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4 HOUSTON DAILY TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17 -1 ju Tj-iju-ir nr i a mwxmw jjumj-LOjujiJUr -inrw -fn(ifinn -r 1 Kmiiimiiiini i LAST INTERURBAN CARS FROM HOUSTON WEATHER BUREAU GULF OTIES ISOLATED FROM half popuunoN leaves BUSY ANSWERING CALLS Hundred! of Requests for Inforn i 4.4. V.m4so WitlrV GALVESTON ARRIVED AT 7:1 -POKT ARIHUR FOR INLAND HOUSTON BY WORD OR WIRE Beaumont Reports Conditions Grow Worse as Storm Progresses Along: Gulf Coast. Telephone and Telegraph Wires Go Refugees, Who Wera Four Hours on Way, Reported Tide Rising. Down Soon After DarkNo Word Through Night fcAUU VA UtVftU A VIM Auto Hade Hazardous Run. Freak Questions.

PATH OF THE STORM IN SEPTEMBER, 1900 After an uncertain Journey for four One by one the telephone and telegraph (Associated Press RrrwM BEAUMONT. Texas, August 16. While The Houston weather bureau was besieged with telephone calls during the entire day Monday, Including local and long distance calls, that It was found necessary to keep one man at the tele-bhona desk continuously. In addition to asking simple inform- i tlon of the kind that It Is within the pow-t er of a weather bureau to give, the per-i sons at the other ends of the line often" seemed to believe that the weather buy reau Is Invested with superhuman powers of prognostication as well as an Intimate a knowledge with every detail In weather changes at all points ot the globe." Inquiries as to the exact location ot the storm center on the gulf were frr i quent In spite of the fact that it must be generally known that the department can not maintain weather observation stations on (he sea. I Nearly everybody seemed to think that the weather department could till them exactly when and where the storm would strike the coast and how severe It would be.

That the situation at the Galveston weather office was even more strenuous was Indicated by the fact that the Hous- ton weather bureau could not get In touch by telephone with the Galveston office at any time during the day. Telcgraphlo dispatches from Galveston were limited to only those of 7 o'clock In the morning and 7 o'clock at night. At times the weather man found him self forced to give a brief gratis lecture on stormology. The gist of his lecture follows: wM more ge Vere than the 1000 storm. It passea through Matagorda and Brazoria coun- thence, after reaching a point "Like the storm of 1900, the present first noticed as It appeared in the H'lndward Islands," said Dr.

B. Bunne- ever, section director for the section of Texas of the United States wather All tropical storms are caused by an upward current of air. This upward cur- rent Is usually caused by the air becomj ing heated, therefore expanded In vol-, ume and lighter than it would otherwise; be. The heavier and cooler air rushes oureau Monday. I mine mat storm, now- rain.

ever, this one has been without much "The Present storm was first noticed i.v..i i i a point near the indward lslandd thunder and lightning. In that respect It 10. xhe weather bureau is de-more closely resembles the storm of 1909, pendent upon a few- weather stations at in from all directions crowding the heat-ed air upward. The upward moving air i causes a reduction on atmospheric sure and therefore the barometer fuls which was much more severe, though, widely scattered points and upon wire-. i less messages from vessels, for all Indue to Its taking a different path, less formation regardlnK the existence and damaging, than that of 1900.

course of these storms. The vessels, of 'The storm of 1900 was at first an course, steer clear of the storms as rap- Idly as possible, and therefore can give nounced by the weather department at ony raea information. After the fact Washington September 1. IMS'. It fol- of the presence of the storms has be- lnri rnnmi nnrtK nf went, come known these Vessels naturally ob- hours tha last Interurban train to leave Galveston arrived In Houston In three sections Monday night at o'clock bringing more than 100 refugees from the Island and Texas City.

A few minutes after the Interurban ar rived a big touring car, its top flying tn ribbons, pulled up In front of the Mllby hotel, having covered the distance between Galveston and Houston In about the same time as the trolley. Refugees crowded hotel lobbies unable to get accommodations; entire families carrying what few personal belongings they could gather hurriedly were among them. No casualties had been reported, they said. As the Interurban crossed the causeway the water was spraying over the track and passengers feared they would not make it. The tide has been on a steady rise, ac cording to.

all refugees, since early the afternoon and they expressed the (ear that the island would be isolated by an overflowing of the causeway before morn lug. STORES CLOSED AT NOON. Most of the stores in Galveston closed about noon and buslnes is at a standstill Resort and beach hotels wore deserted early In the day. The situation at Texas City Is reported alarming as that at Galveston. With out the protection of the seawall the gulf stream was sweeping up the sandy beach when refugees left there at o'clock In the afternoon.

