The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-08-19
GALVESTON SWEPT
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supply provisions aud water are being
made ~ rapidly as possible.
Both ends OF the causeway were
washed out and u viii be several
weeks before direct rais connection
can Le resumed. Gangs OF men are
busily engaged In clearing The rail-
road tracks OF the debris which IN
piled on them between Texas city
Junction ana Texas city. The ware
house and dock people OF Texas city
have placed these facilities az the dis
posal Of a committee OF Galveston
people and as soon az rail communi-
cation can be made ample supplies
can be sent ~ the bay in barges
and United States transports.
The storm broke over the city at s
O'Clock Monday afternoon. The wind
blew water :, ON the bay. flooding the
streets and ccliers business men
continued TO work until nearly .
O'Clock removing goods TO places Of
safety. Al that hour. however. tie
water was from 4 So 9 feet deep In
Market street and all who could
snught refuge on the higher floors.
The Wind. blowing from tbs north
continued 20 Increase ifs velocity I'M
III about 2 O'Clock. Al that hour, Il
Is estimated, II had reached a velocity
OF from 30 to i2f miles an hour.
Meanwhile Il had veered from the
north around 10 the east and then
came directly aut OF the south. II
was this south wind. sending In the
waves from the gulf against the sea
wall which did the damage to the
western part Of the city and to the
boulevard. At no time, however. say
those who spent the night In the
Hotel Gelvez. did the sea run clear
across the wall. The breakers thun-
dered against a, sending the spray
high in the air. and the waves broke
over the wall with terrific force. So
great was the force that the two
granite monuments which were placed
AZ the foot Of fremont street To com
memOrate the storm OF 1909 were
blown clear across this boulevard, @
distance OF more than fifty feet.
In Other places the iron posts have
been bent double and the granite cop.
ing on the sea wall has been wrench.
ed loose some Of the huge stones be-
Ing carried a block or more
Tho wrecknge from the shattered
buildings. nearly 40 Of which were Oi
frame construction. is piled high ~
all parts Of the city. Telephone. tcle.
graph and trolley poles and wirel
make an indescribahle tangle. Public
service corporations probably will De
unable to resume operations for
month.
Practically al tho show windows II
the city were broken and In som'
places roofs torn OF. Tho total mum
Der OF houses OF an kinds, cxclusN,
Of sheds, which were wrecked ~ -
timated az 500. one Of the creates
losses to Galveston IS the partial de
struction Of the cnuscway. Thi
great concrete bridge-the conncctinl
link between the islsnG and mainland
was completed barely two year
ago. Both approaches. approximate.
= 5000 feet. are gone. The Past side a
the causeway D. said 10 have beer
) torn away by one of the drodges which
u Is believed to have sunk subsequent
out In the channel The other wa
battered down by a giant oil tan
which noated from the Picrce-F oi
dyce refinery near Texas city. Their
I were six OF these tanks valued a
from $4,000 20 $4,000 each and hold
= ing approximately $4,000 barrels
OH which were lost. But for this oi
which tended 90 nllay the height ,
the waves. Il is believed the loss d
Texas city would have been eve
greater.
The greatest loss Of life known {
have been sustained at any IN place
g. said TO have occurred az Nirgini
Point al tho eastern end OF the aus
way. OF ~ peraons said To- nave bee
; IN O hotel which collapsed there. M
more than 20 were able 60 save then
selves.