Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-13
he APPROACH OF THE STORM; ~
OMNIBUS CONDITIONS FRIDAY.

Galveston. Texas, Sept. 10, by West
I$p Union dispatchboat to Houston,
Fexas, Sept. 1.-THE terrific cyclone
{lat produced such a distressing dis
l4ter In Galveston and all through
1exas was predicted by the United
hates Weather Bureau to strike Gal
ton Friday night, and created much
<0prehension, but the night passed
M{thout the prediction being verified.
The conditions, however, were omin-
0Qh :the danger signal was displayed on
lid flagstaff of the Weather Bureau,
Whipping was warned, &c. The south
a2stern sky was sombre; the Gulf
b6st high on the beach with that dis
mAl, thunderous roar that presaged
while the air had the stillnesB
G1ht betokens storm. From out Of
k|}f north, in the middle watches OF
4|# night, the wind began to como in
ztlteful puffs, increasing in volume as
{56 day dawned.' BY 10 O'Clock Satur-
1HF morning. it was almost gale, at
naon, 1t had increased in velocity, and
lf&s driving the rain, whipping the
I1nols and tearing things Up In lively
Manner, yet no serious apprehension
&s felt by residents remote from the
3ncroaohments of the Gulf. Residents
H9ar the beach were aroused to the
d4hger that threatened their homes.
EtppendouH waves began to send their
v4ters far inland, and the people
bdEan a hasty exit to seizure places
in,the city. Two gigantic forces were
tt work. The Gulf force drove the
waves with irresistible fury high upon
the beach, and the gale from the north
6nat pitched the water against and over
zhe wharves, choking the sewers and
19eding the city from that quarter.
b streets rapidly began to FIJI with
Yer; communication became diff
QaH and the helpless people were
cxukht between two powerful elements,
While the wind howled and rapidly in
erSksed In velocity. Railroad com
rigpieation was out off shortly after
jI6}|p, the track being washed out
KIP facilities completely failed at 8
Ipok, and Galveston was isolated
}I4n the world. The wind momen-
t4kIly. increased In velocity, whiie the
W85er rapidly rose, and the night drew
pa Eith dreaded apprehension depicted
LIP be face Of every one.
Ajready, thousands were brayely
atf(x Cling with their families against
|the had waves and fierce wind for
|plnqes of refuge. The public school
|buildings. Court House and hotels, in
|J1et any place that offered apparently
ME refuge from the elements, be.
|3lne crowded to their utmost Two
utes of $50 p. M, Just before ths
@mometer blew away, 1t had reached
frightful velocity OF 100 miles ar
BIZ. Buildings that had hitherto
<pd tumbled and crashed, carrying
IN Eth and destruction to hundreds d
pSbpie. Roofs whistled through tn,
MI (; windows were driven in with /
psh, or shattered by flying slate
legraph, telephone and electric ligh
les, with their masses of wires, wei
2Appsd off like pipestems, and wats
1hmunications were broken. VIVA
)pcity the wind attained after th
61emomster blew off is purely a matte
Q# speculation. The lowest poin
H4ched by tho barometer in the pres
oofrespondents' office, which was fillsi
1X frightened men and women, wa
3{D4Ls; this was 7.30 p. m. 1t thel
tan to rise very slowly; and by II
an., had reached $500, the win,
dnally subsiding, and by midnight
storm had passed. Tho water
lob had reached depth of .eigh
~ on the Strand, at 10 p. M, bega