Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-21
tsurt over Sea Walls, Some Parts
Of City Under Seven
Feet Of Water.
WIRE COMMUNICATE Y Y sT,
last Adyices Say the Wind VI nd Was Is
Blowing sixty-tiye
Miles an Hour.
,n,,ossl,lc 10 TEL Extent Of Damage g
CUR Very stormy
d Mountain High.


Mountain High.
,,al,as. Texas. July I'll message
rcceired here from G'aly eston before
a.. at Vile was lost stated that TIE
- il ern3 mart Of the city was untlsf
o,.n feet or water. that two spans OF I
40 ,ailroad bridge connecting Calves
m wtth the mainland We're damaged,
and water was flowing a foot over the |
sea wall. The wind was blowing 70
4 niles an hour.
WHAT WILL. DAMAGE, BE?
NV orleans, July 52t "A special from ~
Y t1orston, Texas, SAYS that While mere
& now apossibiity Of serious t' Ga amaze
attending tile Texas coast clt'e e 'lle
,,,tna At Houston would not indicallle y y
,,,,rr;cane similar to- that which has
waved havoc attending the gullls coast I'
in former years.
OF HURRICANE PROPORTIONS rlSl' y
1,on.ton. Texas, July 2l.R ports Of
storm OF hurricane 5proport1llo'9nl'fss n 8.
galveston have reached here over q
telephone line. All other wires IA are e
ported down.
Bathing pavilions are SAD y; T. has' 4
necn wrecked and Bettisons piers vera vera
swept away The surf Jumping over e.
the. sea walls in several places e. me
wind has reached velocity OF GU mics
an hour.
The appearances of the storm along
the gulf coast was aindicated before
daylight this morning and CLOCK ttleg
wind was blowing Mt the rate OF t a
4, ,lles ii hour 11at ter it. ir,crea s 'a!l
In velocity but dispatches from = al
weston up to ii: 80 M. did not nd gaze
any damage lii that ci w and M 5ila,pe
shortly after that hour the tele 81 app
COMPANIES reported all wires into8S ga Ga -
weston had been lost and the Only on;
means Of communication was over a
single telephone wire. IS 35 Y
over this circuit it WAS learned t ina
at Ii O'Clock tile wind had atta1liea s. s.
velocity Of co miles and there had peeh.
some damage along the beach. In ad-
dition Ia the wrecking of the bath,ns
nayilions. il is reported that three sec
lions of the railroad bridge We're datll-
aged and no trains can go OF COME lli
out of the city, ~,
bv the Western Union earl " Ills al! .
noon before communities ton was iosl
said TINT the wind at that time WAS Was
h,owing p GO miles an hour. Atstnat Inc
three sections Of Galveston brid gess mao = q
been blown down and that no Trains ": ,
were running between Ga weston slila !.
VI IN, mainland When the MESA ge! was
ss,,t ti,,s1 water was beginning to- come
over tie sea wall but no damage was
reported inside the cit n
& IJ1.F WATERS HIGH FIG
washington. July II - " report re-
cciyed at the Swea thersSs bureau 1roll'
Galveston declared al " ~ ms iiiuln.
in. the gulf was high and rising water
in the southern portion of the city W a.
seven feet deep. At that hour the
barometer stood at "a %, and Z WIS tiaii'
ing rapidly. The wind was from tn !,
northeast and blowing at q "a te q s.
miles an hour with a maximum, OF ?:
miles. The storm tina Is apprna chiiis
The Texas coast was first sighted las
Saturday over the Caribbean sea. ship
ping interests have been aad wise q Dan.
regarding Its advance over the Gulf %
Mexico and no serious damage IS an
ticipated. s 81
SEAS MOUNTAIN HIGH.
Mobile, Ala. July q. ulcers OF YES
sells arriving hero say tina It the weatlle
on the gulf liz stormy and that the Sc
is mountain high off the Mobile bal
Vessels arc unable to come on accoun
OF the sen and have put back.
a HOPEFUL VIEW
New orlea MS, July I'll. The loo:
weather; bureau says 1t Is not likel
that, the storm a Y Galveston will
very serious. The YEA thers 2 ryef
here think the dilniag NIL pc eonfif
ed 10 wharf aud pier distinctions.
X REPORTS received by the New orlea;
boarfl offtrade indicate that little or 4
DANA BE has been done to shipping.
hurricane warnings for east Tex;
were issued by the United Stat
weather bureau todaY W.
NO COMMUNICATION.
fshica 20 July 21.-The yVstern IInic
Telegra nh company here he's had !
Communication with Galveston at moo
a message to the company stated tn
bridge had been carried OUTPUT
reports of great damage to proper
We're unconfirmed by the company he1
The Postal Telegraph office here T
ported that, it has wires to Galyest'
and that no report relative to the stu
ton there has been received,
a barge at Galveston, 1T was sa
had run against cable destroyil
communications which it was stat
was expected to be resumed shortly,
ALL WIRES LOST;
Kansas city, July q, AT 1880 Il
afternoon the Postal Tcle graph col
pany reported that its Dallas office h
lost all wires to- q Galveston.
The Western Union also lost .
communication with tho Gulf q
The local wea Their bureau recely
a brief telegram from Galveston saNi
hurricane prevailed there. Corr
Christi. however, reported no Nuhus'
conditions at the latter point.
CITY UNDER WATER.
New York, July 21.-The Wests
Union Telegraph company has lost
its direct communication with
weston. Just before the wires fai