The sun., 1900-09-10
FURY OF THE STORM.
Guif Coast Swept by Terrific and De-
structiye Hurricane.
MUCH DAMAGE rs REPORTED.
Galveston Island and city Thought
TO BE the Woyst suiFerers-Pros-
trntiOn of telegraph Wires
Leaves Extent In Doubt.

New Orleans, Sept. 9.-Great damage
and probably loss of life have resulted
from the terrific storm which has swept
the gulf coast. Owing to the prostration
of telegraph wires the extent Of the
storms destructive work cannot yet be
definitely learned.
In the southeastern and southwestern
portions of the state the cane seems to
have been badly blown down and rice
fields damaged.
The highest tide and heaviest blow
since October, 1893, prevailed at Bay st.
Louis, doing much damage along the
beach front.
There are rumors Of great damage and
loss of life on some Of the gulf islands,
particularly Grand Isle, but it will be n
day or two before authentic news can be
secured from there. In New Orleans
the wind reached velocity of 4S miles
an hour. In the city the damage is re-
strictcd to the destruction of the Metarie
bridge and the blowing down Of many
telephone wires. \ child was killed, be-
ing blown together with the entire front
balcony, from house in Front street.
Bridges Reported swept Away.
\ special from Dallas says that great
llNllflHt HIS btCl tlDllt itlI NlOItE ilE quiz
coast, the most serious being at Calves
ton. u is reported that the bridges lead
ing from the mainland to Galveston have
been swept away by the terrible fury II
the wind and the rolling UP of the water
i'll the bay.
The bridges are four in number. Three
are in railroad use. and one is the Gal
weston county public wagon and pedes-
tiian bridge 1t seems hardly credible
that all these bridges could be swept
away without the city suffering tremen-
donsly in the loss of buildings, general
property and lives.
\ dispatch from San Antonio says:
"1he sole authentic news from Calves
ton city consists of such pieces of infor-
nation as have passed over the wires be-
tween Virginia Point and other places.
Virginia Point is the Santa Fe station
nearest Galveston inland, and the re-
ports when the wires failed We're to the
effect that the hurricane was doing more
damage than the high water, though the
town was in the greatest danger of COM
plete inundation and the people were
growing frenzied at the prospect before
them. The Huntington wharf improve
ments and the government barracks were
reported to be the greatest sufferers. The
soldiers at Fort San Jacinto were with
drawn into the center Of the city, accord
ing to the railroad official reports, and
| did valiant service in the way of relief
and volunteer police work"
Much Damage nt Houston.
| A Houston dispatch says that the wind
| blew 60 miles an hour in that place, and
| great damage was done to business
| houses and residences throughout the
| city. The electric light plant was closed
down, as the wires became crossed with
| telephone wires, and several persons
were shocked, though none was seriously
| hurt. Several great brick and iron stacks
| have been blown over, and tin roofs are
as numerous on the ground as on houses.
| The streets were utterly deserted.
| There is an unconfrmed rumer that the
| hurricane raging along the gulf has play
| ed havoc with the town of Rockport on
the lower coast and that the great club
| house built by r. II. X. Green near there
has been blown away, with loss of life,
| as there were several guests in the house.
The same report says that cyclone rag
ed through Live Oak county.
A dispatch from Miami, Fla, says:
| "The steel bark South American of
Liverpool, Schionemann master, w. G.
| Jarvis owner, loaded with mahogany and
bound from Santa Ana, Mexico, to Fal-
mouth, England, is total wreck on
French reef, Florida, 43 miles south of
Miami The mate was washed over
board, but was saved. and the master re-
ceived serious injuries. The vessel will
prove total loss, but her cargo may be
| saved.
captain Schionemann reports that on
his way to Miami he passed the four
masted schooner James Dodge of Phila-
delphia in ballast inside the reefs and
afloat The next vessel passed showed
but the stumps of her masts and the crew
presumably lost. A steamer is reported
| oshora north of this Dlace"