Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-20
THE FLOOD AT GAIvESroN.
Higher Water than Ever kuovu He
fore-ParticuIarso Of the DisasIer

fore-ParticuIars OF che Disas,er.
GALVESTON, Sept. @.-nuring the storm
on the nth the steamship Australian LOAF
Ell with cotton for Liverpool, went 20 sea
from Outer Roads. and was driven ashore al
St Bernard. sixty miles west OF here. Her
surgeon and mate arrived yesterday, and re
ported the vessel lying i'm seven feet OF water
The bark Edward Mcdowell. which was dis
charging at the wharf, was blown over on a
point OF Pelican Island. In Galveston BAY
anu is DOW aground in eight feet of water.
IL is Thought she will be gotten OF with
slight damage. the bayou steamer Boards
town was driven from The dock. broken 10
pieces, and is total wreck. A number OF
heT crew Is reported lost.
GRANDFATHER AND GRANDSON SWEPT
AWAY IN THE FLOOD.
Dr. III. w. Peel. health officer OF the port
was al The quarantine station with his Fam
lly on The evening of the 18th. lie sent MS
family 10 the city. except his little grant,
son, who remained with him at the station.
ON The evening OF the 18th the storm in
creased, and the water rose rapidly. carrying
away the building. and the last seen OF DR.
Peel and the little boy they Were i'm the ola
tort short distance from the quarantine
station. No tidings have been vet received
lost.
TWO DROWNED OUT OF TwENTY-sEvEN
Inc government buildings, with all the
material on hand which was being used in
lHe construction Of gabions for the harbor
Improvement, were swept away. 4 number
OF men employed on the works came 20 the
away the buildings twenty-seven men chung
10 The riling through the night, and all eN-
cept two were saved by tugs. On the follow
ing morning the dWelling-houSes ON the
eastern point OF the island and along the
peach ON the south side were considerably
damaged by water, and houses were blown
down and washed OFF in the central and bust
ness portions OF the city.
THE Loss OF PROPERTY.
II is estimated that $500 600 will cover all
property; very little damage TO wharf or
Many telegraph poles were blown down.
Inc railroads were badly broken on the
Island, culverts all gone and tracks washed
on. The bridge stands with the exception
OF 100 yards or stringers and iron piliie re-
mains. IL VIII be several days before
hey can be repaired. Damage above
great. Commadore Morgan's fleet of dredee
GOA Is reported driven ashore and a number
wrecked at Harrisburg and Houston. Terrific
gaze ana water driven up from the bay
higher than ever known before-one hun
dred miles 10 the north along the entire
coast. IL is feared damage has been done at
IndiaEola and western ports.
News from Houston.
NEw YORK, Sept 20.-A RcrdLf special
from houston, dated the 18th, saws: LAS
soon as the people saw the storm coming
Iney began TO prepare for II. All or nearly
ali the goods on the lower floors were hOiSted
10 the second and third stories and TINS
saved. The damage to goods is very light
On the east end of the island the storm was
the seVerest and did most damage. All the
houses down In what is known as the East
tnd are destroyed, or nearly so. The Ocean
House is no more. The Texas and Gulf CITY
cotton presses are destroyed; and also the
factors press DaTby's new block OF three
story houses was badly damaged by the
wind. The street car tracks in the East End
are torn up and several cars have bean de-
IlolIsne1. Inc car buildings are also ruined.
come OF the sewers OF the city are badly
damaged, ard some of the outer streets arc
Nashed away. A great many houses were
unrooied and great number of shade trees
were blown down. The water has subsidized
at this time, except what NAV he standing
In the low places.
THE DESTRUCTION OF LIFE
IN IN me city was small. 1t cannot be truly
llNCs nave been lost. II is supposed that NOT
less than S3,6OO,OOO will cover losses sus-
tanned in the city. Toe people whose prop
erty was destroyed are being cared for by the
city; Nothing has yet been heard from Red
hsn Bar. From specials at various points il
Is learned that the
STORM HAS EXTENDED TO AUSTIN,
ana that the crops have been seriously in
Jured. In the city of Austin a great amount
OF damage was done TO the buildings What
is known as the Herkley prairie represents a
perfect sea Of water, and cattle were seen
swimming IN many places. Several times the
tram bad 10 stop and stock be driven
irom the track, on which they sought
10 Keep from drowning; AT Hampstead three
churches are said To be blown down. and
other damage done; loss not known. Payou
city, with its shaded avenues and horal
walks, presents
A SCENE OF DEVASTATION.
Merchants and professional men have suf-
fered very heavily. A gang of men were en-
gagged all day yesterday in hauling cotton.
and at dark hundreds OF bales hal been saved.
AT the compress the destruction is much
greater than at first reported, and those who
visited the locality say il must be put down
as total loss. Bayou water standing around
the walls Will undermine ali the masonry,
AM necesSitate the rebuilding OF the whole
Work. This loss at this season of the year
just when its business is commencing, is the
cause OF universal regret The Central rail-
road track under the compress is broken and
under water In several places. The office and
warehouse OF the Dirict Navigation Co. are
rnder water, and the extent OF damage is not
known. At Brownsville, Corpus Christi,
lndianola, and other coast towns the loss is
estimated al $1,000 600.