The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-14
STORM ON THE COAST
Six Arc Dead and Many Injured u
Port Arthur.
THREE DROWNED At SABINE PASS.
They Mere Aboard Oae Of The Tugs
Which Foundcred.
LOSS TO PROPERTY IMMENSE.
Hardly . House Left at Fort Arthur
and Winnie.
COTTON IS VERY BADLY INJURED.
IL was Biown Ont of the open hollis
In several Countics-Loss
In Heavy.
Hardly . House Left at Fort Arthur
AMI Winnie.
COTTON IS VERY BADLY INJURED.

DEAD:
FRANK ALBRIGHT. employed at cleo
trlc hight plant,
FRITZ MICHAELls, laborcr.
GEORGE MARTIN. brick mason.
MARY UNswoRTH. aged 10. daughter
OF William Unsworth. employe Of the Port
Arthur Townsite company.
Infant son of Mr. aud Mrs. W. II. Jack
son.
ONE wIcKs. white man. aged about
10 years.
INJURED;
Roy Stafford, wife and li-ycar-old
daughter. neither OF them dangerously. The
father and child are badly bruised and the
mother has her left leg broken IN the hip
Many others received cuts and bruises.
but their injuries are not sufficient to put
them In bed.
Port Arthur, Texas, September IA
hurricane last night almost wiped the town
OF Port Arthur. Southern terminal of tho
Kansas city. pittSpurg and Gulf railroad.
from tho face OF the earth. Tho wind began
blowing gale from the northeast at 10
o'clock yesterday morning, and as the day
advanced 1t grew stronger. by o'clock 1t
Ind accumulated n sufficient velocity to
churn the usually peaceful bosom OF
Sabine lake into scething. rolling body
| cf water. Waycs rolled high and the swish
and roar OF breakers mingled with the dole
| tul moan OF the Wind and struck terror to
the hearts OF the timid inhabitants.
At 6 o'clock the gale became terrific
hurricane, and before tho dlsuster that HAD
oyeriakep tho city could be respxcd the air
was filled with flying boards and timbers.
tho crash OF buildings being destroyed
could be heard on every side and tho
shricks OF frightened men. women and chfl-
drcn and walls OF the wounded. all OF
which was shroudcd in inky darkness, while
rain fell in torrents, made the ciroum-
stances particularly distressing TO those
who retained their presence of mind.
The hurricane was not brief visitation
like cyclone. II began the work OF de-
strpction a few minutes after o'clock and
continued with increasing vlgor until about
o when the wind began TO abate.
Az soon az Il was considered safe parties
were organized and the work OF rosculng
tho unfortunates who had been caught un-
der the falling houses began. On account
OF tho darkness and continuous rain tho
rescuers could not work satisfactorily. for
IL was utterly impossible to reach all tho
houses which had been blown down In
fact, the damage csAld not be nscertained
until daylight The buildings In which
parties had been caught by the falling
| "A hv WIN pAcan1d.
however. and within a few hours elk dead
bodies were taken from the ruins aud LAID
out to await burial.
When daylight. came It exposed mose
appalling picture. the damage having been
much greater than was expected In fact
hardly building escaped, and large ma
jority were totally destroyed.
The natatorlum. the railroad round
house, Collonade hotel. Hotel Hayden, Port
Arthur Herald, sollnsky's grocery. Utter
, backs confectionery and the First National
bank OF Port Arthur. the only brick build
ing in the city. were either demolished or
: damaged almost beyond repair. The cot
{ tages and other small hopses/tazed to the
. ground would aggregate one hundred, and
with one or two exceptions every other
: house in the city WAS more-or less dam
aged. The natatorium roof blew distance
: Of 200 feet and knocked roof from tbs
: kitchen OF tho Sabine hotai.s
. The fatalities occurred In the Utterbact
4 confectionery store and in the round house
!. Frank Albright. Fritz Michaelis and George
!. Martin ran into this building to escape the
+ rain and were crushed to death when thu