Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-15
ON THB ISLAND.
Further Particulars Regarding tss Fterca
Gale Vt sunday Slight.

'"fNner f"fhonlNfs Negardine TIE Fierce
Gale VI sunday night.
specialt 70 the Gazette
HAlVfsroN, rKx,, Jnne a. "a walk
along the beach this ovesins Disclosed
grcater damage than was al arst ann
posed Tho waves beat clear Nh over
the grass ttontlng The Beach hotel waeh-
ing against the band.stand THIS K lnuah
hiGher than any previous hood since
me hotel has been burt. The
slsees railway tracks fOr dis
lance OF SIX blocks on the beach
MIG Undermined aud hroken into
ltegments, The storm.klng TED on heer.
me pavilion thss steae &c ;s3a fropt
shore ~ the loot Of Twentieth street for
the past ten years, was washed away and
has disappeared forever. Hendrfaon,s
saloon, an cyeaore that stood AZ ths fhot
OF Center street, was washed away me
Sea Breeze saloon, which stood
diagonally opposite the Beach Total.
now lies Hat upon the sand
Us underpinniug WAS knocked ont ia
gigantic log Further down tne beach a
notorious den called the Oieaudor saloon,
whieh was also an asslgnat,on house, kent
ol Que Ada ilucdy, was complotalg annia
hlieted, nothing but lew msrhia slabs
ana an OLD carpet marking the sp0t where
his den shut ont tho view. lu addition
10 these Indications some tweuty
roller lighthouses standing alouE the
beach are missing The nncuniary lnas
Ia this vicinity Wlll reach neetlv $40 000.
The old cable house OK the Mexican Cablb
company was carried away, but tneir
valuable testing Instruments are secure In
The new iron hut Further down AZ the
east end OF the island the Wdtofa made
strlous oncfoachmcnt npon sand hills
aud town los, washing away several rods
oi property IN places During the storm's
height relief party WAS Organized
by the IRE department, and thcy patroied
the beach assisting those IN distress. ON
the bay side OF the island the storm was
also violent, bat the damage was not IA
great az on the gulf side Tho snhmorr.
ing Of tho wherycs did not r0suit ln any
serious toss Of property, but the feei II
small coasters anchored near tho
whatves suffered severely hg the strong
wind, which beat them together,
aud In several Instances washed
thfn out intp the bay, ehoFe they
pafbly hlled and setlgd unit the storm
snbsiied The pleasure yachts Vlaha aud
Ste'la, two valuanle boats, wsre seshgd
awaY from ihtlf mOufMWs ib VIOLA,
II IS thpughG Is lying oy0r on Builsar
poin, while tho stella L lost, and the
White Wing, the craea tacAt OF Che auli,
IL crushed aud damaged ala0sl beyond
recognition. Whom the yale SGT 10 last
evening there were fve large Ships ana
batks standing oii the bar
They all weighed anchor and
put further out 10 sea AZ
dark this evening two OF them were seen
returning TO their old anchorage, but the
strongest soa.gass failed 20 discover any
sign u the remaining three. II Is not
known what the names Of these vessels
are or where they are from, except that
the iiags showed two Of them were Brit
ish. There isno particular apprehension
for the vessels as they took n Wise preo0u-
tlon In moving out 10 sen. During Che
hoightOi the storm u was exceedingly un-
healthy 20 be ont on the street as signs
were falling and several cofnices were
blown down, Many Atore-keepera ran out
aud threw ropes over their swinging signs,
thus saving them. After the storm rub.
sided the sun came out aud tho balance
OF the day was exceedingly oppressive
and hot Everybody Is talking about the
storm, rcconniing the extraordinary yo
loclty OF tho wind, and prognOstcating
on what might have become u Galveston
II the Guiding Hand had not shifted ihe
wind into the northwest and titus swept
the waters out OF The bay, which we're
gradually submerglng the city