Show fROM fROM- A i ALVESTON 1 j STORM 1 i Sea Wall Saves Southern Town From Destruction When Besieged Besieged Be- Be i by Great Hurricane i From the Gulf of Mexico 1 i FISHING PIER DESTROYED j jAND j AND OCCUPANTS DROWN Weather Bureau Performs Signal Signal Sig- Sig j nal Service by Notifying I 3 Residents on Outskirts to Flee t to City for Protection j BATHHOUSES ARE WRECKED j ALVESTON Texas July 21 The G C sea wall wail saved Galveston today from what might have been a y most destructive h hurricane out of ot the gulf gult The tropical df disturbance turban o which entered tho the gulf on Sunday passed Just to the south ot of Galves Galves- Galveston t ton ten this morning and the whirl ot of tho the hurricane produced a 0 seventy seventy- t mile eight wind Ind for tor a brief few seconds see sec ec- ec with a sixty nine wind blowIng blowing blow- blow 3 Ing InA for tor seven or more moro minutes 1 A late report gives tho loss of at Ufo lifo In n the storm as eighteen who perished on time tho Tarpon fishing pier upon the time 9 north Jett Jetty six miles from the city across the ba bay This was a new now resort two stories J high and amid with twenty five five rooms fur fur- It erected was sas early this season sea sea- son at a a. acost cost of or It Is not not- known exactly how many were upon upon the pier but It 11 Is estimated between twelve and fourteen guests and anu Capt fg Bettison the lie manager and his Calt w wife V r t and dau daughter The Time structure was bunt built to withstand a a. heavy y gale but cob j lapsed 11 and amid every one was vas lost Th t tUfo t- t life Ufo saving crew crow government boata j-ij j pilot mado made several attempts attempt to 1 read rescue acl 4 tho the pier which in is out O In n the gulf suit Jut ut time tho sea pea Was wan running I too high vA The wind rb rbI began blowing l about bout 7 S o'clock tills morning 1 anti and increased 1 Ir velocity until nearly 11 ii o'clock 1 strongest e t and then b n lC ci oil ce rite rh OJ 1 I from 9 to S ft- ft r I but bitt tho lie son sea w like th ro rock k of 0 Gibraltar Ita under the time t terrific a. a i ati thoA oa broke In Jn t it what shot th tho thu spray praY sixty feet n ai aind nd nd thin the water d drained ml not Over Over- tho- tho fd a ird I In Inside Inside In- In n side tho time sea sen wall willi and Into the tha city sewers Sea Wall WaIl Saves People From Death Time The title tide roso rose only six feet teet as 18 compared compared com corn pared to pix sixteen teen during tho time 1900 storm but It Jt was high enough to have havo put ten feet of ot water In tho the city had hadIt hadt It t not he been en for Cor time the sea wall wait Tho Time damage within tho time cSt city was wa comparatively slight and consisted oC or fallen chimneys and window panes Two large bath houses and amI pavilions upon tho time beach outside outRide the tho sea wall were wele destroyed With the sea breaking like ike the tho report of or an all hundred cannon n the time sea will the tho bath houses housos and anti pavilions were forced b by tho the waves hl high h In the air and were wrecked Two fishing piers upon the tho north jetty seven flo miles out In tho the gulf gult were damaged damas Tho The hurricane passed Inland vest of at Galveston and It is feared he time lower Texas CO coast It towns have la e cur suf- fored great destruction of or property and nd maybe mabo of or life The Tho weather bureau notified people living In the outskirts of ot the city to tn toome conic como into bite places of ot safety and tho time I warning was heeded The single single- lo- lo tracked racked trestles two t miles long Ions connecting con- con Galveston with tho the mainland suffered damage by hy a dredge dredge- passing over ver It and no trains were operated Inor in inor or r out of ot the tho city after 9 0 0 o'clock clock this l morning Tho dama damage e can be repaired In a few hours and trains will be movIng movIng moving ing late tonight |