The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-21
STORM DOES MUCH DAMAGE.
A. j. Cook Mas Crushed to Death at
Deer Park.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE At PASADENA
House Completely Destroyed, hut in-
mates Escape Unhurt--tcnceS' 'i"
Trees Blown Away

The terrific norther which struck Hous-
ton yesterday morning shortly peiorc
o'clock did considerable damage In anu
ahont the city. The wind was accompanied
nv vivid electric display and by nerce
and driving rain, the whole having Inc e'-
feet of making 1t decidedly unpleasant VI
those unfortunates who, through uecess'ty
mr. otherwise. were abroad at that hour
The worst of the storm lasted only ABOUT
half nm hour aud ceased as suddenly as II
began, but the decided fall In tue teinpera-
ture which it brought with it remained H'c
the weather has been quite chilly ever
since.
Two uhimneys were torn from the room
of the Grand Central depot and the renee
ton avenue was blown down. Many teie-
graph and telephone poles were GROUNDED,
the private telephone system of the south
ern Pacific offices being considerably dam
aged, and the flag poles over the buildings
wrenched from their fastenings. Fences,
gates and trees all over the city ana at
Houston Heights were blown down, i'he
cedar on the court house square being
twisted off close to the ground. me piii
boards belonging to Colonel G. 7. Slvails
on the corner of Franklin and Milan
streets aud at other points in the city were
utterly demolished. A large oak tree was
blown across the old cemetery in the flrst
ward, in which the remains OF NUMBER
of unknown Confederates lie buried. Chas.
Culmore and others mourn the loss OF
chimneys, and most of the movable signs
on the business streets were blown away.
~
The residence Of John Stout, near Pasa>
dena. about ten miles south of Houston
en- the line of the Galveston, La Porte and
Houston railway, was blown down and
completely destroyed by the storm. There
were six people in the house at the time
and, strange to relate, all of them escaped
without serious injury. Mr.. and Mrs. Stout
were, however both badly cut by the fly
ing timbers. When Mr.. Stout succeeded in
oxtricating himself from the mass OF
wreckage he Immediately instituted
search tor the remainder CT the family, and
within a short space of time succeeded III
finding all but the 7-mouths- old baby On
making a second search, however. the
youngster was discovered under the re-
mains of the roof from which rather dan
gerous place it crawled to meet its father
as soon as it heard his voice.
Mr., Stout did what he could to make his
wife and children comfortable and then
walked mile and half to the residence
of John Perry, where he secured medicine
and a wagon in which the unfortunate fam
lily was later conveyed to Mr. Perry's
home.
Further down in this section of the
country the damage is reported as being
more pronounced, and news of the death of
one unfortunate comes from Deer Park,
some six miles below Pasadena The vic
tim of the fury of the storm was A, j. Cook,
aged ~ years. who was crushed to death
beneath the debris OF the residence of G.
e. Adams which was totally destroyed.
The building was a twc-story structure,
and Mr.. Cook was asleep in the upper
story. The wind was strong enough to turn
the house completely over and the deceased
WAS buried In the ruins his neck and back
being broken.
Mr.. Adams being awakened by the storm
WREN it first broke, arose and closed the
windows and doors. When the house went
over he caught his baby IN his arms and
succeeded in effectually keeping himself
and it out OF harms way although SOME
of the other members of the family were
slightly injured. AS soon as possible the
remains OF Mr.. Cook were extricated and
removed TO the residence of ueghbor,
Mr.. Adams people being made as com. octa-
Bile as possible under the circumstances.