New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-20
GALVESTON OUT OF DANGER.

THE DAMAGE To PROPERTY S1OoO,ooo
Under WATER FOR FORTN-EIGHT HOuRs-IIfE IN
THE UPPER sTORIES-TwELVE LIVES LOST
WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION OF HOUSES, FAcIo-
RIEs. AND STOREs-THREE sCHOONERs DRIVEN
THROUGH THE RAILROAD BRIDGE.
BY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE.1
GALVESTON, Sept. 1880 p. m.-Ihe City OF
Galveston shows very little signs of the storm III the
business quarter The wharves are safe, sound
and secure and the streets bear very little appear
ance OF having been for nearly forty-eight hours
under from two to four feet of water The greatest
depth Of water in the city four feet and on the
highest ground twenty-five inches As soon as the
people saw tina; the storm was coming they began
To prepare Tor it, All or nearly all the merchandise
on the lower floors Of stores was hoised to the sec
ond and third floors. and thereby saved The dam
age 10 goods is very hight.
ON the eastern end of the island the storm was
scycrest. aud did the most damage. All the houses
down that way in what is known as East End
proper are destroyed, or nearly with their con-
tents The Ocean House is also gone. The Texas
and Gull Guy cotton presses are destroyed and the
factory uea ~ so. Legs brick thIee-story store
house was badly damaged by the wind. The street
CIR tracks ia tLe East End torn up and several
cars demolished together with the car buildings.
some Of the sewers Of the city badly damaged,
aud some of the outer streets washed and in bad
and scarcely q street missed having its shade trees
blown down and the shmbbery stripped. The water
La. now all subsidized except what may be standing
IN the low places.
The destruction Of life in this city cannot be truly
estimated vet hut il isnot more than dozen lives, If
SO many one woman was crushed 10y the falling of
hcr house Or. Peetc. the City Physician, was lest
at the quarantine station. with his grandson, Nlhe
Blunt lie moved his family into the city, and then
L lta
idcncc there which was destroyed when the Quaran-
tine House was dc, tIoyed. The people are mourning
for Dr. Pccte vel hope that he may be safed. Some
XIV men, at work on tie bIeakWateT, were. cut oil
from the CITY OF these all saved except four.
Almost bv miracle one Of them, Patrick Landagan,
d,iited 10 Virginia Point, nine miles distant, on a
plank and struck a pier of the santa Re Bridge
Uanalns TO H. he afterward crawled out. He is 50
year old.
The damage to shipping is slight. Only three YES
81, IN port dragged their anchors and one OF them
j. known 10 he safe The Others are believed TO be-
The vessel safe the Memory an English brigantnc,
is aground in the bay. The steamer Diana vcathered
liz, Storm nobly One Of the dredce-boas from Red
FISH is On the prairie near Virginia Point. Three
schooncrs drove through the Galveston railroad
bridge AVID the crews were lost. Seven houses were
destroyed at Virginia Point.
The =. .rn wa. he iCrcc,t ever known here by
any citizen It's full fury was during Thursday.
Thursday night it wore around generally to the
north else the damage would have been more than
il IS. Amnbor of wrecks are reported on he island
CO.'S. hat nothing definite is known concerning
them. Ii is supposed that not less than So,OOOoOo
VIII cover the losses sustained III the city. Inc
people whose property was destroyed are helhg
cared for bv the citizens. Nothing has been heard
from Red sh.
L., 4ho Last wire hrOlrc tHQ
br;dp. the vclocity Of the wind was 30 miles an
hour and increased beyond that rate later. The
Galveston and santa Fe bridge is washed away.
Part of ,he Galveston and Houston bridge is still
seen est ,nding from tie main land. The water ex-
tended thee miles inland. being higher than IN
1867.
A HUNDRED TENEMENTs DEsTROYED-THE DAM
AGE TO BUILDINGS AND SHIPPING LESS
THAN EXPECTED.
81 LOUIS. sept. ia Galveston special to INC
CJoJl. UcpocrQt at late hour last night, says the
stor, which began on Wednesday, continued to rage
with great violence until late on Friday night. The
water from the Gulf of Mexico overlooked hall OF Cal
weston Island knocking down some hundred small
tenemeuts The wind unroOfed several churches
presses, and residences, and knocked down signs
awnings, and other hangings. The wafer on the
principal streets and the Strand Market was at
several times two feet deep. Three large schooners
living in the harbor were swamped, and one steam
boat and two tugs sunk, being completely deinol
ished Some ten men working on the break"ater
were drowned The railroad track is torn up IN
twenty places OH the island. The bridge is par
TALLY destroyed. The damages are varousy
estimated at from 100000 to 100000. The
storm was regular cyclone, but the
wind was not very heavy, though the water was
HIGHER than during the great storms OF 1867 ana
1871 Al II o'clock last night the wind got to the
northwest, and began to leave both the bay and
streets dry To-day all is dry and pleasant IN APP
pcarance A committee has been organized for the
relief Of the sufferers, who were principally resi-
denis Of the gulf side and the bay shore
All the telegraph lines were down until tonight
The storm extended TO Hampstead on the Texas
Central and Willis the Great Northern Road
Nomails arrived for three days. and there has been
no Geographic communication until thus evening"
when one wire began work. The loss by the storm
will not aggregate nearly large as was anticipated
The shipping particularly has escaped damage far
beyond expectation.
THE DAMAGE AROUND GALVESTON BAY.
,yxcuBURG SAN JACINTO, AND OTHER VILLAGES
IFPT ALMOST IN RUINs-A GENERAL WASHING