Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-08-23

GALVESTON, Aug. % The storm
ceased ON Friday night and families
who had been driven from their homes
by the rapid inroad OF the Guif'sI
waters the night before returned to
their water logged houses and began the
work of repair, wAile hundreds of |
others, whose homes, with all their pos
ressions, had been swept away, sought /
much needed rest after the terrors
through which they had passed. The
morning brobe clear and beautiful. The
waters, which had inundated one-halt
of the eastern and southern portions of
the city to the depth Of from one to
seven feet. had subsided, except In low
places. The beach and the adjacent
portions of the city for several blocks
back from the shore presented deplor
able scene OF havoc and dssolation.
The ruins OF hundreds Of houses,
large and small, had been hurled and
twi listed into every shape, while brick
pillars and wooden piling In every di-
rection contiguous to the beach and OK
posed 10 the full force OF the gale indi'
Gated where happy homes had stood the
night before, but which we're swallowed
up and destroyed in the awful hurri-
cane and flood. All pleasure resorts
along the Gulf shore are either swept
away or ruined, including the Beach
Fl otel, where the cages of large me
lnagerie we're washed out to sea and
many of the bids and beasts drowned
Among the animals that broke loos'
were two Mexican lions, who made
things lively until shot by the nigh
watchman, who received q dangerou
wound by an accidental shot of his as
sistant passing through his arm.
HALF A MILLION LOST.
The heaviest damage to property oc
Icurred in the eigLborhood of the Beacl
Hotel, and is placed at 100000. Th'
work of righting buildings has com
Imenced. The street railways are beini
repaired and travel has been resumed
lover some of the lines; but man,
months will elapse before all traces o
the storm are effaced. The majority o
1.-The sufferers from the food are of tn,
poorer class of people. Many Of then
lost all they had and are destitute aD,
discouraged, being dependent on friend
, for temporary shelter and relief. Pri
vate charity has been active in pro
viding for the sufferers.
The schooner j. W. Perry, from
Brashear City, with q cargo of cypres
, paving blocks, foundered during tn
gale fifteen miles off the island. CAP
tain Whitmore and the colored cool
were drowned. Two oolored sailor
Z clung to some floating timbers and wer
driven ashore eighteen miles down tn
island. They were almost dead fror
exhaustion when they reached tn
shore.
The body of Willie Brown, IL veal
old, residing in the western portion {
a the city. who was drowned Friday {
= the foot of Thirty-second street, wi
recovered at the foot Of Forty. mint
+ street yesterday morning and ",
p buried. This makes the tenth victi
; of the storm. Railroad communicate
:. via the Missouri Pacific Road wi
4 established last night, the first ira
"a arriving at 10 O'Clock.
% HOUSES BLOWN FROM THEIR FOUND.
G TIoNS.
The storm struck Corpus Christi ,
t. Friday morning, coming from q
l. northwest, its velocity being estimat
ye at seventy. five miles an hour. A lar
lie number of houses were moved fro
n their foundations. The colored chnr
ID AID the Office of the Aransas Pass Ra
C. way Company were completely
Ok stroyed. There was terrible storm
rs, Rockport and Harbor Island. All
,s- improvements and grading at Harl
Oh Island were washed away. Seve
,es boats were oapsized and one large yes
lc- was beached. At Rockport ak hou
ur were blown off their found ations. ABB
ch one hundred employees OF the Arap
St Pass Railway Company were obliged
IL leave Harbor Island and seek refuge
ess Rockport, as the water was six I
as deep on the Island. Seven men
on missing and it is supposed they W
er- drowned during the storm.
lal LOSS OF LIFE.
cy' At Sepuin the loss was about $15, q
IN The Record office was destroyed. 7
ese new tower of the Episcopal Chu
'p was blown down and large number
Cic, public and private buildings were cit
ny; destroyed or badly damaged. Rot
cial Jefferson was killed at Sutherli
ih Springs and Garland Smith and ri
az. au ard Burgess were badly wounded.
les. @ pauper living with John Enelar d, scl
n@en @ the river, died of flight during
.We storm. The cotton plant has b
i ~ whipped into shreds, but many
,T oi sons believe that it will take on q
We growth and develop q top crop.
, 70 Luling houses were blown from I
m rht foundations, trees were uprooted ,fer
sn' blown down snd cotton was STRIP
lui, W, from the stalk and blown over
We fields. No casualties are reported.
" Hampstead the damage to the co