The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-11
LOSS in AND ABOUT WAR ION
COTTON AND RICE cRoPs HNNS
BEEN VERY BADLY DAMAGED
s.xcr,I Ncrroe. Were Kiiied on
rInntntions--i'ic Town Whho"'
Drinking water.

wharton, Texas. September lO.-W mar
ton in spite OF the belt of timber wnien
surrounds and has hitherto formed
storm protection. shared fully In the uis
aster which has almost rendered tho
coast section scene OF desolation' s'hVe
Saturday at dark Wharton, with the eA-
ceptlon Of phone line from NicVoiiA
has been cut of from the outs.ue "oi'N'
Telephones aud teiegraphs for iong uiS
lance are still down. and great Anxiety
IA felt regarding the fate OF INC county
which lay In the hurricanes pain
ports from Bay City and otner poih's :"
Matagcrda county are very SAD, anu 'Ne
loss oil property is said TO be enoflhous
Crops are fearfuliy damaged; rice reae'
for harvesting was LAID nat oh Wv
ground. corn and cotton Dea'eh
From adjoining Plantations come '",Ss
; OF desolation which wiring the nearI' on
. the Harrison place one negro woman anu
child we're crushed TO death IN nouoe
ana another enid mangled. w VIZ
y vineyard farm Mr. Marcus Taylor wrlVe1
I that his home was totally demolsieu az
$ his family left without shelter. lnc nv
gro houses around we're torn aud blown
> off the blocks. on other plan lallo l1
there are over ten negroes repore'
:, Mr., N. ]. Russell came in this morn
ing from Bolton. the new town ste "
is the Caney Valley. and reports the ~ -
ls bale gin building at that place sle" -,
damaged and numerous houses near u
I'd town total wrecks. Miles OF fores1 ar
ID torn down and tangled into almost
n Jungle. Cane alone, though blown cow
stands out as redemption OF the count
nd Considering the duration oil the SUI
MT which lasted over twelve hours. the "a
age 10 the town is not as great ." ms
be expected. .,,,
les The oil mill building whlGh ,, Ion,a ~
the costly machinery was unlnlureu, y
eel the immense work shed ana wen ~
,ro nisbed Office was blown down. the 10
-. amounting to several thousand aolial
The Ford opera house was blown IOWA ~
cir total wreck: Mr.. J. w. Roseperry = ~
"a blacksmith shop WAS blown TO piec'
'" atso a store building blown off the bloc
on Irazier's blacksmith shop was also
..,- TAI wreck. Tom Brooks large store
badly wrenched. The Crister notel ~
Iton tally unroofed; Cane Belt depot SIG
our. Nv damaged: Otto Faetche's store ~
~ depot. blown down and STOCK ol ~,
eN total loss: the Jones cane mlll "hlcn
ex- ready to commence operatlon IN
to-, weeks framework blown down, macn
erv unipiured: Will take over moh'n
$ or rebuild. stevens livery stable Da
!. Of damaged several vehicles crasheai
cntire roof OF the court house was d.
aud damaged; Rockwood's store gallery
ried away, and stores along NAN 81
badIv damaged: the Klien water VIC
Iiven mower house was crushed and the l
ia without water; Piene opera nc
blown off the blocks; Linn schooi n'
'oun- blown off the blocks and sligntly d
has aged. Quite numbered or reside
a were unroofed, cisters blown IL
fences laid low and windows blown
n the causing great loss Of furniture ana q
r,,ol- ing. good many houses we're oioWl
, the blocks but otherwise are uhlhJ.
an Wharton Is almost without shaae
= city today. Chinaberry trees. which were
ornament OF the town, are torn 10 pr
to'Hi' sycamores. cottonwoods and small
alltes trees uprooted, shrubbery ruined
aimod picture OF tne tomn ,ro bovrs,
IT s1- News has lust come in from HUI
ford that the Methodist church IS a
wreck. the school house blown OF
enough blocks. the gin stand badly injured
at Mr. depot o wreck.
Mr. Barrow from the Quinne ~
ton reports that not a house IN n''
council Element has a roof
70 any News has lust come IN from Sai
n only that 100 people were drowned. and
Ii u,os sorrow Is felt by those having Il
isr.,o., and relatives in the city. the PEG
wharton with their usual philosopn
uoh 10 fuse to look on the dark side an
aside. busy repairing the damsge, firm IN
sideratc in the resources OF the country TO
trades, crate even under this severe blow