New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-20
Missing Number 1853 and
Half Are Believed to
Have PeriShed.
SEARCHING SHORES
FOR THE NARROWED
Hundreds of Miles Of Prairie
Dotted with Crushed Buildings
Bodies Floating in Bay.

Houston, Tex, Aug. 19.-There are
lOl known dead outside of Galveston
from Monday nights West Indian hur-
ricane. according 10 reports here to-
night. The missing outside of Gal
;eSton total 1853. OF the missing 1t Is
feared more than half are dead. The
estimate Of dead in Galveston Is
twenty.
Eight bodies were seen floating in
the BAY at Galveston to-day, but 1t
was not known whether they came
from Galveston or were washed out
from the mainland with the outflow OF
the tide.
Communication with Galveston and
Texas City. sixty miles from here
continued to be matter of many
hours. II was known that Galveston's
loss Of life was comparatively light,
and it was evident that the island city
was not rushing out any appeals for
aid.
Railroad officials promised by to-
morrow 70 have trains running on
regular schedule from here 20 Texas
City and thence by barge, about six
miles across the bay. to Galveston.
One road sent two trains 70 Texas
City to-day. both crowded with passen-
gers. carrying permits from Mayor
Ben Campbell of Houston, explaining
the nature of their business in Gal
weston and asking the city authorities
there 10 admit them. 1t was SAID per-
mits were necessary while the water
supply was impaired.
The dead and missing lists tonight
As recorded here were:
The Dead.
Galveston. &C; Morgan Point, 6;
Wallaceville, 8: LynchburG, .; Port
Arthur. 5; Anahuac. 5; Texas City. 81;
Surfeide, 10; Houston. 4; Jennings
Landing, 8: San Leon. g, Seabrooke.
=: Cedar Bayou. .; Freeport, ]; Sour
Lake. /; Orange, /; Alvin, /; San ia
cinto BATTLE-GROUND, /; Dickinson. !;
scattered on beaches, 6; total, III.
The Missing.
Dredge Houston, so; Boliver'
said to be mostly on steamer
so; dredee San Bernardo. 81; tug
Helen Henderson. 9, Virginia Point,
%: Patton. 10: Hitchcock. Z; Moss
Bluff, 5; total, l5s.
Men from the dredgers Sam Houston
and San Jacinto, carrying, respectively.
Sc and so men, reported tonight that
all hands were safe. Some of the Sam
Houston men escaped to Galveston.
Remote points on Galveston Bay
began TO report to-day, several Of
them telling of the finding of unidentl-
fed dead At Anahuac the loss of the
United States dredge boat No. II was
confirmed but there was no loss Of life.
as reported from Beaumont. The loss
of life at Anahuac was placed at five.
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neering Department inspector, from
Galveston. who was aboard the dredge,
said il was moored with siX-inch ropes.
but the wind snapped them. One OF
the men volunteered TO swim ashore
and try to moor the vessel TO a tree.
lie went overheard. but a gust of wind
picked up the slack of the rope, whip
ping II out Of his hands. Next day,
said Miller. this man regalned the
dredge party uuhurt.
Miller had three broken ribs. New
CrtheieSS. he rode a log down Trinity
River. then rode a horse twenty-slN
miles and walked several miles through
the woods until he reached rail con
necfions with Houston. On his trip he
found three dead at Wallisville and
five missing at Moss Point
To Search FOR the Starving.
N4vor Pen Campbell. of Houston,
has asked that all power boats avail
able here. search tho shores az Calves
ton Raw and inlet for persons ma
iooncd ard starving.
Edwin Cart 'r, Of Houston. caught in
the storm Nor ia Porte. at the head
Of this bav. was in the water from
Monday night until carly Thursday
morning. Whom found he was delirous
with his eve: swollen nearly shut
Refugees from Galveston to-day de-
,crlbed the early hours Of Tuesday.
Archie McDufy, of WaAahachie, Texas,
-aid he spent tie night i'm the terminal
s,atiOn at Ga 2eston. He estimated
there were 500 persons on the upper
floors OF that building. When the
storm was al is height hundreds of
ucgroc, sang for hours the song, "O.d
Time Religion.
At daylight Blake Rose, Of Waxa-
hachie. swan across the street to get
some fruit. lie dragged two crates of
cantaloupe. TO the station. where they
furnished he only breakfast for many
women.
General Franklin J. Bell, Of the Sec
ond Division, at Texas City. has asked
contributions Of clothing for soldiers
OF h's command and their families.
In and tor 100 miles and over zone
reaching nearly 100 miles on each side
Of Houston the vast fat South Texas
prairies are dotted with crushed build
ings, trees have their branches whipped
almost bare Of foliage, and the whole
country shows the effect Of a rainfall
Of nearly seven inches which accom-
panied the hurricane.
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