The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-10

of her home. aside from her little son Til
tord and her servants With the assistance
OF MIR. G. S. Cleveland TINS party lett tn
house when the storm began to increase n
fury and repaired to the lnrge barn back OF
the house, where thew remained safely until
the hurricane had spent It's force.
Az II this were not enough Interesting eS-
periences tor one small place, Mrs. I, ).
Gibbs, daughter OF Agent Beadle OF the Cal
voston Houston and Northern, and a sister
iu-law Of Mrs. Jones' who had been visiting
in MeXia, arrived at Deepwater on the last
train sent down by the Bay Shore line. On
the same train was Miss Brooks or Calves
ton. who had also been visiting ia North
Texas and who had been advised BY the cor
duotor OF the train to stop at peepwater
rather than attempt to get through to her
home. Miss Brooks decided to act ON this
advice and the two ladies wore assisted from
the railroad station to the Jones house by
some Of tho mon composing the tram crew.
Mrs, Jones having already sought shelter in
the barn. Mrs. Gibbs and Miss Brooks de-
cided to remain In the house all night ana
this they did, although entirely alone
Tho principal item of damage to Mr. Jones
property lies in tho practical loss OF his large
hay barn situated lust back OF his stJr3
building and only a short distance from the
station, This building was almost entirely
demolished and the 1900 bales OF hay con-
tanned therein were badly damaged ms were
the eighteen wagons aud the several agrt-
cultural implements which the build ng shell
tered binder which was removed from
the structure on Saturday was not damaged.
The Jones gin, just back Of tho hay barn.
was also badly wrecked. The water tank WIS
blown from ITS frame, the smokestack was
torn OF aud the cnyiua and boiler more or
less damaged. In addition to the hay barn,
hye smaller barns on various parts ol the
plantation were wrecked as wrro six res 81
denceS belonging to the property. MIR Jones'
own residence was not greatly harmed be-
you'd sustaining the loss Of several wtndow
ranes which allowed the rain to hoot the
interior the store building was badly
nod MIA 1ftfl
The building used as postonICc was dam
aged The loss is estimated Nv MIR. Gibbs
At from $1,000 to $4,000
The Galveston. Houston and Northern sta
ticn is IN n bad shape nearly the whole Of
It's soutl, half having been wrecked and torn
4 away by the wini.
Among the other buildings damaged were
two shods belonging 10 #. w. Lewis and
the house occupied by Mr. Parks, which was
blown OF its blocks, Mr. Parks barn was
also badly twisted, The residence OF j. $.
Beadle. tho station agent, was damaged and
the house belonging to Cash d Lucke OF
this CITY was damaged as result of the
rain which swept IN through the broke n
window panes, The house OF Mrs Writ was
partly wrecked and L. V, BIllocks house
and barn wero damaged. The harm OF j. IL.
stark was damaged considerably rs were tho
bnrn and sheds of w. NJ. Castoel and the
barn OF Mr. zlomki. II was reported hero
that tho hay barn OF a rlan named Collins
rear Genoa had been destroyed and number
Of head Of stock killed.
~
The county shell road ends at Deepwatcr
and although The Post representative desired
TO push on further he discovered that tbs
roada south OF Deepwster were almost abso-
lutely impossible and that L would not b,
possble to get safely over Them, However
the long distance telephone service between
| Doepwater aud La Porte was in working or
der. ami as result OF telephone CONVEX
sation with Mr. Dennis OBrlen Of the latter
| place. a very rulI ana complete story oil toe
| situation there was secured.
Mr. O'Brien stated that a stn gale had
blown at La Porte all day Saturday and tnIt
| It began 10 increase in violence about 3 p
TN. Alter that IL ragged almost increasingly
until 2:SO a. m. Conservative calculations
| uaced the velocity OF the wind at from 90 to
| ~ miles per hour Ii was aooui o'clock tn
| the evening that most OF the damage was
cone. Stouts wagon and blacksmith shoT
| VAS totally destroyed and hay barn be-
\ longing to a Mir, Baker was badly damaged
| The Methodist church was blown down rns
band stand and public wladniN IN tho old
! town were torn down and locally destroyed
| The stock OF general merChanGiso Of Mr
| Mcneil was damaged badly by water as
| result of the partial collapse OF the building
| Tho building occupied by McNitts racket
store was twisted and tho stock damaged N
! consequences. The three-story brick building
| occupied by Hennigans grocery aud rhoIup'
] sons feed store WAS damag q. as were th,
| furniture on tho second door occupied b,
MIR Campton as = residence. and the eject,
ON tina third door which was used as lodge
room by the Woodnen OF the World Tn,
second story OF the racket store huildin.
already referred TO was occupied hv Mrs
Heinsley as dwelling. aud her effects wer,
materially damaged The building occuplet
| by Muldoon's saloon was wrecked ia glas
being broken and It's ealery aud front torr
down. The building occupied by loca
bakery was twisted badly aud the stock Il
contained materially damaged The Eisense,
saloon building was slightly damaged AN,
the front was blown OF tho butcher shop o.
Bush and Baker. Tho Mcneil building DC
cupied bv captain Moss as dwelling wa,
damaged and he furniture suffered. Jonp
sons hotel was badly damaged and the An,
residenee beonging to w. e. Jones OF Deem
water was twisted and watersnaked m,
barber shop ~ Frank Bently was blow
from us foundations and the timbers n N,
lafga new station being built by the Calves
Ton, Houston ana Northern we're scattere,
oil over the prairie. The sylvan hotel VA
apnarenty not damaged Tho sylvan harn
however, was destroyed, several feai 81
water coverng its door at one time The ole
storage building was demol shed.
Tho tide, Mr.. o Brien stated was YER,
high indeed and was probably more OF n tidai
wave than anything else. inssmuch a. IN