Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-22
HOWL OF THE HURRICANE
TEXAS TOWNS COWED BY THE
WIND MONSTER.

GALVESTON, TEX, Aug. 21.-The
schooner Livonia Perkins, of about forty
tons burthen, engaged in the lumber
trade, was capszed by the force of the gale
about O'Clock Thursday night off the
bar in six fathoms of water. There were
four persons on board, Capt. John Mitch
ell, Mariana Moragos, a seaman and
! Pritchard the cook. When the vessel
went over Pritchard seized small bar
| rel, but was forced by the action of the
waves TO let it go. Swimming with the
tide he crossed the east end of the leland
through what is known as Hospital chan
mel. When he reached point abreast Of
the new wharf he haied the steamer S. T.
! Maddox, which was moored there, and
| succeeded in making his way to the wharf
where he was helped ashore.
SWIM OF TEN MILES.
| The distance swan by Pritchard from
| the place where the schooner was swamp
! ed to the point of his rescue must have
been nearly 10 miles. All the others OF
the crew Of the ill-fated craft perished.
This and the drowning of negro boy on
Thursday are the only instances of loss
of lie SO lar reported. Several small
fishing boats and yachts anchored along
the wharves were sN amped, but no seri-
GUS damage was done to the shipping in
the port. Much apprehension is felt,
however, tor the brig Belle of the Bay,
| from New York, which arrived in the
outer roads Thursday afternoon. She has
disappeared from her anchorage and it is
hoped that her Captain, who is familiar
with the coast and it's weather, stood ont
to sea as the gale increased In violence and
that the vessel will turn up all right in
a few days.
THE STORM OF 1875.
While this storm does not compare with
the great storm of 1875 in violence and
destructlveness tue water was much
higher and covered a greater portion OK
the city. All the street railways are bad
lv damaged, and that portion along the
line Of the beach ls completely destroyed.
The street pavement Is washed up, bridges
and culverts are gone and the damage
done in this direction is heavy. An ac-
| curate estimate OF the damage cannot be
made until the storm shall have abated.
Many families have lost their all, and are
destitute. 1t is thought by conservative
men that the loss will reach fully 100000
| and perhaps more. Telegraphic COM
munication was interrupted at 3 O'Clock
yesterday morning, but was restored at
3 O'Clock the same morning. Railway
communication, which was broken at
| mluui2uI Auul5ud9 HlSubs mas nOb OcGu lc"
stored in consequence OF the dangerous
condition OF the bridges across the west
bay.
CUERO'S LOSERS.
Later specials say that the storm at
Cuero. forty miles north of Victoria, was
one of the seVerest ever known in that
section. II ragged from 5 O'Clock 10 II 30
O'Clock Friday morning. The wind blew
a hurricane and rain fell in torrents, both
] -. r,TV .
/ the storm abated. Among the heaviest
losers in the business portion Of the town
are Thomas Duran, dry goods, Charles
! Dickerson, hardware, and John Str2tton,
wagons, buggies and sRddlery, their build
ings being completely demolished. Other
! business houses were badly dam
aged by being unroofed or hav-
| ing their fronts blown in.
In the residence portion OF the town
about forty houses were more or less
damaged and half d dozen are total
wrecks. The Presbyterian church is in
ruins. The Catholic church is of its
| foundation and badly shattered. The
| Masonic Hall was also blown off its base
and will have to be rebuilt. Trees were
uprooted and fences were prostrated.
The damaee is estimated at $4,000
No casualties are reported. The storm
! of Thursday night extended over wide
area and created widespread havoc. 1t
will be days before the full extent and
damage of the recent storm on the Texas
coast will be known.
For destructive violence while it ragged
! il equals any storm ever known on the
coast.
A HURRICANE AT VICTORIA.
VICTORIA, TEX, Aug. FLA disastrous
wind storm visited this city yesterday,
leaving destruction and desoiatlon in its
| track. The wind blew a perfect hurri-
! cane. About O'Clock IN the morning an
east-bound passenger tram, which was
standing at the depot here, was blown
/ over on the platform. Several passengers
were on the train, but all OF them escaped
uninjured. The freight depot and Ma
! sonic Hall. both large buildings, are total
wrecks, while the whole cOlOred section
il almost literally swept from the earth.
Two church steeples were blown
down and two churches unroofed. The
high school building and the
/ lail were considerably damaged. Al
I together there were about 70 houses com
! pletely demolished and llS more or less
! damaged. a few buildings escaped un-
iuiured. Trees aud most Of the shrub
berry In the city was blown down and the
streets were filled with the debris. Busi-
ness was entireiy suspended. The loss is
roughly estimated at 100000. Old cit.-
storm ever known in Victoria. The tele-
graph wires are all down and there is no
| connection south Of here.
IN THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY.
! News from Cuero says the storm was
very disastroustn property there also.
AdYices from the country say the storm
/ was very violent damaging crops and
! destroying property. a special train from
! Indianola brings sad news as to that
! place. The relief party that went down
! on 1t report the following: When the
train arrived within tour miles Of Indian
ola tracks were washed out very badly
| and were partly gone. The party
walked within half mile of
! the town in water waist deep and
/ could 90 no further. They saw
| Mr.. Clements across the bayou. The
bridge was washed away. He said we
! should have a train there very early in
| The morning, RS everybody wanted TO get
away. They have nothing TO eat ard no
clothes. It's reported that tho lower
end of the town is gone, from Mrs. Mo-
| cue's 20 the ice house on both sides or the
! street. The wharf is also gone. There
are supposed 10 be many lives lost, as
many persons are missing.
SOME or THE MISSING.
The only body found was that of a sis"
| teY-in.law of MIR. Hodges, OF Cuero, Tex.
| IL was discovered, this side OF the
stream. about two miles from town, lying
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