The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-29
TELEGRAPHIC
THE COAST SUFFERERS.
Authentic Particulars OF the Late
Storm Along the Gulf Coast.
MatagOrda and Her Immediate Neigh.
bOrS Appeal for Assistance.
The "News" Speaketh u Piece: The
Late Cyclone Nothing More than
q Balmy Breeze at Galveston.

GALVESTON, September 2S.-The fol-
lowing additional particulars have
been received from the mouth of the
BraZos river:
The number of persons known to
have lost their lives, between the PEN
Ursula and Bernard, are titty-seven;
among them Mrs. Sargent, old Sar-
gent, all the Forresters family, all the
Mitchells, Billy McNiels, wife and
three children, Mrs. Eggart and two
children, seven of Stephen Winston's
family including himself, Miss Sue,
Annie and Johnny being left, Sam
Uzzles and two children, all of old
man Davis 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 the Winsteds and one of
the Winston's children were lost, the
Others at the mouth of the river man
aged to save themselves.
The people from the other side of the
river got one OF Captain Devor's boats
on the other side on drift, Minnie
Winsted's body was found in Hawkins
prairie, old Mrs. Dances at Joel
Bryan's, some Of the Davis family in
Gulf prairie and Others at the mouth
of the river. One-half to twO-thirds
OF the cattle and horses are drowned.
The bridge at Cedar Lake is gone, and
fences and trees swept away.
Later information from the Trinity
river shows that three sch00ners are
high anu dry in fields near the fork of
the Double and White bayous. In the
Trinity river the water had swept over
the same twelve feet above the bank
of the river. From the mouth Of
Wallisville the land is low and
swampy. The first house above
the mouth was formerly owned by DIR.
Pheak and occupied by negroes. The
house was entirely carried away, not
a vestage of it is to be seen. There
were nine negroes on the place, and
eight of the number drowned, aheT re-
naming in the trees ten TO fifteen
hours. One of them becoming per-
fectly crazy from fright, tore the
clothes from his mother in his efforts
to climb tree. The mother of the
family, a woman some fifty or sixty
years of age. was rescued on Sunday
by q party passing down the river and
taken to.Wallerville.
AT Wallisvlle the following losses
are reported: Mr. Jos. Herring loses
his dwelling, gin house and press MIR.
Van Predicts store, wharf, DC, ana q
new stock of groceries just received
before the storm; the post office was
ia his store and the mail matter on
hand went with the store. The loss on
his store Is about six thousand or seven
thousand dollars. Mr.. Nosters dwell
ing, store and groceries are u total
loss, as also the residence OF Frank
Wallis Jacob Sherman loses ms
dwelling, furniture and out-houses, out
his cotton gin was only slightly dam.
aged. the residence and furniture OF
Mr.. James White were badly injured
and his out-hOuses destrOyed; Mrs.
Warren's residence was badly damag-
ed.
The LAHORE hotel withstood the terri
Die rush of water and wind, but sus-
tanned considerable damage, the bed
ding and chests of clothing being IN
iured by the water. The st0rehouse
with a full stock of groceries was
washed away and the stables and out
houses were very much damaged. The
wharf and ways were entirely washed
away at "a total loss of 81 800. VIM.
Cooper. a colored man, IL utterly ruin
ed, iosirg his dwelling and o'itho'lses
and his sloop Is high ana dry on the
bank. Captain Orrin loses everything,
dwelling etc. Mr.. James Wilson'S
place was slightly damaged. Every
house In the town Is more or less uam-
aged. 1t will take years to rebuild me
town. from the present feeling OF the
people, not man, Of them will rebuild
MIR. MAYS, who lives half mile
above Wallisville on Dorrs' island,
lost fifteen hundred head Of cattle and
fifty head OF horses. His dwelling Ii
only slightly injured. Mr. Lawrence,
who lives about two miles above Wal
lisville, lost from one thousand TO nj
teen hundred head Of stock, among
them forty horses. His residence wa'
very badly damaged. MA,
The repairs on the bridge at hlcn
inond have been completed ana tram
are now running regularly over TN
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Anto
MO railroad.
GALVESTON, September 2s.-AdvlceI
nom Brazoria, dated the I'D, coniiru
The reports first received from Mata
gorda. The town was washed away
excepting only four houses, when re
main stapding. No lives lost. TIT
people were saved by clinging to TIN
cedar trees IN the vicinity.
h. AT tho town OF Columbia tw.ent,
houses were blown down, but no. i've