Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-18

lives Woro lo0x Auo SU"s
lars Of property was destroyed m
the West Indian hurricane tns
swept the Texas coast ycesero.y
and the day before, aecord'ns 20
information rsesivsd from .ne
stricken districts which have o:en
cut off from communication WY"
the outside world. eefore moo"
,he total number OF dead was
ported % nearing 100, with no ger
mite news out Of Galveston wn'en
city 10 beloved TO have oss" ns
sst hit.
The damage to cotton wi's-be
from 16 70 26 per cent o. the en- ~,
tirs crop Of central Texas ana wiz
eoet the growers millions OF douars'
aeeerdin0 70 estimates "aoe "e'e'
Dallas. Tx. Aug. 1s.-With fne
Storm .bating and communication be-
inr re.established early reports todas
indicated that scores lost their lives
ii the west Indian hurricane tina.
swept tn Tsxas coast at various
points, starting Monday.
4 COPY of Tuesdays Houston
Chronicle, Ot3e0 O0SSaOn ~
waco. says that twelve soldiers were
r,1,ed and sixty injured and thirty or
rortv civilians are reported dead ct
Texas city. Part Of the fatalities
<., -. from the collapse Of the Thomp-
son building, = new three-story struc-
H!o:::.c., Post however.
limit. the dead there to eighteen.
SIX dead arc reported from La
porte. TEX, eight from Morzan's Point,
three from sylvan Beach and three
from seabrook
Galveston Damaged.
According to . copy OF the Houston
Chronicle which has reached Temple
Ter. ]. r. Montgomery, correspond
emf OF the paper, viewed Galveston
frnm points OF tho wrecked sea wall
ana ca,,eeway. He estimates that the
IA mage will exceed that OF the lsoo
s,orm. He says he believes many
lives must have been lost, but wireless
dI~natches from the city 30 tar DO not
agree with him.
Storm damage at Houston, accorolns
to the Chronicle Is estimated AT
Il .ofo. 900 but no mention OF loss OF
iife in the, city is made.
Rslisvee Many Dead.
.rha Chronicles interview with cor
irespondent Montgomery says:
~ am confident that tbe number OF
a.aA a Galveston II large. could not
- an elevator ON the port side OF the
c,tv and my opinion is that tho num-
her Of huildings destroyed will run into
tho Thousands.
I believe tho property loss VIII De
greater than that OF 1900.
montgomery made his way to the
49, hridsA Of the Galveston cause
vay end, owing TO the fact that this
s4r,,cture WaS swept away, no was
forcA 70 80 back to Houston. He
madS the trip IN an auto.
Hit BY Tidal Wavo.
srz> encountered indescribable con-
at4ions.. he said. '-The bridges at
rI..r Greek and Dickinson were
-..hed ont ana we ran our autos over
~. railroad bridges on and across the
4 . suu. sav &houands of' bales Of cot-
.or a tho prairie al the way from
ninia Point, (the mainland end OF
Ss,.sy ,canpevay) TO tho town OF La
~ 1uue. far inland. These were
~ she'd from Galveston docks BY the
&idal wavo.
ssTho water must have been several
feet Ovef che caa1Deway ana serious
dannaee must have been done Il by
washing out Of large quantities OF
Alltnes IN the center."
Dead Animals Numerous.
- s.Na, saw thousands OF dead animals
aIone the way" he said.
& He said no saw tho buildings af Fort
Crockett and all seemed undamassd.
Ho could recognize some OF the tall
bujldinxs In the city with which ne
vns familiar. but was most impressed
WIN the gravity Of the situation by the
fact MT the grain elevators were gone.
Dwijdine Falls.
The Chronicle report Of the storm At
TeAas CITY says:
Twelve soldiers were killed ~
rerae CITY during last nights storm
men sths Thompson building. three
etofy STRUCTURE. collapsed. Eisht were
kiIied BY bricks while four drowned
h&sr. About thirty or forty civilians.
many OF them women and children,
aloo loot their lives.
~rhooe KILLED wsre enlisted men ana
10 coopiso3ozsed o6lcsfs were Killed.