Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-16
GREAT STORM HITS
| ITS HARDEST BLOW
AT CORPUS CHRISTI
Waters of Gulf Invade City
to Depth of Six
Feet.
MAYORS APPEAL FOR AID /.
BRINGS PROMPT RESPONSE
Army Relief Train With Tents
and Food Rushing to
Stricken City.
RUMOR OF MANY BODIES FOUND
Property Loss $3.00O,OOO at Center
OF Disturbance. With All I4ouo
Star State Coast Involved
RUMoR OF MANY BODIES FOUND
Property Loss $3.o00,OOO at Center
or Disturbance. With All Isouo
Star State Coast Involved.
IRv Associated pr.u1

nv NSSoci9ted PreSA1
DALLAS. TEN, Sept l5.-Firs, den.
mite news OF life loss came lat. Mon.
day from the TeIas Gulf coast terei-
tory stricken Sunday by tropical hur.
rtcane that swept In from the Gulf
Flooded by water and battered bv
gales. the city Of Corpus Christi sent
out an appeal for help Iata Monday,
estimating it's dead up to twenty-five
or more" with 1000 homeless and in
ne"d. and property damage APPROX.
mailing s3.0O0.o0o. The city in wt,bout
| iight and water. and food Is running
short
Mayor Gordon Boone. OF cornn, n
Christi. has sent tho following appeal
to Governor Hobby in Austin: 90
hlease send at once two companies
ioin IN an aon.s, G"aId Nv with supplies and
ancc. Condition here depinrable and
Immediate help needed"
Huinors sf Larger Death Loss.
Inere were reports tonight that thA
POD lies Noh lore than i25 persons had
S Seen recovcred In Corpus Christi and
NeuSes Say. but this could not be
conhrmea up to midnight, and officials
were Inclined To discredit the rcports
Jhese reports were that 100 bodies
F,a, had been found between Portland and
Waite Point. across Neuces Bay. while
the other victims were found in ths
city: IT was reported some OF tho
bodies were those Of Portland victims.
a
morEue. At least a score OF person.
are afioat in Neuces Bay tonight where
they were washed out by the waves.
debris. and what few boats were Ieft
undamased by the storm we're heinz.
usTd Gh tonight TO recover them.
me city is without drinking water.
lhsre were no lights gas tonight
and the food supply was insuficient
Unless help reaches here romorro,v
morning there will be serious suneri,ls.
II Is feared g"
Can Reach Town From West
The railroad to tho causewav has
been washed away. but the town en-
DO reached from the west. Word W.,
received r., tonight that a train is ON
and Mexico. 1t was believed supplies
could be sent from Laredo.
ssd,ne me entire north beach residential
clean except the Spohn sahltarium. ihs
United States Public Health Servica
Hospital. which was occupied by thirfy-
seven soldiers sent here for ,reatmeni.
and one frame dwelling house.
Practically every frame huildin. Cd
the beach front OF the city was destroy-
un; snooros rosether me- with H. most Of the boats
on the hill was slightly damaged. and
@ @rew houses were unroofed
me "a ma sc was caused mostly by
north by gale estimated at from
sixty hve to seventy miles an hour.
me onictal record OF the tide places
II at ten feet and six inches
Chapparal and Meseujte Streets in
the business district. were hooded. and
~hile the water has receded tonight
they are filed with debris. Soldiers
arc on duty.
Volunteers Are Numerous.
The storm started Saturday night
win a light breeze from the north.
steadily increasing in intensity. while
me me tide rose rapidly There is no
became evident that the north beach
section was in danger scores OF
volunteers plunged through the surf
and assisted occupants OF tho cottages
Many LEFT their homes early Sunday
morning and came into the business
district but scores remained and many
oil them were rescued with difficulty.
Thirty-five patients were in the
Spohn sanitarium and all were rescued.
me building was half destroyed The
soldiers undergoing treatment at the
rnoiic healun se'yice hosni.al on the
instead 250 wo dren toos
refuge there.
The damage IN the BUSINESS d,s,r,e.
was done by the high tide and tho
driving rain. Nearly all tho windows
On the north side OF the Neuces Hotel
were broken. and tho water at one
time was four feet deep In the lobby.
The Pavilion Hotel was swept away.
Ihere has been no communica ton with
fott Arkansas since Sunday when
message to the weather bureau said
that the inhabitants OF the town mad
gone to the mainland Saturday night,
leaving only the coast guards on tbs
Island
The Mayors appeal brought pron,os
action from State authorities and
southern Department headquarters OF
the United States Army at San An
tonic. A relief train was ordered by
General Joseph T. DickmAn. started
from San Antonio for Corpus Christi
tonight with tents. cots, blankets and
medical supplies and foodseu6s
Pert AranxAs Raxea by Storna.
Port Aransas, just outside Corpus
Christi Bay on Mustang Island. was
reported virtually razed by the storm.
including destruction OF It's customs
house and loss Of customs records
There was no positive Information o.
loss OF lie in that town which had
population OF 500.
Other cities and towns in tho coastal
region, battered by a driving wind and
swept by torrential rains. reported
aamaEe OF varying degree, snt early
OF Casualties In those places. - ~ .