The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-23
BIG DEATH LIST.
Storm Reports From the In
terror Points in Texas
Tell of a Score Killed and Half
as Many Injured.
SAVED FROM THE SEA
Five of Those Swept From Tar
pom Fishing Pier
Are Found Floating in the
Water and Rescued.

Houston, Tex. July 23.-Twenty-t three
reported dead. IA missing, eight 'injur-
ed and a property loss totalling $780, 900
is the result of the storm, which ragged
over the southern coast of Texas, Wed
nesday, according to dispatches receiv-
ed up to early this morning. The COM
municatioa with the stricken district
is still ftful. and not until full reports
are received will the full damage and
loss of life be known. With six known
dead on Tarpon fishing pier, at Calves
ton, the list of supposed dead of eleven
Wednesday, is cut down. Five of the
supposed victims were rescued from
the bay alive; the sixth was dead
when taken from the water.
The identified dead are:
Infant of NJ. O. Galloway, Bay City.
Captain Matthews. swept from the
schooner Ellen in the gulf.
e. Chaffner, at Eagle Lake, for
merly of Waterloo, Ia.
Baysil Daigle and Tom Murphy,
Cameron Parish, La.
DIR. Cloyd, Richmond, Tex.
Galveston Rebuilding.
Houston. Tex. July 2S.-Galveston to-
day began the rebuilding of the struc-
lures RACED in the storm of Wednes-
day. Wires are down. but later re-
ports from the interior show greater
damage and loss of life than was sus-
tained at Galveston.
Such points as have reported tell of
a score killed. serious injury to half
as many more. of IA others missing
and damage to property estimated at
S750,000 OF those missing, Is are the
members of the families Of three broth
ers Aberaathy, who left High island
Tuesday for Sabine Pass. They trav-
eled By wagon and were to camp OUT
on the beach during Tuesday night.
Part of their equipment has been found.
Graphic tales are told by those who
were swept from the Tarpon fishing
pier, off Galveston. into the gulf and
rescued clinging to bits of wreckage
along the beach near Morgans Point.
Ray G. Teetshorn of Houston, says
it was shortly after midnight OF We'd
pesday that the first real alarm for
the safety of Bettisons pier was felt.
Ten hours later the pier gave way and
the party of ten was cast into the
water.
Went to the Roof.
Shortly before the building sank
we went to the roof said Mr.. Teet-
shorn. ."The building went down easy
in fact simply crumbled into the wa
ter. Everybody scrambled for himself
1 think all of us started off on some
wreckage and the wind and tide car
high sea beat us and the rollers broke
over and beneath us. The first piece
of Wreckage got onto crumb!ed and
broke and I fished around and finally
=
Watersoaked and sank Then finally
crawled onto a piece of lumber about
IL feet long and 1 stuck to this until
picked up.
Captain Bettison. who owned the
pier, was a cool fellow and went about
deliberately giving instructions, when
the storm came up. With out life pre-
servers on. we went to the roof of the
pavilion to be prepared for the worst.
Bettison, the poor unfortunate, discard
ed his cork legs early in the day. I
don't know what became of him.
Saved From the Sea.
AS if from the bottom of the sea,
five of the storm wrecked victims from
the tarpon fishing pier have been pick
ed up alive off Red Fish reef in the
upper Galveston bay opposite North
Galveston.
The rescued are:
Ray Telshorn of Houston, bookkeep-
er.
Everett Lewis, bartender at pier.
C. D. Hopkins of Galveston.
John Forrest, coIored, an employe at
the pier.
Charles johnson. colored. porter at
the pier.
Hanging to Drift Wood.
The yacht May7ower which brought
the survivors to Galveston left Cedar
bayou at noon and an hour later fell
in with the launch Maud which had the