Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-08-19
Over IOOLiVeSLO
in Texas Storm
WITH LARGE SECTION YET UN,
HEARD FROM.
LOSS EXCEEDS $3o,ooO,o ,oot
Enormous Loss to Cotton Growers 70
the Storm BeIt-on Fields Ais
Suffered Severely.

Direct word from the slorrn-syets
communities Of the SOUTHEAST Texsf
coast is bringing details Of the trOp.
lcal hurricane which put Galveston
houston, Texas City and scores %
other towns In dire peril
With large sections Of the district
yet unheard from, the death list wa
more than 100, the heaviest reported
loss being from Virginia Point. oppo.
site Galveston. The property damage
ton contributing half that amount.
Deaths Recorded.
According 90 information avaIlabI.
last night. the deaths were recorded
virginia Point 30, Texas city ~
Galveston -. AorgsLn's Point 81,
| Hitchcock Z, La Porte 7, Port Arthur
-, LynchbBrg ., Sylvan Beach 2. Bes
Brook 3, Houston 2.
Property Dsnass.
Property loss estimates we're vague
except IN a. few instances Houston
Texas city AMI Port Arthur adyieef
gave fairly definite figures for thoss
Places. but most Of the other town
reported IN such phrases IS ven
heavy not yet estimated" and "cOB.
siderable"
Some Of the estimates were az fol.
lows
Galveston SIS. .GO0. 900 or more; I0us.
| ton SZ,DOO.DDG. Texas city 800, 900;
Port Arthur 100000 GeabrOOk 400.
900; Sabine 100000 Sabine Past
100000: Kfmah $4,000.
Loss 20 Cotton Growers.
In addition there was an enormous
loss 20 cotton growers In the storm
| belt, some estimates stating that Zs
per cent. Of the crop Of central Texas
was destroyed, and placing the loss
4 H. a
| also suffered severely and H. is prob.
/ able that IL will take $500, 10 re.
place destroyed dsrrfcks, recap un-
rooted tanks and repair damaged ma
chinery.
Warnings Of Westher Bureau Saved
Many.
| That the death list did not approach
| that Of the storm OF 1900 was due tG
! two cs.uses-the strength Of the Cal
weston sea wall and the haste with
/ WHICH residents Of the coastal plains
sought places Of refuge in conformity
| with the warnings Of the government
weather bureau
Wind 90 Miles an Hour.
| Galveston, as in 1900. bore the br1Im
OF the storm. but this year was bull.
! warked against the elements. The
storm reached its height there at
a. m. Tuesday, when the wind rose
to % miles an hour. This was eight
miles an hour more than the weather
4 bureau recorded for the 1900 vista
ton.
Shortage Of Drinking Water.
The most pressing need Of Galveston,
| Texas City and other coast towns,
which faced the full sweep Of the wind,
is drinking water. Galveston's supply
! was brought from a point several
miles inland, the mains crossing to
| the island over the causeway which
connected the city with the mainland.
| When the waves and storm tossed ves-
sells in the harbor preached the cause
| way, the water supply was cut off.
At Texas City Major General Bell
reported to the war department, the
reservoirs We're flooded with salt wa
| ter and mud. Food was growing
| scarce in both places and lighting
systems and street cars were out of
commission
Fourteen Soldiers Drowned.
Concentration Of United States reg
uIars on the Mexican border was a
contributing cause TO the death list.
weston and ten We're lost at Texas
City. The Fort Crockett camp was
| wiped out and the army transports
Mcclellan and Poe damaged Martial
law was proclaimed in Galveston and
| Texas City and in the latter place a
| large sanitary corps was organized by
| the military authorities
Port Arthur Hard Hit.
| Port Arthur was hit hard by the
storm. but only four of its residents
| lost their lives The exodus from that
city was unusually prompt, Beaumont
| reporting that hundreds had come
there. Sabine and Sabine Pass were
reported as deserted and submerged"
Seven Drowned at Hitchcock.
Temple. Texas, Aug. 1S--Seven per-
| sons were drowned at Hitchcock. Tex
| as. a small town just north of GAL
| weston, il was announced at AtchisOn
| Topeka and SantO Fe Railroad division
| headquarters here today. The water
| is standing three feet over the rail-
| read tracks at Hitchcock and the en-
tire community is a vast inland sea.
| REcrPIIRTInA nE