The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-25
THE GULF STORM
'RovEs VERY DISASTROUS
On the Texas Coast-A Number of Vessels
LOst-Towns and Villages Destroyed,
People In DIstFess-Help Needed.
The Death List Increasing,

GALVESTON, August 24,-The recent
storm proved very destructive to small
vessels on the Texas coast and 1t will
doubtless be months before the full list oI
casualties are known, The sloop Katie j,
went to pieces off Pelican Island, The
crew were saved, Lying near her, bottom
up, is the sloop Eliza, Her crew OF two
men are supposed TO be drowned. An un-
known vessel Is reported bottom up at
Red Fish bar, The schooner LiVenia Per-
kins Ia now lying bottom up in the bay
near Pelican Island, Two OF her crew
were lost. The schooner Lottie Mayo is
reported ashore near Indianola, All
hands are supposed to have been lost,
The schooner Lake Austin Is near her,
but the crew OF the latter were saved, all
the small craft In the bay from the shoRl
to Edwards Point are reported to have
been lost.
The schooner S, W. Perry has gone to
pieces In the gull, and her cargo otlumber,
valued at So. 600, is strewR along the beach
for several miles. Her captain and cook
were drowned. The remainder OF the
crew we're saved, 1t is roughly estimated
that the damage done to shipping in this
vicinity during the storm will approxl'
mate 100000, The village OF Quinlana,
at the mouth Of the Brszos river, was en-.
Iirely swept away, and the sChooners Rosa
Lee and Nettie were driven ashore. No
lives were Lost so far as known.
A special from Victoria to-day says: In
dianola Is complete wreck, not more than
three or four houses having escaped de.
struction by the heavy storm which swept
over the town last Friday morning, DR.,
Fisher, the quarantine officer with his
wife, NJ. Malone, Captain Adolph Stern.
brook and a negro woman named Martha
Ellis, had narrow escape from drowning.
The quarantine station was washed away
early Friday morning, and they were
forced 10 take refuge In large grove OF
Spanish Cedars that grew near the quaran.
tine hospital. For nine hours they Cung
10 these frail supports before they were
relieved. Nearly every house on the
upper end Of the island was swept away.
Beattie Meade, a negro woman, and
two children were drowned. No
other lives were reported lost. Nearly
all the sheep and cattle on the
island was drowned and the remainder
will probably perish Tor the want OF water.
There is no provisions on the island ex.
Cept meat. None OF the survivor saved
anything besides what they had on, and
much suffering will ensue unless aid Is at
once extended, Orders have been issued
TO remove the office Of the Collector OF
Customs OF the Saluria district from ln.
dianola to Victoria, and the transfer will
be made Immediately. The bodies OF
Mrs. Dr.. Hodges, her twin children and
her sister, Mrs. Crocker, victims Of the
storm at lndianola, were inferred OF
Uuero on Sunday.
The City Council Of Galveston has ap.
propriated $4,000 for tho benefit OF the
storm sufferers OF this city. Citizens have
subscribed 5000 for the same purpose,
This will only afford temporary relieI, as
over 100 families we're rendered home.
less and destitute by the storm.