Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-20
|NOWN FATALITIES
NOW NUMBER 1863
| AT CORPUS CHRISTI
{ These All But Is Were
Residents of Stricken
City.
kPID PROGRESS is MADE
IN REMOVING WRECKAGE
reefs Filled With Debris by
Storm Now Present Normal
Appearance.
I'LL BAR ALL SIGHT.SEERS
lithorttlcs Announce Visitors Will
Not Be Permitted From Other
Cities During Emergency.
LII BAR ALL SIGHT-sEERs
fBy Associated Press ]

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEN. sept. 10
ie rising estimate OF dead is based
rscly on conditions along tho Ncuces
ore line. where there Is much wreck
&C that has not been penetrated. and
Pdcr which it is believed there arc
ny bodies OF storm victims.
compilation OF figures a, relief head
rters mere showed AN exact total OF
known dead. with only a small per
ntasc of additional iden,iiica,ions.
All out possibly nftcen Of these vic
ns are believed TO have been resi-
nts OF Corpus Christi. The list gave
coveries. followed by immediate
i.ials as follows:
Sixty nine bodies recovered and
iried at Corpus Christi. lai a, White
'int. sevcnty-hsc at Yves; Portland.
ockpor,. i've AT Port Aransas. TWO at
ansas Pas sand twenty-five a, other
'ins. Al the hgures for Rockport.
prt Aransas Pass are believed 10 rep
sent victims from those pisces.
Good Progress In Clearing Streets
Marked progress was made today In
G work OF clearing away the debris
ON the downtown streets. large army
ores OF Eorkmen could load them.
lie usual disinfectinS precautions
ere taken and the officers in charge
sanitation said there was virtually
CANSer OF disease. :,
A number Of streets along several
ockS piled fun width with wrcck-
;e after the storm. had been returned
virtually normal appearance tonight,
though damaged buildings lining
EN- attest 10 the severity OF the hur-
cane and tidal wave.
Charmen of various relief and re-
utilization committees, which are
orh!ng in cooperation with tho MILL
Try, reported much progrcss.at their
la,I
shts, which escaped material damage
rom the storm. probably Will be re-
stored within two weeks. gas may be
iEned on tomorrow water is being
ade available for ice manufacture.
I'D there IS an ample number of
oorers.
The problem OF laundry work. made
the destruction OF the city's only
kundry establishment, will be solved
a,morrow, when Mexican and negro
omen will be put 10 work at wash
lbs under the slogan mo wash. nc
Will bar sisht-seers.
I Extension of military regulations to
ar sight-eccrs from the stricken zone
expected 20 stop an anticipated rush
sunday visitors from inland cities
|rsidcnts of Corpus Christi. There will
ls no dimunit!on of the work of rcsto-
2ation and relief Sunday. Before any
IerSon can leave the city permit
|iust be obtained. This is required to
hsurc no interruption in the relief
Fork. For storm sufferers unable to
lay the cost OF transportation from
I1e city, in cases where permits to
have are available. an arrangement
as been made with the United States
ailroad administration, whcreby-.free
transportation is provided.
One OF the bodies recovered and
|uried near White Point across Neuces
lay was definitely identified as that Of
Hrs. 3. NJ. England. wife of Captain
England, commander of Company J..
thirty y-serenth Infantry. stationed at
|he rest camp here, who also lost mis-
fe. The body will be disinterred and
|hipped to Mrs. Engand's home in
Webster. S. d.
State Now In Charge.
without confusion. military jurisdic-
Ion here was transferred at noon to-
ay from the Federal TO the State au-.
Loritios. in accorda nee with custom
[rv procedure. and Colonel w. d. Cope
letting State Adjutant General. as
|umed control.
Major-General Dickman. commander
In the Southern Department.. spent the
~ here comforting in connection with
he withdrawal of Federal forces
Men searching for bodies along North
|ieuccs Bay tonight expressed the be-
|irf that scores OF additional bodies
Ire under unexplored wreckage along
lie shore, or buried in the sand shifted
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