El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-10
HUGE WAVE FROM
THE GULF
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| WALLIS, Sept. 1O.-Sixty three
houses we're wrecked and half of the
town destroyed; one negro was killed
aud three wounded.
| PEARLAND, Sept 10-All houses are
gone.
ALVIN, Sept 1o-Seven lives we're
lost and all buildings swept away.
ALTA Iona, Sept 1O-Everything
is swept away.
HITCHCOCK, Sept 10-All houses are
gone.
TAYLOR, Sept lO-The damage to
property is ten thousand dollars.
WACO, Sept. ,10.-Msny houses are
damaged; crops ruined.
BAsTRoP, Sept. 1o.-Many houses
are unroofed.
BRooKsHIRE, Sept. 1O-All the town
Is washed out.
Angleton, Columbis, Brazoria, We
lszoo, and Quintan cannot be reached,
but reports say they are completely
wrecked.
SEABRooKE, Sept. 10.-Three lives
were lost.
MoRGANs POINT. Sept 10.-Two
lives lost.
RICHMOND, Sept. 1O-Great lost Of
life and property 10 In ruins.
MISSOURI CITY, Sept. Io.-Four lives
were loss and much property damage.
dEMPsTEAD, Sept. 1.-THE colleges
and many Other buildings were I'M
rooted.
Sabine Pass is reported wiped from
the earth but nothing definite can be
had.
ALTAR, Sept 10-Eleven houses
were wrecked.
DALLAS, Sept. 10.-Word from
Sabine Pass states thai the damage
there and Al Port Arthur was not SO
great as at first reported. Only q few
buildings on the water front ss Sabine
Pass were washed away and the life
saving station destroyed. Two lives
were Lost.
The News Is informed that its Gal
weston office is Q wreck.
This morning v. E. Austin of Gal
weston, who has been in this city on
business since early in July, received .
telegram from lis wife dated eight o.
clock last night at Houston, saying
that she and his nephew and niece we're
safe, but that their property was de-
stroyed.
The frs. news Of the flood was re-
ceived here Saturday morning. E. J.
Lsserre, of the leland City, received q
telegram from his wife stating that
the water was rising, and that it look
ed as though the city would have to
60.
Saturdays HERALD contained q
special dispatch stating the same
fact.
Mr.. Austin did not believe the report
OF the danger In which the city was,
until he received the wire from his
wife last night. The superstition is that
many of the people Of Galveston were
enabled to escape to Houston on tugs /.
Houston is reported crowded with re-
fuRees aud the wires are rushed with
telegrams to anxious friends and rela-
tives of those who we're known to have
been In the doomed city.
This is the most disastrous flood In
the history Of Galveston. The men Of
that city who are In Ell Paso Say that
they had never dreamed OF any suoh
terrible calamity as the one which has
just fallen upon the city. The floods
Of 1867, 1875 and 1886 were not destruc-
tive either to property or to human
lives. In the food OF 1886 only four
persons lost their lives, while the
deaths In 1875 numbered that many.
Mr.. Austin Is prominent real
estate man of Galveston. Some idea
OF the great loss OF life and property
which has stricken the city may be
gathered from his description of the
situation there. His residence Is
situated at the corner of Fifteenth and
Market streets, In the highest part OF
the city. 1t 10 only three blocks from
the coast. In the storm OF 1856, when
Galveston was submerged, his property
was high and completely above the
6oods. There was not q drop of water