Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21
CORPUS CHRISTI IS RECOVERING FROM CALAMITY In Utter Ruin Population Works With An Undaunted
 Spirit. HOPE TAKEN FROM
 OUTSIDE SYMP ATHY Help From Other Cities Sends Texans Willingly About Their Tasks
 Water Famine
 Feared.

Corpus Christi, Tex. Sept. 20.-Ten members of Troop 1, Second infantry, Texas National guard were rushed to the emer-
 gency hospital here late tonight,
 suffering from ptomaine pois- :
 oning. Two were reported ser
 iously ill. The troop is from
 Karnes City and it arrived here
 Thursday.
 Corpus Christi, Tex, Sept. 20.- Known dead as the result of last Sundays storm remained unchanged tonight, with the bodies of 386 vic tins officially reported buried, and the impression was growing that few additional bodies would be found.
 In the week that has passed since q Gulf hurricane sent tidal wave city, every effort has been made to recover the bodies of victims, but it has been impossible to penetrate all the wreckages strewn along the bays.
 Prayers will be said in this and other cities tomorrow for the dead, most of them unidentified Corpus Christians, now lying in hur- riedly dug graves along the shores of Nueces Bay, near the places where their bodies were found.
 There will be no let-up in emer- gency work here tomorrow, as it is vitally necessary to cleaning up the streets, searching for the dead and administering relief to those whose homes were wrecked by the storm.
 One week of horror for Corpus Christi ended tonight with the city rapidly emerging from the chaos wrought by the terrific storm and tidal wave that swept in from the Gulf last Sunday.
 DesOlatiOn Reigns.
 Desolation reigned tonight over the broad sweep of North Beach where just week ago stood the show places of this resort city; scat tered along the beach are heaps of wrcckage, all that remains of many industrial plants.
 Under the blanket of stygian darkness that nightly envelopes the city, complete silence prevails, ex- cept for the infrequent challenges of military patrols, or quietly moving relief parties returning from some quest of mercy.
 In stirring contrast to scenes of utter ruin is the spirit of the people, constantly shown as the work of re- lief proceeds. Optimism dominates all discussions of damage done even those whose dear ones are among the hundreds dead, bear bravely their sorrowful burden. It is not in the ruins of their homes or business houses that in- spiration for this spirit is found for no single circumstance has SC raised the hope of the inhabitants as the nationwide response to the city's cry for help.
 Though stunned by the enormity of it's loss, the city turned to relief measures almost before the storm had spent it's fury and since Monday the civic, state and federal forces marshalled for this purpose have worker increasingly and with re- markable success.
 Every Person Gives. The 4,0OO homeless, almost all from the North Beach district, have been cared for In every hospital particular, hundreds of them sent tc other cities, while the rest were maintained here on supplies anc money contributed from numerous sources.
 Noteworthy among the instances of civic relief is the case of the lit tie city of Alice, forty two miles from here, with population moi quite 5000. Fifteen hundred doll ars in cash was received almost i'm mediately from Alice and now $1, 200 awaits call. Every train of soldiers or refu geets that passed through Alice mas been met day and night, by womer of that city, with full supplies o1 hot coffee and sandwiches. Nurses have been sent from the city, ant late today the little city offered tt "take any number of homeless chii dren and feed them. clothe them house them and sen dthem to school Work of clearing the streets o, wreckage and slime has been car ried on by hundreds of men who have kept doggedly at the task, with huge ' army trucks speeding the debri' away to outlying portions of th' bluff district.
 When their days work has ended these men have made their way t Red Cross headquarters or the muni cipal kitchen to take their places 1T the long line of workers and others waiting for their evening meal. . Relief cars ply continuously to al