Year: 1875

sTRUcrIoN OF cRoPs-Loss OF LIFE IN STILL
cREEK-THE COTTON PLANT B1GHTED AND
wITHERED.


HoUsToS Texas Sept 25, 1875


AT Hampstead, fifty miles northeast of Houston, on
the Central Railroad the storm ragged furiousy
witness says:-'As listened to the howling wind
which shook brick building the centre we little
imagined the damage which being visited upon u.s.
Hearing that the Catholic chapel had been blown down
started in that direction When arrived in the front
of Mrs Tuaies residence I the Baptist church sud
denly rise from its foundations topple over and
fall Hurrying fast the driving wind and
the rain would permit, l found the spot where
once stood the temple of the Catholics Like the Bap
tst house. had been blown from its founda
tion and was perfect wreck l began to think this
commotion of elements gotten up by old ''Nick'
to destroy churches t on visiting half dozen other
meeting houses opnd them intact Feker's
brick store gradually melted before the torrent of
water until all the upper story a ruin. Collins
new brick building is considerably injured, the
tin around the parapet being blown away, and
pieces were carried several blocks Planters Exchange
had most of It's front carried away. Trees in every
quarter of the town prostrated fences eveled to
the ground; tin cutters torn from their fasenings.
saw dignled man with a rope in his hand which he
was carrying home TO favorite tree but before
reaching his house the roots Of the tree gave away be-
fore the strength Of old Boreas and friend had his
duckng for his pains negro living near the
Methodist church. while lying quietly in bed had the
roof of his shany carried away took up his
bed and sought drier quarters Colonel A. NJ Crawford
had seven fine horses killed. but the damage done
within the limits of the corporation Is not worth
ticng compared to that done the cotton crop Up
land farmers especially suffer. Their cotton had
tured and opened and what remained unpcked
damaged
1t will not paw for expenses of gathering. We
have heard that the loss in Miller county.
at estimate, between 900 and 900 bales but
all losses sustained palc INTO insgnidcance when we
read of the destruction of property on the coast
coupled with the loss of life and consequent wreck Of
human hopes and human happiness


AN UNPRECEDENTED STORM


Bryan is ninety nine miles from Houston on the
main line of the Texas Central From various sources
l gather the following news:-On Wednesday
night, after a cloudy day, a gentle rain
set in and continued through Thursday and
Friday, increasing too, all the while but never at
one time becoming violent, except it so by
wind which began raising some time during Wednesday
night, and increased in force until during the night Of
Thursday and by Friday morning it blowing in a
gale, and continued to do all day with steady and
increasing violence, and both together rain and wind
This made "a storm of two days. a duration which we
have seldom equaled The only favorable feature
of the gate is that there nothing of the hurricane in
it, Though not raining very hard from the length of
time it continued an immense quantity of fell,
swelling all the upland streams to great height


DAMAGE BUILDINGS.


In the town OF Bryan the damage to buildings and
fences was considerable. Mike Co.'s new brick
building, which near its completion, was blown
down to its foundation while others that had
recently been erected were injured. Among these was
the large carriage shop of Mr. Williamson. which
carried several inches and in danger of blowing
down. college building had its third story blown
down, damaging it to the extent of $500


INJURY TO CROPS


We have heard of no especial damage in the country
except to the crops. Corn blown fiat, while
suffered terribly On the upands 1t is reported that at
least all that was open blown out, whle the other
is greatly in danger Nearly all the upland cotton was
OPEN In the bottom the damage has been very great
not so much i'll being blown out by breaking the
stalk down, and planters calculate loss OF at least
one-fourth.


The only loss of life reported is the drowning of
young Jimmy Robinson, in Still Creek. He had left
Bryan early on Friday morning for Brazos Bottom in
Burleson county and expected to even
ing. On reaching the stream those who had gone in
for, short distance below the ford they
discovered, almost entirely buried in sand, the
lifeess body of jim Robinson Here was a
scene the most affecting witnessed as father
and brothers gathered with sorrow stricken hearts
around the dead They carried the body to the resi-
dence, in Bryan. He was buried by the Presbyterian
minister and it was the largest funeral seen in
Brazos county


A FALL OF SNOW.


Snow was reported in Marshall the night of the
22d II was certainly cold enough; such cold
in September we have witnessed in this section
during residence OF nearly forty years.


DESTRUCTION BELLEvILIE


AT Beileviile, twenty miles to the northwest of
Houston the destruction to crops is simply immense
One half of the fences everywhere blown down
The destruction to ornamental and fruit trees
has been very large. Alexander Glenn had
thirty beautiful trees that ornamented his residence
uprooted and laid the ground his fruit trees also
suffered In Court House square, rather within the
enclosed circle eight beautiful shade were pros
trated. The storm at this place at its greatest
height about two O'Clock p N. Friday. The roads
through the tmbers impossible carriages but
soon opened for foot travel. Mr. A. Glenn who has
resided in this section for thrty-six years says he
never before anything approaching the late storm
for violence. II is almost miracle lives were lost


DAMAGE COLORADO RIVER.


In Fay county, Colorado River seventy miles
west Of Houston, the clements were terribly stirred
Shade destroyed and the fences are all down
Cotton open blown out and plant blIghted wthdred
No deaths reported stiff northeaster and north
wind has blown here since yesterday and considerable
rain has fallen