Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-17
DEATH LIST GOES
UP AS SEARCH Of
STRICKEN C|TY's
RUINS CONTINUES
List Of Lives Lost in Sundays
Storm Along Texas Coast
Is Increasing As ResCuerS
Dig Among the Debris.
STEADY RAIN FALLS;
ADDS TO SUFFERING
Latest Estimates Place Prop
erty Loss at S10,000,0 ,00Oi
Buildings and Wreckage
Swept Many Miles Inland.

With the known death list at least
forty-seven at Corpus Christi, and
estimates that the toll will amount
to seventy-five or one hundred in
that city alone, the situation in the
storm swept west gulf coast region
of Texas continued uncertain Tues
day night.
While the death list in the af-
fected territory outside of Corpus
Christi probably is considerable, there
was no confirmation of reports plac-
ing the total into the hundreds.
Probably the most definite news
came from Corpus Christi Tuesday
night in the statement that fifty-siX
bodies, none of which had been iden-
tilted, had been discovered between
Portland and Taft. This informa-
ton was brought across Nueces Bay
by a resident, who asserted that
twenty-six of the dead were at Port
land, which lies across the bay eight
miles west Of Corpus Christi; twelve
at one ranch house and eighteen at
another.
Women and Children Saved.
Reports in railroad circles OF San
Antonio were that the dead in Rock
port would not exceed three. Radio
advices at Galveston said six men
were drowned at Port Aransas and
that all the women and children
there had been saved, Telegraphic
adyiees ieoeiyI5l by the Associated
Pre- ~ 4 irert NJ "A i1aatssIsa b ea 81 tieh
place had been isolated since Sum
day, reported no loss of life there
or at Sea Drift and Port O'Connor,
but said the property damage at
Port I4avaca would be about $780,
600, mainly on the bay front, and
Do Dn
Drift were said to have been consid-
erably wrecked by the wind which
reached a velocity of 65 miles an
hour. The velocity for a few sec
onds at Port Lavaca was reported as
having attained 80 miles.
State machinery for relief of storm
sufferers was completed late Tues
day by Governor Hobby, who order
ed units of the Texas National Guard
to relieve federal troops at Corpus
Christi as quickly as transportatloh
could be arranged. The governor IS
sued proclamation urging prompt
contributions of money and supplies
to the relief fund.
Three Relief Trains Arrive.
Three relief trains reached Corpus
Christi Tuesday with food, bedding,
clothing and medical supplies, and
three trains are enroute. Two re-
lief trains were reported stalled Dy
washouts at Alice, Texas.
Seven scout airplanes were ordered
from Kelly Field San Antonio, to
go to Corpus Christi, and find suit
able landing fields for larger planes,
which may be used to transport sup
plies from stalled trains into the city.
The scouting planes also were hhder
instructions to endeavor to get news
Tn
Latest estimates placed the prop
erty loss in Corpus Christi at S10,-I
600 600, and meager advices indicated
the damage at Port Aransas would
be- very heavy. Destruction in the
lower mart of the business section
and along the North Beach at Corpus
Christi was reported "indescrlbable.
Rescue workers faced a tremendous
task of clearing the debris blocked
streets and a steady rain which set
in at noon Tuesday turned the rap.
idly drying streets into a siusn OF
mud. The rain also added much 10
the suffering of the destitute ana
homeless.
Several of the city bakeries at
Corpus Christi resumed operation
Tuesday, turning their entire output
over to the Red Cross for distrlpu-
ton.
Missing List is Reduced.
The list of missing at Corpus
Christi was being gradually reduced
Tuesday, as refugees continued to pc
found after having fioated in the
bay on wreckage or having been
driven inland by the storm. APP
proMmately It's of these unfortu-
mates were taken from wreckage at
Odem, thirty miles west of Corpus
Christi They were reported TO have
suffered intensely from exposure.
The storm carried buildings and
wreckage many miles inland, &C
cording to meager reports from