Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
GALVESTON BACK
ON The MAP AGAIN
Wire Service Restored and List Of
Dead Learned to Be Over
Score.
URGENT APPEAL FOR AID

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GALVESTON. Tex, Aug. 90
Wire service was restored to Calves
ton today by the Western Union. The
first message out OF the city since
Monday was an Associated Press dis
patch saying Galveston's known loss
OF life was eight killed in the city
rproper and twenty-five in the low sec
tons on the western portion OF the
island. Water service is expected to
be resumed tonight. There is plenty
OF food in the city.
/ An urgent appeal OF citizens of Calves
ton and OF the state OF Texas for aid
was sent out today hy residents Of the
small VILLAGES of ARtunale. wailacevllie.
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on the east side Of Galveston bay. The
appeal said every village was in dire
need. but gave no details.
Bodies Found at Texas City.
( TEXAS CITY, Tex, Aug. 0.--Nine
bodies we're picked up yesterday on a
dyke near this city. and today the crew
OF the tender Rowan. which recovered
them. said that twenty-nine more bodies
/ lay on this dyke. II was thought part
OF these bodies might be those OF msn
/ from the dredgeboat Houston. wrecked
three miles off Texas City. There are
only four known survivors Of o crew OF
forty-four from the Houston.
List of Dead.
/ HOUSTON. Tex. Aug. D.-DiEpatches
/ filed in Galveston yesterday and reaching
here today. giving death list OF thirteen
and saying fiat car had been sent down
the island for more bodies. were supple
mented by private reports today that
] number OF bodies had been brought In on
I the car. Galveston island IL forty miles
I long and II Is reported that many. bodies
, from the mainland have washed ashore
along the leland.
The death list from the gulf storm IN
creased slightly today and the miaalng
list decreased considerably The known
dead list was 116 today, including thirteen
known dead in Galveston.
It is expected the dead will be increased
| by dozen or moro when the Virginia
Point hotel collapse IL cleared up. Twenty
! persons are listed as missing In this ooi-
lapse and up to today no trace Of these
missing has been reported here.
Missing AZ Bolivar safe.
Reports indicated mat the thirty per
sons yesterday listed a. missing IT Boli-
var had been found.
A conservative estimate OF the missing
today was less than 100.
Reports from Galveston were optimiB-
tic for rapid recovery OF the city's routes
for food supply and for early establish-
ment Of wire connection.
with reports thai tn,. crews Of the
dredge boats sam Houston and San Ja-
cinto were safe. tho missing list was cut
down from its previous mark Of ask. The
dredges were found last night aground
near the Houston ship canal.
That trains would be running into
Texas City on regular schedules today
was announced today BY the railroad Of
fioIals here.
A reassuring statement Of conditions
In the storm swept area was issued hero
by Governor Ferguson. who has taken
charge OF the general relief work.
MY information Is that the loss Of life
Is not great and the local authorities viii
be able to handle the aItuation without
assistance" the statement said
Many in Houston Hospitals.
Evidence OF the unusual destructive
ness Of Mondays hurricane was seen in
Houston's hospitals today, which house
between fifty and 100 persons either tn
jured In the storm or suffering from
illness contracted in long exposure. Most
OF these patients are from towns along
the coast. Many are suffering from
snake bite-a real danger In . coast hur-
Ficane because the waters drive snakes
upon the few objects above water Mar
win Proctor Of Lynchburg Il In q ssF-
Gus condition on account OF . moccasin
bite. With his baby he had been driven
into the water ai;d was trying to build
. raft with boards blown from his homo
when the snake bit him on the hand.
He carried the baby until Wednesday
morning. although one arm was swollen
to nsariy twice It's normal siss. on
wednesday a launch picked him up.
Citizens from WAliaceville. q town OF
about Loo inhabitants on the saSe side
of the Galveston bag. appealed today
for aid. saying that only thros houses
remain In their town They estimated
that fo0e0 head OF stock drowned IN
Chambers county. where wauaesvlils =
situated.
They said also there is worry over me
fate OF seventy-five inhabitants Of
Smiths Point. peninsula Juttins far
out into the bay.
q. A. Fredericks OF Dallas. ana n J.
Whittis OF Houston. who were n the
Virginia Point hotel when II collapsed,
were washed out 70 sea and aftsr float
ing about on Areckage for several hours.
were washed back again BY a change OF
the wind.
0irI E1oAta UaztT 1ElIea.
A young Girl OF ie. found on Galveston
beach unconscious. when revived said ahe
was at yelasco. nearly sixty mllss dis
tant when the hurricane struck. She
became Unconscious again before Civ
ing any other information.
General J. Frsnklin BEN. commanding
/ the second division OF the United States
army at Texas City, has written 10
Mayor Ben Campbell OF Houston urging
that travel OF persons from Houston 20
TEXAS City and Galveston be prohibited
unieas they are ooncsrned IN the we'll
faro OF relatives IN either city. Cen
eral Bell told the mayor that Galveston
authorities were refusing to let persons
from the mainland entsr the city unless