New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Property Loss Estimated
at $4,000, 600: Court
House a Norg"e; Plea
for Aid Sent by Mayor
Hospital Wrecked:
Patients Rescued
Residential Districts of
CITY Amos. Obliterated:
Relief Train Is Sent

There were reports here tonight that
The bodies Of more than 125 persons
had been recovered il Corpus Christi
snd Nueces Bay. but this could net hc
confirmed M n midnight and official
were inclined 10 discredit the reports.
These reports were that l25 bodies
had been found between Portland End
White Point. across Nueces Bay. while
the other victims were found in the
city 1t Ma s1eported some of the bodies
we're those of Portland victims.
HOUSTON Tex, Sept. l5.--Late TO-
right te!enhone vas received here
from Beeyile stating that 100 bodies
had been found OF a reef eight miles
from Portland, near X hite Point. Most
Of the dead, the message said, had
been recogniz zed as residents of Corpus
Christi
\ message stating THAT the bodies Of
tTenty-three persons who lost their
i've in the Gulf hurricane had heen
received at Portland. small town
seven mlles fror, Corpus Christi. and
that othcrs ware being recovered. was
vIia. Tex, by Mayor A. H. Amerman.
The message asked that undertahcrs
be ent to Portland to assist in bury
ing the dead. Three local underta kera
immed ately left for Portland.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Ten. sept. Is
From flftee to twenty-five persons arc
dead. approximately 1000 are homeless
--- u 81 q q
will reach sa,00Oo0O as the result of
the trorical hurricane which ragged
here for twenty hours. The city is IN
mistress and Mayor Gordon Boone has
sent the following appeal to Governor
Hobby 1T Austin:
Please send at once two companies
cf National Guard with supplies and
JOIN IN the appeal for financial assist
snce. Conditions here deplorahle and
immediate help IS needed
The Courthouse is being used as A
norg1e. At least q. score of persons
ere afloat in Nueces Bay tonight.
where they were washed out by the
waves They were clinging to spars
nno debris. and what few boats were
left undamaged by the storm we're
being used tonight to recover them.
LiSt 0I hNOWU Dcdu
The known dead are:
Mrs. Rosa Robnett, tourist, address
unknown
Mrs. Baker. wife of the proprietor of
the Pavilion Hotel.
Jacob Doran.
". l.. Mitchell
Unidentified white baby
three Mevicans.
Another unidentified body * in the
court house
The missing:
Captain c. NJ. Edeelsnd. Company
", 37th Infantry, L.. s. A.. commander
OF the rest camp
Harry Spiher. wife. married dauch-
tcr and daughters two children.
ihc city is without drinking water.
There were no lights or gas to-night
and the food supply was insufficient.
Vnieas help reAches here tomorrow
morning there wis be serious suffer
Ng, al is feared
The railrond 10 tine causeway has
eeen washed away. but the town can
De reached from me west. " ord was
fccelFed tonight .ha- Il train Is com
ing. II was believed supplies could be
sent from Laredo
Residence District RaIed
Ihc entire North Beach residential
section of the city has been swept
clean, except the Spohn Sanitarium,
me United States Public Health Ser
wee Hospital, which was occupied by
'h'rty seven soldiers sent here for
treatment, and one frame dwelling
house.
Virtually every frame building Oh
1he beach front OF the city vas de-
s'royed, together with mos OF the
ooats moored there. The residence
section on the hill was slightly dam
aged and few houses were unr.ofed.
ne damage was caused mostly by
sne tidal wave driven in from the
north by a gale estimated at from
gTsA'y-hye Ts to seventy miles an hour.
.he official record of the tide places
at 10 feet inches.
.happaral and Mesquite streets, in
sne business district, were flooded, and
%h'se the water has receded tonight,
'"ev are filled with debris.
soldiers are on duty.
Volunteers Rescue Cottagers
Inc storm started Saturday nigh,
WIN light breeze from the north
ssssead'ly increasing in intensity. while
i;. lne tde rose rapidly. There is nc
'iesaving station here and when il
seeame evident that the North Beach
secuon was in danger scores of volun-
Continued on pa1e fve