The Portland daily press., 1875-09-24
THE TEXAS STORM.
Further Details of the Great
Disaster.
FIFTEEN FAMILIES LOST AT
ONE PLACE.
More Villages Reported
DESTROYED.
THE TEXAS STORM.

New YORK, Sept. 23.-Mayor Wick ham
has received the following telegram from the
Acting Mayer of Galveston, dated Tuesday,
Sept 81:
TO the Mayor Of NeaU York:
Indianola and other towns on the coast be-
low here are almost entirely destroyed. Those
who survive have lost everything and appeal
for assistance. l am conscious of the sympa-
thy felt by the citizens of your city with the
distress OF the sufferers and confidently appeal
to you for aid. Provisions, clothing and every
necessary of life are needed.
J.P. DAVIS, Acting Mayor
Mr. Brewer, we'll known merchant at No.
as South street, has agreed to receive and for
ward contributions for the sufferers at Indian
ola Mr.. Brewer received a large number
of contributions yesterday at the Produce Ex-
change.
A Houston despatch of yesterday says at
Morgan's point, which was under ten feet OF
water at one time, the feet suffered but little;
but raft from there, with Mr. Post, Mrs.
Pierce and child Mr. West and wife and Child,
was upset, and Mrs. West and child were the
only ones saved. A. tug rescued them, and
Mrs. West as soon as brought on board the tug
Several tugs and barges have been recovered
at Lynchburg.
; Capt. Bell, engineer Lock and a crew of four
men report that twenty four persons were res
cued, among them DR.. Chamberlain, who
states that he was on raft holding his wife's
head out of the water when the current snatch
ed her from his arms just as rope was thrown
around himself.
At San Jacinto the water was "a inches
above the highest pitch ever known, according
to Dr. Massey. At his own place much stock
persisted. The warehouse of the Ship Channel
Company on Morgan's Point is the only build
ing left standing ON the immediate shore of
San Jacinto. Quantities of wood and cut tim
Der, the accumulations of many years, were
swept away. The fat boats and other craft,
the main of manV DeOnla have haan de-
stroyed e4i
AT the Patton place, on the Brazos river,
owned by Col Hutchins (Mr. Crews manager)
the sugar house and several smaller buildings
were blown away. Mrs. Daver and her grand
daughter two years old were both lost; al 9TH
ers on that side were saved by the steamship
Australian. which had been driven there by
the gale On the west side, at the mouth of
the river, ne person was lost At the Late
jackson plantation, owned by Ward, Dewey &
Co., the sugar house was blown down. At the
Wharton place, owned by the widow of Gen.
Wharton, the sugar and gin houses were blown
down and other damage done. Many other
sugar houses we're demolished. I
At Chenango, at the mouth of the San Der.
nard river, the gale prevailed with great sever
ity. Sickening details of the loss of life come
from the east side. .-,. i... f.. 49,
Matagorda is gone, only five houses standing.
No lives were lost on the mainland, but every
soul of the fifteen families on Matagorda Pc
shed is to be seen there t ~ f-A
The loss of planters is estimated at two
Thirds and the picking will be backward Su-
gar cane is eYeled with the earth, and no great
after crop is anticipated.
In Orange the water rose very high, but
there was no danger to the place.
The mail steamer Pelican State en- route
from Sabine Pass to Weiss Bluff, was wrecked
near Johnson's Bayou. Three negro deck
hands are missing.
Judge Gustave Cook and family returned
from Huintana yesterday by way of Brecona.
They furnish the following particulars of the
cyclone, on that part of the coast:
By Thursday morning the wind was blowing
a hurricane, so to 80 miles an hour. During
Friday the wind blew with the greatest force.
Water from the Gulf was driven in with great
rapidity and could be seen coming forward in
a vast wave. The waves beat over the roof of
the two-story house occupied by Judge Cook.
and rolled inland, tearing up trees eight miles
from the Gulf The tide rose 70 to IA feet
above mean low water, and stood six feet deep
on lands that had never before been touched
by salt water. The towns of Velaseo and
Quintna were swept away Only two or three
houses are left standing, and they are shat
tered The loss, at low estimate, is $500, 900.
The people are in need of provisions and cloth
ing, having saved nothing but what they wore
There were about one hundred and twenty
five people at Quntana and fifty at Velasco,
mostly women and children. The saving of
life is attributed to the untiring energy and
wonderful GOODNESS and bravery under such
circumstances of eight men, who with only
small skiff worked from Wedne sday till Fri
day. They gathered up the people and took
them to the schooner Verbena, Capt. Bowen,
small ten or twelve ton craft, which came to
the rescue Judge Cook and his daughter Ida,
and others waded in the water up to their
shoulders to reach the schooner.
The steamer Australian after discharging
anchored in the river at ST. Bermuday and
lies in aiUhS feet of her flra u0h ha.
ing seventeen feet 1t it estimated that it will
cost 500, 900 to get her off, even if she can be
saved.
. The news from Fort Bent, in the county east
of the BRACES river, is that KIrkston and Var
ney lakes are overlooked flooding the whole
bottom and greatly damaging the plantations
The cotton is blown out. A number of houses
were blown down and three negroes killed.
The plantation negroes com menced praying,
thinking the Judgment day had come.
Several gin and sugar houses are down on
Oyster creek. Otherwise the losses be ween
Houston and Columbia are comparatively
light. ,t
The Texas Central railroad Is making regu-
Jar connections The International and Great
Western has no trains below San JacintO.
Two hundred men are at work on the Calves
ton bridge, and it is expected it will be repaired
in two weeks The Columbia road is running
through.
The bark May Queen and schooners Minerva
Point. The schooner Adelaide is ashore on
on high ground on Edwards Point. The three
masted schooner Christina will be total loss.
GALVESTON, Sept 23-Christian's Point is
entirely swept away by the storm. The U. S.
revenue:cutter lying lat Velasco Twas capszed
abandoned by the crew. A schooner loaded
with supplies for Indianola sailed yesterday
afternoon. Additi NAL supplies will be for
warded tomorrow by steamer.
The body of DR. George W. Peet. lost from
the quarantine station, was found near the
shore in the bay, four miles above this city.
Contributions have been forwarded from San
Antonio, Austin, and other cities in Texas.
Passengers arriving from Columbus and
Richmond, on the Harrisburg road, say the
storm has been destructive through the coun.
try. The bridge over BRACES river at Rich
mond, which was damaged, is being repaired
and it is reported that trains will be runnin
over that road tomorrow.