El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-17

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are being preserved and filed with ths
county recorder in the hope they MAY
later be OF use to relatives and friends
as a means OF Identification.
A military airplane circled ovel
Corpus Christi and over Port Aransas
yesterday afternoon and reported that
many bodies could be dlscerned al
Port Aransas, but that a landing va.
impossible because o. the high water
Fifteen additional storm vic
tins were brought TO the tenn
porary morEue here early today,
bringing the known dead list in
this city mp TO g. as n result of
the tropical hurricane which
swept this section last Sunday.
The total known dead then ex-
eeeded 1G0, including 30 Mt Port
Land, 80 at White Point and Il
at ROekport according TO reports
here.
The most reliable estimates here
today place the loss Of life at Corpus
Christi. Port Aransas and Arkansas
Pass at baout $50. The bodies being
recovered today are in such condition
that Identification VIII be almost i'm
Rain Adds 10 Suffering.
A drenchinE rain began falling this
forenoon handicappinE relief workers
and adding TO the suffering OF the
homeless
Today. more than 70 hours after the
tropical hurricane and tidal wave
that tore huge rents in this Texas
coast city and enVirons, it was still
impossible 10 estimate with any de-
gree Of accuracy the loss OF life or
damage 10 property.
Each report from searchers. how
ever. revealed the increasing magni-
tude Of the disaster It was believed
that IL might be week or more be-
fore its true extent was known The
great piles Of Treckage streWn from
one end OF the city 10 the other may
conceal numerous bodies. it is be-
ueved, and toda hundreds Of men
were at work exploring the mud
Estimates Of the property loss va
ried from $4,000. 600 to SIS, 600. COO
Seventy seven bodies, all blackened
and bruised. were reported TO have
been washed ashore last night on the
northern side Of the Nueces bay. upon
which Corpus Christi Is situated Of
the u bodies. the report said, IS were
taken from Portland, % from White
Point and nine from Sinton and one
from Odem- Other points also re-
ported the washing ashore OF bodies
during the night
Military officials were exertinE
every resource today to ascertain
the fate Of 20 or more soldiers
who were washed out iuf0 the
hay while the storm was ut its
height and Of whom there has
been found no trace. The men.
members OF company T. 35th in
faatry, and other regiments on
border duty, were At the govern
meut rest camp here for n week
end furlGuEh when the camp was
washed away
Capt B. n Egeland. Of Webster. s I
D, camp commander. was drowned
during the storm and his wife also is /
believed 10 have lost her life.
Attempts are being made today to /
rig out several sail boats to cross /
ENueces bay TO rescue p persons who ]
are reported in desperate strait at 4
White Point
A written message from judge P. A !
Hunter. OF Rosita. Tex. was brought 4
into Corpus Christi today, saying Is I
bodies were at White Point and that 4
IS refugees there were starving.
4 list OF known dead announced 4
here last night, included
Mrs Rosa Robinett, tourist. home !
unknown.
Mrs Baker. wife Of proprietor OF
Pavilion hotel
W L Mitchell, tourist, address IN |
known
4 Prather. policeman. drowned
while engaged IN rescue work
z ". O'Conner, local newspaper
man
7. ". Davis. grocery dealer.
Ms T. " Davis. his wife
Unidentified young woman, guest
Davis family
Ten year old daughter of John Mar
tinez
Twelve year old sen OF Edward I
Richmond. shoe dealer.
Fourteen year old daughter OF Ed
ward Richmond.
Elon Ella, Il year old Mexican.
Unidentified five months old baby.
Many Unidentifed Girls.
Six unidentified girls. ranging from
five to Is years
Three unidentified women
Three unidentified MexicanE. 7
Donnie Mullen, negro.
Pvt Dial, company I, 5Ith infantry.
Anna Moore. Corpus Christi
Capt B Il Egeland, Webster, s D.
s D. Kapiotinn, Horizon Pitsota. sup
ply ccmpan--. 9th infantry.
Two unidentified white women. one
unidentified white man. one unidenti-
fled white boy, and one unidentified
colored girl
Mss Margaret Mutually. Corpus
Christi
Mrs ". r WATSON, Corpus Christi
M and Mrs c. c. Eayden. Corpus
Christi. formerly OF Grandview, Tex
IN Mrs Hay6en's arms was clasped
an unknown baby. The bodies were
found al Portland !.
Miss Rosie Miller, Beeville. body
found at Portland.
-Four unidentified women. three
unidentified men