| From the Houston Telegraph |
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| October 23, 1861 |
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| Galveston, Oct. 16, 4 1/2 P. M. |
| Our city was yesterday visited
by one of the severest storms that has occurred here for the last five
years. The wind which had been blowing fresh from the southeast al the
morning suddenly veered round to the northwest between one and two
o'clock P. M., and commenced blowing heavily from that quarter. |
| The tide in the Bay being very
high at the time on account of the easterly wind in the morning, the
waters of the Bay soon commenced rising, and about half past two, the
strand and the adjacent streets as far back as Market street, were
flooded with water from one to three feet deep. |
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| About 3 P. M., when the gale
had reached its height, a hand car {on the
Galveston, Houston & Henderson RR} from Virginia Point
brought us word the track was sure to be washed away on the Island, as
it rocked from side to side as they passed over it with the hand car,
and it turned out to be true, as the train from Houston last evening
could only get to this end of the bridge, over the bay. |
| We understand, however, that
the road will be running again on its regular time tomorrow. |
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| We went over to the track last
night, after the storm, and found it in very bad condition, the grade
in several places being entirely washed out, leaving but the iron with
the ties hanging to it, and making the road impassible for trains. |
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