The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-17
DEATHS IN
TEXAS HURRICANE
PLACED At ESQ
CONTINUED From First Pagsa !


u%nldsntlfIsd, IS rapidly as possible for
standst and wire aemmuplesuon De,
moraliEed, a more cheerful spirit
seemed 10 peryade the city today, due
laTgelyl officials thought, to the arr,
rival 81 relief trains with faqd and sup-
Plies for the thousands made destitute
rostlNs on the open bay for more
was hauled TO shore late yesterday fasy
tened Ito q raft, The baby was. alive
and In fairly good condition, Another
baby was found. under an overturned
the hopes that 10 would float 70 safstvW'
Eli Rollins, OF. this city, reported miss
Ing, was brought In on the relief train
from RobstewMt having been picked ZIP
three miles from. odem where he was
carried by the tidal wave an HreckAge,
He. was severely bruised about the face
and body and was suffering from TX.
posture. On this train was Joseph fIol-
den, of Odem, who came here Iii search
Of relatives thought TO bA dead. hat
they were found among refugees at the
Mr., Toidsn reports that four bodies,
one negro girl eigbt yearA old, and one
plains three miles from Odem,
A fisherman q Roekport named Hig.
gins was carried aerepsNP Ierte Bay and
more than half way 10, sinton ever the
sinton. Higgins tad that So left Rock.
port In a skiff Sunday but was seen
adrift with nothing But a life belt
which carried him until he was enabled
TO climb Aup0n a housetop which came
rim his path, Escaping from the entity
u tya fARu mas lNt1o ~AItAf AAA.Ng -
S Sa11TS S MsS ra NV, we're see \ aua hRRsey * Iar Ios
rattlesnaEes which rad sought safety
lhereen, A tree top with several add,
tienal reptiles drifted against the house
top and Higgins fought fer hours be.
iere he dislodsed them all with q piece
"brIfting, as he did. aefess. Live Oak
| pe nlnsular. Puerto Bay, and a long strip
bf coastal plan, Higgins covered more
than 30 miles before he was Rescued,
His journey 10 proof that the tidal wave
went inland for at least eight miles
over the low lying plain,
Tells of Horrors.
Col. Bel. q, Whitehead, editor of the
Mecallen sun, was the last patient g
Beach, which. was under several feet
Of water, and badly damaged by the
storm. Col. Whitehead was one of SO
patients In the institution. 4s OF whom
were saved, The other five, including
a nurse, are missing and are believed
to have been drowned, Describing his
experiences col. Whitehead said" Wv
ut was the most horrible night that
can be Imagined. Wing after wing Of
the building was swept away, but we
kept clinging TO remaining parts Of the
s%tructure{ While did everything to
queil the rising hysteria among the pa
tlenta Of the hospital ! continually felt
| that every minute would be our last as
we were cut off from land<And the wa
| ter was steadily eating away our shell
ter. Once we were all huddled toseth-
In the rear portion Of the old building
| aver the boiler room ' The sisters we're
all saving their prayers In concert. |
did not know how TO say them their
way, and was sorry, for 1t was Time
to pray,
| transferred from the new wing TO the
| old portion OF the building when the
vacated wing dropped Into the sea,
| carrying the chapel with It. All Of us,
SO In number, gathered In the old por~
ton and waited for what was to come,
and widereyed, we saw the dawn come
and with IL a lull in the storm. with
| the sunlight came hope, and instead
| OF prayers for h%elpfulness came prayers
| Of thaHkfulnesa.
Finally q boy named Mccuisten and
| another lad waded out to aus and in
another hour q boat came