Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-18
City Still Isolated, Except
for Occasional Wire
less Flashes.
HUNDREDS MAY HAVE
LOST THEIR LIVES
Water Flowed Over Cause
way; Gale Now Said to
Be Subsiding.

DALLAS, Aug. II. - Galveston
~ again has felt the heavy brunt
of a tropical hurricane and has paid
dearly in property damage, if not the
loss of lives.
The latest word from the stricken
city, a wireless message from the
United States army transport Buford
in Galveston harbor, 10 the army
aerial at Fort Sam Houston, San
Antonio. at $40 this afternoon,
briefly told of whaves torn away
craft demolished and vessels swept
out of anchorage and left high and
dry
This latest wireless still leaves the
question whether Galveston has sut-
fercd a loss of lives unanswered. 1t
merely says that the number Of lives
| lost is unknown. leaving only the in
| ference that there may have been
deaths. Two other wireless messages
earlier in the day We're equally non
|committal
Another wireless tonight was re-
IceiVed at the Brownsville army sta
| tiOn which indicated that the storm
| in Galveston is spending its force. 1t
| had been believed all day in Texas
! that the storm had completely spent
tits force at Galveston and was far
into the great cotton belt.
Growing Crops Ruined.
Port Iavaca, a bay town more than
a hundred miles west of Galveston,
today reported great damage to the
growing crops. Virtually all cotton
| in the coastal plains thereabouts has
! been destroyed, the estimated loss
being 500 bales in Port Lavaca's
Vicinity.
The coastal plains country is a
broad fertile strip Of soil varying from
| twenty to seventy miles in width
| skirting the gulf This zone is dotted
with villages and is intenslvely culu-
waited. There is virtually no protoc-
! tion against high winds and for the
residents of this section Of the state
! fears are expressed tonight
Most Of Texas from the gulf to the
| northern boundary and as far west
as San Antonio tonight is being swept
| by winds whose velocity varies from
45 to 50 miles an hour. At San An
! tonic the wind reached a maximum
Of go miles an hour carrying in its
angriest bursts away roofs Of frail
buildings and demOraiZing wire com
munication Of all kinds. Telegraph
and telephone connection with other
cities was maintained intermittently
| throughout the day and night
Dallas has escaped serious damage
The wind, which reached a maximum
Of 46 miles an hour, lifted a house off
the underpinnings and tore branches
off trees in places.
At $50 tonight no further word
/ had been received from Galveston
and no further advices had been re-
ceived of the fires mentioned in the
a1 ytrfra 10 ;y,
Water Over Causcway.
Two brief wireless messages re-
ceived at Fort Sam HOuston's station
from the army station at Galveston
comprised the total OF communica-
| ton with the island city which for
| twenty four hours has suffered from
a tropical hurricane of great strength.
| That there has been no loss OF lives
reported, that the streets are covered
with water and that the houses along
the sea wall have been destroyed,
comprise a summary Of the news con-
tanned in the messages.
That the storm has passed entirely
over the Galveston territory and has
done all its damage is indicated from
barometric readings in cities far in
land and in the strength of the gale
at these points.
barometer ~ railing.
At Waco, which is 200 miles north
west Of Galveston. the baromete! this
afternoon was falling and the wind
blowing q gale with unabating force.
This indicates that the storm center
is approaching this part Of the state
and this conjecture is borne out by
circumstances in other cities, chiefly
Temple and Taylor At Temple sew
eral houses were unroofed today and
trees uproOted At Taylor the tele-
phone exchange building was un-
capped this afternoon and the service
for the time put out Of commission.
Both these towns are in a general
path leading from Waco to Galveston
and are among the towns farthest
south to receive wire communication
from the outside world
other towns south Of Temple and
Taylor probably have suffered the
same character Of minor storm dam
age. but it will take several days to
rehabilitate the PROSTATE wire sery-
ice in this large territory. and the
probabilities for definite information
as TO many Of them are remote
No point in Texas has reported a
death in connection with the storm
which began its march across the
state at Galveston yesterday shortly
before noon.
Hundreds Fled City.
WACO. Aug. Nv. ID. Asbelle Of