| From the Dallas Herald |
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| October 30, 1861 |
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| Storm at Galveston |
| A severe storm ??? Galveston
on the 15th inst., the wind blowing a perfect hurricane from the
Northwest. The water from the bay rose so high as to flood the Strand
to the depth of two or three feet. The Confederate war steamer Gen.
Rusk, was blown ashore on the shoal between Pelican Split and Pelican
Island. The steamboat Bayou City lost both her smoke-pipes but
sustained no other damage. The chimneys of the Diana were also twisted
but not damaged materially. The Confederate war schooner Royal Yacht,
was blown against Kuhn's wharf with such violence as to render her
almost useless. A small sail-boat, the Mattie, was capsized in the
bay, but her crew consisting of three men, were saved by a yawl from
the steamboat Col. Stelle. The rail-road track {of
the Galveston, Houston & Henderson RR} on the island was
very much injured, the grade in many places being entirely washed out.
Trains from Houston will only run as far as the bridge until the road
can be repaired. The Federal frigate Santee road out the gale in
safety off the Gulf shore. |
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