Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-23
THE STORM FIEND.
DEATH AND DEVASTATION LEFT on EVERY
HAND.

Ten Victims Recovered at GalvestOn-A Vivid De-
scriptOn Of the Destruction Left in the Path
Of the Receding Waters-EStimate Of
Loses-StOrms at Other Points
GALvELTON, Ten, August 22.-As the
wind freshened Friday evening, there were
apprehenSions that the night would be
repetition of the night before, but these
wore away rs night advanced. By III
o'clock the rain had ceased, and the clouds
had broken away. Families who had been
driven from their homes by the rapid IN
road of the Gulf waters the night before,
returned to their water-lOgged houses and
began the work of reparatiOn, while hun
rlreds of Others whose homes, with all Their
possessions, had been swept away, sought
such needed rest after the terrorS through
which they had passed. The
morning broke clear and beautiful.
The waters which had inundated One-halt
of the eastern and southern portions OF the
to the depth of from one 10 seven feet, had
subsidized, except in low places. The beach
and the adjacent portions OF the city for
several blocks back from the shore present
cd deplorable scene of
HAVOC AND DESOLATION
os far rs the eve could see. The ruins of
hundreds of houses, large and small had
been hurled and twisted into every shape,
while brick pillars and wooden piling in
every direction contiguous to the beach
and exposed to the full force of the gale,
indicated where happy homes had stood
the night before, but which were Swal-
lowed up and destroyed in the awful NAL
strOm that then prevailed.
All pleasure resorts along the Gulf shore
are either swept away or ruined. The
plaza in front of the Beach Hotel Is fur
rowed by the force ofthc waves and piled
with debris. while all the false work pro-
tecting the foundation OF the hotel, with
the fresh water tanks and outbuildingS,
was swept away. and deep furrOwS were
cut under the building itself. The mcnag-
erie. consisting of long row of cages ON
the beach lawn. containing birds and ami
mails,
WERE DROWNED OR KILLED,
while others made their escape. Among
the animals that escaped Were two MeXi-
can lions, which were on the point OF
making things lively when they were shot
l. Il Observation-Disclosures tNln rag.INAI a
dangerous wound by IN accidental shot OF
his assistant passing through his arm. The
heaviest damage to property occurred IN
the vicinity OF the Beach Hotel. The
wide area devastated by the water
makes an approximate estimate of the
amount Ofdamage done somewhat difficult,
but it is now estimated by close calcula-
tions that it will not fall below 500, 900, and
NAV exceed that. The work of righting
buildings has commenced. The street rail
ways are being repaired, and travel has
been resumed over some Of the lines, but
many months will clapse before the effects
of the storm are dciaccd. Many Of the
people lost all they had and are
DESTITUTE AND DICOUEAGED,
being dependent upon friends for tempo
rary shelter and relief. Private charity
has been active in providing for the rcliet
of all the sufferers News reached here
Yesterday afternoon that the schooner j.
W. Perry, from Brashear City, with car
60 of cypress paving blocks, toundcrcd
during gale fifteen miles of the island.
Captain Whitmore and q colorcd cook
were drowned.
The body of viii c. Brown, eleven years
old, residing in the western portion OF the
city. who WAS drowned Friday at the foot
OF Thirly-third street, was recovered yes
tcrday morning. This makes
THE TENTH vICTlM
of the storm. Railroad communication
Via Missouri Pacific road was established
last night Messages by the hundred have
been pouring to the city all day from rela-
tivcS and friends, rendering aid and SYM
pathy.
4 special to the Nrcs from Corpus Christi
says: Friday morning one OF the heaviest
rain storms for years struck this city, and
the wind blew with terrific force for two
hours, the velocity being estimated nj
- miles an hour. 4 large number Of
houses were moved from their foundations.
The colOred church and office of the Ar
kansas Passenger Railway Company were
destroyed. Large trees were
uprOOtcd and fences and OutbuildingS were
swept away. At Rockport sixteen houses
were blown of their foundations, seven
men are missing, and it is surpassed they
were drowned. The amount OF damage has
not been estimated. hut the loss is heavy.