Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-23
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THE TEXAS TIDAL WAVE.
DETAILS OF THE DELUGE.
MATAGORDA IS GONE.
OTHER TOWNS SWEPT AWAY.
FIFTEEN FAMILIES DROWNED.
BU SINESS FAILURES
THE S1R1TOG4 BOIT RICE
MATAGORDA IS GONE
OTHER TOWNS SWEPT AWAY.
FIFTEEN FAMILIES DROWNED.
BUS INESS FAILURES
THE S1R1TOG1 BO1T RICE
THE TEXAS CYCLONE.
Further Particulars of the Great


NEW YORK, Sept. pa special dispatch
TO the Herald from Houston says:
MATAGoRDA Is GONE
Five houses only are standing. No lives are
reported lost I'm the town. Every soul, how
ever, OF the fifteen families which lived on
Matagorna peninsula are supposed TO have
persisted. Not shed is TO be seen there The
loss of the planters is estimated at two
thlIds, with picking backward. Surgar cane
rs leveled with the earth. The accounts of
the cyclone on that part OF the coast en-
bracing Nelasco and Quintana say: The wind
commenced blowing on Tuesday night from
the northeast, changing TO east, then To
southeast by thursday a. IN. IL was blow
ing hurricane.
TIDAL WAVE FOURTEEN FEET HIGH.
During Friday the wind blew with the
greatest force. The water from the Gulf was
driven with great rapidity. and was mani
testify tidal wave, and from low tide il
could be seen coming forward in a plateau,
ana soon the whGle country overlooked. Toe
tide rose from II 10 II feet above low mean
tlde, SIX or seven feet higher than ever
known, and six feet deep on the lands that
had never been touched by salt water
NEW YORK INSCRIPTIONS.
a subscription list for the relief OF the In
dianola UtererS was opened here Yesterday
and several cOntribut lions were received
TWO TOWNS SWEPT AWAY
The towns Of Nelasco and Quntona were
swept away. Only two or three houses are
leit standing, and they sre in n dlapidated
condition. The loss, at a low valuation of
property there, is fully $50, 600. In live stock
the loss Is not asceTtainabe The people are
IN need OF provisions and clothing. none hav-
Ing saved anything but what they wore
There were about I25 people at Quintona and
20 at \elasco, mostly woman aud children.
STEAMSHIP ASHORE.
Inc steamship Australian, after dragging
dhchor, ran on The shore at st. BarnarI's.
ana low lies in eight water, her draught be-
ing seventeen feet. 1t is estimated that il
cost not less than 100000 10 get her off, even
II she can be saved.
LOSS OF COTTON, ETC
Inc account latest from Luling reports
considerable damage To houses and pIanta-
lions between Brazos and Guadaloupe Be-
yond the Colorado the storm was lighter
All The open cotton was blown out in Free
stone county. The losses of cotton are heavy
IN navarro, Limestone Fails and RraZOS
counties; loss ten per cent. OF the cotton
The news from Fort Bend county, east of the
BraZos river, is that Kirkston and Varney's
Lakes are overlooked. flooding the whole
bottom and greatly damaging the planta-
lions. The cotton is all blown out. A num-
Der of houses were blown down and three
negroes Killed. Otherwise the losses between
Houston and Columbia are con; paratively
light Later accounts continue to come
in Of
Obstruction IN THE LOWER COAST
COUNTIES.
1t is estimated that little Or no cotton will
be picked On most of the plantations. One
fourth of bale per acre had Oeen picked.
The Texas Central road is making regular
connections. The International and Great
Northern has no trains below the San JO-
cinto. The river bridge is under water. Two
hundred men are working on the Galveston
bridge, and it is expected IL will be reopenef
IN two weeks. The steamer Laura, of the
Morgan Steamship Channel fleet, is aioat.
AN APPEAL POR ASSISTANCE.
The following dispatch was received yes
terday by Mayor Wickham:
''GALvESTON, Sept. 2l.-TO the MGyOr Of
NelC York CitU:-IndianOa and other towns
on the coast below here are almost entirely
destroyed. Those who survive have lost
everything, and appeal for assistance. am
conscious of the sympathy felt by the citi-
Zens OF your city with the distress of the
sufferers, and confidently appeal TO you for
aid. Provisions, clothing, and every neces-
sary of life are needed.
(Signed,) j. p. DAVIS.
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