Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-15
Hurricane mandates
Streets Of Galveston

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which continued Sunday night were
felt at Galveston too and telegraph
ic communication with that city over
leased wires of The Associated
Press was marked by frequent in
terruptions.
Railroad Section Flooded.
/ The storm struck Galveston early
Sunday and caused the tidewater to
food the railroad section and the
north side of the island to a depth
of three feet. The seawall with
stood the onslaught of the pound
ing waves, however, and there was
no damage to the causeway con-
meeting the city with the mainland.
| BY Sunday night most Of the
water had receded from Galveston's
streets although an area of several
blocks still ran with water to the
curb.
Tonight the wind was still blow
ing in gusts from 90 to IS miles an
hour, but the barometer was rising
steadily and the tide receding. The
maximum area flooded by back
water from the bay extended from
seven to nine 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.
Refugees Struggling Through.
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
shelter in Office buildings. Others
were housed in the county court
house and the public library and the
city schools. The majority of the
visitors had left the city yesterday
on advice of beach front hotel pro-
prietors. A small number of local
residents went with them.
Water was standing in Market
street, the center of the business
section, when some of the stores
were thrown open and emergency
workers began carrying merchandise
to top floors. This work was fin
ished before the water entered the
buildings. Wheat and other grain
stored in elevators awaiting export
had been moving to the trains and
it was said there was little left to
be damaged. More than 100 train
loads of wheat were hauled out yes
terday.
When the day broke the rain
which for a while had ceased began
to fall again. Pieces of driftage
hoated to the streets. BY noon the
streets presented carnival-like ap-
pearance. Motor and sailboats,
skiffs, wagons and buggies moved
back and forth and merchants de-
clared their loss was not great. Gal
weston marine circles had no re-
ports of shipping loss.
Lose Phone Connections.
Telegraph and telephone COM
panies lost their connections with
Corpus Christi and other points
south of Victoria, Tex. at $50 p. m.
Sunday after employees of these con-
Germs had stayed until the water in
Corpus Christi had reached depth |
of six feet, causing the electric
power plant to suspend operation.
A San Antonio & Arkansas Pass !
train which left Corpus Christi for
Rock Port at 8 a. m. Sunday was |
declared to be somewhere in the |
path of the hurricane, according to
general offices of the railroad at San
Antonio.
A southbound train from San An
tonic to Corpus Christi which left
the former city early Sunday reached
Sinton, Tex, at 2 o'clock that after
noon, when the superintendent OF
the division notified the headquarters
that he noticed the front of the Com
mercial hotel at Sinton blown in by
A 60-nile gale. He ordered the train
back to San Antonio.
Traffic on the St. Louis, Browns
vile & Mexico railroad lines south
of San Antonio into the Rio Grande
valley was suspended indefinitely.
A number of negroes astride large
timbers displayed their craft along
the street.
Fastidiously dressed women
swished about the water to their
waists while the rain fell in tor
rents.
States Recovering.
New Orleans, La, Sept. a.
Southern Louisiana and Mississippi
we're recovering tonight from the eff
fects of the gulf hurricane and con-
ditions were rapidly approaching
normal
Only minor damage was reported
from along the coasts of the two
states. Train service on the Missis-
sippi coast lines was resumed today.
All vessels from New Orleans have
been accounted for.
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