The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-19

bridge.
At . o'clock "Wednesday afternoon
,, the velocity of the wind at Galveston
, was reported Mt forty-eight miles al
ilour' From that time up to the break.
, ing OH of communication the velocity
steadily increased, though the rate was
, not gwen. a dispatch from Highland
station, at O'clock yesterday morn
my, reported the gale increasing, and
~ lO;SO O'Clock the wind xas reported
To be blowing with intense violence,
exceeding that OF any time the previ-
Gus night. The water on the track was
MS high as in 1867.
a train left here for Galveston YES.
terday morning, but on arrivingat har.
rlsourg, learned that communication
was broken below Highland, and re.
turned at III O'Clock. The Bayou has
been rising from back Underwater since
sunset Wednesday, and ut 10 o'clock
yesterday morning the water was with
IN twenty inches OF the top Of the
Direct Navigation Companies
wharf at Harrisburg, and has been ris-
ing since daybreak at the rate of an
inch an hour.
Advices from Morgap's Point udi-
cate all safe there. A ting len mo
| point at $3.50 "Wednesday, and arrived
Ut Harrisburg during the nluht. renort-
ing that the dredues. etc. had
been securely sheltered. The tide wns
very high, and the water was pouring
through the canal with great Velocity.
Nothing had been heard from lie
nj. - 1 a.
The Hm,.tou Tclerr,nh SAW hat
o,t,, ,., ,,,, .,',t,'' ivy '''"'
MY, W." ""' 'u'' VI 'e"s"''o"'' lu'ilors on
thursday, ana gives the following AS
the latest from thescene of disaster;
DISPATCHES warn rccoivsd ,rn,,,,., ,,o
afternonn from the onnr.tn, a., Ili',h
land station, all to tie same MI"
that there wos M oh,tn,,nn, ~ H.
storm, and the water continued to rise
steadily. The following dispatch af-
fOrds grounds for the hone that the
railroad bridge is still stuudilg, and
will weather the storm
HIGHLAND, sept. Is, Az. NJ.
a man has just arrived here from
Virginia Point Tie says all of the san
Ia Fe bridge that was not splkpd is
gone. The timbers ufthat bridge are
driving on our bridge The water on
this side is over the land about three
ard half miles, and is about six iuch-
Is deep over our road for half mile on
the main land The bridge appears to
he ali StunGlHg, though he could not
distinguish anything far Off rhe tel
egraph poles are hanging In the water
from the bridge. The enbnnkment at
this end of the bridge is washed away
Tor about twenty feet. The wind is
hurricane, aud the rain flood.
The latest received from Highland
was sent at $50, aud says there was no
change in the situation, and no appa-
rent abatement in the violence of The
wind, which continued TO blow from
the east.
The H,nston Aoa of Eri1oy ovo,i,u
yives tho fnIIowing nortic"Iayr. y ~ "tthhs
Storm, and its ro.n1,i ~ tI,nt n,,,. '''
This morming tha nutiro .9ynthorr
nortion fthe ritv was ana shne, ~
muddy w,tar IN Son.o, lon,. q oo',ni,,
Of feet deem nartirularly oronu1 JIninn
Dnnot whara a skiT cnnid houo haan
anu,lv anntad umnjraJs NJ tro,.' nr,,n
meni,i and othnr,viaa ,yaro hIa"n
dn,vn thrnnrhont ,ha .,it,, ~, III
walks On Cnn~rasS ', stroot hoina ' neariv
imnassnble nv cadars n,rnoteT IN ia
varJS 81 nrirato rn.i Jianoo, al iaf,
;nrnstrnta heroes n ~ nn,,nN,n,t "'S M,
bapiass fonoaS S'' sbnrod ,ho ,,1a' W.
i~r hI,uvn Jo,nn ",P wy rW"'d ,atsi ~
Tha ancInsnra oron,5 ,no ypr "'vU.'o ~
nj w I untchins " Seanna Wi
,r,s soaitorod IN thn ,rinJs " ""t
tra "o Va Cnnr,hn,s sn' s ","' J &c"
nosita u.oro ,nado ~ s,rIi,. ,' on n ~
anoa Min tho n,nd. tha roof ~ Grau;o
p'iI,lI, Nv, pms ltn,It' ,,iIrJ ' w.
in,nanss "n,ontitiss ~ ra,or' I txnos, law
a,'d p;iot,sI ,'o,,, lila, 49,. l','th
t"n,a. m"I 10, 10 ,o"ri r ,h " .oG a.
whiIat oth9r h,,iidin,,se H. aim,,in', *,
N WnSo ~ o' noro ' had,' o "s S Sne
,a''tIo, n,,;n,iJ1 ~ Tn'sn,,' wv,
Stated tn no Hat bn was da,na"o6
SIn0o and M domht othorS ." ara IN Sha
sar,a sv A narfaot tnrrant nouad nr
rnDhad down TnroIino streat nndor
noin,n,, tho croSsinn and yashinn
nniIn four f. Of Jean5 'i"mad;a,oiv avor
tha hr;ck sauer nndarnonth
fnthn.frst AVID much Jomoge w,s
dana Several houaes and hnildinSs
,vnre unroofnd Thoro ia q narraet
flood in the Rayou, which now almost
tonchas the bnse Of the concrete huild.
mo and sill rising. the current-whieh
10 very small Showing the contin.
nance Of the storm below~being full
of debris. Including shingles lumber
and other like merchandise left ON It's
So far we have heard Of no loss of
lite, thouph the inmates Of several
dwellings were in joepordy from the
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