The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-08-20
GALVESTON BATTERED
AND S0RELY BURDENED
Loss of Life in City is Less Than
a Score, But Property
Damage is Enormous.
500 BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
Twelve United States Soldiers Re-
ported Drowned at Texas
City.


swept Texas coast unheard from the
death list from the tropical hurricane
has reached more than 100. The
heaviest loss of life was at Virginia
Point opposite Galveston. Total
property damage may exceed $780,
100000
According to information available
late last night, the deaths were re-
corded as follows:
Virginia Point. 80; Texas City, IS:
Galveston. IA; Morgan's Point, IL:
Hitchcock. z; Laporte, Z; Port
Arthur. 4; Lynchburg. 8; Sylvan
Beach, 3; seabrook. 8; Houston, 2.
Property loss estimates, vague ex-
cept in a few instances, were as fol-
lows:
Galveston. S15.OOO,OOO or more;
Houston s2.OOO,O0O; Texas City
100000; Port Arthur 100000;
Seabrook s1OO,OOO: Sabine $780,
900; Sabine Pass slOO.OOO; Kemah
$4,000.
In addition there was an enormous
loss TO cotton growers in the storm
belt, some estimates stating that 25
per cent of the crop of central Texas
was destroyed and placing the loss
at millions OF dollars" The oil
fields also suffered severely.
The most pressing need of Calves
| ton. Texas City, and other coast
towns. which faced the full sweep of
| the wind. is drinking water. Gal
veston's supply was brought from
, several miles inland and the mains
! were broken by the waves and storm
tossed vessels.
Four United States soldiers were
drowned in Galveston and 10 We're
lost at Texas City. The Fort Crock
EFT and Texas City camps were wiped
out, and the army transports Nc
| Clelland and Poe damaged.
News of the day and early night
was not entirely reassuring to marine
interests. The steamer Arapahoe
from Galveston weathered the blow
and arrived safely at Key West and
derelict schooner, the NJ. A.
Achorn, whose crew had been rescu-
ed by steamer was towned into the
same port. There was no word, how
ever. of the United Fruit liner
duras, Friday and was due in New
Orleans Monday afternoon
Dallas, Texas, Aug. 1S.-Galveston
has emerged from one of the most
severe storms in the annals of the
/ iulf of Mexico, battered and sorely
burdened with financial loss. but
with the known loss of life less than
a score.
First definite news received from
the island city since the tropical hur-
ricane set the death list at Il. An
accurate estimate OF the property
damage was not yet possible. but it
is expected to reach the proportions
of the storm of 1900. when property
/ valued at s15.OOO.OO0 was swept
away. A thousand feet OF the sea-
wall was swept away. the causeway
/ which connects Galveston with the
mainland was cut in two and the city
! is strewn with the debris OF 500
! buildings crushed by the assaults of
| wind and the tidal waves.
Three fires also did great damage
aId the city is without an adequats ,
supply OF drinking water. the mains
! leading to the city's supply wells at
Alto Iona, Is miles away. having
/ been broken.
/ The loss to the city's port facilities
/ has been enormous and all kinds Of
craft have suffered. The United
States transport Mcclellan is high
aground on Pelican Island, just
across the ship channel Many YES
sells have been capsized and several
are reported as destroyed
The city was placed under martial
! law
In bearing the brunt Of the storm.
/ Galveston Island and Boliver PENN
sula served as barriers to break the
| force of the hurricane against the
hftle bay shore towns to the north