Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-22
Tween Tive People Drowned at Indl-
81 ole -eat Loss at Victoria,
'S@aco ,ssa;o >ro and Layaca.
Hundreds Of HoGss q Mashed Away,
While Others are Damaged by
Flood and Gale.
IndianoIa sim Cut on from the Ont.
side World The Whole Town
Is Submerged.
Drops Ruined for 100 Miles InIand-ren
Victims Reported from Galveston
The Total Loss in the Millions.
HISTORY or A GALE.

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VICTORIA, TEX, Aug. 2i.-Report.
from all directions indicate that yester
days storm was the most destructive evei
known in this section.
The wind attained velocity OF at leas
seventy-tlve miles an hour, and continued
for about eight hours.
Nearly every town along the Western
Gull Coast has suffered severely in prop
erty.
Fortunately, with the exception of a
lndlanola, no loss Of life is reported
In this city, about forty houses wer,
completely demolished, while perhap.
100 more had their roofs blown away.
But few fences are left standing, while
the destruction OF trees, shrubbery, etc.
has been enormous.
The streets in all directions are fiileC
with wrecks OF buildings piled promlscu
ously by the strong wind.
Two Catholic churches are so com
pletely wrecked as to make their further
use impossible.
The Presbyterian church belfry wat
blown down, falling upon an adjacent
residence.
The Methodist church was wrenchet
AApiN ito ANuhdetiOhf anu 10 very Daull
wrecked.
Every colored church in the city except
one is entirely destroyed.
The high-school building is so badly
shattered as to be worthless.
The upper thirty feet of the water.
works stand pipe collapsed, and still
stands mute testimony to the mad rush
of the wind.
The emokasfacL a. tba ,ynta, ,,,,,,i,.
pump-house fell soon after the storm be
gan, but repairs have been made sufficient
to keep the city supplied with water.
Two of the three engine houses belong
ing to the city fire department were blown
down as completely as if they had been
constructed Of matches.
The star hook and ladder company's
truck was badly damaged, as was also the
hose carriage belonging 60 Protection
Hose company No. L.
The heaviest losses here in the city of
Victoria are; Damage to water-works and
the fire department, at least $4,000.
w. j. Mcnamara, three warehouses,
$4,000.
@. r. Alden, carriage repository, black
smith shop and livery stable, $4,000.
st. Mary's Catholic church, $4,000.
German Catholic church, $1,000.
Railroad property, consisting OF two
depots, round-house, wind.mills, etc,
$4,000
The total loss in this city is believed TO
exceed $4,000, while that OF the coun-
try is probably twice that sum.
Nearly all the fences are fiat on the
ground.
Scarcely vestige of cotton remains in
the bolls.
The corn still ungsthered is on the
ground and will most likely be entirely
lost.
News from Goliad, twenty-eight miles
West of Victoria, is to the effect that the
storm ragged there with great violence.
Many houses were unroofed, while q
number were destroyed.
Parties from Cuero report at least forty
buildings down, among which are pu-
ren's large store, containing heavy
stock of goods.
The railroad shops are wrecked, while
TWO or three churches were blown to
pieces.
From Indianola comes the saddest and |
most heartrendlng news yet reported.
Here, during the height of the storm,
he signal Office was blown down, carry !
ng with ii Capt, /. A. Reed, signal Of |
icer, and DIR. II. Rosencranz, both of |
whom were lost.
A fire broke out among the ruins which
extended for block on both sides OF the
itreet, destroying thirteen houses, among
which were d. H. Regan's large dry
foods store, and DR.. Lewis extensive
lrug establishment.
DR.. Lewis was In this building at the
ime il took FIRE.
He evidently escaped being burned TO
cath, but was subsequently drowned,
is body being found to-day near old
own.
SO far as can be learned, the following
, a complete list OF the lives lost;
CAPT. l. A. REED, signal officer,
DR. IL. ROsENcRANz, a resident OF Ell
in, ILL.,, formerly resident Of Indlanola,
The wife and two children Of DR. s.
lodges OF Cuero,
MRS. CRooKER OF Austin, visiting at
ldianola with Mrs. Hodges,
MRS. HENRY SHEPPARD,
Two children Of MRS. MAX LUTHER OF
orpus Christi,
DIR. DAVIS LEWIS and
A German, name unknown. n
Besides the above the bodies Of ten coll
red persons have been found. g
The body Of DR.. CRooKEK was found
EAR the railroad track yesterday evening. .,
e was drowned near where the body :
az found by party to-day.
-Four miles Of the track Ii washed r
way, rendering Il impossible for trains
approach any nearer that distance OF "
disnola. b
There Is great destitution there among c,
Q poorer classes, who have lost every Ii
ing they possessed N
The depth OF the wAter is reported as Il
eat as IL was during the great storm OF 70
70, when lndianOla had nearly two pl
inbred OF her citizens swept away.
ON Friday tho influx Of water over the
on;ed Town was so rapid that within
Q hours after the first approximations :
re felt every street waB submerged !,
my feet.
Al Layaca, twelve miles above Indian
|, four seet o. water Is imported "
d 1878 tne streets there were mo- sub
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