The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-11
STEELE FARM LOST BuNNIss'
coHvTCrs WE'RE nm
ALL HxCDr'r Foua Rr7rss.
ste.s-nuohsnan Pisn,.,,.
fersa Great Lsss-sex.-.. ~ -
Were Killss.

noin'..'sa. Texas. septsns,r !.
terdsy. the day following a. Wis
gloomy and depressing. D.,s ~
cloud overcast the sky and q , 49,
day with but little cessation a y
ing bright sun was sAlu,p. :, & asf'-
people were fully able 20 cos,a,.s ~ y
destruction and desolAtiop $500 sss "
the strong hand Of the hurrIo,,s y
Hempstead MAS indeed : NJ.
scene. The business srests ~. ,ssat
with she remains Of wooa.n 4. n'''is
galvanized roofing. bricks go
other debris. Gangs Of men ~. %
sorting and hauling it away, otss, 4 q. ~
men were on hhe roofs repairing 49, :
arily the roofs. Not Z nsu9
white. but has somsthlng to \.
A iuii list Of losses is net =, 49,,
able. though each individual 4. :"
OF woe TO unfold. Tho rsports \. -
Just beginning To arrive lrom i, "
.ry. and tae damage il worse il VIZ
than mere in the city. "sAas
me big Steele convict plsrt,u..
zoVV acres, out on the river. nv ~
OF every building and It's Gin ds.,ss4'1
Inc eOnNlcls clamoIed TO be- fresa -, .s'-
islhg 10 report in the morning ! - ~
done. as every man had 10 ,ook =. :"
h.mself. True to their pro.uas * - ~ y
v,cts reported in the morpIoy ~ ~
four. who made their ESCAPE. rs.s sA~ss
tracked TO the city and taslr casa,. III I
cen,aln.
The Stone Buchanan plantations !, ~.
acres were swept Gear Of builu,,y. i,
gin. Both these plantations vera ~.
sufferers from the oyerlioWs. each ~.
In the nelgnDorhood Of ,10O,0Og = =
Out on the Manlx plantation .,.,x
thing is gone. Three neKross ~
killed by lalling timDers and snol.,
lying with broken back.
Two white fishermen who were un,.j
on the river have not been heard al
and are given I'D as lost
/ The blacksmith shops OF J. 7, Willis,
and Bob Fitzpatrick are in ruIns, a.
other shop formerly occupied BY Lacsy .
Coughman is pile VI debris.
HS tSsAdSANpS VI H. :, uT0Iu "a
Mrs. VIII Duck are In splinter M
residences OF Mrs. Wheeler and ",
Lewis are also ruined Both the h,s
were two-story structures.
During the height OF Ghe storm Stu,,
day night an alarm of IRE was tuns
in. A negro had fed from his han,
leaving lamp burning and when ID
building collapsed a eonhagration hi.
lowed.
Out at A. ]. Bradbury's place one q h
cows was thrown down and q horse II
bedded so deeply and firmly that she i.
to be dug out. At the Felker planisib
four fine mules were Killed in lalll
barn and others went ino The WOO.
and have not been recovered,
, Reports from the Devices. Harnay, "
Dade, Crook and Hermann plantation
show that all buildings, barns. etc, We
destroyed. These are tt-s large plsft
tions and give an adequate idea Of VII
the smaller farmers suffered.
The Prairie View Norman and hiu
trial institute. one OF the finest sdrr
} tional institutions in the South. wAil
, little city In itself, has suffered A.i'
lily. No authentic information has y
received here. The college opened ~
| week and there were nearly l0o p'''
present.
: Strangely enough the only msfean
IN the city. NJ. S. Robinson. who UF'i
/ storm insurance. was practically snl
iured. His roofing was eestroyea oa'
: damage done to his stock. AZ Wahe'
9 branch firm OF Robinson 8 Grace w
complete loss. A small storm pohs'
In effect there. - ral,
The dental office OF Dr. g " pun
ton. upstairs in the Wler bulldinl
ruined by wafer. The lodge nal 10
same building is in bad CONDITION, !, /,
[ corner on which stands Me w.
= schwarz store seems TO 90 an ..s s,'
i, nate one. 1t has been twlce u''ns'
by FIRE and twice by a sIorm
, The residence of George soo ~. !,
q blown ten feet from its blocks ~ az, !,
y licences of T. w. House ana e 49,. M
are off the blocks and baaly . us-e.
a II. ". Rankin's fine home was Ss s'' s,tr,
" stripped OF its galleries. lns .ns '
+. n, p p suttle's is 10 ruins anu
= household goods damaged. \
y No sttempt has been maoe -
i, quite the losses among the nesFoes An
;, all suffered and but few OF 'asH -
= are standing.