The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-29
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IcoSTMuED ZION 11ns1 PAeE.l
with being traitors to him, three of whom
have been condemned to death by them.
GALVESTON, Sept. 28.-The following add
tonal particulars have been received from tn,
mouth of Brazos River:
The number of persons known to have los
their lives between the Peninsula and Bernard
are ffty-seven. Among them are Mrs. Sar
family, all of Mitchells, Billy McNeil's wife
and three children, Mrs. Eggart and two
children, seven of Stephen Winstons fmily,
(himself, Miss Sue, Annie and Johnnie being
left, Sam Uzzle's wife and two children, all
of old man Davis's family, and one of the
children Of VIM. Austin.
Judge Cox and his family spent the night of
Thursday in the trees. Old Mrs. Dance and
one of Winsted's children were lost; the
selves. The people from the other side of
the river got on Capt. Louis Dsvote's boat.
Winnie Winsted's body was found in
Hawkins's Prairie, old Mrs. Dances at Joel
Bryan's, some Of the Davis family in Gulf
Prairie, the others at the mouth of the river.
One-haf to two-thirds of the cattle and
horses are drowned, The bridge at Cedar
Lake is gone, and fences and trees are swept
away. There is man here who drifted two
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LATER IMPORTATION FROM TRINITY RIVER.
Three schooners are high and dry in the
fields near the fork of Double and Whites
Bayous
In the Trinity the water had swept over
the cane, IL feet above the bank of the river
From the mouth. to Wallisville the land is
low and swampy. The first house above the
mouth was formerly owned by DR.. Phealan,
and was occupied by negroes. The house
was entirely carried away-not vestige of it
is to be seen. There were nine of the ne
groes in the house. and eight of the number |
were drowned after remaining in trees from |
ten to fifteen hours One of them becoming |
perfectly crazy from fright, tore the clothes |
from his mother in his efforts to climb |
trse.
The mother of the family, woman some |
fifty or sixty years of age, was rescued on Sun
day by party passing down the river, and
taken.to Wallisville.
At Wallisvlle the following losses are
reported: Mr.. JOS Herring loses his dwell
ing, Clubhouse and press; Mr.. Van Predicts
store. wharf, ETC., and new stock Of groceries
just received before the storm. The post
Office was in his store.
All the mail matter on hand went with the
store His loss is about six or seven thou
sand dollars. Mr.. Wooten's dwelling, store
and groceries are total loss, as also the resi-.
dence of Frank Wallis. Jacob Sherman loses
his dwelling, furniture and outhouses, but
his cotton gin was only slightly damaged. I
The residence and furniture of Mr.. John a
White were badly injured and his out-houses
destroyed. Mrs Warren's badly damaged. y
The LAHORE Hotel withstood the terrible r
rush of waters and wind but sustained con-
siderable damages, the bedding and chests .
Of clothing being Injured by water. The .
'torehouse with q full stock of groceries was d
washed away. The stables and out-houses
we're very much damaged. The wharf and Il
vays are entirely washed away. Total loss
$500. VIM. Cooper, colored man, is utterly fl
uined. He loses his dwelling and out "
louses, and his sloop is high and dry on the Il
,ank. 4
Capt. Grin loses everything; dwelling. etc. ii
dr. JAS. Wilson's place was slightly dam n
ged. Every house in town is more or less
smaged. 1t will take years to rebuild the +
own.
From the present feeling of the people we W
ont think manysof them will rebuild. Mr.. in
lays, who lives half mile above Wallis al
lille, on Darrs Island, lost 1900 head of cattle r
nd 80 head of horses. His dwelling was M
ply slightly injured. al
MIR. Lawrence, who lives about two miles W
bove Wallisville, lost from 1000 to 1900 hun b,
red head of stock, among them 40 horses.
Lis residence was very badly damaged. al
The repairs on the bridge at Richmond are VI
ompleted, and trains over the Galveston, CT
harrisburg and San Antonio Road are now d.
inning regularly. be