Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-22
Financial Loss Not Over y oo'V D''''--
Galveston Bcacl, Will Have TO DC
Rcbuilt-storm Felt in West.

galveston Bcacl, VIII Have TO DC
Rcbuilt-Storm Felt in West.
galveston, Texas, July q. &c weston
has wea thered Il repetitiono Of the storm
of 1900. when q tidal wave submerged
tho island city, taking toll OF llve'
counted in the thousands and ecausl, ~.
a property loss counted in millions nl
dollars without tho loss of single
life in Galveston, and q property loss
trivial sin comparison. 10 the seawasi
alone is attributed the fact that the
| city is standing today. In the Niclnity
Tor Galveston the loss OF life as q re
sult5o the storm is placed at 10, mem
5bcrs Of a fishing party Mt Tarpon pier
| several miles in the gulf. The totai
| property loss is estimated at $looooV.
Finished but four years ago az d COSY cos.
of $1,000, 600 by the government 1i, anu
| 5Galyeston county,8the seaWall, "a g. gan
| tic mass of marble and concrete stand
| inp517 feet high and II feet thick at the
1 base and gradually sloping at 3the Top,
4 Yesterday successfully withstood the
onslaught Of the raging gulf as sWtllte,
/ capped wave after wave was hulleu
EuEa1llSts II. s5stss .51g. So. III.
Whether or not this mass Of con
| stfuction was damaged by the action
4 If The water. can only be told when the
1 waters Of the gulf finally fall back TO
| normal. Constructed on piling driven
i deep into the ground, 1t was thougnt
1 imprcgnable to the action of the gulf,
4 hut the piling is driven into sand 8oriy.
i Should the sand have secpcd away
x million dollars more will have to be cx-
4 pended in filing in.
Il The scawall served its purpose ana
4 had it not been for the high waters IN
Il the back bay forcing water through
tile sewers into the streets. Galveston
i would have been destroyed by the
q stress Of the water cncircling the city
II on the east. S8 80
Il Galveston beach will have to be re-
+ sbuilt. When the scawall was con-
& l3structcfl the encircling band OF con-
z l8cretes and steel was laid to the rear OF
4 the lighthouses and below the beach
l,stretclied out 1000 feet from the water.
Between the waterline and the wall
We're the two lighthouses, Murdock's
and tho Break ers.{ constructed in re-
4 cent years at d cost of SD, 600 each,
These We're swept away and scattered
the nine-mile length of Galveston isl
= and. a mile To the west, and at the
#E end Of the seawall boulevard, un'
"a sGrat chnd 8 stands tile new surf bath
house. completed at g cost Of $4,000
Y those supporting the seawall. this ney
5hotel and resort successfully with
! stood the onslaught of the gulf ant
4: today is the only thing standing be
: tween the water line and the wall.
q WORKED ALL NIGHT.
9 Working throughout the night by TIL
Hight of lanterns pile drivers worlSe
Y at each end of tile trestle SPANNING
< Galveston bay by the island and TIL
! lmainland by mid-da8 today the breac
81 lfcaused by drifting barge will hay
= been repaired and traffic resumed I
: the island. Until this is repaired, Gal
weston will be isolated from the main
~ land as this is the only bridge and n
2 launch will attempt to cross the rollin
bay.
T. .rarpon's fishing pier. where occurre
. the only loss of life, thus far reported
= is at the end OF a narrow and rock
promontory which sheers into the dee
gulf. Waves sweeping the hotel frol
the summit OF the rocks, cast 10 pei
n sons into the water and they WEI
7 drowned.
-. All night long boats large enough.
venture upon the turbulent bay searche
for4the bodies of the dead, but as daW
II broke the boats returned to their Sill
y e,nptyhanded. Like the storm of 100
the bodies probably have been sweI
M out to sea to be disgorged days late
when the waters have Gained and Il
= l&tides roll in.
S Reports up and down the gulf sho
!. that Galveston was the center of Il
disturbance forswhich warnings form.
riners were posted in Galveston SUI
day The nearest threatened loss
81 life was at Follower. Copeland and Pa
ten Beach, near Bolivar. Here the
rt were 800 people from Beaumont al
nifi ont fr,
!, summer. but all arc reported safe.
- The damage caused by the storm
O. estimated as follows:
r. lighthouses along the beach, $4,000
er beach fishing piers. $4,000: private fis
+ ing piers, $1,000; Bettison fishing pie
!. $1,000; Tarpon fishing pier. 10000: dar
- age to unfinished boulevard and RAJ
ne ing, $4,000; damage TO buildings alol
boulevard. $1,000; buildings around
ed land $4,000; damage to government al
ls state property, s50o,000: damages
-, II surf lighthouses, So 900: total. 100000
l4 This morning the weather is wa1
,et and clear and there is no wind.
'er FELT. IN THE WEST.
o Houston. July 22.--rhe west Indi
,eas hurricane that menaced Galveston W
ms terday made itself left in tilt west Il
Z. night High winds prevailed oS
VA Central Texas, demoralizing telegI
- phic communication. Today the he
", pragh companies report shortage
! wires. Light showers fell over
el cotton belt. report from Galvest
sIe early today says the morning bro
". clear and warm and the only evider
Oh OF yesterdays storm is shown. alo
ne the beach outside the sea wall wf'
NY bathing payillions and small hou
70 70 are wrecked. The only known de
s .a are the 0 persons swept off the II
y. s pon fishing pier. They are:
KNOWN DEAD.
II. Daily, circulation manaE
Galveston Tribune.
=. ray Teatshorn. Houston.
Capt. e. l.. Bettison. manager OF
slcs pier
Mrs. Chas. Johnson.
60 &. d. Hopkins. Galveston.
of Four negroes.
80 4 large force OF men is at work
o, n | .patrjng the railroad bridge leading
VIA 10 Galveston, and officials annpu
last that trains will be running into
site city by noon toe
les ( dispatch from Sabine Pass
| the gale caused reeord-hreaktnS
way there. but no serious damage
the the the streets were, flooded but
y II ~ ft,n n