The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-11

en- OF Houston, died In an effort to get to .
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pedo casemate, quarantine warehouse. In
fact, all buildings but the quarantine sta
| ton proper, have been washed away The
Jetty Is not vtsable and only a portion of
the fortihcations can be seen. At Fort
| Crockett, City 5each, In the western por-
| tion OF the city, battery C, First artillery,
suffered greatly Twenty of the men were
killed and number injured. All the bar
I racks. storehouses and Captain Rafferty's
residence were demolished. Thirteen mem
/ beers OF the battery were at Fort San
/ Jaointo. Port POINT. and seven at the
Bolivar Point Notifications on duty. They
have not been heard from. Along the
wharf front The destruction was great
! The wharves proper have not suffered so
/ much except from the planking tear ng
loose. but the sheds were almost totally
demolished and the debris makes the
wharves almost impossible. The roofs
and upper portions OF the Galveston
Wharf compsny's grain elevators and of
the Texas Flour mills elevator were torn
away and the engine rooms collapsed. The
conYeyers OF elevator 3 and the Star milis
were demolished. There were 100000
bushels of wheat in the'three elevators 1t
is badly damaged, II not wholly lost
The water tore great holes in the filled
lands of the wharf front and sections o.
the tracks dropped into these holes VII h
hundreds of ears. Many cars are over
turned and torn from the trucks. Nearly
all Of the small boats of the mosquito fleet
were landed on top of the wharves and
remained there. The crews We're unia-
iured. The steamer Cumberland and sew
eral schooners capsized, but the crews es-
capped. The State quarantine steamer cap
sized and the United States dredge boat
Comstock grounded, but the crews were
rescued The following ships are aground
in different portions Of the harDor:
Alamo OF the Mallory line, Red Cross,
Gyller, Taunton, Benedicta and Norma, q
coal steamer name unknown, is sunk of
Bolivar Point.
A tug Is wrecked on Pelican island. The
steamships Wjodleigh, Mexican, White
hall, Telesfora and CaITuin are ailoat and
) safe, although the Whitehall was consid-
| eraby damaged by imbers from elevator
and by the jammins OF other ships. The
Whitehall and Teleslora during the height
Of the storm Heated over the wharves and
0 left the Imprint Of their screws upon the
| deck Of the wharyes
The big iron oil tank Of the Waters
Pierce Oil company was picked up from
, the Fifteenth street pier and carried 10
! Twentieth street. The old union depot In
recent years used as the Office OF the SUI
perintendent OF the wharf yards, was
dashed to pieces, as were numerous small
5 frame buildings along the wharf front. A
Santa Fe passenger tuin got stuck be
q tween two washouts on Galveston island
about noon Saturday and after that al
5 attempts to run trains were abandoned
r Men we're sent out Sunday morning TO re-
port the condition OF the bridges across
o Galveston bay, but were not able to -eact
1 them. Telegraphc communication was alst
5 cut off on Saturday. The linemen whC
k went out sunday reported that the rail.
S road bridges were all washed away ant
that there was not sufficient material III
y Galveston to rebuild the telegraph lines
= The cables under the channel are gone
c The lines will hive to be built to the city
from the mainland.
Q Strenuous efforts were made on Sun
day to repair tho damage to the Next
|. can cable. but on account Of the SEE
n being still high. 1t was impossible to pIcl
s up the lost end OF the cable.
s Thousands OF kilograms were filed n
i the telegraph Office during the day will
n THE expectation that they would be sell
h to Houston for transmission. but IN
: captain OF the only small tug avallabl,
y would not venture on the trip with
b new crew. his engineer and fireman hay
t Ing been lost while tugs which Nigh
10 De had wee too deep draught TO navl
10 gate the BAYOU.
10 In the business district scarcely
building escaped some injury. The
u Grand opera house is caved in and thu
II fourth story of the Hotel Grand, par
p. OF the same building. was blown OF.
y The third story of the city hall wa
n blown away The three-story building /
d which the Ritter cafe was locased wa
$, demolished and crashed into the real
% OF the News building. The fourth stor
d was torn from the w. l.. Moody buildln
y at Twenty second and Strand,
The Masonic Temple at Twenty hrs
10 and Postofhee street was partially I'm
: Rooted and the lower part torn away
Z The front end of the upper stories OF IA
u Harmony club was cayed In and a fran
y building across tho streets demolished
/ The Bolton livery stable building, adjoin
. ing the frame building was badly dam
d aged. The Alvey building at Twenty
T. second and Market street was unroofe
!, and otherwise damaged and the Kemp
u ner building across Market street. whic
81 WAS undergoing reconstruction. was con
X siderably damaged, The three-story gro
y Gerry building of John Wagner. on Mar
n ket street, between Eighteenth an
~ Nineteenth streets. was completely de
lie molished.
A. The four-story building Of q. Dulit,
= al twenty second and Church streets, wa
10 wrecked, and Harmony hail. Just aoros
y the street, was caved in at the front
" The four-stcry building az Twenty
=, fourth and Mechanic streets. occupied b
% Marx q Slnm's Hat and Shoe compan,
y was wrecked.
IN The fremont hotel lost portion OF Il
5 roof and some wall, and the Gregory liver
10 stable, across the alley, was Quilted.
re Several frame buildings IN thai part
n town were blown down and a number
81 small brick buildings were unroofed an
J. otherwise injured.
Among other prominent buildings dam
y AGED or destroyed was the Galveston or
4 phans home, all the children being re
o ported nnhurt; Sacred Heart church, on
"a Of the largest churches in the city. Is
total wreck. St, Mary's university, ad
I, Joining IT, is considerably damaged an
4 the Athlete building destroyed.
II The First Baptist church IS a wreck
"a the parsonage adjoining St Johns Meths
dist church Wracl<Qi allnOnah NJ