The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-23
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 Brownsviile. Tex, July aa-Browns- vile and its immediate vicinity escaped the full force and violence of the hur- ricane which swept over Texas yester- day. leaving death and destruction In It's wake.
 From Tarpon Beach and Point Isabel reports were received here stating that no damage had occurred, but from Bay City came the news that three chfl. dren had been claimed victims. This town was directly in the part of the storm and the property damage was heavy.
 A number of churches. business houses. rice mills and dwellings were seriously wrecked and 1t is now impos- sible to secure an estimate of the act ual damage done. Box cars were blown from the railroad tracks and the en- tire negro section of the town was de- vastated. The depot was used as a shelter for the white residents of tho town who were rendered homeless by the storm. and the freight house was turned over to the destitute negroes.
 The railroad agent and telegraph op- orator spent the entire afternoon car rying women and children to places of safety in the depot.
 The depot at Brazoria was totally destroyed and the one at Angelton was partially wrecked.
 A work train consisting of an engine and caboose, in which nine section hands sought shelter from the storm. was blown clear off the track and roll- cd over twice. All of the section hands escaped uninjured.
 Thirteen gre Missing.
 Beaumont. Texas. July s2.--A dis- patch received here late tonight from nna. .,A Galveston states that a party of thtr- teen, three brothers named Abernathy their wives and seven children. who left High Island for Sabine Pass Tues day afternoon are missing.
 It was their intention to camp on the beach over night. Searching par ties today found the mules which drew the wagon in which the party was travelling, drowned. but no trace of the people. systematic search will | be made tomorrow.
 | storm in sLouisfana. The mail steamer Rex. arriving here tonight, brought the first news in de- tail of the hurricane which struck Cameron Parish yesterday. It Is believed by passengers on the ! boat that several lives have been lost in Cameron Parish, but the death of two persons only is known definitely .I They were Basil Daigle. aged 45 years. and Thomas Murphy, aged 22 years. Daigle and Murphy were hunting for musk rats several miles below Gamer on. when they were drowned by the waters which inundated their camp. Henry Nunex. 12 year old lad. suc- ceeded in reaching refuge in a tree and thus saved his life. According to passengers on the Rex. a number of buildings were damage hundreds of head of cattle were lost and thousandsr of acres planted in rice ruined by the overflow of salt water | in Cameron Parish. Guests of the Gulf Hotel at Cameron fled from the build ing when the water touched 1t and be- gan a steadv rise.
 | At Grand Chenier and Leesburg, resi- dents rushed from their homes and sought refuge at elevated points near by.
 veIasco Was Destroyed. l Velasco, Texas. July 22-The storm has practically demolished this town. Not more than a dozen houses stand. The big hotel on the beach isSa mass of debris. The gulf waters were