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Show SEAWALL Three Hundred Feet of Causeway Is Destroyed. MUCH SUFFERING Water, Light and Car Systems Out of Commission. Washington, Aug. IS. War department depart-ment despatches sent to Texas City by ' wireless via Houston said tho army camp there had been destroyed by a tidal wave and high tide which covered the city with three to five feet of water. Troops were searching for dead and caring for the injured. The stxTrm still raged this morning. Galveston, Texas, Aug. IS, by wireless wire-less from United States Transport Buford. There is considerable suffering suffer-ing in the city. The water system, lighting system, gas and street car systems are out of commission. There is no drinking water in tho city. Three hundred feet of the causeway has been destroyed. All officers, classified, employes, enlisted men and their families are safe. (This refers to the garrison at Fort Crockett) San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 18. That five hundred bodies from Galveston had been washed ashore on high land nimor carried over the first wires into San Antonio Wednesday afternoon. after-noon. The report was made to the wire chief at Houston by a lineman. Beaumont, Texas, Aug, IS. Two relief re-lief trains with 200 refugees from Port Arthur arrived hero last night They described conditions there as distressing. Much of the town is under water, tho water supply cut off and food scarce. Sabine and Sabine Pass were deserted Monday night and both towns are reported totally submerged. sub-merged. Austin, Tex., Aug. IS. A relief committee met in Houston Tuesday and arranged to send a boat of supplies sup-plies to Galveston. At Kemah, on the coast only one house has been left standing, according accord-ing to Frank Annelle of Seabrook, who escaped to Houston. Practically every big ystabllshment in Houston reports damage. The Houston Post declares there have been but two deaths in Houston a negro who encountered a live wire, and a carpenter whoso barn fell on him. Tho Post reports ten houses down at Bellaire and ten persons injured. A newspaperman, who got within sight of Galveston, said the evidences of destruction indicated the damage there would exceed that of the 100 storm. At Texas City from 12 to IS soldiers sol-diers and 30 to 40 civilians were killed, according to reports published in Houston papers tnat rencneu Temple Tem-ple and San Antonio today. A report re-port that tho bodies of eight women, washed ashore at Texas City and believed be-lieved to have come from Galveston, gave the only detailed Information of loss of life In the latter city. The damngo to cotton will bo from 15 to 25 per cent of the entire crop of central Texas nnd will cost the growers millions of dollars, according to estimates made In Austin, based on reports rceived from central Texas' ports. Eight men are reported dead near Morgansport and three bodies were ( washed up today at Sylvan beach from some place in the bay. Six persons aro reported drowned at La Porto, twonty-two miles south- , oaBt of Houston on Trinity bay. Three lives are reported lost at Sea- l brook, twenty miles from Houston, , nnd tho town Is said to have beep ; practically annihilated, so cfar s , houses are concerned. A refugee who escaped from Kem- ah, a coast town, said only ono house was left standing In that place. Houston Is reported to have suf- fored damage variously estimated as totaling from one to flvo million dol lars, but only two lives are reported lost there. A newspaperman who reached Virginia Vir-ginia Point, tho north end of the causeway that connects Galveston with the mainland, and viewed the stricken city, reported that nothing was to be seen of several great grain elevators. He said the drawbridge In the causeway had been washed away and that the high water evidently evi-dently had been several feet above the causeway. He believed the number num-ber of buildings destroyed In that city would run into the thousands. Ho said he saw thousands of bales of cotton along the prairie between Virginia Point and La Marquo, far inland, evidently carried there from the Galveston docks. Twelve Soldiers Killed. "Waco, Texas, Aug. 19. A copy of the sixth edition of the Houston Chronicle of Tuesday says: "Twelve soldiers were killed at Texas Tex-as City during last night's storm when the Thompson building, a new three-story three-story structure, collapsed. Eight were killed by falling brick, while four drowned later. About 30 or 40 civilians, many of thorn women and children, also lost their lives. "Those killed were enlisted men and no commissioned officers lost their lives. Military Rule Established. "Military rule has been established at Texas City and tho soldiers are fishing corpses out of the water as fast as they can be located. "The first rumor to reach Houston was that between 200 and 250 soldiers were drowned, but thiB report was denied de-nied by A. H. Doty and T. J. Mo ran, who reached Houston late Tuesday afternoon, af-ternoon, making a trip to Texas City in an automobile on the railroad track. They said only twelve soldiers sol-diers lost their lives and perhaps three times as many more were Injured. In-jured. Bodies Washed Ashore. Morgan's Point, Texas, Aug. 18. Eight men are reported dead near this point. They were drowned while fishing. Reports reached here from an authentic source that the bodies bod-ies of a woman, a baby and a sailor had beached near Syivan beach. They were unidentified and apparently floated from some place on the bay. Severe Blow to Texas City. Austin, Texas, Aug. 18. An early edition of the Houston Post says: "Texas City has sustained a severe blow as the result of the hurricane which swept tho gulf coast an approximate approx-imate damage of $400,000 being there, but only eighteen lives ere lost Information