Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-23
TWO PERSONS FATAl e 1UR1


Lost, and Passenger Sc
Are All shot to
Pieces.
GALVESTON, Tex. July 22.-As II from
the bottom Of the sea, five Of the storm
wrecked victims from the Tarpon fishing
pier were picked up alive late today off
Red Fish reef in the upper Galveston bay
opposite North Galveston. The rescued are:
Ray c. Telshorn OF Houston. bookkeeper;
Everett Lewis, bartender at the pier; c. ID.
Hopkins Of Galveston; John Forest, coll
ored, employe at the pier. and Charles
Johnson, coored, porter at the pier.
With the report OF the rescue OF these
men, hope for the safety OF the other five
persons is buided much stronger although
It is feared the others, who were not very
robust, have succumbed to the ordeal of
twenty-four hours in the water. Those
still unaccounted for are: Captain r. L.
Bettison and wife, C. II. Daily, circulation
manager OF the Galveston Tribune; Mrs.
Charles johnson and a man presumed to be
from Groveland. Tex, but whose name has
not been learned.
Rescued Found by Yacht.
The yacht MsyfIower. which brought the
survivors to Galveston left Cedar Bayou
at noon and an hour later fell in with the
launch Maud, which had the five men on
board. The Maud was bound for Cedar
Bayou and passed within a short distance
Of one OF the men, who, while at the point
Of giving up. was still able to hang onto
the piece OF timber under his arms.
Four others were found hanging onto
pieces OF driftwood and in an exhausted
condition. The men were given immedi-
nufa rod n
Mayflower
Hurricane Spreads Death.
HOUSTON. Tex July 22.-The West In
dian hurricane. which swept from one end
OF the Texas gulf coast to the other yester-
day. claimed toll OF twelve human gives,
outside of Galveston, fatally injured NeYo
others and seriously wounded sixteen, &C
eording to the details of the storm avaifA
eble here tonight Whole, towns were
devastated and the wreck and ruin to
property win amount TO hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. The dead:
At Eagle I.ake-A man named Shatner
At Bay City--Three children, names un-
known.
A. FL Campo-A Mexican, name unknown.
At PRlacios-F Four, names unknown
At Wharton-One negro.
At Kcndleton-Sectlon foreman.
At Ramsey--Farmcr, name unknown,
ter, caught undor the wreck Of their home
Seriously injured
At Eagle Lake--An Indian.
At Ray Clty-Fifteen persons.
Details OF Disastc MeaEer.
Passenger trains from twelve to fifteen
hours late carnc into Houston today.
Freight trains are lost throughout the
stricken district Details OF the disaster
on the southwest coast OF Texas are
mrcEer as wires vere stripped from the
poles and railway communication is i'm
possible
The loss OF the pleasure yacht Merriam
reported last night in the Houston channel,
was denied today, and 1t is reported safe
at Morgan Point.
r.; Rev. y. II. Aves bishop Of Mexico,
and Rev. Mr. Sears OF Houston, who we've
reported last night as lost at Red Fish
reef in san Jscnto bay, have arrived at
Morcans Point, and have telegraphed to
Houston friends OF their safety.
The territory around Bay City seems to
have been the center of the storm, which
moved southwest from Galveston, For four
hours there seventy-mile wind swept
across the country carrying everything
before II.
At Bay City about 30 per cent of the
business section was damaged, including
the opera house one bank, the court house
the new high school building and the city
Jail In the Jail the cages were left stand
ing and the prisoners were exposed to
view, but were safe.
Every building In Veasco near Bay
City. was unroofed or partially demolished
and the town tonight is under four feet
OF Water. People are escaping in boats
from Colorado river a mile away.
Reports from the special train. on which
General Manager w, @. Van Week Of the
Southern Pacific road left Houston today
Indicate that the lower coast country suf.
fered greatly. The loss will total thou
sands OF dollars and in some districts re-
ports state that the storm thar
the disaster OF 1900 which devastated Gal,
weston
Eagle Lake seems to have suffered on
parity with Bay City. But few house:
there escaped the fury Of the storm. The
same situation is reported from Lssie
Nowatta ana East Bernard though there
we're no fatalities. cornfields were leveled
but cotton withstood the storm well.
Al FL Campo the electric light plant is
wrecked. all elevators are badly damaged
and almost every church in town Is either
demolished or partly wrecked.
I9s the oil field around Markhal derricks
Wete blown down and wells stripped OF
machinery. The iron warehouse OF the
Markham Mercantile company, the Brown
Grain company warehouse and the Enter.
prise restaurant we're demolished.
Six prisoners escaped from the Jail a,
Richmond when the windows had been
blown in ana while the guards were repair.
ing the damAEe
sit6atton ~ Galveston.
At Galveston bay the situation is not a,
bad as at first reported No part OF tn,
railroad bridge which spans the arm Of tn,
bay between the island and virEinian poin
was washed away, but some fifty feet Of
the structure was thrown badly out OF