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


from the city limits on Harrisburg road, was
10 an addition to Mr.. Anderson main struc-
ture which suffered the loss of a part OF It's
front
william Augerhoeler reports damage in the
sum of about $500 as a result of some II
his outbuiluings and a number Of fine shade
trees being damaged
MIR. I. {. Coleman. who has home or
harrisburg road Just outside the CITY, re-
ports the loss of only a few shade Trees
valued at probably $50. The residence OK
X. c. Hardesty was also more or less dam
aged as a result OF falling cnimneys and the
overturninE OF fences
c. A. Dumler su1ered "A loss which he esti-
mates at about $1,000 the entire front OF his
establishment having been torn of aud
number Of shade trees and sulall buildings
destroyed. His windmill was also overturned
and ruined.
Harrsblrg suffered severely. In addi-
| tion to the numerous unroo.sd aud otherwise
damaged houses--scarcey "A building in the
| town escaped iniury-two serious fires oc-
CURED during the height of the storm, when
i It, was impossible to adequately fight the
flames and when il took the utmost skill and
hard work 10 keep them from being com
municated to other buildings Those burned
were situated on tho main street OF the town
only a short distance below the bridge, One
OF them was one-storY frame cottage owned
by Mrs. Gallagher of this city and occupied
by T. II. Diserns Some line about mid
night, so far as Mr. Diserns is nhle to state
tho building became igpited from stove In
which Are had been kept AT the time the
timbers of the house had begun to fall in,
and It was some Of these which, coming in
contact with the stove. caused the blaze.
rain which had fallen The furious and o.
ratio wind not only famed the names to
such an extent as to completely consume tho
Discern cottage. but to communicate them 10
the two story brick building next dor, owned
and occupied by George Brown. Both were
Brown carried no Insurance no WINS nbout
snr ,b ''i" Ion' ca Souurday haH II not been
Just across the streets from ,ba hnrn,,,
houses was located the bara OF lobe col
Us. me etructure had collapsed. killing
! , .nu mead OF cattle, three mules and
three horses. Tue lott was hltd with hay
and the debris caught hre several times from
g p,uhus from the houses across the street.
~ 10 q, my ahu what was lett OF tho thn6ers
Ths 49, 80 VIZ VIZ, h0WeEel saved
me negro church which stood on tho left
hsna SIDE OF the road as one approaches the
Drl9Be on entering the town WIS totally de-
u, ana the Catholic >hurch further Nv
~ tno VIllase YVES baby damaged. The house
owned ny Mr. Hogus and occupied nv Mr..
lu"iEs,e; operator Tor the Galveston, Hous
Ton ana Henderson at HarrHblrg. was loft
IN a bad shape and considerable amount Of
near the banIs n, t,e eib boynr ""T or'tH p,ant
tory, too was wrecked. hut no figures ns 10
the amount OF damage could be asccrtained.
wrecked and n mar, Of ~ S"r roat was oaaly
| MT X, A Mtlam's pretty resdence A va-
cant house belong TO John Van Low cavcd
to, III ""s I1lu rom O. CoEhlnn 3
DAMAGED 80 "''S FeS'"eh'e was also
pnIow uar,1ah,,ru 49, -.
house. =, Ghak NV hoheS anu iaGn
sCects 10 mo sam Aleh showed the
oid Ions, 10 S.1ln IN many ways ana the
,arvo h,,1id,n h,hCe Was also uamaged' a
niete,y anS - ""ninh "ven overturned com
residsnces '"' h"'eF torn on ono OF the
I
Az Pasadena the old story was reneated
The section house Of tho calv,sto, uon.,o.'
and Nortbarn so, ,o., - $3.50, 80 i'o"''Vh
( '"''" was 'oin from itS blocks' badly
Nlehohe1 ana forced to position at least
nlteen ieet away from that 1t originally oc-
. Stpieu' il, ~. Grays barn was ruined. Tho
bulldinss belonging to Postmaster r. Nj.
8 Hulhn were not badly damaged, luckily, and
MT Sulnn was enabled to give his assist.
ahee 10 ms moro unfortunate neighhors. a
4 numher OF whom accepted his Hospitality for
me night The barn and residence of w. c,
Sunndg- vera both damaged, ms was the
building occupied by F NJ. CARNEY and
: owned by company OF which t. l.. Dennis
Of this city is the representative hous,