Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
storm IS worst
IN HISTORY Of GUILE
Shipping Sustains Enormous
Losses, Says Appeal From
Key West.
COAST GUARD is AIDING

Reports to the weather bureau here
from Galveston last night said the tide
was rising rapidly. water was food
ing low places on the island and peo-
pie were fleeing to the city. A thirty
mile northeast storm was blowing and
the Galveston tide at II o'clock was
81 feet and rising.
Appeals for aid to shipping caught
in the tropical hurricane In the south,
on which the coast guard is acting.
declare the storm 1.-The most terrific
hurricane in the history Of the gulf"
shipping" says the appeal from
President Porter OF the Key West
Chamber Of Commerce, has sustained
enormous losses Vessels are ashore
along the entire Florida reef. Several
large steamers are ashore in harbors
and private facilities are inadequate. 3"
Coast guard steamers will comb
the waters from Tortugas to Miami.
May Hit Entire Gulf.
NEW ORLEANS, September Is (by
the Associated Press.
the tropical hurricane, which first
made its presence known nearly
a week ago in the Bahamas. touched
the coast Of Louisiana today. observ-
ers at the New Orleans district wealth
er bureau tonight could only say thai
the center had not reached the main.
land and that the area to feel the eff.
fects Of the storm might include thu
| a. OK
| to extend storm warnings from We.
lasco to Brownsville, Tex.
| A fifty-mile gale was reported blow
ing at Lockport, near the central por
ton Of the Louisiana gulf coast
| Gas fields in the vicinity of Houma
Louisiana's natural gas section, wer,
reported under water. but the extern
Of the damage was not estimated.
| Realization of the seriousness OF
che situation came here late today
| when the Louisville and Nashville
railroad cancelled its gulf coast serv-
! ice, passenger and freight
Damages Railroads.
MOBILE. Ala, September 13.-
Railroad and traction lines on the
gulf coast, in south Mississippi, have
been damaged to the extent of thou.
sands of dollars by water swept in
by the tropical hurricane.
Boat Dashed Upon Beach.
PENSACOLA. Fla, September 13.-
A fishing boat was dashed up on the
beach on Santa Rosa Island this
afternoon. What became of the crew
had not been learned late tonight.
Owners of the schooner Maude H
Dudley received word today thai
their vessel was among the storms
| victims. The crew of the schooner
was picked up forty miles off Havana
This is one of the former Lutz Com
pany Schooners which was sold a.
auction last April under orders from
the alien property custodian's Office.
TAMPA, Fla. September 13.-Capt
E. w. Myers Of the P. & O. liner Has.
cote, which reached this port after
lying in the harbor at Key West dur
ing the hurricane, says the wind
gauges at Key West were put out OF
commission Tuesday afternoon wher
the wind was blowing 80 miles ar
hour, and that he is confident the
wind reached fully 100 miles an houl
later.
No news had been received of tn,
missing oil barge Monogahela, which
with fourteen men on board, brok,
loose from the tanker Ligonier neal
Dry Tortugas Tuesday night
MOBILE, Ala, September 13.-Storn
warnings were taken down in Mobil,
tonight at $3.50 o'clock.