, 1875-09-18
Critical Condition Of tile l>clllgcd
City OF Galveston, Tex.
Communication with tho Rest Of the
World Entirely Suspended.
The Destruction TO Life md Property
Believed to BE Very {lrcnt.
4 Remarkable Kerosene Accident in 0too
County, Mob.

grnph lines connecting Galveston with Tho out
side world arc ati dorm, and no communication
has been bad viii, that city siuco O'Clock Thurs
day morning. AZ that time a tremendous gale
WAS blowing. tho velocity Of tho wind beng %
milos per hour, The railroad bridge connecting
tho Island City With tho main faud MAS un-
der wnter to tho depth Of soyerat feot,
aud tho water uaB r1uDiog into tho
honsea in the main portion Of tho city. Thirty
workmcn on tic Government breakwater were
reported to have been swept to sea and lost.
There WAS 10 laFgo amount OF shipping in CAL
weston haror ut liant accounts, tho only steamers
being Tho George Clyde, Of Mal1orys New York
Iine, and Morgau's steamer alnry. There Waro
niso tito bsrquotlne Harriet Lane, n three-n,aat-
cd schooner loaded with wheat tn bulk
the first over shipped from Te1as-and
eon1o small craft. Anchored ontside tue
bar woro tuo largo English steamships. As to
tho damage dono to tho city there can bo only
conjecture. Tho storm IL represented as the
most severe since 1886. and It car scarcely bo
doubted that many lives have been lost md
much injury tiono:to property. Until. however.
tho storm has ccssod and communication has
boen reatoro1, thoto can be no certainty. Com
munication with Houston, hs well ss With Gall
Spreiai Dlspatch to TAs t,h,eaao 7rf1nat.
New OatEANs. Sept. l7.--Ti!o eale has not re-
anlted sory acyious!y. Az 6 thiA evening the
nloorngs at tho landing and drifted RAPIDLY
across tho river aud collitled with The wharf on
tho Algiers aido. She then drifted around tho
Point, md VAS blown across again 10 the Now
08leanB side. and brought up at tho Herrs Land
ing, opposite JeRersou square. uer nppor
works were considerably damaged By her differ
ont collisions. The two mon On tho Natchez,
becoming terrified at tho prospect OF bcing in
iurcd by tue bsoskiug tinnhoro Of tho steamer,
jumped overheard. Ono MAS rescued With great
di1ioulsy, bus the othor vas probably drowned.
ITO ths AAsoctuffa Fy<ss.1
NRw YoRK, Sept, IA special from Houston,
Te1., prononncea tho storm Mt Galveston tho
heaviest slnco 1867. Tho city il partially under
xater several feos doep in The principal stroess.
Several wrecks have bean reported.
Tho Ocean House, on tho Cult boach. is g.
titoly surrounded with wAtor, and tbs onthousos
Is gone. Tho City Hospital Is t1ed with
water.
Thirty worimen on tho breslfwater That Ia
being built by tho Government were cut on and
lost.
Tho Santa Fs Railroad bridge acroaH the hay
has beon Bwept away, sud the Houston RaitroAa
bridge ia under water 20 fcos. IL this eud it
has been washed array.
Tho water 1t virginia Point has backed for 3
milos on tho lnAinlas1d. snd ia stin rising. whie
the gallo ia stiil inefoas1nF aud the barometer
wind changes 10 tho north, tho Hhole lslhnd will
bo lost md no N,oa can bo saved. The shipping
In tho harbor MAS bAving fearful time Of it
Tho slip-ehannel dredging aeot y safe.
been no communIc.aon with Galveston Tor forty
hours. consequently nothing Is known regard
ing a!Tain tEcse, but fears are entertained that
much damagc has baen done BY tho storm. =,
NEW onlxAka ,sept, 17.-Ihe aauipoctial
west phss report blowing hard, weather thick
ind cloudy" Ths ship Maro,s Grsenloaf arrived
from Hawai- vts Delaware bToakvatort reports on
couutering 4 terrific hurricane in Latitude as,
cas.. and ending at southeast. she lost her fore
and main topsails snd split hcz foro sop-mast
ataysnil and i!b,
Nothing from Galveston for fosty.four houss.
At last accounts gale prevailed. Tho steamer
George W. Clyde Was At tho wharf. Morgana
steamer Mary. tho Harriet Lane. and several
small vbsaeta wats anchored inside, and swo largo
English steamers outside
AN EXTRAORDINARY cATksTaopHE.
Special Diapdtth 10 TA< Catcaao 1ribhtae.
LINCOLN, Neb-, sopt fla most dlstsoaslng
htfair, Just reported hsta. occurred At a
farmhouse ia Otoe, County, hlra. Black, going
upstairs In tho evening carrying lamp aud
small child, vss run into By . boy coming rapid
iy domn-Rtaira. Tho lamp vas knocked from her
grasp and s1ploded, setting fire 70 both mother
and boy. Tho husband ran up, scirod his wifo,
carried her outdoors ant sh1ow har IN mud
puddle, thnn Esn back, seiksd tho child,
attempted 70 carry it down~atairB, hut
could not hold It with his burned hands, An.
other boy uno carried tho ch1ld out, had his own
clothoa fet on fire, and lle was badly burned.
ALSO tho boE who run iuto tho lamp cAnsug the
accident. Tho child died before morning. Tho
motbor and onn boy wofo 80 badly burned that
lfo iA almost deepairod OF. Tie othor boy will
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