Kyle Kox, an automobile man of Gal veston, who brought a party of six to Houston in his car, said the wind was so strong they expected to be blown Into the ditch at any moment. In the party be sides Mr. Vox, was Mr. and Mrs. J.

Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Burns and Mrs.

Fox and another man. All were suffering from chills, having been drenched to the skin from the driv lng rain. Their first obstacle was In crossing the causeway. With the waves breaking over their head. Fox xigzagged over tho course at the peril of his own life and the live of his passengers.

It seemed at times. he said, that the wind would sweep the big car Into the gulf. All the way to Houston telegraph and telephone wires and poles were down; sev eral dead horses lay on the roadside and serted wagons were seen In the ditch Intervals. The wind and rain was sweeping over the prairies at a terrlflc velocity. In crossing the causeway Interurban passengers said the cars made it slowly owing to the high water which seemed to be rolling over the tracks.

The heavy wind freauently retarded them on the trip to Houston after they had arrived on the mainland. Twice the cars "blew out" and stops were made to readjust them. The delay of the cars all along was due to the wind. SAID WAVES WERE ROLLING IN HIGH. A.

J. Volet, a traveling man, who checked out at the Galvex in the after noon and caught the 3 o'clock interurban, said that the wind in Houston was tame compared to that In Galveston. The water had 'been rising since morir.g, he said, and the waves were 10 to 12 feet high As they rolled in they broke over the seawall and mildly flooded the streets. Business, he said, was at a standstill; traffic was paralyzed and the streets were over-running with water from the heavy rain. C.

Clouse of Texas City Siid quit his work there early Monday morning and gathering what few lia had left on the 3 o'clock interurban for Houston Mrs. E. F. Wassan and her son. Homer, abandoned their home, and packing few personal effects came to Houston fullv convinced that the city will be swept away.

"I do not expect to find anything left when I return," she said. "The water is running high and I left as quickly as I could. Hundreds of others are doing the same." Serceant Mlnear of troop. Sixth cav airy brought his wife and family to Hous ton from Texas city. ne suiaiers, lie said, had been notified to-be ready to leave at a moment notice, i'acx trains were in readiness, he said, when ne lett for a general exodus in the direction of Houston should the situation become mnrA alarmlnff.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee noenis: and r.na Koenlc of Galveston were among the refugees who arrived at the Mllby hotel, They live In Lagrange and had been vis-Itlnr on the beach. While no damage had been done as yet, they said, they feared conditions would become more alarming and preferred to be where It was safer. T.

Sloman and family of Texas City left. Mr. Sloman said, because there was danger of the situation becoming more acute, although there was no great amount of danger at the time they de parted. NEGRO IS KILLED WHEN HE WALKS INTO A LIVE WIRE No Harks or Papers on His Cloth' ing Whereby Identification Can Be Made. An unknown aged about 35 years, clean shaven and about five feet nine inches in height, was killed when he walked Into a live wire which had been blown from the' poles onto the side walk at 3201 Mason street Monday night o'clock.

''Death must have been al moat Instant, and when Westheimer's ambulance with a lungmotor arrived more than an hour had elapsed. There was no chance of saving the man. Residents of the district had several close calls when they discovered the dead man. However, no one else was shocked. The excited crowd failed to get word to the ambulance company In time to procure aid whlh might hare brought tne man Data to me.

High Tide at Freeport. iAttoeialid Prut Rttort.) i FREEPORT, Texas, August IS. The tropical storm from the central gulf brought brisk winds fro mths northeast last night. There was a four-foot tide Brasos this morning. with the surf rolling the highest in years.

Forty Miles at (Aittciotti Prtit Retort.) MOBILE, Ala, August H. Mobile felt the effects ot the hurricane now prevail ing In the gulf early today when the wind reached a velocity, according to reports, of 40 miles an hour. The barom ter St was 3.4, a wires of the Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph company went out of commis sion Monday night, starting shortly after dark. A o'clock the last wire had gone out and Calveston was Isolated from conversation by telephone and communication by telegraph. At about the same time the wires of the Western Union and Postal companies went down, and no word was received from the storm-swept Island ty after o'clock.

