanITrSTSS
this city who was drowned and Mis Jauo Honke Mullane Cu3pcrsll Schoiior Caldwell and Buchanan Bros Ai lmtu
mrt Achenbach and Schulte and Humphrevlllo trees and yard fences tuy iters scsittii
who n a Clark int this
Woodlock lives tttieet
on n njalt on to tlj060 the iacqll hotc momhcuously Tm ele trie light Mm tin
city Sho was camping bohind a burn with tho Black grocery and Bakers meat mar n0 w lfnih ° l0ph ° n l 1 bur l l
1
t
her son and the building was blown down kct wpro wnoIljr M Tho bath bo ftlb N lo Jl
on her tent killing hor almost instantly and all the boats in shipping woro swept ln total dnrltnrss m o
away by tho wind and waves Cfopi aip feared to have sultertif Boa
Mrs Nicholson wm formerly matron ot too
Sheltorlng Arms Hi manager of tho fcverely than anything else Only oSthrm
l s Jrin ao sinte tho torm a he
shed while he wai an lho llrnM rpfl rnrn i rtfl n v 3
xperences during the heroically engaged in rescuing tho people i d 5u ml ZVlZn 3
at at least a score o whose JIVcm woro ln danger Mr Knox last irom the bolls and covered In tbe mul Ilk
lives were lost as no tidings of Hi m nil hiVeffects during the storm
could bo had Several ot those who es Mrs W P Simmons and Mrs W S
caictl Ioft tnelr residences just as tnoy wall were at the Point luring the galo
Scbwarz ve ro being swept away and consequently nrui wer0 rescued by Bill Blade and W 1
makes a conservative cstlniitj ot J00C0 damage had no time to dovoto to attempts to res nam Dixon
When i cached they woro In
feared thlb condition prevails all orer 111
couuty i ijj
ChnreliiR Wrecked
4
Ledbetter Texan September 9Ttijj
bIw furiously from tho northwest ill jf
on his lai so stock cuo others water almost neck deep nnd lost ail of
yesterday ond last nsht about 135 llvirt
Mr Jackson s other saloon was also damaged and of Mr Klelger and Mr Brown wifo brothers = aro entitled to remembrance bl0U tn off ciiurchos the > blocks ssa this ono bstar r ii K
and Ins losses are heay of Hov Henry Brown of thl city whrso they lost all they had on earth and rlscrl tlmo tho Methodist and ff rtji s
ther3
huiches havo be n blown from their tali
tlons tho last tlmo belsg only about tii
months ago The steeple to tha Daptlstchar4
thoso drowned wis blown to the ground Trcs feflceai
rear wall of Tompkins stor was carried to I + + nt Morgana Point was well known In fromVcSSnlw wt ffi
raUlGre b00kSt0rCaSaSaf K fo allth
W drelyraUlGre Houston For several he and ha all
ve afternoon a train arrived years
u ° 0
sisrtcixrrb rrtheTrlon TvrXorb °
guests weo forwd to sit In tho offlco nil nignt crn Irom Seabrook < and intermedlito saloon and ie3taurant bus ness in this city
with the roofing rlpptfg away and tlio win nolnts and on board of it wero over a Undo Blllle Jones Was known to all
lugo ot wtter nS upton uStot entails T ° a > wlred suivlvors of tho hurricane the visitors to tho Point and for tavoral
heavy loss on Georgo Scliwarz the owner which struck Seabrook iLa Porto nnd par nas Hghthouso keeper
Ilomons Ml
Frank brink Ico Point on and Henke and who were
raged ires suffered and rcDorls from ti touttf
SH a nd b r w ara l X Uh increasing velocity very hour t Morgans Point during tha stoim w Tato W in S tt toeing
dinner n5 oUmco aa 1ch n UJi muxImum bowccn midnight Jvcd In tho city yesterday they liavn ler woro blown down but no mittrid to
ro The and
tbo Herald office standing together had the 1 avlsnt spent a lbrnS night ego to erupa extent the open io M
front brick cormes blown away and damag s llle survivors of that awful night will unraslncss Is felt hero about Gal
Irtlictcd on tho interior Tho Hempstead remember tho ordeal through which thoy
News office a fram building was blown nassotl tho remainder of their lives
Irom its bio ks and deluged h atjr A train had started South from Hous
The Zndow
Sblndlei s gin
brlek building tho oil mill
ton to meet the
ulttl luc ono coming
and mill
Mrs nnrtinis o e
this way
grocer > are bcavv losers also vllu tho refugevs and survivors and
The school houto Is completely unroofed and as occupied mostly by malo members
lho seeslon whlih was to havo opened to o families spending tbo summer at tho
