The evening world., 1915-08-20
GALVESTON HA[TS
CURIOUS CROWDS
FlOCK|NG TO CITY
Only Those Having Business
There Allowed to Enter
More Deaths Reported.
(opsslsi from . STAT Correspondent
~ The evsnlsv WORLDLY

" NV evvVSVU WOrto-J
OaiN sston. Aug. 20.
Cen. ,. Franklin Bill, commanding
Ne Second Division II the q. 9.
Army at rsxas City. has written TO
Mayor Ben Campbell Of Houston
urging that travel Of persons from
Houston 70 Texas City and Calves
~ ~ prsAsbitsa unless thsy ere
sssssrnsa q. the welfare q relatives
n either city.
Cen. Ben told the Mayor that CAL
weston ssthoritiss were refusing 70
ut parsons from the mainland cnter
the city unless they had = good ex-
euss for landing. Texas City. the Gen.
sral said. IL utterly without dock ia
s1iitiss te handle crowds Of curiosity
oseksrs.
cisissns OF waiiaceviiis. . town Of
about one Thousand tnhabitauts on the
est ssds Of Galveston nay. appealed
to-day fes 80, saying that only three
hUusss reoasn IN Sbstr town. They
sAid alss msrs y worry over the
fAss Of ssvsaty.flvs rvsidents Of
omlth's Point, Q psninrna tutting fas
eat into the bay.
me known deed to-day totaIied
IA whils ssous ~ were fsportsd
mlssins. oaivsston's list IL thirteen
Assd. Hs1f . dossn bodies found
vsst Of sss city are In the morgus
awaiting ldsntihcaton-
4 number Of bodies found on GAL
weston rslAnd were brought here this
forenoon.
-Four moro soldiers have been add
- 10 tie tofi Of the Texas storm.
according 70 Cen. Bell at Texas City.
They are Private Walter Williams.
Frank soukup. Harry w. Eiter.
Company r. rwsnty-third Infantry.
and Private Samuel Henderson. Com
pasy O. Engineer Corps.
Gen. Ben reports the Fifth Brigade
o. Camp Crockst At Galveston COM
fortabiy essartsss1 O ths Transports
Bueoed. Fitzpatrick and Mcclellan.
Bell sid all the division records were
lost. Private Haimen 6amct. reported
dead In nrst lists. has been found sick
IN . hospital.
~ least SEVEN residents OF Calves
ton Island. west Of the city limits.
lost their Hires In the hurricane. These
ass Mr.. and Ars. John N. Stowe
and . friend, who were camping
eighteen miles down the island ana
could not b reached by warning Of
the approaching storm; Mr.. and Mrs.
Anss Bochi and A. n. barr. residents
Of the Nottingham settlement. and
Richard osstsrmeyer.
The big question now before the
cittssns Of Galveston y that Of OBJ
tanning watAr. With the breaking Of
the caussway the big city water main
Bringing The water from the wells a
Ala Iona was broken, leaving the
city with no more than one days av-
eraos supply.
ne stanl pips ana storage tank
he several days additional supply
anl ne h0ps u sxprassed that BY
saturday ~ wasss saa b. turned Into
IT, reserve main tying q the bottom
ct ths bay. ana water famine
awol1sA n the nsanttne heavy
GAswsrs have fal1sn end the people
~ satohing svssy drop possible
asAiAst contingencies Tue tslephons
ensAanss hes asAln resumed bushes
Ut Ne eilv - stiii without stree
card sisotsso iieAes ana eas.
Ths rsiifeaAs s9psstsd to-day h
hsvQ trAins suanlag % regular SEIZED
49, 81 SSrss y dsivssson. 'y .b x%'
81 nliss Ssross u bay. The oni,
com6Dnniesten W1tA the mainland 70
sevgrAl webs viii b ~ boat. Tn
ra1lrooAs have boGua construction q
= wooden trtstis AcFoss the bay TO re
place ruined portisns Of the cause
way. but q least three weeks win b
required for IL oennpletion.
RE life eavins stations along tn
our coast sunsree severely, both =
loss Of lIfe. The Captain Of San Lui
extremity q Galveston Island. IL 4
- surf men. .. q MADDOX. wa
drowned. ana the other members Q
the crew are stiii missing. Five O
the ero.g q the Ve3aooo station ar
unnccounted for. Nothing has com
from the etations - Arkansas an
Point Isabel The destruction Of IN
life savins station at 6urfside. Mt
miles below Galveston. has been con
iirmed by couriera. These stated tina
nineteen persons. Including som
women and children who had take
refugs IN the building. were kiile
whom the staten collapsed under III
impaet OF huge waves about midnigi
Tkfes .somen ana two men wer
down with a small hotel building 10
Gated ON Red Fish Reef In Mort
Hay. Id1e savers had gone 20 I'll
people. bui they refused 10 leave.
Two additional steamers are n
ported ashore In Swan Lake jui
southwest Of Texas City. They NJ
the British ships Ssrlesden and III
Eaton Han. The latter IL reported |
b. almost q total wreck. The MOI
gan Inner III Sud. which went ashoi
on the south jstty. 10 still fast al
making water. The Ell Rigio and I
vaIis. from New York, have arrive
In port. They caught the heel OF IN
storm while crossing the gulf but sus
tained .so injury. The Mallory line
Concho has also got into port. SoT
apprehen sion had been felt for TIL
shin ar well Ar for the Arapaho