The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-20
STORM IN TEXAS.
A PERFECT sYCLONE.
Damage to Shipping, Towns
and the Country Gener-
ally.

coast. some llILlt COJlOu WIS DIO" II OuI,
but dong no great damage to the crop
in this section. Telegraphic communi-
cation with Houston says both the Cen
tral and Great Northern roads are
broken, but the Houston Friday evening
papers received here this morning re-
port the storm still raging there and ut
Galveston Thursday afternoon. The last
Galveston news was reported Mt 10
o'clock Wednesday afternoon when the
last wire broke on the
bridge the velocity of
the wind is reported there at fl ty miles
an hour, and increasing. The Galveston
and Santa Fe bridge is washed away, and
tne Galveston and Houston bridge is
broken, but part of it is still seen extend
ing from the main land. The water ex-
tends three miles inland, being higher
than in 1867, and the latest from High
land Station NJ four o'clock
Thursday afNrnoon, reports the wind Il
hurricane, and doing great deal OF
damage at Houston, and ut Harrisburg
the water was within twenty inches of
the top of the Navigation Companys
wharf, on Thurs lay morning, and rising
an inch an hour. Grave apprehension
exists in Houston of serious disaster in
Harrisburg.
a night train broke through a bridge
thirty miles above Corsicana, last night,
destroying thirteen loaded cars and stop
ping traffic. The bridge and track will
be repaired and communication opened
tomorrow Sunday evening.
Sr. LOUIS, September lS.-Thc follow.
ing dispatch in regard to the condition
of affairs at Galveston, Texas. was for
warded this evening:
GALVESTON, September Is.
To GEN. Anson Slayer, General S,pt ".
L. Tel. Co., Chicago H.:
got to Houston about P. NJ. over
the International road The wires are
down in all directions from there. At
1880 got one wire working to Calves
ton. From all | can learn the two mile
railroad bridge over the bay
is badly broken in several
places, one place being estimated at one
hundred and fifty feet wide, where two
schooners had broken throagh. a terri
fc storm prevailed yesterday and for sew
eral DAYS past. Fifteen or sixteen men
who were ut work on the brcakwater, are
rcpcrtcd lost, and the Health Officer Of
the city is also missing. No particulars,
but the damage in property is immense.
We have engines and men out in all di-
rectons repairing wires.
r. &. CLowRY,
assistant Gocrai Superintendent.
A special from NV Orleans to the
RepuJiicau saws nothing has been heard
from Galveston vet, and that the telc-
graph lines are down at Corsioann, lndi-
eating that the storm has reached that
city. The gale at Bra-hcar continued all
night and prevails now, the wind having
changed to northwest. The water in the
streets of that city rose foot during the
night, and Is now four feet deep. The
rise continues, the waters level being
higher than known for years. AT Lyons,
eighteen miles west the country is flood
ed to depth of three feet, which Is five
feet higher than the flood of 1867. The
boat sent from Brashcur to the relief of
the people on Shell Island, returned last
night during II lull IN the storw, and
brought all OFT When she left, the water
covered the Island to a depth of three
feet. and was rising. Similar reports
come from other points along the western
coast, which partially confirm The rumors
that Galveston Is under water
New ORLEANS, SEPTEMBER l9.-The
following WAS received at one o clock last
night from Galveston:
The storm has continued since the 18th
inst. The water was very high, but very
little damage has been done to property
or shipping, and on Y two lives were lost
and those were ut the extreme eastern
end of the Island and exposed to tn" full
force OF the storm The railroads are
only slightly damaged. and it is expected
that trains will be running in day or
two.
Damage Less Serious than supposed.
New ORLEANS, September lo.--Ibe
Galveston w!raS commenced working at
late hour tonight. The damage by
the storm is not so serious aS WINS apprr.
hended DR.. Pcet, Health Officer at Il
boarding station, and some lnborers on
break water, are reported missing. No
loss of life in the city.
ST. LOUIS, September ia Calves
ton special to the Giobe.DeD,orrdt Mt n
late hour last night, says: The storm
which commenced Wednesday coz tinued
to rage with great violence until late on
Friday night. The water from the Gulf
of Mexico overfowcd half of Galveston
Island, knocking down some hundred
small tcncments, unrooting several
churches and residences, knocking down
signs. awnings and other hangIngs. The
water is on tho principal streets. The
strand market was several times two leet
deep, Three large schooners lying IN
the harbor were swampcd, one Ste1 mboat
and two tugs sunk, one being completely
demolished; one of Morgan's steamships
driven against the wharf, but only slight
" damaged; one largo English bark
forced from its moorings and driven
ashore; one schooner j. ten feet on land;
some ten men, working on a break.water
bar were drowned; the health officer, DR..
G.. W Petite and his grandson, are
drowned, his house being carried of; one
negro was killed By house falling after
floating fifty feet; the railroad track Is
torn up in twenty places on the Island
the bridge is partially destroyed; the
culverts on both roads are washed ont,
and the damage Is variously estimated at
from $4,000 to 100000. The storm Is II
regular cyclone, but the wind is not very
heavy, though heavier than the great
storms Of 1867 and ISL.
At II o'clock last night the wind got
around to the northwest, and began to
leave both the bay and the streets, and
to-day all is dry and pleasant in appear
ance. \ committee has been organized
TO aid the sufferers, who were prince
pa!ly resident, on the gulf sides ard the
bav shore. All the telegraph lines have
been down till tonight The
storm extended as far IL Hemsiead,
on the Texas Central, a well a on the
Great Northern road, doing damage