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Show SEA ILLS SAVE CITY FROM RUIN Galvriton, Trial, Panel Through Storm Which Send. Wall of Water Againit Embankment. Part of th laland Upon Wh.ch th City I Situated Wan Inundated, j But No Live Were Loit and ' j Property Damage I Not Larne. . (iahe.loli. Ti u -The a-vctilcon-foot aea nulla miu il Hi!, el'y from 'h" ! cl.-liicnl. on Wedn. .li v. wli.-n fi-il- le.lon pa- d lhroia-1, a--l.-ly a h irrl lane which re.-ml.'i-i It, In'iii.ity 'he dl-astrou. .lorin of I'. I ':i 1 1 ol Hi" Island upon w'lh h I ell)- la alluat.-d waa n.r.iill luunilal .-il. I ihe i.v.-rltow fmni the aea water reaching a h"lulii nl .. yen inure I feel. That poriloi, of ihe bland which I haa bein pin'ecicl auffereil coinpiira- lively little l-.artu. No lives were l.i.l In t liln lilimi ill ile vliitilty. and II," prnperty diimiKe will not be very large. Hweeplllg e.taril, the Irnplcal "lorni. which had ben central oyer Hie gulf Inr iweniyliinr hour" or more, airuck lialvcion eluuily niter It o'clock The wind attained n velocity ve-locity or alxty -eight mllea un hour, all, I bulged lite water of Calvcatnn luiv up again. 1 Hi" Island and (hauled thai portion which had not I n nil. ei. The water bnekc.l up Into the main atreeia The principal damage, dam-age, however, waa cotiiliied lo tin' I, .-lull from, where bath hon.ea anil pla.ure plera were awcpl away, hill "hipping waa unillHturhed. A hurricane for enat Texna wa fi.recii.ied early In the day, nnd when the aiorm broke fialvcaion waa pre-pared. pre-pared. The Inhiibliaiila of ihe few acaliered liou.ea In the low Becitnu Bought aafely and Ibe veaaela were riding at anchnr In the liny. The fury of the alorm waa Boon aluiled, and Ihe anxiety of those who enter-tallied enter-tallied finrn of number tidal wave wa" lima early relieved. Ho abort waa Ila duration that ihe Mullory line "learner, booked 10 aall for New York "horlly after aiiam. left on lime. A heavy dredge had been H blown agnlnat Ihe alngle bridge, wblrh B roiuiccl (ialveaton wlih Hie ninln M line, which wa damaged. A B re- H ult all manner of rumor were rile Ll Ihnt UnlveBton waa ngln deairoyed JJ by a tldnl wave alnillar tn Hint of . nine yeara ago. It will reinilrn acv. 'X' eral daya to aacerlaln Iho amount of the damage. The ainn orered s r wide area along Ihe Hull rua.l ' ri-om other clllea In lh affected U aren cm renorta of narrow eaeiia-a F and much deal rucl Innof property. II |