The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-09-15
Galveston and Corpus
Christi Damaged
by Hurricane
DAMAGE IS NOT GREAT
Wind Leaves Coast and
Is Spending in Mexico,
Says Report.
BROWNSVILLE IS ISOLATED
Several Cities Are Out Of
Communication; Rail
Traffic Suspended.

Driving mriously into tho Texas
coast. principally In the section
southwest Of Galveston, tho tropical
hurriran that has skirted the United
Statcs gult coast for nearly week
apparently has swept INLAND near the
Mexican border
Wire communication was Inter
ruptcd In most uf thc affected area
and the extent Of tho storms dam.
age could not he learned accurately
sunday night hut there were no re-
ports OF fatalities.
brownsville and Corpus christi sp-
parcutly felt the brunt OF tho storm
which, weather bureau ofticiaiH he-
lieyc, has pasard on into mexico
where II will be dlasipAted In, tho
Mexican muupiAina,
Galveston, where coHaiderable anr-
l,tv hnd been felt, apparently WAS
struck by tho edge OF the storm area
ana again tho city was saved from
any considerable damage by the pow
crful scawau constructed after the
1900 disaster.
Water was reported to depth OF
six feet IN sections Of Corpus Christi.
and information received by lhe
weather bureau at San Antonio bnln
the water was three feet deep In the
lobby OF a Corpus Christi hotel.
brownsville Isolated.
Earlier reports Sunday from Cor
nus Christi told of considerable dam b
age done by "a 65-mle gale. when
swept away aigns ana hSninEH ana
drove rsH,dcnts OF outlying districts
TO the greater security OF brick ana
stone buildings down town.
Isolation OF Brownwille was com
plete sunday night so Tar as wire
com nuuiostion WAS ooncernen' ths
only Information corning from ina
city being contained IN brief wire
less dIspatch from Fort Brown TO
southern department headquarters ~
san Antonio, reporting a fbanhe
wind ht p, m.
The effects OF the high wind when
continued sunday night were ie't
at Galveston. too. and telegraph'o
communication with that city, over
leased wires OF the Annotated Press
was marked by frequent interruption
Galveston Flooded.
The storm struck Galveston early
Sunday and caused the ude wafer
TO flood the bushes sHetclon ana
the north adc OF tho ISLAND 10 a
drpth of three feet The senwhl
rlthstood tho onslaught or the
pounding waves. however, ana there
Was no damage to tho Causeway con-
Meeting tho city with the mainland
Ry sunday night most otthe water
had receded from 'lRlveston's streets
although an area OF several blocks
still ran with water 20 the curb tops.
Merchants declared their loss was
not great. A. most Of their stocks had
been moved to tho upper flors NaI-
weston marine circles had no report
OF shipping losn
The telegraph and telephone com
paplss lnu their connections with
Corpus christi and other points south
Of Victoria. TeNaE, at $3.50 y. ~
sunday. after employee Of those con
Germs had. stayed uutll the water IN
Corpus CHRISTI had reached "a depth
ot sit fet. causing the electric power
plant 20 suspend
RAll Traffic Suspended
A San Antonio and Araug,s Pass
train which left Corpus 'hrisu Tor
Eocf port ~ Sa ~. sunday was Dc
clared to bo somewhere 100 ID" pain
or the hutrivoluc. according io gen
cfal offices Of the railroad at Nan
Antonio.
A nouthbourd train from San An
tonic 20 Corpus christ. when ltit
the former city cary sunday reached
slntor. TrNHr. az . o'clock that AFT
.ruoun when the superintendent OF
m edIvigon n0tfiod ncadguart"r"
that no saw the front of the Com
m,rc.aI Hotel 90 Slu'ou blown I'M
by GO-su.c sale io ordered the
train bau kf1 san Antonio.
Traffl- ON tho 81 Louis Browns-
vile Mexico railroad lines south of
san Antonio into The l,Ip Ggande
valley wtH Fusp"uied indefinitely.