Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-20
|ALVEST0N WATER
 | FRONT IN RUINS
Houston Recovering from Damage Caused There. Stricken City Under Martial Law.

Galveston, Texas, Aug. 19.-Th7
 ,mber of Galveston casualties to-
 gh is placed at 12 dead or missing,
 nly nine being known to have dled
 Outside of Galveston, the known
 ead is placed at 1O1, while over 200
 ersons are missing, and it is feared
 hat the majority of these lost heir
 yes as the result of the hurricane in
 he coast country. This is exclusive
 five known dead at Port Arthur.
 For four days the 'heavy seas have hshed Galveston's sea wall without
 baking an impression, but while
 here will be small loss of life in the |ity, it is feared that loss of life at
 lea has been great
 Fully 24 boats, known to have been within the radius of the storm, are (iyen up as lost. with their crews.
 Geo. Caralson, sailor on the United Btaies dredg eboat San Bernardino Fss rescued last night. He had been
 3 hours in the water, following the Rreek of the dredge. He said that .27
 f tho ships company were drowned.
 The government launch Bastrop vent to the causeway and Reports Fully two-thirds of that structure kone lr eaning that railroad com municaticns with the mainland will bot be established for weeks. | Ten fishing smacks, with crews Pggregating more than 100, are with
 T the known radius of the hurricane, hnd hope for them is practically Fbandoned
 Camp Crockett, where 5000 men of fhe Fifth brigade were 'encamped. Fas cleared of tentage, and is scene pf desolation. The men are being transferred to the transports Kilpat- fick and Buford. The city is under martial law and regular soldiers walked the streets to prevent depredations Tuesday morn Png several iewelry stores, saloons Fnd other business houses were Pooted before the patrol was organ Pzed. No looter has been killed. Observer Saves Many Lives. united States Weather Observer w. r. stewart is given credit for having saved more lives than any other agency except the sea wall.
 While most people were saying Fnsre was no danger, MT. Stewart |wss sending motorcycles in every di- sectlon down the island for a dis 'ance Of thirty miles, warning the pecpie pe they would die if they did not .one no Galveston. Consequently, practically every farmer. fisherma n gnu cslrper came to the city. There xere ;s, probably 200 people left on the 'snhd below Galveston The few re- po,ts from more distinct points are ,.l ,uuei'nite and indicate that loss Of s,s IS very large among those re-
 ine beach front is g, sickening s,klt a1. from the standpoint of prop ss.V JOSS. The three large bafn aoases nave disappeared. Ball park saa sao motor dome are piles of wreck sss sea. ana pile of debris from six to ten s. as., n'eh and 40 feet wide extends tho 'eath of the sea wall.
 ra. an.asctically every house facing the s.a ",'er IS off it's foundation. Some qae Th covered with sand to their roof ureo ,re winter front is mass of marine thesa thoAase' but the principal loss Ana IS from demonstration sheds 'na warehouses;.
 to :. government dredge San Jacin- ," IS ashore on Rea r;e, roof rh. Crew is safe. ny o,, 'se Se dredge Sam Houston is ashore hean a'. Eaward's Point. No word has ''T, Ts received from the crew
 v,th ae 7- launch Pelican arrived today tha ,.,, 'Y people she had rescued from whioh iaaie , part of the causeway. snan. en IS standing. These people had in two days marooned and were posure. u'''oh ITO ex-
 MI, Revised List of Dead,
 ""''e a large section of fine storm