The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-22

Bridge 0vu Which Trains Enter
Swept Away
ster. Covers wias Area o. 0ulf
coast Ara D4n.se ca..st Ne
MISUNDERSTANDING yAr =
Csnslstsiy bsrsiisAsA.
GsIvestea, Tsx- ssiy sI.--As far ~
could be ascertaiaed Ists tsaiEAt the
Aamsse done by the STORM is ~ fel-
lewss
TAe Breaksss ana Muraoel's hath
houses, s5e,seoy beach ashing pisr,
sssesey privats ashi.s paes ss,oes, Bet
tiss.'s asAins pssr, sseee, Tsrpe9 pier,
$4,000, damass to snanishea Beule-
ward, s15,soe, buiIaaags alens beule-
ward, $4,000, bsiidinss along the lower
section of island, ssooog United states
Governmemt stat. property, sUyeoo.
The sante ne Htafxreaa announced
late tonight that trains would be run-
sing over the bridge cennectiag Gall
veston with the main land by tomer-
row naorning.
Galveston. Texas. July sf--Man's
strength and skill were pitted against
the fury of the elements today and
man won, when the city Of Galveston,
safeiy entrenched behind her impreg-
nabie I7-foot sea wall withsteod with
comparatively trifiing loss. tidal
wave and hurricane equal in intensity
and destructive force to the one which
destroyed the city on September ., 1900.
In Galveston and vicinity. not a
single life is believed to have been
sacrificed. but the material loss is
thought to be quite extensive. The
hurricane swept the entire Guif coast
even az far South, at Mstagerda Bay
That some lives were lost ana that
much property was destroyed 10 the
general belief tonight with wires
iown and raiiroad communication de-
stroyed. the exact loss i iinpossibls to
estimate. (.
The hurrioans struck Galveston
about IL o'clock this morning. The.
wind. attaining velocity Of nearly
seventy miles an hour, whipped the
treacherous waters Of the Mexican.
Gulf into a fury Of destruction. with
the pent up anger of ten years Of hate.
the waves blindiy assaulted the grim
parapets of stone. which man had
builded to restrain its attacks. In
vain 1t hurled It's thousands OF tons
of water upon splendid breastwcrks.
Only a feeble burst of spray and a.
little water reached its objective and
the beleagured city lay calm and safe
behind the wall.
: wall BATTLES Waves.
Outside the limits Of the city, where
the wall had not been reared, and
where the city had not been elevated,
the waters had their way, but they
wrecked only deserted huts and aban-
doned territory. In this section of the
city. which IL low and sparsely set
tied, the water rose to a height OF
seven feet, but the weather bureau
warning had been needed and the In
habitants had removed their possess
sions, out OF the danger gone.
From other cities In the affected
area come tales OF narrow escapes and
much destruction of property. The
only anxiety expressed now is for the
smaller towns. Villages and summer
resorts with which the Gulf coast is SO
fhiclly settled. In the history OF other
gulf storms 1t has been this type or
village which suffered most from the
waters.
and offers absolutely no protection
from the storm OF waves. Beautiful
summer hotels and handsome cottages
dot the shore and shelter thousands Of
core free and happy pleasure seekers.
What their fate has been or what 1t
will be as the storm sweeps on, no
one can tell yet.
There is no communication by wire
with the island city OF Galveston to-
berth by the wind, smashed into the
span OF the one bridge which connects
Galveston with the mainland, and
severed the telegraph and telephone
cables as well as rendered unsafe the
bridge. Tonight all communication
with the world ia by tugs.
Officials Send Greetings.
The city OF Galveston sends greet
ings to her sister cities, the people
of the United States and of the world
In that at this hour, 1t has just passed
most formidable storm,
In its course some of the
most violent incidents of cyclonic dig
turbances. and it's great sea wall has
indicated it's efficiency
and protected the city against dangers
from the seas. leaving such insignifi-
cant damages as are incident. to all
storms.
.HThs city. its great business inter-
ests and its people have safely passed
through q most severe hurricane, the |
sea wall proved q complete success, the |
city's great wharves and shipping in |
terests suffered no damage and not q |
life was lost.
kSigned)
Lewis Fisher, Mayor.
Macao Stewart. president, Securi- |
~ Building Company.
M. Kleberg, City Attorney.
Nv. e. Austin, Commissioner OF |
Streets. -
Nc. o. Floor. President Chamber |
. of Commerce.
"B. Adoue. President Maritime As
ISOLATION"
Communication with outside points |
was resumed at o'clock tonight
GENTLE BREEzE FANS CITY.