Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-20
Considerably Less Than 200
Believed to Have Pershed
in All Texas Coast Cities
and Towns, Is Estimated.
NO OUTSIDE AID is
BELIEVED NECESSARY
Governor Ferguson Issues
Statement DepfeCating Sen
sationaI News Stories Re-
garding Disaster

bdlNtAluut en- Aug. ~ 81 -. M.
I boy Boat 20 Houston THE sea haG
returned 10 normal here this after.
noon and the last rain storm follow
/ ms the hurricane stopped this fore.
noon. The number of dead here was
not known exactly, bat was estimated
at less than twenty. Eight bodie,
were seen floating Ia lhe bay today
but it was not known whether they
came from Galveston or We're washed
out from the mainland with the flow
Of the tide
The dead ana missing lists outsid,
of Galveston tonight as recorded here.
Dead:
Morgans Point 6 Wallaceville 81
Lynchburg e Port Arthur s. Ana
huac . Texas city 81. Surfeide 10,
Houston 4 Jennings Landing 81 san
Leon 3 Seabruoke 2; Cedar Bayou q
Freepurt I Sour Lake Orange l.
Alvin J. san Jacinto battle ground I;
Dickinson / scattered on beaches g.
Total i01.
205 Persons Missing.
According To the latest estimates
there are 205 persons missing.
Remote points on Galveston bay
a body of water the size Of an ordin-
airy county which penetrates the
mainland for fifty miles, began to
report today some of them bringing
small quotas of unidentified dead. At
Anahuac, on this bay, the loss of the
United States dredge boat No ~ was
confirmed but there was no loss of
life as reported from Beaumont The
loss of life at Anahuae was placed at
five
Governor James E, Ferguson, of
Texas, who is here to take charge of
general relief work. today issued the
following statement,
81 trust the papers of the country
win be careful la their statements
with reference 60 conditions In the
storm-stricken area My information
now Is that the loss Of life is not great
ana the local authorities will be able
TO handle the situation without outside
assistance. Everything possible is be-
ing done to relieve conditions
iikitHoNNt~ lltNAiuAtNs
The destruction by the storm of the
lighthouse Rt Surfeidc, Tex, about
fifty miles below Galveston, was con
frmed by couriers from that section
tonight. These couriers said they
knew positively that nineteen per
SONS lost their lives In the lighthouse.
II collapsed under the impact Of huge
waves and roaring wind between mid
nRht and 2 a. M. Tuesday Inland for
100 miles on each side of Houston,
the vast, flat south Texas prairies are
dotted with crushed buildings, many
isolated trees have their branches
whipped almost bare Of foliage and
the whole country still is teeming with
water from the effects of a rainfall Of
nearly seven inches which accompo-
MED the hurricane.
To-day for the first time since the
storm, the intermittent rains, gales.
and alarming black clouds disap-
peared ana the sun shone brightly
During the hurricane the wind was
so cold on the pralres that many
hardy persons nearly persisted from
exposure incident To standing for
hours n water and rain after their
houses had become unsafe A young
son OF Henry Heilman. near Alvin,
died from such exposure
Freight Cars Blown over,
Freight cars lie on their sides along
the railroads in these flats, and many
miles Of telegraph poles We're snap
ped orr or blown over
Harris county where Houston Isl
has provided large qnont-
ties OF disufectant materials to use
about bodies of domestic animals
which persisted by hundreds along
the edges OF the bays
The steamer Honduras overdue att
Texas, with thrty-four per
sons aboard, reported her safe arri-
val there late today.
Railroads promised ny tomorrow
to have trains running on regular
schedule from here to Texas city and
thence BY barge about six miles
across the hay 20 Galveston. Onei
road sent two trains 60 Texas city
today. one morning and one evening.
both crowded with passengers car
rylng permits from Mayor Ben Camp
bell of Houston. explaining the nature
Of their business in Galveston and
lsking city authorities there to admit
them. Al the city hall here II was
said these permits were necessary in !
the interests of order and safety
while the water supply was impaired
Galveston city authorities had declar-
ed what amounted TO martial law.
search for Missing People.
At many points between Galveston
lnd Houston many people We're out
On the shore IN small boats searching |
for the bodies of relatives believed !
hy the high water along the /
shore west Of Galveston bag and the /
ship channel.
Il Is reported that Five persons
were lost at MorRan's Point
NreckaEe of numerous frame
huildings WAS seen ON the trip from
Houston To Galveston
The second relief train was leaving
Houston Tor Galveston today at .
o'clock. A sailor believed to be a