The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-21

lihc lelegTapH me between Houston
and Galveston. and between Dala
and Houston are working too inner
ieclly for the receipt of anything Xix,
n connected account of the disaster
The account from New Orleans, report
ed 10y pas en- ers who LEFT immedintel,
alter the s,..nl, and before the full eX
tend of the damaged had been ascer
tanned, reaches us via st. Louis. -Ep.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 20. The Times
mas information obtained from papers
and passengers from Galveston, as fol-
lows:
TO briefly summarize the disaster, q
gale from the south on Wedu, Stay AT
midday reached such proportions that
captains of the Gulf declined to put ia
sea. Almost simultaneously with this
determination came the report that Il
ship-yard at the extreme east end of
the Island had been inundated and
men were fleeing for their lives.
a rapidly falling barometer indicat-
cd mn inrrense of the storm, ord ia
water of the (;ulf which il nm thp
south side of the island and in rear of
the city, gradually commenced to en-
croach. The gardens of scattered resi-
dences skirtinv fine he,rh yern .nnn
overflowed ''
The water during fine d,v re.ched
A depti OF two feet ,
Thursday il blew 4 hurricane rush-
inc tha G,ilf water ovnr thn nni;rn H.
land nud covering even the hivhest
elevntious ia n Jenth of two feet and -
half This riyde embrares AN nre, of
upihnns twelve hlocks of huildjnvs ax.
tunninr from, Mnch.nic strnat tn oI.r.
ket n distance of two sumarea latitmL-
inai and from Centar street TN nath
av ,nue nbout ak sunores Ionyitudin-
allv
In the east and west ends Of the citv
the wafer rose to n sutficjant denth to
float large woodpn edifcas sine of
which ore very valuable
The residpnce norton of the city
was most affected, for from fremont
street, where this section begins, for a
distance of at least one mile and II
half west, every garden and every
foundation isdestroyed. Domiclles are
scattered promlscuously in center OF
thorouEhfares, many OF them being
Jammed together. Further west, III
the nelghborho0d OF Oleander Park,
where there are many small farms ana
u number OF stylish. residences, the WA
ter is reported to have reached the
depth OF from SIX To nine feet
a similar story is told of the eastern
end of the Island, which extends from
Centre street at least Que mile and u
half.
In business sections of the city, large
stocks Of goods are kept on ground
floors, and one can estimate the INJURY
which thirty inches of sea water would
involve. 1t is fair to presume that the
earnings of an entire year will be ex-
huusted III repairing the damages.
Probably the vegetation has been
entirely destroyed, but that the Island
is involved in a wholesale ruin, we do
not apprehend.
fErom the IIerold,s Sunday Extral
a., ,,rsroN SAINT 10 -Tbe storn, re-
rortad nn "Wednesday continued 70
po,a o',otii tha niaht az tha iTth
'" M water rrnm the GnIf Of Mexico
,,,an IA half ~ the Jsland knock.
wv ~, bmndrods oT ANAL tome.
,ns nnrnoting several churches
nroSSas and residences
Tha w,ter il over fine nrincipal
o,.aats tho strand heing several times
$3.50 co., '"u nJer water
w" IN 10 inr,a sohooners ,ving /, tho
. nhiro , ,as - owamnad. one steamhnat
n "a ~ two mos were snni, ono heinv
a ''', JaD Tamolishad
'" m,ipn ~ Morgon,s steamshins was
driven against the wharf, but only
sii Hma Ioraa English bark was forced
:. onG -, s" '6soorings and driven ashore
and ono schooner dashed forty feet on
anu o'ie e''ioo'o' ~ '' ~
i"iu. Ban mo, working an the break
Sum w ~ her wara drowned The
wa'eI az as ,ne oI nr q w Peetesand his
,i.nndson nra drowned. His house
sian, ,o.n;od ar One negro woman
"as Killed bv n house falling, after
wus m', aon,oj Gftv feet
nH ir,,n railroad track IL torn M In
,, ine 'a Ices IN the island, Tie
t"ent rnaaeeti,,iv destroved and cul-
oriase e. - P hn,h roods nre washed out.
Ms Na Wv sra y.riouslv estimated ut
t Da,ia = ooo ooo 70 60 o0Ii 900
IRON S,,UVo'v re,,,' Il, cyclone. but the
w;nd vvas not very heavy. though the
w ~nter w was even higher than during the