The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-21
BY TELEGRAPH.
From Monday Mornings Dispatched
Railroad Bridge Over the Bay Badly Broken
Is or IS Men Reported Lost-Damaso to

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sw Is or IS Men Reported Lost-Damase
u Property Immense.
No ST. LOUIS, Sept. 18.-The following d
r. patch, in regard to the condition of affairs
ve Galveston, was forwarded this evening.
Or Gen. Arson stager, Sup't Western Union Te
70 graph Company Chicago:
. Got to Houston about P. NJ, over the 1
~ ternational roads, The wires are down in g
Of directions from here. At 7:30 P. NJ. got OF
wire working to Galveston. From all ca
= learn the two-mile railroad bridge over tt
> bay is badly broken in several places. Or
. break is estimated at $50 feet wide, where tw
d schooners had broken through. A terrif
a storm prevailed yesterday, and for sever
!, days past Fifteen or sixteen men, who WEI
at work on the break-water, are reported los
The health officer of the city is missing
! No particulars, but the damage to proper
l is immense. We have engines and men on
, in all directions, repairing the wires.
r. G. CLowRY, Asst GenI Supt.
half Of Galveston Island Overfowed-A Hundre
Small Tenements Knocked Down-Churches an
Residences Unroofed-The Strand Market Tire
Feet Under Water-Schooners Swamped-Th
Health Officer and His Guards Drowned.
ST. LOUIS, Sept ia Galveston specia
to the Globe Democrat at a late hour last night
says The storm, which commenced on Wed
nesday, continued to rage with great violenc,
until late Friday night The water from the
Gulf of Mexico overlooked half of Galveston
Island, knocked down some hundred small
tenements, unroo6ng several churches,
presses and residences, knocking down signs,
awnings and other hangings.
The water is on the principal streets. In
the Strand Market it was several times two
feet deep. Three large schooners lying in the
harbor were swamped. One steamboat and
two tugs sunk, one being completely demol-
ished. One large English bark forced from
its moorings and driven ashore. One schooner
is forty feet on land. Some ten men working
on the breakwater at the bar were drowned.
The Health Officer, Dr.. G. w. Peete, and his
guards were drowned His house was car
ried off One negro woman was killed by
house falling after having foated fifty feet.
The railroad track is torn up in twenty places
on the Island The bridge is partially de-
stroyed. Culverts on both roads washed out
and damages are variously estimated at from
one hundred to two hundred thousand
dollars.
The storm was o regular cyclone, but the
wind was not very heavy though the water
was higher than during the great storms of
1887. At II o'clock last night the wind got
to the northwest and began to leave the bay
and streets dry. To-day all is dry and pleas
ant in appearance. A committee has been Or
gnnized tor the relief of the sufferers, who are
principally residents on the gulf side and the
shore. The storm extended to Hampstead,
on the Texas Central railroad, and Willis on |
the Great Northern road, doing damage along
the entire route, including the city of Hous- |
ton. No mails have arrived for three DAYS |
and there has been no telegraphic communi-
cation till this evening, when one wire began |
10 work. Loss by the storm will not aggre-
gate nearly so large as was anticipated, the
wind having been very steady. The ship
ping particularly has escaped damage far be-
7ond expectations.
Latest Reports by Telegraph Received at /
O'Clock this Morning.
GALVESTON, Sept 2O.-During the storm on
he 18th, the steamship Australian loading
With cotton for Liverpool, went to sea from
he outer Roads and was driven ashore at st.
Bernard, 60 miles west of here. Her surgeon
nd mate arrived to-day, and report the ves-
Ell lying in seven feet of water. No lives lost
The bark Edward Mcdonnell, which was dis
harging at the wharf, was blown over on the
oint of Pelican Island, in Galveston Bay now
ground in eight feet of water. 1t is thought
he will be gotten off with slight damage. The
hart, was broken to pieces, and is total
reck. One member of her crew is reported
ST. DIR. VIC. Poet, Health Officer of the port,
as at Quarantine Station with his family on
le 18th. He sent his family to the city, {
it'll the exception of his little grandson, who
mained with him at the station.
On the eve of the 18th the storm increased,
ater rose rapidly, carrying away the build ,
gs, and the last seen of DR.. Peete and little Y
" they were in the old fort short distance
ON Quarantine Station. No tidings of them
I'VE yet been received, and it is suppo sed
9TH were lost.
aterial on hand, which was being used in con-
ructing gabions for harbor Improvements,
ere swept away. i
number OF men employed on the works
me to the city on the 18th, and when the
ter carried away the buildings twenty seven .
IN chung to the piling through the night, "
d all except two were saved by tugs, but
following morning the dwelling houses on
eastern point of the island and along the
ach on the south side were considerably
mayed by the water, houses blown down -
washed off in the central and business E.
rtlons Of the city. Very little damage
ne. 1t is estimated that 5000, 900 will cover
losses to property.
7 front to the depot to Bay Ridge. Many
9graph poles blown down. The railroads
lily broken on the island, culverts gone and vi
cks washed off. The bridge stands, with -
exception of one hundred yards of string
!; the iron piling remains; it will be sew
days before they can be repaired so trains
resume
he damage above, on the bay and bayous,
eported very great
ON. Morgans feet of dredgeboats are re-
ted driven ashore, and number wrecked.
t Harrisburg and Houston terrific gale
vailed, and the water was driven up from
bay higher than ever known before for
ldred miles to the north along the entire ~
as coast. W
is feared much damage has been done at
anola and the western ports
e are indebted to G. G. Haley, the theatri-
'tationer par excellence of the city, who has
lly sent us copies of Tennysons Drama of
ieen Mary. arranged for the stage in four