Show li-IE li I HE SALT KNOWN DEAD IN GULF STORM List Is Growing Believed That Twenty or More Bodies Will Be Found in Wreckage of Virginia Point Hotel HOUSTON Tex ex Aug 20 The The death list from the gulf storm increased slightly today and the missing list decreased con- con The known dead list was today including thirteen known lead dead in in Galveston Some other bodies were found about Galveston but they were supposed to be from the mainland for the Inos most most part when wIlen It the is expected Virginia tl the Point cd dead hotel win will be increased cased by a n dozen or more collapse is cleared person me are listed ill up Twenty s as missing hl in this v v s j i 2 J A C collapse I tip to today no trace or of these missing sing had been reported here liere d flir fht n J persons yesterday esterday listed as missing at Bolivar had been found Outside of or these thirty at Bolivar the only other single large missing missing- list was fifty itty on the tho dredge Houston Tho The I fact that t nearly all persons on a 0 dozen other dredges working In t the le I same vicinity near neRr Galveston had turned up alive after two or three days' days search for them relieved worry over the tile Hou Houston ton A conservative estimate of oC tho the missing today was less than Reports Optimistic Reports from Galveston were optimistic op for rapid recovery of or the city's routes for Cor food supplies and for Cor early of wire con cou s. Evidence E of or the tho unusual destructIveness destructiveness destruct- destruct of Mondays Monday's hurricane was seen toda today in Houstons Houston's hospitals which house between fifty tifty and one onehundred onehundred hundred persons either oither Injured in tile the storm or suffering from illness contracted contracted con iu In long exposure Most of or these hese patients arc are tram towns along along- the he coast Many are re suffering from snake snake bite a bite a real danger in III a n coast hurricane because the waters drive snakes upon the few Cew objects above water Marvin Proctor off oft Lynchburg Lynch Lynch- burg is in a serious condition on account account ac ac- ac I count of a 11 moccasin bite With his baby he had been driven into the water vater and was was was' trying trying- to build a raft with boards blown from his home lome when the snake bit him on the he hand He carried the tile baby un until n Wednesday morning morning- although one arm was swollen to nearl nearly twice its normal size On Wednesday a a. launch picked him up Town Destroyed Citizens from front Wallaceville a town of ot about 1000 inhabitants on the east eastside eastside eastside side of ot Galveston bay appealed today today to to- day for lor aid saying that only three houses remain in their town They estimated that head of stock drowned in Chambers count county where Is situated They said also alco there thero la Is worry over the fate of oC seventy seventy five inhabitants at of Smiths Smith's Point a n peninsula jutting far tar out Into the bay G. G A. A Fredericks of at Dallas and E. E J. J of or Houston who were In inthe inthe the he Virginia Point hotel when It collapsed col- col lapsed were washed out to sea sen and after atler floating about on wreckage for several hours were washed back again by a change chang of the wind A young girl of 16 found on Galveston Galveston Galveston Gal- Gal veston b beach ach unconscious when re revived revived revived re- re said sho was was' wasat at Velasco nearly sixty miles mites distant when the hurricane hurricane hurricane hurri hurri- cane struck Sho She became unconscious unconscious unconscious again before giving any other information To Stop Travel Gen J J. Franklin Bell Ben commanding command- command InS InS' ng tho the Second division dl of the tho United States Stated army at Texas City has written to Mayor Ben Campbell of Houston urging that travel of persons perSons persons per per- per per- sons from Houston to Texas City and Galveston alveston be bo prohibited unless they arc are concerned In the of ot relatives relatives rela rela- tives in either city General Bell Dell told the he mayor maor that Galveston authorities were refusing to let Jet persons p from tram the tho mainland enter the city unless they had good excuse for landing Texas City the gen general ral said is Utterly ut utterly utterly ut- ut terly without dock facilities to handle crowds of ot curiosity seekers I Tho The burning of ot bodies of ot dead animals animals ani ani- mals alread already has begun in the county outside Houston and In many other sections 5 of ot the coast ST. ST LOUIS Aug 20 The The southwestern southwestern southwestern south south- western part lart of or St. St Louis was wa under underwater underwater underwater water today and residents were goIng goIng going go- go Ing about in boats as a a. a result of ot a continuous downpour of ral rain that be began an about 1 o'clock this morning morning- and followed a n. stead steady drizzle that n nearly arly all aU day Thursday At 9 o'clock this morning four tour of rain had tall fallen en Tho The storm was accompanied by a high wind As the tho morning advanced tho the downpour Increased Railroad serice service service ser ser- vice ice on the tho Missouri Pacific and St. St Louis San Francisco railroad tracks which run through the tho southwest southwest south south- west part of t the tho city was discontinued as alS tho lie rails raUs were flooded by water from the tho river This stream had Increased at one one point from 6 G feet teet to feet teet Flood lood waters water from tram the all swept wept over the Wabash tracks which run west and northwest and the tho IncominG in incoming incoming In- In coming trains were halted several severa miles from tram tho the union station One train stopped at Delmar station sta sta- tion near the tho w western stem city limits but the tho water around the station was so hl high h that firemen and street employees em em- were called on to assist the marooned passengers Ropes Roes were tied about the rescuers to pull puJI them through the c current as the they waded In Several negro settlements near the fire tire cIa clay works in tho the southwest part of St St. Louis were flooded and families were taken from tram second stor story win win- dows s. Telephone calls to police stations for tor help were numerous and In many Instances the callers caUer were women who said the they were marooned on the second sec see and ond nd floor of or their nY houses In tile tho o suburbs of ot Greenwood and Maplewood immediately adjoining the elt city on tho the southwest were completely com corn surrounded by water with only roofs and chimneys visible From Froma a distance rescuers In skiffs could bo he seen Been taking people from second story and attic windows t NEW V ORLEANS Aug Aur The Tho Tho United Fruit liner overdue from tram Belize British Honduras since Monday Monda night had not b been en heard from tOda today Tho The vessel has hils abroad thirty five passengers er and a n. crew es estimated estimated estimated es- es at from twenty five to fort forty Sho wila was to have been in the Yucatan channel last t SatUrday durIng the hurricane V WASHINGTON Aug 20 The O. The tropical rm has taken talen S of oC if after rl a new cw Jt lease ase e re curving over er east Texas TexaR the weather bureau today re re- re ported It is 18 cent centered this morning over southeast Missouri with In Increased Increased In- In creased intensity it attended b by rains and h by local high hl-h winds The storm will move northeast ward attended L by rain from the Ink laki region and Ohio valley eastward stward tonight to to- nl night ht and Saturday There will b h also high winds In the Ohio aJl 3 and the lake region and storm warn ings have been ordered for or the lower 1 lakes Lako Lake Huron and South Lak Laki Michigan GALVESTON Tex Au Aug 20 Tw 20 British steamships the Jn and the Elton Eaton Hall hail arc are a aground round nt Swu Lake on t the e mainland southwest of ot Texas City It 1 is Ic said that the Eaton Hall is In in inn a n serious condition |