The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-23
MORE COMPLETE REPORTS GIVE
INCREASE IN NUMBER OF
DEAD AND INJURED.
TWELVE KILLED OUTRIGHT
Four More Fatally Injured and Sixteen
Seriously. Wounded-WhoIe Towns
Were Devastated and the DAMAGE
Will Amount to Hundreds Of Thou
sands Of Dollars. ..u

Houston, Texas. July 22.-The Yves
Indian hurricane which swept from
one end of the Texas gulf to the othe
yesterday, brought death to 12 out
side of Galveston, fatally injured fou
and seriously wounded 16, according tt
the details Of the storm learned to-
night. Whole towns were devastated
and the damage will amount to hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
The dead.
AT Eagle Lake: -----Shaffner.
| At Bay City: Three children, names
unknown.
unknown
| At Palacios: Four, names un-
known.
At Wharton One negro.
At Pendleton: Section foreman.
At Ramsey: Farmer, name un-
! known.
Fatally injured-At Palacios: Mr..
Hogan and three children caught un-
der the wreck of their home
Passenger trains from 12 to Is hours
late reached Houston today Freight
trains are lost throughout the stricken
district. Details are meagre, as wires
were torn from the poles and railway
communication is impossible. The
pleasure yacht Merriam, reported lost
In the Houston channel, is safe at
Morgan Point.
Bishop D. I'll. Aves and Rev. M
Sears of Houston, who were reported
last night as lost on Reddish reef, in
San Pacinto bay, have arrived at Nor
gan Point For four hours 7O-mile
wind swept across the country.
At Bay City half the business sec
tion was damaged, including the opera
house. one bank, the court house, high
school and the city Jail.
Every building in Velasco was un-
rooted or partly demolished and the
town was under four feet of water.
People escaped in boats from Colorado
river, a mile away.
which General Manager w. G. Van
Vleck of the Southern Pacific, left
Houston today indicate that the lower
coast country suffered greatly.
But few houses at Eagle Lake
escaped. The same situation is re-
ported from Lissio, Nowatta and
East Bernard
At Ell Campo, the electric light plant
is wrecked all elevators are badly
damaged and almost every church in
town is either demolished or partly
wrecked.
In the oil field around Markham,
derricks were blown down and wells
of machinery
Six prisoners escaped from the iail
at Richmond, when the windows had
been blown in and while the guards T
were repairing the damage. At Gal
weston bay, the situation is not as
bad as at first reported No part of
the railroad bridge, which spans the
arm of the bay between the island
and Virginia point. was washed away, /
but so feet of the structure was thrown
badly out of alignment by a huge
barge and other small craft which
were washed from their moorings and
pounded against the piling.
Reports received from General Man
ager J. J. Hill of the Galveston,
Houston & Henderson railroad say the
'ailroad bridge has been opened for
service.
Captain w. Neff and wife of Gal
,eston were picked up unconscious on
he beach at Texas City late today.
oliver Graft of Houston was found at
dorgan point. All wore life pre-
ervers. They will survive
The Neffs We're in their schooner on
he bay when the boat capsized Graft
nd Professor w. w, Higgins, also of
1ouston, We're fishing in a frail boat
n San Jacinto bay when the storm
truck them. Higgins was rescued
arlier in the day.
dispatch from High Island, be.
Ween Beaumont and Galveston, states
hat a party of 13, three brothers
AIMED Alternately their wives and
who left High Island for Sa-
inc Pass Tuesday afternoon, are
Kissing. Searching parties today
ound bodies of the team which drew
lie party's wagon.