Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-19

point OF the compass. switching with
dazzling rapidity from north to south
and from east to west.
While Galveston in her property dam
age suffered her heaviest loss. reports
from all along the coast and many well
inland are beginning TO tricklc in to-
, night, tell OF heavy loss OF life and loss
OF property.
relief party returned late this even
ing after working its way to Virginia
Point. between here and Galveston 1t
reported that the dead there will num-
Der between twenty-five and thirty. and
that the entire town has practically
been wiped out, not building escaping
unscathed. More than 100 persons are
marooncd on Red Fish Bar near Vir-
ginia Point
WRECkAGE Is COMPLETE
IN SMALLER TOWNS
Great gaps have been torn In the
causeway which connects Galveston
with the mainland. and the waters are
strewn for miles with the wreckagc OF
. ships and watcrloSsed bales or cotton,
representing 4 value of thousands of
dollars which were carried bodily from
docks and wrecked warehouses ~. the
storm. The Galveston report states
that a minimum of 800 buildings there
were wrecked. In the smaller towns
the wreckaee is practically complete.
Reports from Temple tell 81, con.
siderable damage there, and ate at
Hitchcock. q small town north ID Gal
weston seven persons were killed The
water a Hitchcock is three feet deep.
all the roads and railroad tracks being
submerged.
Texas City the camp of the Second
Division. l. s a, General J. Franklin
Bell commanding, has been wiped out.
Ten soldiers were killed, but so far
as is known there has been no loss OF
life among the civilian population, al
though a number have been injured,
some seriously
The camp was torn to pieces by the
wind according TO General Sell. who
arrived here to-nisht TO direct relief
measures for the flooded Second Di-
vision. He has wired appeals for sup
plies TO WASHINGTON, and it is expected
they VIII be started soon.
The military authorities have ar
ranged 10 take care OF the civilian
population and all the enlisted mems
families until order can he restored.
Members Of the officers families are
reported on the way here and are eX-
pected 10 arrive in the morning.
Not a building in the town escaped
damage. and hundreds were uprooted
by the winds The camp is reported to
be a vast lake of staguant water on
which debris OF houses and camps is
. floating. while many boats have been
blown inland for miles
NARROWING LOSSES
REPORTED ALONG COAST
From all points along the coast. ex-
cent between Corpus Christi and
Brownsville. come reports OF harrow
ing losses. Al many points bodies are
being washed ashore by the suhsidng
seas and 1t will be two or three days
before full stock of the loss of life
can he taken. Present reports place
the death toll in the neighhorhood OF
100, but indications are that AS many
more MAJ he added
Full 1000 refugees are in Houston,
about 500 Of whom came from Calves
ton when the storm warnings were first
posted. Others came from points along
the coast This city itself has suffered
severe damage. The property loss is
. estimated At s2,o0oooo, and three per-
sons, two of them negroes have heen
killed
Por, Arthur also has suffered heavy
damage. and hundreds OF refugees from
that city and nearby towns are pouring
into Beaumont. They describe condi-
lions IS fearful. the entire town heinz;
under water. Hundreds o: buildings
and homes wrecked, the water supplv
cWt and food scarce Little has been
I'd -,n
both of which towns were totally sub
merged They are deserted Relief
parties arc trying To make their way
there.
Eight men are reported dead at Nor
al Hitchcock have fi.6n recovered,
while eish, are reported lost At La
porte, twenty miles southeast OF Hous-
ton on Trinity Ray.
seabrook reports a loss O: three lives.
y refugee reaching here from Kemah.
coast town. says,that not a house is
left standing IN tho place
The heaviest losses have fallen on
80 The cotton owners, shipping interests
rand railroads
,, The damage to cotton il is esu-
-mated VIII he from . TO - per cent OF
:. the entire crop In Central Texas, while
louisiana also has suffered heavily
The loss 10 growers in Texas alone
viii approximate sevcra! millions OF
dollars
GULF IS SWEPT
= cLEAl, or SHIPPING:
The Gulf is swcp, clear Of shipping.
: ana hundreds Of boats have beer,
80 wrecked II is feared that there has
-toeen considerable loss OF lie in small
Ecrait al sea which could not reach
s.sAofe ~ 'ime DESPITE the storm warn