| Show Sea Now IsN Is N Normal at Galveston More Damage Done in City by Wind Than by Water Soldiers Soldiers Soldiers Sol Sol- diers on Guard I ALVESTON Tex Aug AUf 19 The Tho sea r G had returned to normal norma hero this afternoon and the last rainstorm following fol tol- fol- fol lowing the thc hurricane slopped this fore fore- oo ii The Tho number of ot dead here Is Is' Is not known exactly but i Is estimated nt lets lees than than twenty EI Eight ht bodies hodle were seen I floating In the tile bay t today but It was not known whet whether Her thc they came canio from Galveston or were wa washed out from tho the mainland with thu tho flow low of or the tide Idle 4 Tho The elt city Is under martial law law with soldiers fiddlers patrolling tho the streets and on I In hotels hotel Galveston G appears to 10 have Buffered outwardly much more rom than th from Th The hr- hr nu n n n ripped loose nIl all manner of ot debris debris deb deb- ris Uttering littering It everywhere Tho The city's most serious losses were tho the partial destruction of oC the tho causeway Only small emaIl boats ran to the mainland so that tho cat city temporarily Is hr embarrassed for an adequate r ferry rr service cc I There Is 10 O evidence c that there was a ap p panic during the storm Tn the Cri- Cri el cx hot hotel I. which stands practically on I tho the sea wall the tho guests on th the nt night ht i of oC tho the hurricane danced until midnight I Then rhen th the lights failed and tho the dancing II stopped ad d. d Some of or the troops of oC the Fifth brigade from front Fort FOIt Crockett have ha boon quartered on tho the army transport Duford Ru- Ru ford Officers and soldiers of ot the Fifth brigade ade stationed on Galveston Island did ma magnificent work throughout the nl night ht of tho storm In helping to perfect perfect perfect per per- a system stem of rescue work Citizens worked with the soldiers Officers and soldiers apportioned the tho number of oC refugees who should occupy occupy occupy oc- oc cupy cupy each room In some of ot the tho large buildings during the tho hurricane stationing stationing sta sta- guards S' at It each door Two lifeboats lifeboats lifeboats life life- boats navigated In the streets forming the square about the postoffice nearl nearly all night during the storm their flashlights flashlights flashlights flash flash- lights searching the water Ordinary tood foodstuffs wOre were abundant today B Banks here had not opened up to tho the time this dispatch was flied filed to toda today today to- to da day producing a shortage of ot small change The British steamer teamer Hawkhead Is Aground on Pelican Island and tho the transport McClellan al also o is s aground being In some come apparent danger of oC turnIng turnIng turning turn- turn Ing over when the tide recedes |
