Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-01

Of the great warehouses and imposing
business bi,,cks, which In soldity and
appearance. Compare well with the
! Commercial buildings OF the great
n ,rthern cities. There are no cellars
to the houses, ard no wells, for black
ish water Is reuched by excavating
fuuI feet. The city depends for its
water supply upon cibterns. erected on
scaffo!ds. As the ground floors of the
warehouses, notwithstanding FRI qnent
warnings, are always fuli OF merchan-
disc, the destruction of property in
this instance must have been great. as
the water Is reported to have sub
merged the island ia depttl of st v,.u
or PHI feet
NJ. H 'use said HAT s..v-re equjn ox-
ial ut 'rma 1sua':y prevail. d l~etwetn
Septembrr 12fI. and 24th each ear. and
that they we've always attended with
more or IS danger ia tine city Ere
quently the winds from the Gulf at
tain almost the po ser IF lsu-ricune.
The desti Motive storm IF 1867 ctme
with frightinl rap " upon tn city
and to judge fr IN the unau h. nticrt d
reports ttt: p'rstIt st',fm exceeded
that in fury. The ealEors acQn III ted
with the tropical SEAS were the first to
give the alarnl, nO,icirg the falling bn-
rOmeter Ird the CONSERVATION of >.-a-
BIRDS. The storm vas preceded by
ram. The Wind grew stronger from
the east ar st,uth asst untll it assume
the strength of hurricane, driving
the waters If the Cuff b..forc it
Suddenly all the wud- of the Cur
seemed tai ctDtv'-rge towards the Texan
coast, aud piled up the waters until
vast wave was sent rolling toward the
coast. This wave. MIR. House said,
was from 81 to 80 feet high, but to the
terrified inhabitants apl cared to be
much higher The city was flooded to
a depth Of seven feet in the course of
i've hours, and after the cessation of
the storm the flood took an equal time
to subside. The destruct ON to ship
ping was great The streets were filled
WI b sand. Notwithstanding the an
nua! danger, the city makes little
preparation for such foundations. 1t
is p"weress to cope with them. Pre-
vinus to 1867 tidal wave submerged
| the island III 1887. when only two or
three houses stood on the site of the
present. city. At that time gre at
:. many vessels were left high and dry
CD the island.
Mr.. House apprehends great loss of
life If the llesent storm did not abate
within "a hours, and at last accounts
hot cpnSldcrcd to he wholly trust
worthy-lt Was still raging It is re-
poried that the new bridge of the Gulf
and Sante Fr Railroad, partially built
had been swept away, aud that 20 feet
of the Old bridge had been also des-
trOyed La that case there would be
| no escape fOl the Inhabitants to the
main nd Houston, which is so miles
up Galveston Bay, is considered safe.
Ehere arc several coast towns of minor
importance which would be imperiled
# the storm were as great as that of
! 1867. Mr.. House said that the drcdg-
ing fleet was in the bay, 40 miles from
Galveston, and being in we'll pro-
tec:ed port. Was probably safe. The
hay is framed like a basin. with a
small aperture, SO that f the storm
prevailed for any length of time from
the southeast, the water would pile up
IN the bay, and then if the wind should
shift to the north. might effect the
destt uctlOn of Galveston, as it rushed
back to the Gnlf.
uE~TRTCrION OF SAN BANARDI>O, MAT
AGpRDA, AND CEDAR LAKE.
New ORLEANS. S-rt. 2:-Tne sur
! gr"n of the etanu-hip Australia
ashore at S'an Barua:dinn, reports
! every house III San Barrartilno washed
! away. All the people Except Il q, who
took refuge on the steamer, were
saved. Not hOu~e is standing on
Buffalo bayou Two houses left in
| Matagorda n" town of Cedar L IKE
| Is washed s"sy-Aii lost
New YohK, Scot. % The Times
! special from Galv'ssou, ODD says the
| Australia les five AID a hat ct u,.der
water. The br iv of VIII Blunt. io-t
with DR.. Peel, is found SIX bodies
were found in diff-ren' parts of the
| bay yesterday. Tue bark Mary 0 l.en
and schoonrfs Nil erva ard Amos,
from Houston are high aud dry. The
schooner Adelaide IS ashore On high
ground. The schooner Christiana will
prove a total loss. The steamship
Harlan gave all the provisions she
could spare to Indianola. The town
of Velasco was entirely swept away
| The storm or cyclone appears to have
| taken in its course a belt of country
some forty miles in width, from the
north of Galveston Island, extending to
the north of Houston. The hurricane
| swept over this entire section of coast
| to the west of Iudiano!a into the Gulf.
Galveston was to the south of the
more severe storm.