| Show GAL GALVESTON VISTON SETS PROMPTLY ABOUT REMEDYING ILLS Communication by Wire Reestablished Reestablished Reestablished Re Re- established and Plans Formed to Build Single Track Trestle Across the Bay Qui Quickly kly CITY STILL SUFFERING FROM LACK OF WATER Fear of Food Shortage Eliminated Eliminated j Gas Supplied but hut Electric Electric Electric Elec Elec- Power and Light Cut Off Bay Towns Appeal for Aid KNOWN DEAD NUMBER Galveston Aug The O. fo fourth rth day after the cessation of one of the most severe storms Galveston has ever experienced ex ex- ex- ex found this s city gradually gra u but steadily approaching normal Tonight the city st still ll showed sho plainly the distressing distressing distressing dis dis- dis- dis effects of storm and tidal wave wac but the worst of the damage had been more or less les remedied and putting putting putting put put- ting of or the city in order was ivas progressing progressing progress progress- ing as 35 rapidly as possible Fear apparently had been eliminated of a food shortage and communication with the outside world b by wire had been established Two Western Union wires and a Southwestern Telephone I company wire were working via the submarine cables to Virginia Virginia- Point and overhead to Houston Wireless ss communication com corn had been established be between between be- be tween the tho army transport Buford and other ships in the thc harbor with the radio station at Port Arthur Supply Scant Scout One dl disappointment was as the failure to bring water from the municipal reservoir res res- I to tho the city Earl Early In the da day officials expressed th the tho belief that be before be- be I foro fore night the between here and Alta Loma Lorna would be repaired and fresh water would be available to augment augment aug ug- ment th the limited water supply which had been allowed for tor drinking and cooking so 50 that cl clothing could be bo washed and bathtubs used but tho the water wa wa- ter did I not arrive j v Gas was Jn Js use tonight In parts ot of the thc business districts ts but hut th the plant had not resumed full tull operations There W was no power or li light ht from the city p electric plant The Evening E Tribune which since Ince Tuesday has hils h been cn issuing a sh sheet ot inches this afternoon Issued four pa pages es of or seven columns column of or regular size printed on pr presses ss s operated b by power from motor moter trucks Trestle to He nr Hulit Plans Plais for quick restoration of or railroad railroad rail rall- road traffic were made at R a meeting of or orr r representatives of all tho the railroads en entering en- en S en-S hI Gl Galveston ton today l Every ory possible effort will dB be bl made by the Ut railroad interests and all steamers steam steam- ers Inter Interested In connecting tons ton's traffic facilities with tho the outside world to have hac a track single trestle constructed across S th tho ba bay at the tho very earliest moment declared Mark Lewd Lowd of or Dillap lalIa mana manager of oC an engineering Co corporation ion An ur urgent ent appeal to citizens of or Galveston Galveston Gal- Gal v veston ston and of ot tho the state of Texas for aid was sent Hent out today b by tho the residents of oC the malI villages of Val Wal- Eagle Barle Glenn Double nO Bayou and Smith Point en on the thc cast side of Galveston hay bay The message said every evelY village had suffered suf suf- ered loss ot C life in the storm and was in dire need Hodic Hurled Burled h by Latest estimates tonight fixed the number of dead In Galveston proper as the res result Il of the storm at eight elg Five bodies aro believed to havo drifted hero ro from Crom points outside gl Eight ht bodies wore found on Pelican island n From reports CC of United States 9 army officers it was estimated that forty for persons of the tho population of oC tho the west westend end ond of or the Island and outside of oC tho the city had hod been dro drowned nd Soldiers It was said Raid burl burled buried cd tho the bodies as s soon as 05 found Cound On tho the west cst bank banle of oC the Island tOlla today the bod body of oC an unidentified woman and five lYe children were found It apparently W was 1 a a. family of oC a mother three girls and two boys bors tho the oldest a girl of ot 13 Tho womans woman's brave efforts to save sn th the children or die tile with them wore wert Indicated in th the fact that each of ot tho the five no bodies had bl been cn tied to tho woman with a piece of rope rop Officials of the United States engineering engin engin- coring department lato 10 to toda today an announced announced an- an that it had been learn learned e. e that nineteen of the tho thirty seven men on the drege San Fan Bernardino which sunk nt near ar tin the mouth of the canal can can- al aI ci had hall been drowned Estimates b by arious city officials of or storm damage e to property and shipping ship ship- pin ping ling In GalVeston and nil vicinity are aro from to List hint lf ln Houston T Tx x Aug 20 The O.-The The loath death list from the th gulf storm Increased slightly today an and the missing list listI I I decreased considerably The Thc known I tolia today dead list Hat was Including thirteen In Galveston GJ Some Pome other bodies 9 were wert found II about Gah Galveston but they were supposed to bo be from the mainland for the mo most t part It f IN expected the tho dead lead will b bl Increased In- In creased by bv a n dozen or more when tho the lr Virginia lnla Point hotel collapse Is IR cleared cle up Twenty Tw nt persons are listed as ns missing miss In ing In jn this collapse and up 1111 to toda today no trace of oC these missing had holl boon r reported lJ A conservative 0 estimate of the missIng missing miss miss- in Ing today wn was less than JOt 10 |
