Arizona republican., 1919-09-15
Brownsville and Corpus Christi Also Hard Hit by Terrific Winds and High Seas-Weather Officials Say Storm Has Passed to South
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 DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 14-Driving furiously into the Texas coast. prin- cipaily in the section southwest of the tropical hurricane that has skirted the United States gulf coast for nearly a week, apparently has swept inland near the Mexican border.
 Wire communication was interrupted in most of the affected area and the extent of the storms damage could ppt be learned accurately tonight but there were no reports of fatalities.
 Brownsville and Corpus Christi ap- parently felt the brunt of the storm which weather bureau officials say has passed on into Mexico where it will be dissipated in the Mexican noun tains.
 Galveston Safe
 Galveston, where considerable anx- iety 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 to a depth of six feet in sections of Corpus Christi and information received by the weather bureau at San Antonio said 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 65-mile gale which swept away signs and awnings and drove residents of outlying districts to the greater security of brick and stone buildings down town.
 Isolation of Brownsville was com ple.e tonight so far as wire communi- cation was concerned. the only infor- nation coming from that city being contained in a brief wireless dispatch from Fort Brown to Southern depart ment headquarters at San Antonio re- porting a 75-mile wind at p. m.
 The effects of the high wind, which continued tonight was felt at Calves ton too, and telegraphic communities tions with that city CT leased wires of the Associated Press was marked by requent interruptions.
 Wall Withstands Onslaught
 The storm struck Galveston early today and caused the tide wcter to flood the business section and the north side of the island to a depth of three feet. The sea wall withstood the onslaught of the pounding waves, how ever, 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 loss.
 Telegraph and telephone companies los. their connections with Corpus Christi and other points south of Vic toria, Texas, at S:S0 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 operation.
 A San Antonio and Arkansas Pass train which left Corpus Christi for Rockport at s 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 Sim 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.
 Suspend Rail Traffic
 Traffic on the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico railroad lines south of San Antonio into the Rio Grande val ley was suspended.
 Tonight the wind still was blowing in gusts from SO to 65 miles an hour, but the barometer was rising steadily and the tide receding. The maximum area flooded by backwater from the bay extended seventeen blocks from the bay front and the entire length of the north side of the island.
 The United States weather bureau issued a bulletin late today saying the danger to Galveston had passed. but urging caution because of the high winds With the exception of the street car system which was forced to suspend service early in the day, all public utilities came through the storm intact.
 When the water backed in from the bay refugees began struggling through the streets carrying bundles and babies, some of them in night raiment.
 A number of refugees accepted shell ter in office buildings.
 High Winds Still Blowing
 GALVESTON, Sept 14.--With 65- mile, wind, high tides and heavy seas, the tropical storm struck Galveston this morning. tide water from the bay flooding the business section of the city and the north side of the island three feet deep.
 Huge waves broke harmlesslv on the sea wall and there was no material damage from the wind. Shipping in the vicinity weathered the storm
 The wagon bridge across the bay was not damaged.
 Two thousand feet of track on the causeway and railroad bridge connect ing Galveston with the mainland was washed out, destroying rail commu- nication with the outside world, but officials of the Gulf, Colorado and Sam ta Fe railroad said this would be re- paired within A hours.
 Says Storms End Near
 SAN ANTONIO. Sept 14 The