Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-17
GULF WATERS
TOSS STORM
'DEADASHORE
Death List Grows as Bod
les Wash in-Damage
Reaches Millions.

Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept.
1.-THE most reliable csti-
mates here today place the
loss OF life at Corpus Christi.
Port AransaS and AransaS
Pass ri about go. The bodies
being recovered today arc in
such condition that idcntifica-
tiOn will be almost impossible.
i 4 drenching rain began falling
Athis forenoon, handicappinG re-
lief workers and adding 10 the
suffering of Inc homeless.
Fifteen additional storm victims
were brought to the temporary
morgue mere early today, bringing
the known death Est in this city
up to So as a result Of the tropical
hurricane that swept this section
last Sunday. FOrty-Scvcu bodies
had been recovered here up TO last
night The total known dead now
exceeds l60, including 50 at Port
land. so at White Point and ID at
RockpOrt.
Corpus Christi. Texas, Sept. L.
To-day. more than seventy hours
after the tropical hurricane and
tidal wave that tore huge rents in
this Texas coast city and cUvirOus,
it was still impossible to estimate
with any degree of accuracy the
loss of life or damage to property.
Each report from searChCTs,
however. revealed the increasing
magnitude of the disaster. 1t was
Oh hn
or more before its true extent was
known.
The great piles of wreckage
strewn from one end of the city to
the other may conceal numerous
bodies. it is believed. and today
hundreds of men were at work eg-
ploring them.
Some Estimate 600 Dead.
Officials generally were agreed
thf death list would be in excess
~ 100 and some unofficial esu-
mates placed it at between 200 and
800, with hundreds of persons in
jured or suffering from exposure
incident to being buffeted about in
chilly waters for hours after the
storm struck the city early Sunday
morning
Estimate Of the property loss
varied from sI0.O00,000 TO $4,000
600
80 Bodies Washed Ashore.
The best available information
here early today placed the known
dead in Corpus Christi at A.
Seventy-seven bodies, all black
ened and bruised. we're reported 10
have been washed ashore last night
on the northern side Of NeuCes
Bay, upon which Corpus Christi is
situated OF these u bodies, the
report said. 3S were taken from
West Portland. % from White
Point and nine from Sinton aud
one from Odem. Other points also
reported the washing ashore OF
bodies during the night. according
10 information received here
Soldiers Believed Lost.
Military officials were eXertinS
every resource today to ascertain
the fate of twenty or more soldiers
Who were washed out into the bay
while the storm was at its height
and Of whom there has been found
no trace The men. members o.
Company |. 37th infantry and other
regiments on border duty, were at
the government rest camp here fer
weekend furlough when the
camp was washed away.
Captain B. NJ Egeland of Web
stcr. s. D., camp commander, was
drowned during the storm and his
wife also is believed to have lost
her life.
Attempts were being made today
to rig out several saiIbOats 10 cross
%ueCcs Bay 10 rescue - persons
who arc reported in desperate
straits at White Point.
Refugees Starving.
A written message from judge
r. A. Hunter of Rocita, Texas. was
brought into Corpus Christi today,
saving . bodies were at White
Point and that p refugees there
were starving
All bodies recovered at White
Point will be buried by military
squad which has arrived there from
san Antonio. according to City
Health Physician Or. w. +. Willis.
Reports from other smaller
towns in the path OF the storm
stated that the authorities We're (
hurviug bodies. some unidentified, /
as rapidly as possible Tor sanitary !
reasons.
Hundreds of volunteers arc COM
ing into the city TO lend assistance. !
Probably 200 Lost. /
San Antonio Texas. Sept. IT /
Proba bly, 200 persons dead in Cor |
pus Christi and immediate vicinity |
and surrounding territory was the !
estimate made carly this morning |
by Roy Miller. former mayor and |
chairman Of the Corpus Christi re-
lief committee. in telephone in |
tcrvicw with the Associated Press. |
From 5000 to 5000 persons are /
destitute, Mr. Miller !
declared.