morrow win hao to bo postponed Tho court navsldo resorts Tho trains met at
houso look like a wreck Dcupwalcr and thoso who had been tin
T l ° 0HhoIle church wes lovcled Ths easy as to lho fato of ihilt lnv fl l
Methodist church and tho Jewish syuagoguo hBnVt iii L Sej M
will hue to bo rebuilt Three negro ehurchen frTppy to Rr o thcm although tho
aie in ruins and all other churches havo 1uron In ncgligo gowns and tho
sufffrcd more or less D0 > s and girls barefooted nnd hungry
The big business houses of M Calewsky aa somo had had nothing to eat for
v < s rt hlnson A Josenh II Galewsky twentyfour hours or moro
and L Schwarz
Co woro dn lased more tr S j i
Ic8 as to roofing and with their stocks touch I T r
ed by rain All of tho persons roscued
IN THU IOWA AMi lN THU V1C1MTY
OF lUOIMOM
Three Negroes Killed Ijy tlie Col
luiinu of a Chniclii Four nt llciisly
Ouo ut llootli
UniiiKliiiHN nt > neotrUorliesjJ
Nacogdoches T < xas September 5IS
wind commenced to blow last nltif abort
oclock and for eghtcen hour It cist h
tquall3 with a downpour of rain TsnJ
GalvesUUiUS
citizens havo children at school tHert m
can not hero from tbcm on account ol ia
wires being down >
IJninniri to Prairie View NoVnul
Hcmptteaa Texas September S j l
View Normal School and Inauitrijl
lege nearly all buildings unroofed toJJJ
lest and no injuries authprltles ntVlBrfrt
damago
Dnmnuc nt llenrne
nei tW
Hcarne Tox3S September
storm which has been raging W i
U tH-
at 0n ot iho Stato 6trucK thl town last night ° l I ta >
b < T hrnln8l1IiC7n bUn lLfE = y tPolnt yestorday had thrimns Vtortea Morgan to W 3 ° d ° Str ° ylDS hln > P tho Bi1e ± Jt lmos V
In a nd utl rortrhres n dn tcl of tho t Ut0lVa
re rt d night of ho hoy nt at I Zl 1 f T
blow from their blocks and a returns ara that place Saturday night deZlubedtTXlng mS l S
1 lb1 l of T W I Mr J L Mitchell and
ry lv 0 Houso was blown family who coods The court houss v as greatly damaged
SUanBffr8Vn ° or nTorbU tb 1e 1 m WXlCl ZT ° T her 1 M lS al
Iv InJurod At tho H thooxpcncnco during the storm can never ta0 Methodist church Is almost
Galewsky corner tho one Full
MID mo p f oro hro wn H10 L ° forROtten Mr Mitchell did not leavo Particulars can not bo learned Three lives
Orices corned wnlSnapped Ux twain whUe lS h0JSe UUt tno water arounl H had wcro lost ln ltlB w10 Baptist churchHen
his frame
offieo escaped unscathed AndJ cnSd a eDtn of between threo tmJ
from tha H Gvlewsky corner to the Schwartz et > n leaving the house ho
orner not a shred of the wooden aunmg opped off tho gallery at thu nhM
was left except at the Magnolia saloon where tho
It Is Impossible at the present tlm to fully 1 thit thov haJ steps boon had bwn not thlnklne
eoinpP te damages done oven In the buit sink in thn S > bod away and
nes portion or tlv city A conservative est r T S S UV le to M necl Ho car
AT COliUMIIUI
mate bellev la placed at I2o000 while srill ot hVrs 1 pped Ii hls arms UU1 when ho HuuUreiU of MiaTa Trees Were Dc
It vtiu rtotthlo this nmount ° tho gallery tho child was IUch l
No losses of llfo have been reported though sbmergcd Mr Mitchell lifted It Columbus i
above To
Stojit the Congh
nml AVorUn Off the Colt s
Laxative Bromo ulnlca TabcU
cold in ono day No cure No P v
25 conta
Astounding Success oIDnJ l JM it <
in the shattered J f im Tr t
Original ment lor Ilea other hy Vmms ol
Dr Hathaways treatm t 1 ° u tli
riblq condition of mental n
ness brought about bj sKi
and folly orby excesses HlLua
SS B0t ° 1
tori
>
s A
treites
In r
Hathawav At D
1 he Lontest ClUbllshei
Specialist In tha frtuth
Pm jjiej >
body IS builds up norva Us Je x
cular strensth and ntW taH
body Tho hitherto m ff j bO
comes fitted for a hiub tfMt
This Is what DrIU
fc
does and It does It lnT
case never mind bow serious
tlon of ho patient hJ
Dr Hathftw y ° iVi
Rama guarantee of pi
without operation StrletnM
homo treatmentSpeclflcB0 i
chronic dls ring
nnd other juMl
ing all Urinary and lJm
e
Absolutely private W S
si atlon without any
Dr Hathaways office an rl Sj
torn or can rot ft m
will end y ° u fr
> ffce ho y
pooh and mi Vl VAtr
J JMBWTOMIATHAW
Dr > >
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