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Show HUNDREDS DFLIVES LOST IN STORM OVER 250 TEXANS DEAD, 75 MISSING MISS-ING AND PROPERTY LOSS OF $50,000,000. Vessels Sunk, Homes Destroyed, Railroads Washed Out as Result of One of the Most Disastrous Storms in History of State. Galveston, Texas. A total of 256 known dead residents of southeast Texas coast points and crews of wrecked craft of all kinds, sixty-five persons missing, many of whom are believed to have perished, and property prop-erty damage close to $50,000,000 was the toll taken by the hurricane which swept this section on August 16 and 17. These figures were reached trom a careful compilation made Saturday night of what are considered the most j authentic reports of loss of life and . property received since the cessation of the storm. Of the known dead, 194 were residents resi-dents of the gulf coast section and 62 were drowned when the vessels they were aboard sank. Forty-three of the missing were members of boat crews. Those who perished on Galveston Gal-veston island, including eight in the city proper, numbered fifty-three and ten were still rupm-tart minting- frnm the island. Galveston's share of the property loss was placed at approxi-matel approxi-matel $6,000,000. Reports received here from all over the affected section were that the cities and towns gradually are recovering recov-ering from the disastrous storm and that conditions again are approaching normal throughout the gulf coast. In Galveston officials are hopeful that the serious problem of an adequate ade-quate water supply for the city would be solved within a few days. Predictions that direct railroad service into Galveston from the mainland main-land would be resumed within one month were made by officials of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe railroad. They stated that 1,700 feet of the $2,-000,000 $2,-000,000 causeway had been washed out on the Galveston side and 3,795 feet destroyed near the mainland. |