Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-23
TERRIBLE TALES.
The Storm King Sweeps Across the
Pralrles Of Southwest Texas,
Causing Destruction.
San Antonio Suffers TO the Extent Of
Half Million Dollars by
the Visitation.
beeSilie, seguin, Floresvilie, Pettus, Gov.
eminent Hin and Switzerland Springs
All pemaged-Ftve Lives Lost.
sAN ANroNIo's STORM.

special 10 the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TRx., Aug. 22,--0wing
TO terrible gale the city OF San Antonio
has been cut OF from telegraphic commu-
nication with North Texas for two days.
The wind and rain storm which swept
over San Antonio continued in its fury
Ave hours and was the most violent ever
experienced II began about O'Clock In
the morning and reached its greatest We.
locity about II O'Clock, seventy-two
miles per hour,
Nearly every house and building in
town is more or less damaged by wind or
water.
Tho estimated loss Is half million dol
lars, including one hundred thousand dol
lars to the government buildings at the
military department,
The supply of tin on hand Is not half
enough TO repair the roofs.
The heaviest losses In town are 70
Erastus Reed, furniture, $4,000 TO stock
M. Lunda 4 Bro, grain depot, $4,000
The itemlzed accounts OF the wrecka4e
In various parts Of the city makes six coll
umns 10 the city papers.
At FlOresville, on the line OF the Arans-
as Pass road, the Methodist and Catholic
churches, brick buildings, Were blown
down completely.
Fifteen buildings, including two stores,
were swept from their foundations and
almost ruined.
The loss there viii doubtless reach
500, 900. e'
At Pettus two ste res and several houses
were unroofed and wrecked, and at
Switzerland Springs two men were killed,
named Smith and Jefferson, by falling
tree during the storm.
AT sEGuIN.
| Seguin, little town thirty-fve miles
east OF San Antonio, on the line of the
Sunset road, is almost total wreck from
yesterdays storm.
| Nearly every residence and business
house In the town il more or less dam.
aged by wind or water.
| Three residents, whose names could
not be ascertained, were killed few
miles below the town, on the Guadalupe
river, while on fishing excursion. They
were In u tent and We're killed by an i'm.
mense pecan tree falling upon them.
!. FROM OTHER POINTS.
kilograms from Beevillo put the los,
there at $4,000
Koehler 6 Edensfeld's building wat
blown down, and also II. NJ. Ellis stable
and some unfinished buildings.
AT Floresyllle, Griffith 6 Scott's brick
store, the Methodist church and Miss
Wolford's millinery store were blown
down.
The windmill at the water.works went
down.
Many buildings were ungoofed.
The cotton crop IL ruined.
Signs and awnings were blown away.
Nearly all the fues in town were
knocked TO pieces.
No lives were lost.
The damage is placed at $1,000 900.
DAMAGE TO VESSELS.
Special TO the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, Aug. 22.--Salled
Steamship Rio Grande, for New York.
She was detained two days by the storm.
The steamship Comal from New York,
due to-day, has not arrived; supposed TO
be detained by the storm.
The schooner Ella Elliott from Boston,
with cargo Of ice, went ashore Satur-
day morning at San Luis pass, thirty
miles west 81 the city. She has about
completed jetIsoning her cargo and Is be-
ing pumped out, and will probably be
fioated at high tide In the morning The
vessel IL not damaged. She was under
the command OF II. j. Jonos. The mas.
ter and crew Of eight men, all OF whom
were saved, are comfortably housed AZ
the life saving station, The Ella Elliott
was built in August, 1882, and IL owned
in Portland, Me. She Is OF 400 tons
burthen and valued Al $4,000.
coPIoUs- RAIS m coNcHo VALLEY.
Special 70 the Gazette.
SAN ANGELO, TRx, Aug GA very
heavy rain fell here yesterday afternoon
and lastnight that Seemed general. The
Concho river IT, booming, and the malls
are detained by high water In the Colo
RADIO. II has been raining hard all day IN
the vicinity Of SanlAngelo