Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-21
HURRICANE TOLL
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He carried the baby until "wednesday
morning, although one arm was .vni.
len to nearly twice It's normal size an
wednesday launch picked him IN
A delegation OF three citizens fron,
Walaceville. a town OF about 600 IN.
hapitants on the east side OF the Gal.
weston bay, appealed today for aid
saying that only three houses remain
~ their town. This committee esti-
mated that 10000 head Of stock drown.
ca IN Chambers county, where Wal.
laceville is situated.
| Smiths Point Destroyed?
Iney said also there is worry over
I the rate OF seventy-fve inhabitants Of
smlths Point, peninsula juttinp n
out into the bay. which seemed toYS
submerged during the storm.
y. "A. Fredericks of Dallas, and I,
y. Whittig of Houston. who were n,
the Virginia Point hotel. when It colN
lapsed. were washed out to sea for
several hours and then washed back
again by change OF wind. This hotel
IS near the mainland end of the Cal
weston causeway. They drifted of on
Wreckage when 1t collapsed. The
freakish wind returned them almost to
the site OF the hotel, so that refugees
VINO had escaped from the hotel to Q
railway tower were able to toss Whit
tig chair tied to wire and tow him
to safety. Fredericks was badly
bruised all over.
Girl Carried sixty Miles.
The most unusual drifting expert
ence reported thus far was that OF q
young girl of about Is, found on Gal
weston beach unconscious. When re-
v1ved she said she was at Velasco,
nearly sixty miles distant, when the
hurricane hit. She became uncon-
SC sou', again ,e before giving any other
Spectators Barred.
| General ]. Franklin Bell, command.
ing the second division Of the United
States army at Texas City, has writ
ten to Mayor Campbell OF Houston.
urging that travel Of persons from
Houston to Texas City and Galveston
be prohibited unless they are concern
ed in the warfare of relatives in either
! city General Bell told the mayor that
F! Galveston authorities were refusing to
/ let persons from the mainland enter
the city unless they had good excuse
for landing.
Texas City, the general said, is ut
terly without dock facilities to handle
crowds of curiosity seekers. Unless
people cease travelling without urgent
necessity, General Bell wrote to Mayor
Campbell he will be compelled to en-
force restrictive orders under the mar
tial law already existing in Texas City
The burning of bodies Of dead AMI
mails already has begun outside Of
Houston and in many other sections
Of the coast.
The first batch Of kilograms out OF
Galveston arrived here by courier last
night There were 1900 of these mes
sages.
| Storm Moving North.
Washington, d. G., Aug. 20.--"Thel
tropical storm has taken a new lease
of life after recurring over east Texas
the weather bureau today reported. It
Is central this morning over southeast
Missouri, with increased intensity at
tended by heavy rains and by local
high winds.
THE storm will move northeast
ward, attended by rain from the lake
region and Ohio valley eastward to-
so high winds In the Ohio valley and
the lake region and storm warnings
/, have been ordered for the lower lakes.
Lake Huron and south Lake Michi-3
gah." @
WAR MINISTER REGIONS.
! Sole, Aug 20.-General Fitcheff,
Bulgarian minister of war, has re-
signed on account Of i'll health. He 10
succeeded by General Jecon.