The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19

ported in this vicinity today as re
suit OF the tropical storm.
Last Word from Corpus.
| BEEVILLE. Texas, Aug. 19.-
Things are mighty bad. A big pavil-
lion has just blown away and a boat
has sunk out in the harbor."
That was the last message received
over the telephone from Corpus
Christi, shortly after eleven o'clock
last night at Sintcn, thirty miles south
of here and twenty-five miles north of
Corpus Christi.
The hurricane struck this city
shortly after three o'clock yesterday
afternoon and the wind was blowing
sixty miles an hour by six O'Clock. A
large gin and two blacksmith shops
were demolished and numerous small
buildings blown down. The cotton
crop is ruined in this section and wind
mills, silos and fences on farms we're
swept away.
Trains that left here at five o'clock
yesterday afternoon could go no fur
Their than Sinton on the San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass railway. The crews
report the hurricane did heavy dam
age there and the tracks were covered
with debris for several miles on this
side Of the town. No loss Of life has
yet been reported. All wires are down
south Of here.
Like Movie Spectacle.
GALVESTON, Texas, Aug 10
Galveston had passed through anoth-
er tropical hurricane today, just two
days more than year since last
years destructive storm.
But while the storm took a heavy
toll in lives and property a year ago,
yesterdays blow only provided an in
teresting spectacle for thousands or
persons who crowded the beach until
far into the understanding like a
movie on a gigantic scale.
The wind attained its highest
velocity of forty-two miles an hour
here early In the afternoon. The aver
age for the day was thirty-four miles.
The property damage was negligible,
being confined to q few small struc-
lures on the beach.
The weather bureau explained the
storms arrival on the coast twelve
hours ahead OF schedule, as due to the
fact that reports of its passage
through Yucatan channel were incor-
rect as regards time and also because
of the sudden veer it made across the
gulf to the lower Texas coast.
The only fear felt here was for ship
ping in the gulf The Gulf Coast Fruit
and Steamship companys liner Fort
Morgan was due at Galveston at day
light yesterday with passengers and
q cargo Of bananas from Puerto Mexi-
co, but 1t had not been reported early
today. Several smaller vessels also
were unaccounted for.
Buildings Are Leveled.
GOLIAD, Texas, Aug. 19.-Several
small buildings were demolished.
fences leve1led, and the cotton crop
for miles around ruined by the hurri-
cane which struck this place about 10
o'clock last night. This city is about
sixty miles north of Corpus Christi,
and from the velocity of the wind
here, it is believed the latter place
must have been hard hit.
Fish Houses Damaged.
PORT LAVACA, Texas. Aug. 49,
Two large fish and oyster houses were
demolished, several small fishing boats
blown ashore. and other damage done
by the hurricane which hit this city
shortly after six O'Clock yesterday af-
ternoon and continued for five hours.
The storm was the worst this section
has experienced since 1886.
Large waves lifted small craft and
washed them into the streets. Tele-
phone and telegraph wires were blown
down and communication with Corpus
Christi, seventy-five miles south was
severed early last night Reports
from there late yesterday afternoon
were that the wind was blowing sew
enty-five miles an hour and was got
ting stronger every minute.
Makes an inspection.
| DALLAS, Texas, Aug. &c. A.
| Gates, manager of the Southwestern
Telephone company's office at Rock
port, made his way on foot to Greg
DRY, twenty miles west of there. this
afternoon and communicated with the
local Offices. He said there was some
loss of life in the water of Rockport
during the hurricane" although the
town itself had no casualties.
Gates report is believed to refer
to the loss of the steamer Pilot Boy
late yesterday, when ten men were
drowned. Rockport is located on a
peninsula a few miles north Of Port
Arkansas where the Pilot Boy went
down.
The telephone company's wires are
working as far south as Sinton, sixty
miles north of Corpus Christi and