Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-09-29
THE GULF STORM.
Additional Reports OF Devastation by the
Recent Cyclone 0n the GuIf-Mata-
gorda Washed Away.
The Destruction ON the Coast between
the Peninsula and Bernard-Flrty-
Five Lives Lost.
Names Of the Lost "Details or Dcstruc.
lion TO Life and Property all
Along the Coast.

New ORLEANS, September 2S.-GaI-
weston adv!ces tom BrasO, dated the twen-
/ Is third, confirm the reports lust received
from MsIRSDrd3. The town was washed a gay
excepting only four houses, which remain
standing. No lives were lost. The people
were saved by clnging 10 cedar trees in the
vicinity. At the town OF Columbia twenty
! houses were blown down, but no lives were
reported lost, one man was killed at Chenon-
ga by the falling OF tree. Many plantations
I have been greatly damaged, and some literal
" tOrn to pieces. sugar houses, gin-hOuses,
I fences, aud everything was partly OF wholly
| bI IDSn down. Ihe great losses cannot be cor
! rect!y reported.
Later Information nom Matsgarda says that
/ meeting OF the citizens of MRta gOrda cOun-
/ " was held in the town OF Mstago7ds, and the
! following committee were app inted 10 re-
Selye ana dlstrl6ute contributions 10 the suf-
| ierlng pc 1ple: 9alen Hodges, ". s. Stewart.
| ed rs follows:
! 1--WE, The committee, report to the country
at lsrge that greater part OF the town Of Mat
! sgorda J. laid in ruins, and that not a single
| cluHen OF the tswn has escaped serious injury
! 70 MS property. Many OF them are entirely
| houseles', without the necesssries of life or
| means to build shelter over their heads.
| Our courthouse Is somewhat damaged but can
pe repaired without great expense. The Odd
| Feuows hall i a total loss, the Episcopal
church nearLy 50, aud all the shipping ct this
| point has been entirely lost or seriously
damaged. No lives lost in the county or town.
In kinney's prairie, so far as we have been
able 70 learn, ,twenty-One persons we're lost and
peninsula twenty-one persons were swept into
the gulf and drowned, and all theirSprOperty
is an entire loss. We have not as yet heard of
any deaths on the lower peninsula, but OF al
most an entire destruction OF HOUSES and 9TH
er property. pecrows point bas not yet been
heard from, nor the town OF Palacfos. We
have not heard anything definite from Tres
palaclos yet. We near Of a great destruction
OF property on tue east SIDE of Colorado river.
No lives lost. We have not heart from Carey,
above Captain Duncans plantation, but are
satisfied that from there 10 the mouth there
has been an entire loss OF crop, houses, cabins,
GIN and sugar houses, etc, and i've lives lost,
as far as heard from. We request the Gslve+
ton NeI0S, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and
other Texas papers, also those OF New York,
Boston, Chicago ana st. Louis, 20 publish these
proceedings, and such other papers as feel an
interest in the cause OF suffering humanity.
such as feel able and d,spCsed to help our sur
fering people, will send forward their contri-
buttons, in money of provisions, 10 the COM
Intttee above named, consisting Of Cheesman,
Stewart md Hodges"
John l.. Groom, John Mathews, GaIen HCdg-
es, q. Baer, John Duncan, }. f. Pierce, d, h.
+. K. Broman, Il. q. Cheesnan, c. II. Will
liams, Fred e. MCowly, w. d. Barlow, John
Moore.
WIN. II. BEERHARDT, Chm'n,
g. BAER, Secretary.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
The following additional particulars have
been received from the mouth of Brazos
river: The number Of persons known TO nave
lost their lives between the peninsular and
Bernard are hfty.scven. Among them was
MTb- Safgent, O1u man sargent, all OF For
esters family and also all OF MI.cbelIs fam
lily, Billy M'Neill's wife and three children,
Mrs. tggart and two children, seven of
stephen Winstead's family were lost, himself,
Miss Susie, Annie and johnnie being saved,
Sam Useless, wife and two children, all of ola
man Davis's family and one OF the children
OF Wm Austin were also lost. Judge Cox and
b family spent the night of Thursday in the
trees. Old MIS-. Davis and one OF Winsteads
children were lost, the others at lhe mouth
managing to save themselves. People from
the ether side OF the river got on Captain
Louis Devatss boat. Winnie Wlnstesd's body
was found in Hawktns's prairie, old Mrs. DAN
iels at Joel Bryan &, some of Davis family
IN Gulf prairie, ard others at the mouth OF
the river. One-halI 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
days and nights on log. Later Information
nom trinity river says three schOOneIs are
high and dry in the fields near the fork of
Double and White bayous In the Trinity the
water had swept over cane twelve feet above
the bank of the river. From the mouth TO
Wallsville the land is low and swampy. Toe
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 negroes, ana elghJ OF Inc numDer
were drowned. After remaining in the trees
from ten to fifteen hours, one of them, becom-
ing perfectly crazy from fright, tore The clothes
from his mother, in his efforts 10 clint a tree.
The mother of the family, q woman of nfly
or sixty years of age, was rescued on Sunday
by patty passing down the river, and taken
losses are reported: Joseph Henry loses his
dwelling, gin-house and less; Mr.. Van Pre-
dell1s store, wharf, ETC., and q new stock OF
groceries, Just received before the storm; the !
pOstof1ce was IN his store, and all the mail on |
hand went with the store; his loss is about six |
thousand or seven Thousand dollars. Mr.. Wa
ters's dwelling, stole and groceries are total |
loss, as also the residence Of Frank Wallis. J. |
Sherman loses his dwelling, furniture and out |
houses, but his cotton gin was but slightly |
damaged. The residence and furD iture of Mr.. |
John White were badly injured and his out |
houses destroyed. Mrs. Warren's dwelling /
was badly damaged. The Lafare hotel with |
stood the terrible rush of water and wind, |
but sustained considerable damage, bedding |
and chests of clothing being injured by the |
wster. storehouse, with a Iul stock of |
groceries, was washed awsy. stables and |
outhOuses were very much damaged. The |
wharf and ways are entirely washed away.
VIM. Cooper, q coloTed man, is utterly ruint d.
He loses mis- dwelling, and his slOop is high |
aud dry on the bank. Captain Orin loses
everything, dwelling, etc. Mr.. James Will !
sons place was slightly damaged. Every
house in town Is more or less damaged, 1t
will take years to rebuild the town. From
the present feeling of the people, Jis thought
that not many of them win rebuild. Mrs
Mays, who lives half a mile above Walls
willie, on Darrs island, lost fifteen hundred
cattle and nifty head Of horses. Her dwelling
was only slightly injured. Mr.. Laurence,
who lives about two miles above WallsvIlie,
lost from one thousand 10 fifteen hundred
head OF stock, among them forty horses. His
residence was very badly damaged. Ihe re-
pairs on the bridge at Richmond are COM
burg and San Antonio railroad are running
BRAsHEAR, September2S The steam
ers Harris, from BrBZOs, and Mary, from Rock |
port, arrived this morning. They report no
damage done by the storm at either port.