Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-23
IOWA GUARDS ARE
ROUTED BY STORM
Camp at Brownsville Swept By
Disastrous BioW-Heavy
Property Damag at
Corpus Christi.

u, Tex, where laSl might 5 trOplcal
storm was felt worst. was being re-
stored today, reports filtered in
from other sections showing large
property damage, Il reported loss
OF life n great destruction to the
gulf coast cotton and other crops
AT RocSport, Ten. according to Il
long distance message forwarded
from Beeville, an inland town, there
We're scveral ~drownings in the gulf
due TIC fishing parties being caught
in the gale. No bodies had been
recovered up TO noon.
Word from Point Arassas. a pop
ular tarpon fishing resort, was
still lacking at / o'clock. and what
damage the storm had lone there
was only a matter OF conjecture.
San Antonio. Tex. Aug. 21.-
With army wireless reports re-
ceived up to a late hour last
night, stating there had been little
damage and no known loss of life in
he Brownsville district, chief anxiety
entered early today on the situation at
Corpus Christi and that vicinity as a
result of the tropical storm which
struck the Texas gulf coast yesterday
morning. The only loss of life so far
eported was in the sinking i'm the Gulf
II Mexico of the small steamer Pilot
Boy, plying between Galveston and
Corpus Christi. The vessel carried a
crew of Is, only three of whom were
reported saved
Wires Arc Lost.
The last telegraph wire into Corpus
Christi failed at 2:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and the last telephone line
Reports from Corpus Christi placed tho
velocity of the wind at 20 miles an
hour, INC 1T was stated it was expected
to increase in Intensity until midnight.
Nothing later has been heard.
The storm had abated somewhat at
Brownsville at II O'Clock last night, ac-
cording to wireless reports to army
headquarters at Fort Samuel Houston,
the only means of communicating with
that city. The message stated. how
ever, another storm was reported APP
preaching.
The storm played havoc among the
army camps in the Brownville district.
half of the tents having been blown
down by h storm n loss of con-
siderable army equipment was re-
ported. Fully 10000 national guards
men and regulars, it was stated, were
sleeping in public buildings last night.
The guardsmen, principally affected
were those from Iowa, Illinois and Vir-
ginia.
Storm Plays Havoc.
Last reports from Corpus Christi
stated the storm had carried every
thing movable before it, leaving in its
wake dozens Of demolished summer
cottages and thousands of ollar of
damage in the business section. Many
small craft in Corpus Christi bay were
thrown high on the beach, it was said.
Other important places isolated by
the hurricane Included Kingsville,
Sinton, Beeville, Harrington and Alice.
Other points on and near the coast
heard from late last night reported
high winds, heavy rains and some
damage to property.
The maximum velocity of the wind
al Galveston was ~ miles an hour and.
while the tide rose four feet there. no
damage was done.
STORM SPENDS FORCE.
Dallas, Tex. Aug. 19.-The tropical
storm which struck the extreme south
Texas coast yesterday and last night
inflicted considerable damage in the re-
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