The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-06-15
A GREAT STORM.
Galveston Island Swept by a
Great Storm of Wind
and Rain.
The Docks submerged, Tracks
Turned up, Vessels Found
cred. Other Losses.
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Just in the Nick of Time the
wind Changes, and the tity
Is saved.
News From Bracket, Laredo,
beiton, McGregOr, and all
over TeAHs,

Il
rHE GREAT STORM
Special 10 the Examiner.
GALVESTON, Juhe IL one OF the
heaviest storms that ever visited Gai-
weston Island at this season Of the
| year set in about shutdown last even.
ing aud ragged niriously all night.
| The wind blew directly from the east.
and torrents ot rain fell during the
night. liy midnight the wind had
blown the water into the haN until
| the docks were nearly submerged.
At the east cud, aud on the gulf side
OF the island, the waves washed the
shore with alarming fury, cucruuch-
/ iug further than At any time since the
great Hood of lN7i. The wind about
it- height, wns blowing iitty-i,ye
miles per hour. Tor nearly two hours.
Daylight found the city closely
surrounded on all sides by the angry
waters The docks were -ubmrrgcd,
the railway track were under water
and the shipping was scattered. At
o'clock the wind shifted To tho
nOrthward, thus saving the city from
being submerged, the waters IN the
bHy began To recrdc aud all danger
was passed.
Communication with the main land
Wa. entirely cat OIL for some time,
the first tram crossing the bridge
| about 3 O'Clock this afternoon. Both
| long bridges withstood the storm but
| the Guilt, Colorado u santa fc was
damaged To some extent
The santa Fr track WAS badly
washed out tor two miles, approach
ing the long bridge, aud will require
/ a week 10 repair the damage, aud VIII
| cost several thousand dollars. Mean
while the santa lr Will enter the city
ON the Missouri Pacific track
ON the guilt side of the island the
damage to property WAS quite serious
| The street RAILWAY company lost lis
tracks fronting the Beach hotel, n
number of small bath houses were
washed away. and several larger
huildings were damaged hl being un-
durmincd Two small cua-ting Ncs-
sells iouudrrcd ia the bay, but no 9TH
er serious disasters tu shipping are
reported. several foreign vessels
were lying NJ the outer hnr last eve
ulu8' pu' ''iu ,"l'",'' 'I', ,,'l,, ~,
have not vet returned.
A walh along the beach this eve
ming disclosed greater damage than
! Utht "irai ptNI itnr tiNss u.u",t,,s,
the Beach hotel, washing against the
band stand. THIS is murn higher
than ANY previous hood since the ho-
tel has been hullt. lnc street rail
way tracks for assistance OF -iA blocks
On the beach are undermined aud
! broken tu fragments IN" storm
king also led on beer saloons, chow
der houses and bath huu-cs. The
deep water pavilion that has stood utl
from the shore nj Tia" foot of Iwen-
tleth street Tor the past ten years,
was washed away ,Ahd has dlsal ptAird'
henderson, saloon, that stood ai The
foot OF Center street, was washed
away
Further down me nrhrl the hoto'
rious deh called tue 'lthldtr HM"ou
which WAS also all as7ighhlloh house
kept 10y one Ada furiy, was Anhlhiln-
ted Nothing but lew marble slabs
and ah old carpet lhhthlhB thc sp"i
where the den siuod,
IN addition 10 lh'Hr h@plHll"h'
som" twenty bhth houses standing
along the beach were lnl7'lhg.
The pcruniHry loss III thal Flchlly
will reach HluUOO' The olu cable
house oi the Mexican Cable company
wHs carried away but Their valuable
testing Instruments are secure IN the
new iron house inrlhcr bH'h on lh'
beach.
Down al the east emu "I 'h' '-'nli"
the waters llhuc 7tllou. th''oh'h'
inenls on 'hhd hills ana Town l"'s
washing away several RODS OF prop
erty III some places purlhB th'
height oi the storm r'''eI party
wns organized bl tue lIr department
aud the patrolIed the beach hs-lHllht
those IN distress.
On the bay SIDE ol the l7lahd lh'
storm WAS also NluI'hl, put lh' u"lli
age WAS not ~ great as ON 'ne gun
side The suhmerg'hg "l lhe "hSrNe
ala not result il any serious lo's o
proportyihui the meet "i sl'lA'I ''hHltI
anchored near 'ht "hHrNeS' hu,'''
Ell seNerelN bY lhe S'I"ng "'hu "hi'I
n'al them l"Relhrr Ah" III 7'N'IA' ~
'hces "a'hru ln'lH on ih'" Va
bay where ,hey pHI'l n"tu n"" ,T I"'
tea uhl'l 'he s,ot'i ,,S'.i sup'i'vt ..l, ala u
pleasure yA'h'a " l"'n nnu 'o,,n' ',,,''
w." valuable ohes' were N,G-'V, rev., n"" ,'',',
rom ,heir 'n"4r'pgs ""u we u,,it ,o'H
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