The Red Cloud chief., 1886-08-27

tioh OF the Sathoic OTphf haCc, q 70
miles west OF the asylum. y I'D an effort
Was made II reach them. br, In vain.
Small bayous had swollen into ra-;n.
rivers with boitons OF ~qulcksaud, vet all
these were crossed, save one. the Gulf
V~erandab. This Ii II bayou with a his.
tory telling oil Its origin during the great
storm OF 1875, when through this out.
let, the Gal: Verandah, u road.
house resort, was coa,ed gu, -
sea. aud with Its Inmates aas
never heard OF any more. Tie current.
was too strong 20 taviga'e either BY
swimming, man or horse. and vet there
were fsose who tried, only 10 be rescued
with difficulty. Finally there came .
man from the other side. lie had
struggled that Tar TO get a coils for his
chdd which died Yesterday. He told Of
TIE safety of the Orphanacc, and ia re.
urn the coffin was sent him as far as the
bay"E, where, partly buried in tie
remnan's Of q and hill, IL awaits the hap.
less father.
All along the beach from the bay 70
this Deycu destruction o! ope Is
everywhere visible. The great sand hills
which projected tho drill and encimp-
TcSt are lcvclcd almost h the incline %!
49, ''S'b. iI W. aIlt DODAl> ANU
parts OF the grand stand have disappear
ed. Wherever there was a house on the
beach there coGld he seen people digging
IKE mad men. Men, women aud call
drcn on their knees, with naked hands
tore away the sand, which seemed 10 take
Tile and move back again into the
hole from which IL had been torn.
The searchcrs were looking for house
hold effects, which, Incredible as il may
appear, had been swallowed w. by tie
sands. The smallest portion of an ar
tcie showing above the surface wi- the
signal To dig, and unless il was saved at
Once all chance Of rescue was lost. At
one place on the beach, whore a half Of
Stanlcy'S road house vas blown AMI
washed away, your correspondent saw
three carpets and a. many bed quilts duy
up. Near the Beach Hotel the root oi a
house, thrown upon tie sands, has al
ready worked lis way down, and is as
firm ia position as il il was built there.
All the street railroad tracks on the
beach are torn away, while portions of
the Narrow Gauge, Texas & Mexican rail-
way tracks are torn away.
On Hroadway, the central street inter.
seeing the city east and vest, the water
was five feet deep, carryin. away steps
and fences, and in many cases bursting
up floors of buildings.
On fremont street, from Avenue X TO
the beach, the water averaged the same
depth, excepting that part paved with
Nicholson pavement from the Strand 10
Avenue h, where ii was only three feet
deep.
Nearly every bridge in the city IL
swept sway, while nearly al the new
pavement OF wood on fremont and other
streets is torn up.
On the Strand the water flooded many
stores, while the Two Brothers saloon,
at the corner OF Market and fremont
streets, was two feet under water. Bus
mess was entirely suspended. Nobody
thought of opening an office or store,
except 10 be on hand to carry
goods TO the upper floors. In short,
Galveston, north, south, east and west.
at five O'Clock this morning was a solid
sheet OF water, and cy~tcmpnrizcd boats
n RATS were as plentiful as people
wandering OF cautiously navigating on
.DrscDlrk