Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-25
WRECKS OF THE WIND.
SCHOONERS, BOTTOM UP, LIN
ING THE TEXAS COAST.

Scores of Sailors Unquestiouably
Washed Away by the Waves-Indian-
ola Complete Wreck-A Periious
Night for the Occupants of the Signal
Station.
GALVESTON, Aug. 24.--.The recent storm
proved very destructive to small vessels
off the Teas coast, and it will doubtless
be months before the full list of casualties
are known.
The sloop Katie J. w. 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 sup
posed to be drowned.
An unknown vessel is reported bottom
up at Red Fish bar.
The schooner Livonia Perkins is 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
shoal to Edwards Point are reported to
have been lost.
WENT TO PIECES IN THE GULF.
The schooner S. W. Perry has gone to
pieces in the Gulf, aud her cargo of lum-
Der, valued at So, ,000 is strewn along the
beach for several miles. Her Captain
and cook were drowned. The remainder
OF her crew were saved.
1t Is roughly estimated that the damage
done to shipping in this vicinity during
the storm will approximate 100000.
The village of Quiutana, at the mouth
OF Brazos river, was entirely swept away,
and the schooners Rosa Lee and Nettie
were driven ashore. No lives were lost
so far as is known.
INDIANoLA A COMPLETE WRECK.
A special from Victoria says: Indian
ola is a 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
DIR. Fisher, the Quarantine Officer, with
his wife, Mr.. Malone, Capt. Adolph
SternbrOok, 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 to take refuge in large
grove OF Spanish cedars that grew near
the quarantine hospital. For nine hours
they clung TO these fraIl supports before
they were relieved. Nearly every house
on the upper end of the island was swept
away.
A TRIO OF CoRPsEs.
"Beattie Mead, a negro woman, and two
children, were drowned. No other lives
were reported lost. Nearly all the sheep
aud cattle on the Island were drowned
and the remainder will probably perish
for want OF water. There are no pro-
visions on the island except meat. None
OF the survivors 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 Collector OF Customs Of the Salu-
ria district from IndlanOla to Victoria,
and the transfer will be made imme-
diately.
''The bodies OF Mrs. DIR. Hodges, her twin
children and her sister, Mrs. Crocker,
victims Of tue storm at Indianola, were
inferred at Cairo on Sunday"
ANOTHER STORM AT SAN ANTONIO.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug. 24.-About
8 O'Clock this evening funnel-shaped
cloud made It's appearance in the north
west, and in a few seconds swept across
the city. The storm lasted about fifty
minutes, and was accompanied by heavy
hail the size of marbles. Among the
buildings damaged are the Adams
House, Rever's livery stable, the Southern
Hotel, and the police headquarters.