The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-22
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THE EQUINOCTIAL STORM.
Detailed Account Of the Storm
ut Galveston.
Damage Estimated at Only
100000.
IndianOla WreCked-One Hun.
dred and Fifty Lives Lost.
MatagOrda Swept AWay-0niy
Two Houses Remain
Standing.
Cedar Lake Literally Destroyed
Not Il Soul or Building
Saved.

GALVESTON, September During
the recent storm, the water reacheu us
highest point Oh Friday morning llth.
The barometer stood twenty-nlne,
nnught five, and the wind varying
from thirty to forty-lour miles per
hour. The water, in some localities,
rose higher than during the storm OF
1867, and at other places, the Oldest re-
sidents report il vas lower.
"Wednesday night, the houses occu-
pied by the Government employees Mt
The Point were ept away. Thurs
day morning, Ii tug boat saved all,
except two men, who had been cling
ing to .piling through the night, The
quarantine station was swept away
and Dr. Peet and Willie Blouht are
missing, and it is supposed they nave
been lost.
On Thursday morning the water sub
sided in the submerged district, the
wind northeast blowing thrity-three
miles per hour. High waves rolling
on the Gulf shore up to this time, II
was difficult to keep a record OF the
rise and fall of the water
Toward night on Thursday the wa,
fer showed signs again of rising, ana
il was evident that another severe
night would have to be raced. Inc
merchants on the business streets were
busy securing their goods ana remoV-
ING them from their stores to the upper
floors where no danger from water
coming in was apprehended.
In the submerged dist lets the peo'
nile deserted their houses aud sought
refuge in other portions of the clty'
From Tuesday until Thursday alter
moan six and seventy-seven one nun,
dredths inch. ) of rain had fallen, ana
during that period the greatest velocity
of lie wind. fifty miles per hour, oc-
cured Friday morning, between 'ile
hours of one and five, was the ihos'
tryuar, period during the storm,
From the eastern point of the lslahu
/. down To Twentieth street the water
cr,vaad from the Gulf to the bay
throuph the streets. The water was
fran one foot to eighteen inches III the
yards around the dwellings through
fhe central portion of the city, anu
along the business streets ON the pay
side fbe water did not rise rs high rs
in ,G7. and very little damage was
done to goods aud buildings. FROM
the eastern point of the lslahu aloile
the entire gulf side, small tenemeii'
houses were damaged. A0ouI twenty
or twenty-five were blown down a"o
destroyed. ,.,.o, IN
The Ocean house was broken III
nieces and washed of one hundreo
yards. The Collins property, AT tnt
foot of fremont street, was baby daih
ovad fine house being partially de
stroyed The street Cur stables ah'
huiidings. Mt the terminus east, Wer'
destroved. The Allen cottage, oeloN
Tremont. was entirely destroyed. IL
this vicinity number OF houses WEI, '
damaged, some blown over nm,
fences and trees washed away peio CIV,
IN the island, there We're only lew
. scattering houses, probably, Ten U
twelve inn distance of five miles aion,
hid gulf, and these were all destroyeu
In the western portion OF the ci'y
the water was to two and three ieet y ,
depth. but the damage to residences,
trifliny. AS the sand bluffs broke .h
force Of the waves from the gull. III
strect. chr tracks were damaged IN se'
erul places in the southern ana VIZ W.
tern portions of the city. Arounu " y,
gas works and depots, the water ",
not reach to the platforms nor uan m.
pooods. Two of the cotton presses lla
their walls injured. 1t IL estimate
that the presses here lost twenty 'ho'
sand In ALL .
On Friday morning, about u, ,e
o'clock, the wind shifted to the oos ~
west, for several hours blowing w W,
ume Of water out of the hay, whic ,1
toward night, changed to tne nor, ,
and during the night blew the wa !,
of of the Island. Saturday morn ,.n,
The streets were dry In nearly ever
porttSsroft9e city. am
The loss of life, as near ~ o "nd
nscertained, ia Ave in the clty anv
the point. The damage to properly
the city 10 estimated at Two nun lriv'
thousand dollars. This estimate, CIV w
by responsible persons, l. AZ near o ~
rect a. can be made. the most se'