The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-23
A TERRIBLE STORM
BREAKS OVER GALVESTON RAY,
A Number of Houses Swept from TheIr
Foundations md swamped-TOn Lives
Known to Have Bsen Lost-The
Disasters Mt Other Places.

GALVESTON, Tx, August Gas the
wind freshened Friday evening there were
spprehensions that the night would be a
repetition Of the night before, when a per
feet gale blew, but these wore away as
night advanced. By 10 o'clock the rain
had ceased and the clouds had broken
away. Families who had been driven
from their homes by the rapid inroad Of
the Gull waters the night before returned
to their water-logged houses and began
the work OF reparation, while hundreds OF
others whose houses, with all their pos.
sessions, had been swept away, sought
needed rest after the terrors through which
they had passed, The mornIug broke
clear and beautiful.
The waters which had Inundated one
half OF the eastern and southern portions
Of the city to the depth Of from ons to
seven feet had subslded, except in low
places. The beach and the adjacent por-
lions Of the city for several blocks back
from the shore presented a deploFable
scene OF havoc and desolatiOn as far as the
eye could sec, The ruins Of hundreds OF
houses, large and small, had been hurled
and twisted into every shape, while brick
pillars and wooden plling in every direc.
tion contiguous To the beach and exposed
to the full force Of the gale indicated
where happy homes had stood the night
before, but which were swallowed up and
destroyed in the awful maelstrom that
then prevailed.
Ee-Ail the pleasure resorts along the gull
shore are either swept away or ruined.
The plaza In front OF the Beach hotel is
iurrowed by the force Of the waves and
piled with debris, while all the false
work protecting the foundation Of the no.
tel with the fresh water tanks and the
outbuildings YVES swept away, and deep
burrows were cut under the building itself.
MRNAdERIE LoosE.
The menagerle, consisting Of a long Nv
Of cages on the beach lawn, containing
birds and animals, were drowned or
killed, while others made their escape,
Among the animals that escaped were two
Mexican lions, which were on the point Of
making things lively VIII . they were shot
by the nightwatchman, who received q
dangerous wound by an accidental shot OF
his assistant, passing through his arm.
The heaviest damage to property occurred
in the vicinity OF the Beach Hotel.
The wide area devasted by the water
makes an approximate estimate OF the
amount OF damage done somewhat diff.
cult, but II Is now estimated by close cal
culators that 1t will not fall below $780,.
600 and may exceed that, The work OF
buildings has commenced. The street
railways are being repaired, and travel
has been resumed over Bolne OF the lines,
but many months will elapse before the
etIectg Of the storm are etfaCed. Many OF
The peoplelost all they had and are desti-
tute and discouraged, being dependent
upon friends for temporary shelter and
relief. Private charity has been active
in providing for the relief OF the sufferers.
News reached here yesterday afternoon
that the schooner ]. W. Perry from Bra
shear City with cargo otCyprees paving
blocks foundered during the gale fifteen
miles oil the island. Captain Whitmore
and the Colored cook were drowned.
THE TENTH VICTIM.
The body OF Will o. Brown, II years
old, residing in the western portion Of this
city, who was drowned Friday at the foot
Of Thirty.third street, was recovered yes.
terday morning. This makes the tenth
victim OF the storm. Railroad Communi.
cation via the Missouri Pacific road was
established last night.
Messages by tho hundred have been
pouring into the city all day from relatives
and friends OF the inhabitants rendering
aid and sympathy. A special to the MewS
from Corpus Christi says: Friday morn
ing one OF the heaviest storms for years
struck the city. It blew with terrific force
for two hours, the velocity being estimated
at seven miles per hour. A large number
Of houses were moved from their iounda.
tions. The Co!ored church and tho Office
Of the Arkansas Railway Company were
com mpletely destroyed. Large trees were
uprooted and fences and outbuildings
were swept away.
At Rockport sixteen houses were blown
of their foundations. Seven men are
missing and 1t Is supposed they were
drowned. The amount OF damage has not
been estimated, but the loss is heavy.
OTHER CASUALTIES.
sEautS, Tax, August 22.-The damage
by storm here Is very heavy. The Record
office was totally destroyed. The new
tower Of the Episcopal church was blown
down and large number Ct public and
private buildings were either destroyed or
badly damaged. Robert Jefferson, sou Of
Col, John 7. Jefferson, was killed in
Southerland Springs, and Garland Smith
and Richard Burgess were badly wounded.
LuLISd. Tx August 2l.-Ffiday morn.
ing, about daylight, terrific rain storm
set in, which continued till I p. NJ, causing
great damage. Houses were blown from
their foundations aud demolished, trees
wero uprooted, fences blown down, and
cotton was stripped from the stalk and
blown over the fields. No casualties are
reported.