Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-15
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Dallas, Texas, Sepe. 14.-Driving
furiously into the Texas coast, prin-
cipally in the section southwest Of
Galveston, the tropical hurricane that
has skirted the United States gulf
coast for nearly week apparently
has swept inland near the Mexican
border
Wire communication was inter-
rupted in most OF the affected area
and the extent of the storE's damage
could not be learned accurately to-
night, but there were no reports of
fatalities.
Brownsville and Corpus Christi ap-
parenty felt the brunt of the storm
which weather bureau officials be-
Iieve has passed on into Mexico where
it will be dissipated in the Mexican
mountains.
Galveston, where considerable
anxnety had been felt, apparently WAS
struck by the edge of the storm area
and again the city was saved from
any considerable damage by the pow
erful sea wall constructed after the
1900 disaster.
Water was reported assiepth Pr
SIX feet IN SECTIONS of CORPUS Christf
and information received by the
weather bureau at San Antonio sai6
the water was three feet deep in the
lobby of the Corpus Christi hotel.
Earlier reports today from Corpus
Christi told of considerable damage
done by a sixty-five- mile gale which
swept away signs and awnings and
drove residents of outlying districts
to the greater security of brick AMI
stone buildings down town.
Brownsville Isolated.
Isolation of Brownsville was COM
plete tonight so far as wire communi-
cation was concerned, the only in
formation coming from that city be-
ing obtained in brief wireless dis
patch from Fort Brown to southern
headquarters at San Antonio report
ing a sevepty-five-n mile wind at g..
m.
The effects of the high wind which
continued tonight was felt at Calves
ton, too, and telegraphic communica-
ton with that city over leased wires
of the Associated Press was marked
by frequent interruptions.
The storm struck Galveston early
today and caused the tide water to
flood the business section and the
north side of the island to depth of
three feet. The sea wall withstood
the onslaught of the pounding waves,
however, and there was no damage
to the causeway connecting the city
with the mainland.
BY tonight most of the water had
receded from Galveston's streets, al
though an area of several blocks still
ran with water to the curb top. Mer-
chants declared their loss was not
great Galveston marine circles had
no reports of shipping lost.
Telegraph and telephone companies
lost their connections with Corpus
Christi and other points south of VIC
toria, Texas, at $3.50 p. M. today, after
employees of those concerns had stayed
until the water in Corpus Christi had
reached a depth Of six feet, causing
the electric power plant to suspend
operations.
Train In storms Path.
A San Antonio and Aransas Pass
train which left Corpus Christi for
Rockpoft at a. m. today was de-
clared to be somewhere in the path
of the hurricane.
A southbound train from San An
tonic to Corpus Christi which left the
former city early today reached Sin
ton, Texas, at o'clock in the after
noon when the superintendent of the
division notified headquarters that he
saw the front of the Commercial hotel
at Sinton blown in by a sixty mile
gale. He ordered the train back to
San Antonio.
Traffic on the st. Louis, Browns
willie & Mexico railroad lines south of