Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-20
GALVESTON BAY POINTS
REPORTING THEIR DEAD
Many Little Towns Have Small
Quotas Of Unidentified Vic
tins OF Hurricane.
MISSING PLACED
OF These 1t Is Feared More Than
One-Half Have Perished-Com-
munication With City of Galveston
Still Matter of Many Hours.

|. HOUSTON. August l9-There are
lol dead outside of Galveston from
Monday nights West Indian hurricane.
according to reports here tonight
Missing outside OF Galveston. totaf l5s.
OF the missing list it was feared more
than half were dead
Communication with Galveston and
Texas City. distance OF sixty miles
from here. continued to be Il matter
of many hours 1t was known that
GaIveston's loss of life was compara-
lively light. and il was in evidence
! that the island city was not rushing out
any appeals for aid.
GALVESTON BAY POINTS
BEGIN TO REPORT
Remote points on Galveston Bay be-
gan TO report to-day. some of them
bringing small quotas of unidentified
dead. At Anahuac the loss of the
United States dredgc boat No IL was
confirmed. but there was no loss of
me- as reported from Beaumont The
loss 70 ,ife at Anahuac was placed Mt
! 1ve. w. 7. Miller, United States enci-
neerins department inspector from CAL
weston. who was aboard the dredge.
said ii was moored with six-inch rope
cables. but the wind snapped them.
Miller had three broken ribs Never
theless. he rode log down Trinity
| River, then rode II horse twentv-siy
miles and walked several miles
| through the woods until he reached
rail- connection with Houston On his
Tip ne found three dead at Wallisville
and i've missing at Moss Point
Edwin Carter. of Houston, caught in
the storm near La Porte at the head OF
hnt t,,
day night until early Thursday morn
ing. When found he was delirious
with his eyes swollen nearly shut
REFUGEES FROM CITY
DESCRIBE CONDITIONS
Refugees from Galveston to-day do
/ scrihed the early hours of Tuesday.
Archie McDufile. Of Waxahachic. Tex,
sad nc spent the night in tn. terminal
Statioh at Galveston. He estimated
there were 5000 persons in the upner
hoors or that building. When the storm
was at its height hundreds of negroes
sang for hours the song .Old Time Re-
liEion'
~ meeting of Houston business
men to-day resolutions were a,opted
Offering a camp site for the Second Di-
VISION AT some point near Houston
Governor James f. FERGUSON OF
TeAas. VIII" is here to take charge OF
general relief work. issued the follow
ing statements:
! trust the papers OF the country
VIII be careful in their statements with
reference TO conditions in the storm
stricken areas. Ny information now
! is that the loss of life is not great. and
the local authorities Will he able TO
! handle the situation without outside
assistance Everything possible is he
! ing done to relieve conditions"
The destruction by the storm OF the
lighthouse at Surfsidc Tex, about
fifty miles below Galveston was CON
hrmed by couriers. who said they knew
positively that nineteen persons lost
their lives in the lighthouse 1t col
lapsed between rridnight and a. NJ.
! Tuesday
| Inland for 100 miles and over n zone
reaching nearly 100 miles on each side
! OF Houston the vast fiat South Texas
prairies are dotted with crushed build
ings many isolated trees have their
branches whipped almost bare OF foli-
age and the whole country shows the
effect OF rainfall of nearly seven
inches which accompanied the hurri-
cane.
CLOUDS HAVE DISAPPEARED
AND sun SHINES BRIGHTLY
For the first time since the storm
the intermittent rains. gales and alarm
ing black clouds disappes red to-day
! and the sun shone brightly During
| the hurricane the wind was so cold
on the Drairies that many hardy per-
sons nearly perished from exposure In
| cident TO standing for hours in water
after their houses had become unsafe.
a young son OF Henry Heilman, near
Alvin, died from such exposure
Freight cars lie on their sides along
the railroads in these flats, and many
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