Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-23
Is LIVES IS
TOTAL DEATH
TOLL STORM
No Lives Lost in Cor.
pus Christi--2
Are Missing

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\ toll Of fifteen lives was eXacted in tn,
Gulf Coast section bv the hurricane Of
last Friday afternoon and night. with TIVE
men missing. All other fishing partie.
who al first wer reported missing have
been found and are safe None OF the
deaths occurred in Corpus Christi. SiN
of the deaths were members of the crew
Pilot Boy, Captain Dittmore arriving here
Monday with the first accurate list Of the
dead and the SURVIVORS,
The complete list of the dead a. re
suit Of the storm Lawrence Lewis. aged
Il, OF Flour Bluff. Body found Mon
day afternoon four miles from Flour
Bluff William MelroSe. age 90. with Lew
is. Charley Martin Of Galveston. first
mate Of the Pilot Boy. Gus Soldering of
Galveston. second mate John Logan 81
Galveston. second engineer. John Olson
OF Galveston. seaman. Oscar johnson Of
Galveston, n seaman.
The sixth death on the Pilot Boy was
the cook. whose name and address was
unknown by Captain Dittmore. Three nm
identified Mexicans were killed IN VILLA
cy County. An aged Mexican and m.
wife living seven miles southeast of Alice,
Jim Wells county which was demlni-hed.
San Diego reported the death of an UNI
Identified Mexican woman
n Herbert Moore, age IA, of Aransas
Pass, died this morning at Flour Bluff
froa exposure, being six hours in the
water. Joe Fern, a fisherman arriving
here said that Charley Smith. white
fisherman and a negro named Charley
Dugoe, were missing III the Laguna Ma
dero when the storm broke and up to
Sunday night no trace OF them has been
found. Il i thought by fishermen that
the two men have been lost.
The SIX survivors of the steamer Pilot
Boy, wrecked last Friday morning in the
Gulf Of Mexico, reached here bringing
with them the first list of casualties and
the story OF the wrecking Of the coasting
steamer. The names and addresses Of
the survivors all of whom left Monday for
Galveston, are: Captain William Dit
more. 2l0l Avenue II, Galveston. Thomas
A. Greenwood. fireman, 2025 Avenue H.
Galveston; Bert Everts. First engineer.
2ll Avenue u, Galveston; Otto Lind
holme. seaman, 1920 Vine street, Calves
ton: j. X. Rosson, chief engineer. 1902
Avenue q, Galveston; Arthur Peterson
fireman, 309 First street. Galveston
Captain nitimore said that the Pilot
Boy was ten miles northeast OF Port Ar
anSas when the storm broke III I'm cf u y
fury. the storm starting about 30
o'clock. AT exactly q 80 o'clock the -iea
mer broke and within five minutes went
down with debris IN all directions. Cap
tam Ditmorc was In the wafer four hours
when he was picked up bv lfesaver. lie
was floating on large door aud was
badly bruised about the leg- and arms.
The other four men floated IN early Nv the
afternoon. Four of the bode. from the
steamer have been recovered and buried
al Port Arkansas. Searrher- are hunting
along the shores of Padre and Mustang
Islands for the other Two bodies The
steamer carried cargo valued ~ $50 600
including a carge Of dry goods, q ear of
paper bags, an ear Of sugar. four ears
Of canned goods aid a number OF local
shipments. The value Of the steamer
regularly engaged il service between Cor
pus Christi and Galveston D. placed at
s2s,000. with no insurance. The cargo
loss will be fully covered BY insurance
| Herbert Moore, the l4-year- old lad Of
AransaS Pass. who j. numbered among
the fifteen victims Of the tropical storm
Of Friday night. was fishing with his ia
ther off Flour Bluff. seven miles south
west of Corpus Christi. att he time the
storm came on and not having seen OF
heard any of the warnings sent out by The
Weather Bureau, they did not think they
were in immediate danger and remained
out much longer than they would have
done otherwise Finally, seeing that they
must flee for safety. they stripped them
selves of their clothes and swan for the
shore. which they reached IN safety. The
exposure was too much for the lad, how
ever. and he snccumbed at Flour Bluff
late Sunday afternoon.
The bodies of Lawrence Lewis and Will
lin Melrose, who were last while fishing
off Flour Bluff, we're recovered Monday
about four miles from Flour Bluff By a
searching party.