The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-14

were IN tnoTo ~ lue tiIno W Hos IVY nv
they could have escaped without seriou
injury.
'Aii the way along from seabreeze :
I Check barns and houses were blown dowi
. | trees uprooted and there was every evi
dence Of severe storm, but heard Of .
ono being killed The storm seemed :
cross the track time and again and ma
| have done much damage did not see.
''At Port Arthur the town Ia practIcall
destroyed. When tho regular kaieae City
Pittsburg aud Gulf train left there las
night people were crying and begging tn
train men 10 wait and take them out o
the storm. The train waited an hour an,
Z relief train was sent over at once.
"At Sour Lake, on the Southern Pacific
coach. This Will give you some Idea OF III,
force OF the wind"
Mrs. NJ. Allen Of 2siS Pcstoffice stree
came In on the Gulf and Interstate train
She left here yesterday and went over t,
Port Arthur to spend the day. Here II
her story Of the storm:
IT had been blowing and raining all day
and was very disagreeable. left the
hotel early and went down to the train
About 4;sO p. m. the Wind suddenly in.
creased, blowing hard, and heavy rair
was falling. The wind came from the
| land side II blew hardest about 8 O'Clock
| and nearly every houe6 In town sue.
| cumbed. do not think there are twenty
houses left uninJurcd. The roof OF the
Sabine hotel was blown away and when
left Port Arthur at o'clock eix peopIe
were reported killed In Port Arthur and
! many injured.
When got TO Beaumont heard tina,
about forty people had been killed al
Sabine Pass, but all reliable news from the
place had been shut on"
Mrs. NJ. o. Perkins was in Winnie dur.
Ing the storm and she had an experience
which she will not soon forget.
u left there yesterday afternoon" she
said to Post man. Sin company with
my husband Our destination was Winnie.
We reached there at 1880 o'clock and the
wind was blowing with great velocitv
Every minute II increased until soon II
pew veritable hurricane. We had in
.ehaea going to our summar home about
euree mics from Winnie. but the weather
was so bad that we determined to remain
an night at the hotel, two-story sPfnir
kept by Mrs. Creel. The building shook
i'aiiuliy and we expected 1t to collapse
any minute. About 1890 o'clock an I'M
usually heavy pun struck the building and
u was lifted from It's pillars and de-
positcd on tho earth The building was
snshtly distorted and the lower gallery
completely demolished. The guests in the
mouse, consisting Of Mr.. Mason OF Canada
Dr. White, a Presbyterian minister mr.
Perkins and myself. made our escane no
soon as the building was shaken from its
foundations. We sought refuge In chick
Gu mouse, wnere We remained for npnrly
an hotir. until the storm somewhat abated
accompanying the blow was a heavy rain
As soon as possible we made our wav IN
the home OF Mr., j. r. Dickson. where we
Put on dry clothes and made ourselves as
comfortable as possible The Dickson house
was also blown from It's foundation--in
iaet, there were only two structures In
tho town which were not damaged the
Gulf and Interstate depot and the residence
OF MIR. Males
At Mr.. Dickson's house we found mr.
hlmmons dressing wound of n young
man named Barber, who was injured quite
severely below the right knee while max
ing his escape from the store of Mr..
Ihornton. whose place was completely
demolished by the blow Mrs Barber also
sustained serious injuries about the limbs
caused by the collapse OF house which
she was In. Other minor mishaps are re-
ported"
Mrs. Perkins urnad home this morn
ing
The following is the result of the storm
at Winnie.
n, Il. Guess. postonice and store, de-
molshed
horhtons store, completely DESTROYED.
SylVestrrs residence, unroofed.
.. X bickson's lumber office blown
down total loss.
Mr.; bana's residence. blown from its
foundation.
ureefs hotel, blown from foundation.
Inc STERN was at its worst from 1880
until few minutes after midnight