The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-09-19
DEATH TOLL IS LARGE
SWEEP OF WAVES ON TEXAS
COAST LEFT ITS MARK
BODIES OF DEAD FOUND
Inland Rush OF the Water At
Rate Of Sixty-Fiye Miles
An Hour
[Unlted Press pispatch.l

UNITED Press Dispatch.l
Dallas, September 16.--Fifteer
bodies were recovered this morning
from the bay at Corpus Christ, toll
i'of the great gulf storm which swept
that area Sunday. Several of the
bodies are said TO be those OF sol :
diers who We're in conyalescent
camp along the Lay. The property
damage is estimated at $3,000,000.
Reports received later today were
to the effect that total of 120 bod
les had been tlken from the bay
by rescuing parties. A Beeville
dispatch says that the bodies are
taken from the strip of beach be-
tween White Point and Portland.
Relief is being rushed into the dew
astated area. Supplies have been
sent from Laredo and San Antonio.
Death List Is Lessened.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l
Corpus Christi, September 10
The death toll of Sundays storm will
be between seventy five and one
hundred here and at surrounding
towns according to the official city
estimate. Merchandise is strewn
through the business district but
there is practically no footing.
Tidal Wave Driven Inward.
Dispatches today say that the great
tidal wave was driven inland at the
rate of sixty five miles an hour. The
norsh shore of the bay was swept
clean. The only list Of identified
bodies is those from the residence
section which was damaged. The
launch Waldo with fifteen on board
bound for Port Arkansas on fish
ing trip started shortly before the
storm struck aid nothing has been
heard Of it since.
Corpus Christi is virtually under
martial law. The city has been
segregated to prevent looting. Sol
diers are aiding the 5000 homeless
residents. Appeals for aid have been
sent General Dickinson. commanding
that area, to Washington and to the
national Red Cross headquarters.
The city has no light, water, or gas.
.Unless aid is sent us, by Tuesday
morning the situation will be terri
bie." one report says. M
Injured numbering $50 have filed
the hospitals and many are being
cared for in private homes. Mayor
Amerman of Houston has received
advices that twenty three We're taken
from Portland Bay. la 81
iat Detail of the Storm. ts
Houston, September 16.-Details of
the severe tropical storm W hieirr,- .i -
4 vcerveu over crirrfvu ytrSsi., Eea chlng,
here today unfolded a story of ). the
loss of scores of lives and millions in
property damage Corpus Christi was
the hardest hit by the great storm,
Seventy bodies are reported to have
been recovered from near there.
I2 A great tidal wave sweeping inland,
drove on by a sixtyfiv mile gale
caused the most severe, losses of both
life and property. Water was ten
feet deep in the streets of Corpus
Christi for a time. Aid was being
rushed to the sufferers this morning.
Relief trains organized at Galveston
and Houston were proceeding to the
scene of the flooded area.
Port Arkansas Demolished.
Port Arkansas was completely de-
molished and Rockport and Arkansas
passage into the gulf were both sew
erely damaged. One report from these
places stated that fifty bodies had
been recovered and that 500 were
missing. Corpus Christi citizens, aft
er the first shock Of the food sent
DR.. w. P. Rhinehart to Van Allen, the
nearest communication point to wire
details of the catastrophe and ask for
aid of state officials.
1t was not until then that officials
realized the serious nature of the
flood. Many tales of hardship and
narrow escapes are told. The city of
Corpus Christi has been placed under
martial law and there are 5000 home :
less.