The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-30

lowing account uf the storms that
have visited the island previous to the
late disastrous one:
In 1918, during the time OF Lalltte, a
storm occurred that scattered the fleet
of the BarraIalian buceaneer. -Four oi
the Vessels were driven ashore at Nir-
ginia point, and the greater portion oi
their crews were drowned. This, the
first storm OF which there IL any rec-
ord, came from the eastward, as they
always do, aud ragged with great vio-
lencp.
The next storm visited the island on
or about the lst OF October, 1881 The
wind blew from the east seven days,
filling the harbor with water aud sub
merging the island The brig Elba
was driven ashore, and afterwards
used as prison-house. AT this time
there were only half dozen houses
Oh the island, and most of them were
blown down. One life was lost by
drowning.
In October 1912, the Island was
visited by cyclone which came from
the east This caused considerable
damage to the shipping in the harbor,
and when the water subsidized large
quantity OF rubbish was lett piled on
the strand aud the streets contiguous
thereto. The old wooden Episcopal
Church was blown down and other
damage 10 buildings sustained. This
was the widest cyclone TINT ever
visited the island.
The great September cyclone OF
1854 did not do much damage to Gal
weston. The water reached the floors
OF several strand stores, damaging
goods to some extent. IL was during
this storm that the town of Matugorda
was destroyed and u number of people
on the lower coast drowned. The lit
tie steamer "Nick Hip was lost OIL
Dollar Point, IN Galveston Bay.
The fifth storm was the most severe
aud disastrous storm that ever swept
over Galveston. a strong eAsterly
gale set in on October ., 1867, reaching
the highest velocity at noon on the
Sd. The first floors of many Strand
stores were Hooded and tie shipping
suffered greatly. All the wharves eN-
cept the Central We're nearly de-
mOlished, and IA bark, three briggs aud
eleven schUOners Went ashore in the
harbor. AT 4 y, NJ. on the 9TH the
wind shifted from east-nOrtheaSt Ia
northwest and the weather once more
set down.
The sixth storm occurred on the 9th
of June, 1871. An eusierly gale that
had been blowing several days reached
ON the evening of the 9th velocity
of forty miles an hour by 8 o'clock at
night, and by morning hud com
pletely subsidized Several small ves-
sells were wrecked, and the bark Vir.
ginia Dare foundered at her anchors In
the oiling. Four vessels of large
burthen were driven from their an
ch0rs and compelled to put to sea.
Among the buildings blown down
was st. Patrick's church.
On the night Of Octobec |, 1871, n
cyclone visited Galveston and contin-
ued until the Sd. The wharves were
slightly damaged and several build
ings injured. The steamboat Twelfth
Era was lost of Pelican Island. The
sternwbeel boat &. k. Hall was emp.
sized III the upper bay, and all her
crew aud officers were drowned with
the exception of II Swede named Ja'
vObsun.
| The storm of last year isyet fresh
In the memory of our citizens. Little
damage was done la comparison IL
the devastation of previous storms,
though Collins inn and Pat Norton's
house on the beach were the worse fol
, the wear The shoOting-gallery of the
/ German club was washed away. The
whaling brig Moore was wrecked
down the coast
The wind on this occasion blew al
first from the east, then shifted to th,
northeast, where ii remained, blowing
at about eighteen miles an hour a grea
part OF the time. The gale commenced
on the 81 of September aud ended OF
the 18th.