In-formation to. this effect was brought to Houston Tuesday night by E. V. Rhodes, superintendent of the terminals termi-nals of the Texas City company, who left Texas Citv at 4 o'clock Tuesdav afternoon and was relayed by four automobiles. San Antonio, Texas. Aug. IS. A copy of tho Houston Chronicle Issued at 3:30 yesterday afternoon received here early today estimates the storm damage in that city at about $1,000,-000. $1,000,-000. No mention Is made of loss of life in Houston, but it is stated six persons were drowned at La Porte, 20 miles southeast of Houston on Trinity bay. Newspaperman's Story. Houston, Texas, Aug. 18. Via Temple Tem-ple and by Telephone to Dallas. Houston Chronicle prints the following follow-ing interview with J. R. Montgomery, a Houston correspondent of tho Galveston Gal-veston News, who got as far as Virginia Vir-ginia Point the north end of the causeway. Wednesday, and viewed the wrecked city of Galveston: "I am confident the number of dead In Galveston Is large. T couldn't see an elevated on the port side of the city and my opinion Is Uiat the number num-ber of buildings destroyed will run Into the thousands. Property Loss Great. "I believe the property loss will be greater than that of 1900." Montgomery made his way to tho drawbridge of the Galveston causeway cause-way and owing to the fact that this structure was swept away he was forced to return to Houston. The man made tho trip In nn automobile. "We ecountered Indescribable conditions," con-ditions," he said, "The road bridges at Clear Creek and Dickinson were washed out and we ran our automobile automo-bile over the railroad bridges and across the ties. "Wo saw thousands of bales of cotton cot-ton on the prairies all the way from Virginia Point (the mainland end of the Galveston causeway) to the town of La Marquo, far inland. These were washed from Galveston docks by tho great tidal wavo. Water Very Deep. "The water must have been several sev-eral feet over tho causeway and serious seri-ous damage must have been done to It by the washing out of large quantities quanti-ties of fillings in the center." The Chronicle reported that it received re-ceived information that fifty persons ire dead at Texas City, but accounts for only twelve soldiers, who perished whou the Thompson building at Tex-is Tex-is City collapsed. It Is said these were all private soldiers, no commissioned commis-sioned officers having lost their Ives. The railroad drawbridge has been ivnshcd away at Seabrook, about 20 niles from Houston. Three persons .(Continued on Pago 7). 1 GALVESTO! WRECKED B! STORM (Continued from Page 1) aro roported to havo lost their lives at that point Mr. Montgomery described conditions condi-tions along tho prairie similar to those that obtained in tho 1900 storm. "We saw thousands of dead animals ani-mals along the way," ho said. He said that he could see the buildings at Fort Crockett and all seemed undamaged. He could recognize recog-nize somo of the tall buildings in the city with which he was familiar, but was most impressed with the gravity of the situation by tho fact that the grain elevators were gone. Cotton Crop Badly Damaged. Damage which will run Into millions mil-lions of dollars has boon done to the cotton crop In Texas by the storms of Monday and Tuesday. Reports from towns in central Texas say that cotton open in tho bolls was blown out of tho bolls and wan beaten into the ground by the heavy rains. It is estimated that 50 per cent of all tho cotton in this section was open and that from oue fourth to ono half of tho open cotton was lost. On this calculation tho damage will be from 15 to 25 per cent of the entire en-tire cotton crop of central Texas. Port Arthur Destroyed. Beaumont. Texas, Aug. 18. Three men and ono woman were killed, almost al-most the entlro population of Port Arthur made homeless and property damage estimated at moro than $200,- 000 constitutes tho toll of the tropical storm Monday night. 11 i Water Higher Than In 1900. 1 Chicago, Aug. IS. W. E. Marson, I general superintendent of the Atchi- 1 son, Topeka & Santa Fe at Galvcs- I ton, telegraphed the general offices jl hero from Hitchcock, 17 miles north 1 of Galveston, today, stating tha.t the 1 water extended to Hitchcock, and at I certain places It was three miles fur- I ther inland than in tho disastrous I flood of 1900. I "I understand," Mr. Marson tele- 1 graphed, "that the citizens of Calves- I ton had 24 hours warning to move to I tho business section of tho city and I hope this was done, although grave I fears are felt. I "Rescuers at Hitchcock have recov- ered tho bodies of seven drowned per- 9 sons and cared for several injured. I "Small towns between Wallls and I tho coast havo suffered severely. D "We left Alvln at 3 o'clock in the i morning with a relief train but were I stopped- by tho water at Hitchcock. From Hitchcock to Galveston the track apparently is under water. The Hitchcock yards were under water, I and bales of cotton, lumber and other I debris were floating about At 3 o'clock this morning tho water was I five feet under tho highest stage at j Hitchcock. "At the height of the storm the I wind, which was accompanied by a j heavy rain, was so Btrong that a j man could not stand against It j "A marine pile driver is reported to I have bumped against the causeway and damaged the stope, but the re- j port Is not confirmed. The storm is j still raging, but not so severely as at I first" AuBtin, Texas, Aug. 18 While state militia officers sought to communl-catevith communl-catevith Galveston today, tents, blankets and coto were ready in tho adjutant general's department for shipment to Houston or Galveston for tho use of the storm refugees as soon as the needs oi the sufferers can be ascertained, tho assistant adjutant general says, supplies will bo rushed under guard to the coast |