Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-23
THOUSAND YOUNG PEOPLE
NARROWED ON ISLAND BY
FURY OF TIDAL WAVE?
Special Train Has Started From
Houston in Effort to Reach the
State Encampment at Town of
Palacios.
ALL WIRES ARE DOWN
AND FATE OF BODY
CAUSES GREAT ANXIETY

NEW ORLEANS, July 22.-on account
of the anxiety felt over the fate of a
thousand or more persons in attendance
on the State Baptist Young Peoples
encampment at Palacios. on the coast OF
Texas, south Of Galveston, a special
train has started from Houston, Tex, in
an effort to reach that point. All tele-
graph wires are down.
Further loss Of life is reported from
Cameron parish, Louisiana. Basile Dagg,
fisherman, and his young son, were
caught by the high tide which resulted
from the hurricane and drowned in their
camp at Mud Pass.
Another son of Dagg, barely II years
old, made a successful fight against the
hurricane and in an exhausted condition
bore the news of his father and broth
er's death to a nearby settlement.
Communication was established this
afternoon with Angleton, a town of 1000
people, on the gulf coast south of Gal
weston. Angleton reported that nearly
every house in the town had been badly
damaged and many OF them completely
wrecked as a result of yesterdays hurri-
cane. One man was seriously injured.
OTHER LOSSES OF LIFE.
With the re-establishment this afternoon
of communication with many isolated
points along the gulf coast Of Texas and
Louisiana, further reports of loss of life
as a result of yesterdays hurricane are
being received
Until many more places are heard from
II will be impossible to ascertain the total
number of deaths due to the hurricane.
REFUGEES IN BIOLOGICAL STATION.
That there was greater loss of life in
southwest Louisiana than that which had
been reported up TO 1 o'clock this after
l. i
bred people have taken refuge In the
United States biological station at Cam
eron, La. The waters of the gulf last
night covered a large portion of the par
ish, rising 20 point within six inches Of
the high water mark made during the
storm which destroyed Galveston nine
years ago. Much stock has been destroy
ey, and the country has been devastated
for miles around.
GRAVE FEARS ENTERTAINED.
TIL graNest fears are still being en-
-tertained in connection with the fate Of
many persons at coast towns. Between'
Calcauscieu Pass, La, and Sabine Pass
Tex, there are several hundred people
who have failed to get into communica-
ton with the outside world since the hur-
ricane. Heavy damage and possible loss
Of life is feared at Johnson's Bayou, La
Beyond Johnsons Bayou and Sabine
Pass, the first settlement of any conse-
quence is High Island, Tex, which last
night reported that theer had been no
loss OF life there, although much dam
age was done in that section by the
storm.
Bay City. Tex, has not reported any
loss of life, but has sent an appeal for aid
to Houston. Houses are reported down
and the people are without food. There
may be loss Of life In the Bay City neigh
borhood.
Similar reports Of damage at settle
ments and towns as far south as Browns
Vile. Tex, are coming in this afternoon.
Telegraphic and telephone comm Lnica-
ton with nearly all points south of Gal
weston is impossible.
MANY HOUSES UNROOFED.
At Eagle Lake, which is between
Houston and San Antonio and eighty
miles inland, many houses were I'M
rooted and large sugar and rice plants
partially wrecked, but no loss Of life or
serious injury was reported.
An urgent telegraphic appeal came
from Judge Holman, Of Bay City, for a
relief train to Bay City and Palacios,
saying that there was immense dam
age and reported loss Of life at the
latter place. The train has already
gone
Train service into Galveston will be
resumed late this afternoon. Based on
the best founded reports obtainable, the
total loss Of life, including that at CAL
weston, will reach about thirty, with
perhaps fifty injured. These figures
are not given as authentic, as several
outing parties, including ten from
Houston, are unaccounted for, but are
probably safe.
Practically no wires were working at
p. m. to the section now most seri-
fpunIuad