New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-05
GALE ON THE TEXAS COAST.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

From HE Ne1 Orleans PioayuHe sept d.
We are greatly iDdebt,d 10 Mr. Poole the obligng
purser Of tie steamship Louisiana arrived this mora.
ipe om Galveston, for the annexed graphic account
of the late emt Ddous gale the coast of Texas and
the lamen destruction of life and property caused
thereby. The gale appears 10 have spent its utmost
fury the i'll faied coast OF our sister State Bat we
have no time for comment now. Here is the pursers
statement
gale, commencing on Sunday the 18th, and lasting
until Thurday night, the 2lst inst.
Itwould be- almost matter of responsibility TO ina
zine even greater destruction of life and property
by tuch an occurrence.
In The Lsvaca aud Matogords Bays there was much
suffering and loss.
At LavGca not much damage was sustained other
than the schooner Pacific going through one of the
wharves with little injury, however, to herself.
At IDdianola, the schooDers Atlas and Fanny Mott,
OWL ed nv II. T.. BGhner, were both driven through
Ue wharves Of M.ssrs. A. Fromme and WIN. NJ.
Varpels and hsequeDtly W. mt on the beach where
hey now lie The Mott will be total loss; the At
hs, probably, will be gotten of. Both If them had
full cargoes of assorted merchandise from the steam
abip Charles Morgan, which were saved ia damaged
condition and were being sold for account Of those
concerned Sloop Louiss with freight from the Ch4s.
Morgan, was also total wreck, and cargo partly
saved Cd the beach. A few buildings were taken of
the blocks, but none materially damaged.
Ssura and Deckros Point did not escape, but
we've even greater sufferers than the bay above
them Many houses in both places entirely
washed away, some unroofed, and Others taken off
the blocks there not being single house that escaped
serious damage, aud quite number being ra.ed to
Ne grouDd
Kind In the State owned by Judge Bswes, WAS
totally demolished; not post remains to show where
IL tfoOd, except few standing near the shore.
Deokros wharf and warehouse are entirely gone;
not q vestee If them il 10 be seen.
The schooneis Ahda and S..Beden which had ar
rived Oh Sunday from Mobile aud we're living at
anchor opposite Deckro's, dragged into the reef
were capszeo and totally lost with both entire crews.
The schooner Mustang, just arrived from New York.
dragged her anchors, and barely escaped the fate Of
the others. She lost both mssts, which probably
saved her The United States steamer Fashion tDwed
her ny under SAND p, int on Sunday the 2ith where
she would disc barge her cargo
The Unite0 States schooner Fairy belonging 10 the
Light Houte Department, was bescbed aud is q IN al
krs-crew saved. The schooner Emma DeRussey.
owned in Pensacola, is supposed TO have drliied to
sra and as she vas good vessel strong hopes are en-
tsI,siped for her safety
The ma. hn.ry, &c, Of the light house of Pass Ca
vallo sustained some material injury but the light is
still tbown ar usual
The wharf and buildings At Powderhorn were not
Injured IN the least. Nothing ON the wharf was Loaf
nor a piece Of timber started from it, which is
truly considering that d, ath and dew as,a
ton ruled in the entire neig hborhood.
The Lavsoa mud machine used for the purpose of
trying 10 make channel for year past, lies sunk,
and ia probably total loss.
The gale visited Mstagorda with almost uuparal.
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place those Of Col Williams, Mrs Sartwell and one
or two ,ma being all that escaped prostrs,ion
or unroofDg. The stocks of goods OF merchants
have been mostly ruineo, with exception NJ ssrs
Sheppard Il Burkbart. whose store only was un.
rooted but goods materially damaged Four lives
we're lost in the town Mrs. Dufey, Mr.. Merlin. IN
AID a negro woman and child
The steamboat kste Ward was entirely wrecked
near he towp Capt. Ward, his brother and nine Of
NE crew perisbmg. But three only escaped, by
slnep to one Of the wheels, and we're taken of on
The 2cd
Schooner Tom Paine, Capt. +. Husemsnn, owned
IN Mataso rds Was totally lost, with the captain and
crew.
A vessel from Sabine with lumber, lost on the Pc
nipsuJa. Crew saved
TIE new etc amer Colorado built 1T Matagoria and
nearly finished lies high and dry in the prairie, 300
ya6s from the bayou.
Crops OF cane and cotton are blown down and
nesrl, ruined In fact il is said no, bale of cotton
u ,eft in the county.
Quite a number of small craft are reported lost.
With all their crews
Ttespallacous and the houses on the peninsula OPP
po,i,e. were al swept away EXCEPT Col Lewi.s and
To others not recoll, cted Several lives ported
10 have been lost, among which were two coiliren
N Cant. Jno. Hugely sn old and much esteemed
PLANTER. who were killed by the hoase being blown
down upon them. ,
An e,rxi,pess to the devastation Of NJ itsgords
ssy, that he never could have conceived Of such
C.ht a. he witnessed betvssn and o'clock on
Monday morning. houses crashing and breaking up,