The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-27
THE STORM DEATH
LIST INCREASES
Recovery Of Bodies DaiIv
Runs Death List into The
Hundreds.

the devastated storm area OF wh;c
corpus Christi, Texas. vas the cente
only serves to swell the death ron G
sundays hurricane Of September Il
and confirm earlier estimates that n
total property damage viii excee,
/ $20,0O0o00.
IL IS daily becoming more apparen
that the destruction wrought by tl,
storm will sarrass all previous csti
mates, both as 70 life ana propcrtv. a.
news tiItering in from the surrounding
country with the partial resumption OF
wire communications continues to EN-
/ phaslze the appalling magnitude OF the
/ catastrophe.
flans Tor dragging Nueces Bay for
. bodies known to be held in the large
amount OF Wreckage still floating in
the back waters are being discussed
though the physical difficulties of the
task may prevent its fruition.
1t is now believed that there is little
nope OF reclaiming the additional vic
ums, and the conviction is growing
mat the final chapters in the terrible
disaster must be written with the total
death list locked in the waters OF
Nueces and Corpus Christi bays.
4 final check of the storm dead.
according to latest figures obtainable
is as follows:
buried at Corpus Christi, 6S.
Buried on north shore Nueces Bay,
189.
Dead at Rockport, 8.
Dead at Port Arkansas. 5.
Dead at Aransas Pass, 3.
Total PA.
Following is revised list of known
dead at Corpus Christi: Mrs. Rosa |
RoDInett tourist, home unknown: Mrs |
Paker, wife Of the proprietor Of Paytl-
ION Hotel which was swept away;
Jacob Born, son of A. Z. Born. prom
nent IN automobile circles: w. l..
address unknown; Unidenti-
led white baby, months old: Fl
'rater, city policeman, drowned while
Engaged in rescue work; three uniden-
l1led bodies Of girls, ranging from
TO 10 years of age; f. w O'Connor.
Ocal newspaper man; three unidenti-
led MeXicans; Mr.. and Mrs. T. A
)aFlse, daughter and unknown lady
ueSt; daughter of John Martinez,
'orth Beach, 10 years old; Elofi Flo
ella, Mexican boy, II or IA years old.
orth Beach; son and daughter of Ed
ard Richmond, proprietor of local
noe repairing shop, aged II and 6.
unidentified white girl.
or IL years OF age; three women
al two girls under 10 years OF age.
lldentitied; Mrs. r. B. Bowden and
20 children, Corpus Christi; Mr.. and
rs. l.. Z. Waters, Corpus Christi;
rs. Alya Carter and children, ad-
'ess unknown; Mexican nurse Of Mrs.
)Wdens children; Hal Spyx, Harris
Irg, Tex; Miss Brock, aged IA years
'rpus Christi; baby, year old, found
White Point; woman, II years Old
lnd at White Point believed to be
ie OF Captain Edgland, Company /.
ia Infantry; Antoine Anderson,
mpany |, 31th Infantry; Mrs. &. E.
,yden, Corpus Christi; girl, name
,ieved to be Nichols; Mrs. Wasson
Z two children; Anderson, soldier,
number 49G650
At Rockport, dead Mr.. and Mrs
tie and child, four Mexicans; ne
SIS; Donnie Mullen, col0red woman,
)ut 80 years Old, cook at Spohn
litarium; Private Dial, Company /.
b IRlantTy; Anna Moore, white. Of
'pus Christi; Captain B. NJ Ege-
d in command OF Company /, 37th
5ntr!, stationed at the soldiers
camp here. His home is in Wen.
:, s. d.; Zachariah d. Kapsiotim,
ion. PitsOta, supply company, 37th
sntry; two unidentified women, one
1entified white man, one identified
te boy and one unidentified color
girl; Miss Margaret Mutually or
pus Christi; Miss Rossie Miller OF
vile; body found at Portland; four
lentified women and three uniden-
ID men, Miss Veta r. AdamsOn and
IS Moore, Corpus Christi
fteen hundred homes. stretching
g the beach for twenty-three
ks at Corpus Christi, were crush
nd hurled away or wrecked by the
wave, which reached a depth of
en- feet in some places. Over
of the beach section not an in
lion of former homes now re-
Is, except here and there a bath
Or part of a brick chimney.
ON Start street, where the busi-