The New York herald., 1875-09-25
THE TEXAS STORM.
Additional Details Of the De-
struction Of Property.
DAMAGE TO THE COTTON CROP
List of the Saved and Contriu-
tions for the Sufferers.
HousroN, Texas. Sept. 2i1s75

Az bear OrecK, twenty miles from Houstn "ei-
man lady, Mrs. Meyers, killed during thstorm by
a falling stable.
SCHOONER PROBABLY LOST.
The schooner Annie G. webber from TFpan for 1aa-
weston, has been seventeen days out and fears are
entertained that she may encountfed the cyclone
and been lost The passengers werethe wlie OIL Up
tain E. r. Wells of this city, and the rest OF MS 'A
THE STORM BOLIVAR
M s. Griscom, who has been r"S ~ D0,
var for OF years, r-0'Ns .nA' 'nousn
the force of the storr was ie" 'na'
point still the DAMP 80 ""' '..'a''''"i
In comparison with ,at at other places No houses
,ero dostrovod Ives lost, though the rose at
,oas, three cy ngher than known in the memory
or tho osst inhabitant The prairie covered with
watay, and ruined for grazing and fresh water The
ou salted by the breaking in Of the gulf to
render it unfit for watering stock All the small boats
swept away, but most Of them driven on the
prairie, and be launched at comparatively small
cost Only one of the dwellings wet and that
was not injured materially This fact is due to
the custom of building only the highest
ground there. The house which reached by the
water was exception to the general rule The long
fence erected by the cattle drovers the peninsula
well the cattle pens, were totally destroyed and
swept away but none OF the cattle we're killed.
CHANNELS CHANGED.
Some Of the reefs reported as being materially
changed that the greatest will be necessary
navigating that vicinity until the channel is thoroughly
sounded. New shoals and bars have been made where
there was formerly only deep water The whole bay in
that vicinity will have to be sounded by pilots before
it will be safe for vessels sail there New ranges
will have to be erected the old have all been
blown away. The fences high ground not
damaged but in low districts they all swept away.
LIGHTHOUSES
The old lighthouse which destroyed during the
was wholly swept away but the present lighthouse
and the dwelling of the keeper is uninjured.
letter from Indianola states that two lighthouses
the and shoals the entrance of Matagorda
Bay have been swept away and the keepers and their
families lost.
SAVED AT NDIANoLA.
C. H. French and mother were saved
William Coffin, of Indianola reported lost, is saved
although his family pershed
The child of DR.. Leak, also of Indanola escaped
injured
VESSEL ASHORE
Captain Greenough, of bark General Mcdowell re-
ports his vessel lying in nine feet OF water and he
poets difficulty in getting her off after he has light
ened her cargo of salt He expects to have all Off by
the middle of next week. when, by means of empty
casks the vessel will be still raised and taken in
the channel to the west Of Pelican Island.
William Murray, captain of the No. l, at Red
Fish Bar reports the dredges hauled into deep
water and anchored Tuesday. On Thursday the
towboat Coates tried to alongside the
were in, but failing I went out with provisions
to her. which she carried to the dredges, No
l, and G. Thursday night the gale was so violent
that Mr.. Walker, who was in the Coates endeav-
ored to give me light to give
him signal of distress if necessary.
At four A. NJ on Friday, the wind still blow
ing a hurricane, slipped anchor and dragged
alongside of the boarding scow, which there
several men. jumped aboard with William Haskett
and Tom Tobn. We paid out all the cable we had
and remained on this till Saturday, without food,
and pumping to keep from going down. Sat
urday morning we were rescued by the Red
Fish Bar Lighthouse keeper, at the peril of
his life. Haskett Tobin hIand myself
kept the craft anoat by continually pumping the others
being afraid 1t impossible for any vessel to live
the Friday morning
PASS
letter from Sabine Pass dated the goth Of Septem-
ber says that during the storm the Gulf water COM
pletely inundated the whole of this country with the
exception Of few ridges of land west Of here few
miles, and in consequence the crops will be failure.
The fences generally down and the water is now
ing back into the Gulf There buildings de-
stroyed here and fortunately no lives were lost
The water at Orange is said to have risen five feet
PELICAN STATE
The mail steamer Pelican State running from here
to Beaumont and Orange, is ashore the Louisiana
bank of Sabine Lake and is said to be about half mile
back in the marsh about fifteen miles west of this.
The schooner Truemer from New York to Indianola,
is ashore with assorted cargo of merchandise She
is total wreck
sHPB0ARD.
Yesterday the Morgan steamship Austin, from In
danola to Havana with $50 beeves the bar here
discharging dead cattle, having only twenty five alive
learn that one OF her wheels became disabled in the
Storm and that she is now her way to Brashear to
repair.
TIE STORM AT MACY
At Macy, Brazos county, the storm ragged furously
1t began the morning of the 10th and ragged iurousy
sixty hours. TAe cotton is damaged and timber and
fences are down Macy's house was capsized
SAVED AT vELAsco AND oUINrASo.
Among tho saved at velasco and QuintanO are
Mr. Seyburns.
| Mr. Dance and family
Captain Bowers
Miss Locke.
Erhart Hemworth
Daniel Gibson
Mulley Roagon.
Hudgings Craines
| Patrick Shattuck.
Captains Lyons and Herder
As seen from veasco Foletrs House, at San Lucas
Pass, standing after the storm.
Christina Point entirely swept away.
| REVENUE CUTTER oAPsTzED.
The United States cutter lying at veiasco
capsized and carried out TO sea- having been pre-
vjously abandoned by her crew, of whom are
known to have been lost
We are yet without advces from Brownsville Aranzas
Pass Point Isabel and Rockport Nothing definite has
been received from Corpus Christi
THE BODIES on THE BEACH,
Picking up dead bodies at different points the
continues In instances the fingers and
have been found cut OF by vandas to get the iewelry
and diamond ring lost or Dr. Peotes' hand, who was
| found in Galveston Bay.
The state Agricultural College building at Bryan is
unnjured. two story brick house was threwn
down. No livef were lost The damage To cotton is