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Show .oubiii ; TO HAVE LOST LIVESIN FLOOD Dead Outside of Galveston Reaches That Figure, While Number of M'ss Is 158 HALF OF THESE ARE BELIEVED DROWNED Fact That Island City Has Not Sent Out Appeals Strengthens Belief of Small Loss HOUSTON Tex Aug ! Knou n dead ou side of Gal eston from Monda n g s WeBt Ind an hurrl ane were 101 ac o d Ing to reports here tonigh M es ng ou s de of Gal eston were a8 Of the m ;s Ing list 1 wa& feared more han ha were dead Comraun at on w h Ga es ; ton and Texas Ctj a dlstan e of s xt miles from here continued to be a matter of many hours It was known hat Gal vestons loss of 1 fe was compa atlve y light and it was evident that the salnd city was not rushing out any appeals for aid. The dead and ml sing 1 sts outs de of Galveston tonight, as recorded here Dead Morgan Point, 6 Wallacevllle S Lynchburg 5 Port Arthur 5 Anahuac -5 Texas City 82 Surfeide 19 Houston 4 Jennings Landing 8 San Leon S Seabrook 2 Cedar Bayou, 2 Freeport, 1 Sour Lake 1 Orange, 1 Alvln 1 San Jacinto battle ground 1 Dickinson, 1 scattered on beaches 6 total, 101. Statement Issued Remote points on Galveston bay a body of water the size of an ord nary county which penetrates the mainland for fifty miles to report today some of them bringing small quotas of unident fled dead At Anahuac on this hay the loss of the Lnited States dred e boat No 12 was confirmed but there was no oss of life as reported from Beaumont. The loss of life at Anahuac was placed at five Governor James E Ferguson of Texas who is here to take charge of general re lief work today issued the foUow ng statement I trust the papers jot the country yrifl be careful in the r statements with reference to conditions in the storm stricken area My information now is Jiat the loss of Ife is not great and the local authorities will be able to handle the situation w thout outs de assistance. Eervthlng possible is be Ing done to relie e condit ons Report Is Confirmed The destruction by the storm of he lighthouse at Surfe de Texas about f ft m es be ow Gal eston was confirmed by couriers from that section tonight These cour ers said the knew posttivelv that nine een persons lost their 11 es in the lighthouse It co apsed under the im pac of huge wa es and oaring wind be tween m dn ght and 2am Tuesday Inland fo 100 m es o each a de of Hous on thf ast flat sou h Texas prair es a e do ed w th crus ed bu d ngs man so a ed ees ha e her branches h pped a nos ba e of fo age and hp who e oun s s teem ng wit water f om e e fee s of a alnfal of near y se n in hes wh h accompan ed the hurricane Today for he f rt me since he Fto m the n e n en ra ns ga es and ala m ng b ack c uds d sappea ed and the sun shone brigh 5 During he hur ricane the w nd was so cold on he pra rles tha many ha d pe ons nea y perished f om exposure nciden o s and ng for hours n wa e and ra n af their houses had become unsafe A young son of Henry He man near A n d ed from such exposu e Cars Lie on Sides Fre gh cas e on e aides a ong he a oads in hese fla s an 1 manv n es of e egraph po es were 'napped off or b own o er Harris oun whe Ho ston s s ated has prov ded large quantl le of dls nfpetan ma pas o se abou d d es of domps an ma s wh h pe shed n hund eds a ong he edges of the bajs The s earn rionJu s o erlue- at Freepo t Texas h h rty fou persons aboard repor ed her safe an- a he e a e oJay Rai roads prom eed by omorrow o have ra ns runn ng on regu a s hedu e from here o Texas C y and n p by barge abou six m es a oss he bay o a veston One road sen wo a ns to Texas City today one mo n ng and one even ng both crowded wi h pass n gers carry ng pe m b from Ma or B n Campbe of Hous on exp a n ng he na u e of heir bus ness n Ja pb on an! ask ng city au ho p hp a to adm t them A he y ha he was sa d these prm 3 we e wsary n he n eres of o de a an y wh p he wa te supp y was mpa a on y au ho e had a p wha amoun ed o na a a n The e b a o a s on fo a n ijh a g a n mo p ha ho rr k e o n s a a h wo k h SW B of the Southwestern Te ephone company who went to Galveston to get Mrs Farns worth They returned here together Dredges Are Found The lost dredge boats San Jacinto and Sam Houston were found late today aground near the Houston ship channel where they had been wo king The ?am Houston grounded near H gh and The list of miss ng in the hurricane was reduced tonight by 106 when men from the dredges Sam Houston and San Jacinto carrying respect vely f fty s x and fifty men reported that all hands were safe Some of the Sam Houston men escaped to Gal eston The tug He en Hende son was found to day sunk n the Texas C ty channel What became of her crew of nine was not d scovered and they were 1 sted among the miss ng The dredge Houston a different boat from the Sam Houston owned by he North American Dredging company was found today broken in two with no trace of her f fty men All the undertak ng establ shments in Houston report that f oat ng bod es have been seen near the ba resorts of Sea brook, Lyn hburg Mo gans Po nt and Jennings Island but no such bod es have been reported recovered |