| Show HURRICANE TURNING INLAND WA WATER lEA 6 FEET fEEl DEEP IN TOWN Wire Co Communication i on CutOff Cut CutOff Off in in Furious Sto Storm Isolation Isolation Isolation Iso Iso- lation of of Bro Brownsville Co Complete Corn Com Hotel B Blown STI In I I Bj Bj- Drs As s Savannah Ga Oa Sept 14 The Tho Tho steamer Barnstable coal laden from Savannah to a Cuban port went went down off St. St Catherines Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day night It is reported that fourteen of the ibe crew crew are miss miss- ing lug n nr 1 H IDt il l l. l P D TULLAS Tes Sept 14 Driving Dr Driving iri furiously into the thc Texas coast P P s section non southwest of Galveston the thc tropical hurricane that has bas skirted skirled the United States i gulf IIi coast for nearly a l nee cek apparently apparently has lias swept inland nd near the Mexican Mexican Mex Mex- ican border Wire Vire communication was interrupted interrupted interrupted inter inter- in most of the affected area and the extent of the storms storm's 5 damage dam Jam damage age could not be he learned learne accurately S night but there were no reports reports reports re re- ports of or fatalities Brownsville Drowns and Corpus Christi Christl apparently ap apparently ap- ap felt the brunt of oC the tho storm which weather bur bureau hureau au officials behove bellevo be- be lIe hove has passed on into Mexico It will be dissipated in the Mexican Mex Mex- lean ican mountains Galveston where considerable rable anxiety anxiety Itt had been f felt Jt apparently lp was struck b by the c edge of ot the storm area and again tho the city was saved l eJ from irom an any considerable damage e b by the powerful powerful pow pow- erful sea wall wan constructed after the 1300 00 disaster Six Peet Ift n Deep DeepWater n p Water was reported to a n. depth ol of six feet teet In sections of or Corpus Christi Christ and information received b by the weather bureau at San Antonio salt sail tho the water was three feet deep In Irl the lobby of oC the tho Corpus Christ tI hotel F Earlier reports Sunday from Corpus Christi told of ot considerable damn damage e lono by u a sixty mile gale galo alo which I swept away signs and awnings and drove e residents of or outlying dl districts to the greater security of oC brick and I Istone stone buildings s do downtown Isolation ot of Brownsville ns was complete completo com- com pleto Sunday night so far as wire win communication was concerned the tho only word coming from that city being being be be- I ing a brief report to army headquarters i at San Antonio I Th The Affects o of tho the high which continued Sunday night were felt at ati i Galveston too and telegraphic communication com corn communication with that elt city over o leased wires o of the tho Associated Press was marked l by frequent interruptions The storm struck Gal Galveston early Sunday and caused tho the tidewater to flood the business section and the north side of ot tho the island Inland to n a depth of ot three f feet ct The 8 sea wall withstood the onslaught of oC the pounding waves wa how how- ever e and there was wa no damage to the U c causeway y W connecting the city with the mainland Corpus C Cut Off orr orrBy By Sunday SundBY night most of the tho water I had hul receded from Galveston's streets street I although h an area of ot several blocks still ran ran with water to the tho curb top Merchants Mer Mer- Merchants chants declared their loss 1018 was not great Galveston marine circles had no no reports of It shipping loss Telegraph and telephone companies I lost their connections with Corpus ChrIsti Christl and other points south of ot otIc Victoria Vc-c Vc Vic Ic toria torla Tex at nt p p. p m. m Sunday after of ot those concerns had stayed I until tho the water In Corpus Christ Christi had reached a Jepth depth of oC six t feet et causing the electric power Jower plant to suspend op op- op A San Sun Antonio Pass train which left Corpus Christi for Rockport Rockport Rockport Rock Rock- port at 8 5 a n. n m. m Sunday was declared to tobe tobe tobe be some somewhere here in m tho the path of ot the tha hurricane hur hur- according to general offices of oC the railroad at nt San Antonio Traffic on tho the St. St Louis Louts Brownsville Brownsville Browns Drown ville lIte Mexico railroad lines Jines south ofSan of or ofSan orSan San into the ho Rio Grandc Grande valle valley val val- le ley was as suspended indefinitely Brownsville Bro Corpus Christi and Point Isabel Now Nov in Hurricane Area Shipping Skipping g Escapes Very V cry Big Damage B Br nf A o I l Press C CORPUS f CHRISTI mUSTI Tex Sept 14 11 The The tropical hurricane struck Corpus Christi early today and b by y noon the thc win wind was blowin blowing at the rate of oC JO to to 00 iJO miles an hour and steadily gaining in intensity Considerable Con Con- Isi damage amage was ivas done donI to iu iu l dows and antl c. c exposed buildings Tl The c 1 business 1 district distri t. t was titas as swept clear 1 ot J igns u und awnings m 3 f ron rom outlying ing sections were crowding to brick buildings in the center of the cit city Xo o loss toss of life had been reported reported re rc- re- re ported at no noon Gale Sweeps Over Two More l Cities I San an Antonio Tex Sept 1 H. H f i Brownsville Browns but the Point Isabel wire- wire being swept b by a 75 milc In