The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-10-19

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All wednesday nigh, the strong wind
Nom the East prevailed, doing so~s,
., ,cry little damage Abont 0 CLOCK
THURSDAY morning il iner-ssed' secom
panied BY rain fron thas time the ~
Ter, began 10 rise, and cveenos ths
| Island, creeping ~ fsua ces ssssc =
another, until, At noon, i had, on ire
mon, street, reached ~ high ~ thsfen
stree. The lower Hoors Of tho stors. "
the strand we're from two 70 iosr tee'
deoc vsder weaer at sssoa, 50 gsodi
and property damaged to the anoans o.
near a quarter Of u million Of dollars -
| /, !. Impossible :: :A;s time 10 estimate
with say degree Of certainty the damass
already resulting ,hr~shcss the emy
| TO the whar,es, the shipping, and =
soS,s and buildings, Some setimses Is o
half million dollars ssd some ssea Sc
beyond this figure We do NOT believe
thc br.t estimate will cover the entire
damage
The whnrve. we're submerged by the
ware. hefre neon. and vcs-e's t'ed
them damaged Lumber was foHtias
alI through the streets, signs were more
nlea,iful on the waters than the houses
I tiack. and draws were covered with pas
scngers, hunting high ground. her
ehsnts we're hunting lahorers to remove
.hei. GOOD. f,...n the lower aoors to nigh
or places, and paying - 10 o. per hour
Vast piles Of salt along the sidewalk o
the strand melted away and returned t.
the mother sea, leaving the sacks where
they belonged sugar boxe. IN IN,
warehouses under cover OF the nooo
gave out their sweetness to the dcluge
The great top knot on the top OF sauser.
building resisted the wind up TO aoo"'
ten o'clock in the morning, and just ~
thi. Local had passed in lack, came
down with crash that stnrtled ths
whole town. The third story OF the new
brick aotel commenced by NJ. A. Iham
son, WAS blown down upon the udd rel
lows Hall, crushing it to a shapclcs'
mass Of spintercd board. and 'imocrs
and later in the day the next lower story
also came down.
The most of the slate roof Of the Ma
sonic Hall wa< torn oil Freedman
Hall il reported to have blown down
and one man killed The water sub
ucrgcd Mechanicsville and did great
damage to the property in that vicinity
which IL very low ground and covered
with water in ordinary high tides
Mo.srs, A. sessums 4 Co, and I. u
s,ubbs 4 To-, and Boiling, sPooner, 4
Co and all the old s,ofehouses IN theiI
vicinity were invaded, and to each ont
more or less damage done The bsyou'
we're al out Of hank, spreading water II
places entirely across the island The
tity Nailrsad track was ssbnsrEsd AID
the trains stopped running II ~ essly
hour There was no mail train or pas
scnger irain on the q. II. 4 II. Rail
road, and il was reported early in TIL
day that the hay Bridge hsd been washed
down sheds, and galleries and China
trees were twisted II by the wind, and
fences blown down in every part Of TIL
town. A drsnching rain accompanied
the storm al day, preventing the people
from coming out to tell their mishap'
and report the damage. The recossil
of the odd Fellows wore saved froa tn
ruin. Of their Hall, very slightly dan
aged Our commercial editor len kold
rates to regulate themselves lie ~
port. msch damage % cotton. Small
boats came "A far up fremont street =,
the junction with Postolkce street Thu
doctors say the yellow fever patients viii
feel the change IN the air In spite Of .,
cry prscauticn, and advice NJ 70 look foI
increased mortality in consequence.
Tho water on tho 0ulf beash was bel
" deep to horse. The city railroad
depot had it, fourdatina ~ washed b.
the waters Of The Gulf that the block
on ono side gave way, and the building
settled on the ground
The wind wAs much more violsas on
the Gulf shore than in the city A g,od
many buildings put up BY U. Z. soldiss'
were blown down
The City Cemetery was covered with
water foot deep, and all the ground
around the Cemetery, md to the west
ward as far a. could be seen, wAs ~
OF water
There is vessel ashore on the beach
near the Gulf yerandsh She appear
to be herrnaph,oditc brig The Kiln
abeih Reed IL high and dry near the
railroad, below the depot The sinai
and Fountine BlIs 6re All tfnH afue
schooner Rosario 10 on her beam md nj
Lufkins wharf The bark Pnlio~, brig
Isola, and large ore-And-aft schooner
have been driven from the Eastern
wharf up the bay, no ons knows where
A large iron brig Is reported eapsizcd
The schooner Mabel 10 also driven up
the bay The schooner winona, at Par.
sons wharf appears 10 be nearly Il
wreck All the wharves are badly dam
aged The brig lately arrived With 4
cargo Of coffee, WA driven ooupletsly
through Williams wharf All the build
ings on the block east Of ilsndley
hxrf are blown down and washed ft&u
their foundations The new two story
building belonging to Mr. lsollimnn near
i.absdiss wharf wss blown or washed
down
Several Of our old cisissns, who have
becn all over tho city, estimate ths tolAl
damage at not isss than half a nill!c.
dollan Mr.. Haw'sy, the wharf build
er, estimates She damage 10 the wharvsa
OF tniIy one-fcurth their value, and We
rely upon the CORRECTNESS: OF hss state
mcnt ~ he IL good judge, and never
exaggerasss ne goes 70 work u oacs
repairing with al the force he can com
mand; Many Of the tin roofs Of the city
hare been blown gu, and some few slate
root. damaged :.
Inc loss Of ne Odd Fellow new hail
Just completed, 10 mot les thaa y 600
The most Of II: r:saIsa, jswes, fs'ci.
tnre' etc., were In the rooas Of Tie old
hall, and saved. .Hi
The steamer Alice N. Il wreck, and
under water, not even 4 NHnk 0-stsck