Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-26

tion OF the Catholic Orphanage, four
miles west of the asylum, and an effort
was made to reach them, but in vain.
Small bayous had swollen into raging
rivers with bottoms of quicksand, yet all
these were crossed, save one, the Gulf
Verandah. This is bayou with a his
tory telling of its origin during the great
storm OF 1875, when through this out
let, the Gulf Verandah, road.
house resort, was foated out to
sea, and with its inmates was
never heard of any more. The current
was too strong to navigate either by
swimming, man or horse, and yet there
were those who tried, only to be rescued
with difficulty. Finally there came q
man from the other side. He had
struggled that far to get coffin for his
child which died yesterday. He told OF
the safety of the Orphanage, and in re-
turn the coffin was sent him as far as the
bayou, where, partly buried in the
remnants of sand hill, it awaits the hap
less father.
All along the beach from the bay to
this baycu destruction of property is
everywhere visible. The great sand hills
which protected the drill and enclmp-
ment are levelcd almost to the incline OF
the beach,. The fence and booths and
ed. Wherever there was house on the
beach there could be seen people digging
like mad men. Men, women and chill
dren on their knees, with naked hands
tore away the sand, which seemed to take
life and move back again Into the
hole from which it had been torn.
The Searchers were looking for house,
hold effects, which, incredible as it may
appear, had been swallowed up by the
sands. The smallest portion OF an ar
ticle showing above the surface was the
signal to dig, and unless it was saved at
once all chance of rescue was lost. At
one place on the beach, where half of
Stanley's road house was blown and
washed away, your correspondent saw
three carpets and as many bed quilts dug
up. Near the Beach Hotel the roof of a
house, thrown upon the sands, has al
ready worked its way down, and is as
irm in position as if it 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 Broadway, the central street inter-
secting the city east and west, the water
was five feet deep, carrying 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 to
Avenue X, where it was only three feet
deep.
Nearly every bridge in the city is
swept sway, while nearly all 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 to 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 Il solid
sheet of water, and eXtemporized boats
and RATS were as plentiful as people
wandering or cautiously navigating on
horseback