wn n hour wind late torJa today according to o wireless messages from Crom Brownsville Brons to the radio ra radio ra- ra dio llo station at nt headquarters of ot the tha southern department U. U S. S A. A 0 at Fort Sam barn Houston here herc Communication was wax lost almost immediately with Brownsville but the point Isabel wire wire- wireless wireless less was still working carl early tonight 65 Mile Gale Hits Galveston Galveston eston Sept 14 With H a mile 63 wind high tides and hea heavy seas tho the tropical storm struck Galveston this 5 morning tidewater tle from the ba bay flooding the tho business section of or the CR city and the north side aide of oC the Island with three feet teet of or water Huge HUJe waves wa broke broko harmlessly on on tho the sea wall all and there was no mi ma- ma ma- ma damage lama o from the wind Ship Shipping ping in this vicinity weathered the storm and the wagon bridge across tho the ba bay was not damaged damase 1 and tonight to tonight to- to nl night ht was open to traffic Two thou thousand nd feet feeL cot of ot track on tho the causeway and railroad bridge o connecting connecting connect connect- ing Galveston with the thc mainland was washed l out destroying rail communication communication communication cation with the outside world but or- or of officials of the Gulf Colorado Coloru o Santa SantaFe Fe railroad s said ld this this' would be re repaired repaired re- re paired l within twenty four hours Tide Tonight ht the wind still was Mowing lowing in gusts from front s sixty to sixty five miles an an hour but the barometer way was Is IsInG ising is ising is- is ing steadily and the tide receding The Tho maximum area flooded l d by backwater hack back water from the bay extended seven to tonino nine nino blocks from Crom the tho bay front and the entire length of oC the north side of ot the Island Tho The United Slates weather bureau Issued a bulletin late toda today saying tho the danger er to Galveston had passed but urging caution because of or the high winds With tho the exception of the street car system which was forced d to suspend service ser carl early In the d day all public utilities came came- through h tho the thoI I I storm intact When hen the water backed in from tho the I ba bay refugees began straggling through tho streets carrying bundles and I babies babie some of ot them them in n night raiment raiment A number of ot refugees eo secured shelter shelter shelter shel shel- ter in office ortice buildings Others housed in the county courthouse se ant and the tho public library and the tho city schools Tho The majority of visitors had h left leet the City t yesterday on n advice l of ot beach front hotel proprietors A small number of or with them local residents went flu Scene Water Yater was standing In Market Mark t street center of or the business section when some stores were thrown open a and tl emergency workers began carryIng carrying carry carr ing merchandise to top floors Tho rho work was finished b before fore tho the water entered the buildings Wheat Wheal and elevator awaiting await awalt- other grain stored in had tract been moving mo to the tho Ing ng export port mainland for tor two days and it was said thoro was little left to bo ho damaged Continued on Paso Page 1 GULF CULF COAST IS I SWEPT BY STORM Picturesque Scene in iii Galveston Galves- Galves ton tOll When Danger of Flood Lessens Lesse s I. I Continued from Page c 1 10 More than trainloads rit of wheat were hauled out yesterday ester a When the thc da day daj- broke the 1110 rain which for or a while had ceased began to fall again alain Pieces of at driftage floated on the waters in the streets S D By noon tho the streets presented a 3 like carnival appearance Motor and sail boats skiffs skiffs' wagons and bu buggies bug buff gies cs moved moed back and forth forth and a number number number num num- ber of ot negroes astride large timbers poled their unwieldy craft along Men Ien and women In bathing suits and raincoats promenaded arm in arm arms Well dressed women waded in water tn tS their i cot I I I ri Reports p rt t to thc the tho oC offices of the tho Go Galveston Gal Gal- 1 I veston eston terminals tonight from the thc west end of or Galveston island said bales of cotton were afloat in the ba bay and that salvagers were being paid 10 l for Cor each bale recovered The shallow shallow low tow water was reported crowded with Ith salvagers S J I Tug Goes to Rescue of Ship in Storm Tampa FIn Fla Sept 14 The It-The The 1 ton oil all barge bars Monongahela which broke broe loose from Crom the tank steamer Ligonier In the storm Tuesday night is reported anchored off oft Sand Ke Key Tho The tug Senator Bailey Baney will sIll go to the thc rescue Fourteen people were on board the Monongahela which was reported as lost ost with all hands in the gulf culf hurricane New Orleans Region legion Rapidly Recovering ew Orleans Sept Southern H 14 Southern Louisiana and Mississippi were recovering ering cring tonight from the effects of the gulf gur hurricane and conditions rapidly approaching normal Only Ony minor damage was r reported ported from along along- th the coasts of or the tho two states slates Train service on tho the Mississippi s sippi ippi coast lines was resumed torJa today All Ye vessels sels from New cw w Orleans have e b been een accounted for |