Some of the wires to it few of the Bay City resorts. Including Laporte and oth ers, were still In commission at mliiniuht From these points came reports of the water rising and of a high wind, driving rain almost horlxontally. However, the few places into which wires were still in tact late at night were places where the storm was wanted otr Py natural protec tions of land, and storm conditions along the bay could not be judged well from their reports. Co to late evening one of the busiest places In the city of -Houston was the office of the local and long distance ex change of the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone company, where toll wiles to Galveston and other bay points were so crowded that it was Impossible to give the service of normal times. More than iQ calls direct to Galveston were being handled over the 30 toll wires of the company hourly throughout Monday.

At 4 clock Monday afternoon the cans which were entered with the company at 11 o'clock the same morning were just being connected. The demand for the wires was as heavy from Galveston as from Houston, friends and relatives call ing from the Island city to assure friends and relatives here of their satety. At the same time that tne 200 calls per hour were being handled over the Galves ton wires, more than loO calls were going over other wires through Beaumont to Bolivar Point and other gulf coast resorts. In all more than 300 additional calls to the dally average number were made and given service throughout moii day. The rush on the wires leading to the bav beenn late Sunday night, at about the same time as the exodus of residents of the bay cities began.

Monday night arrangements fcr working a full crew on the switchboards ot tne lonsr distance exchange had been mr.de and it was expected by officials of the company that the rush of the day would continue almost undiminished through the night. In instances calls had been placed by residents of Houston at hour Intervals for several hours in advance, and the number of calls to be connected had mounted high. However, soon after the niarht force went to work the lines began to give way, and by 9 o'clock the whole of tne 30 ton wires naa conupseu. Officials of the company stated that had thev had 200 wires In operation between thia ritv and Galveston and as many niwntivM. thev could have kept them all busv throughout Monday.

me raca oi wires, the crowded condition of wires' nneratlnn and the continued demands or patrons for Immediate connections made It extremely difficult for the company to meet the emergency with anything like reasonable dispatch. Throughout the day the business of the telegraph offices was Increased correspondingly to that of the telephone coni-panv, and the rush of messages to and from the coast cities continued until the lines of the companies refused to carry the words. Messages of assurance of ufotv and words of inaulry to threatened districts composed this added toll of the telegraph lines just as similar spoken messages added to the capacity of the telephone business. Wires of the railroad companies and of the interurban company also went down tnnrtav afternoon and evening. The last messages over the electric company's lines came in at 4 ociock.

me raunau lasted until 6 o'clock or a little later. However, by a little, after dark they were all down, and the last known message over any wires reached the office of The Post at ociock. STORM DID MUCH DAMAGE TO WINDOWS AND SIGNS Wind and Bain, Driven in Sheets Kipped Down Awnings and Filled Streets With Glass. One casualty, several auto accidents and some property damage w'as the toll of the storm that swept over Houston tonight. Before a driving northwest gale, which swept a torrential rain into sheets of water, wires, electrical signs, plate glass windows, show cases and awnings were torn from their bearings and hurled inta the streets.

In many places throughout the city telegraph and telephone poles and trees were thrown down, obstructing traffics and where wires came down, endangering the lives of pedestrians. A heavy wind, marking the arrival o'r the hurricane, started blowing- about th middle of the afternoon, and steadily increased throughout the night. At o'clock the downtown streets were deserted, save for an occasional automobile or belated homegoer battling the elements in a hurried effort to gain shelter. Many who feared to risk going home gathered at downtown hotels and for several hours a large crowd packed the Rice hotel corner, cheering and shouting in good nature at luckless auto drivers and pedestrians who were sent racing after a sailing straw hat or umbrella- As the wind grew higher and reports on wires down Increased electric street lights were turned off to prevent electrocutions, and before 10 o'clock the entire city was in darkness save a few lights in the shopping district. Moving picture shows closed soon after 8 o'clock for want of patronage and other stores and cafes accustomed to keeping open until midnight were dark.

Policemen were unable In many Instances to reach the boxes to report at the usual time. Street cars continued to run up until the usual time of 1 o'clock, although the number was limited and there were few to ride on those. The extent of the damage In the residential sections could not be ascertained. Reports made to the police were meager except in the case of live wires, which were down at the following places: San Jacinto street bridge. Smith and Hadley, Smith and Louisiana, 2200 Mason street.

1611 Rose street, Odin and Lyons, Flora and Emmerson, 3502 McKinney, Louisiana and Clay and In the 1500 block on La Branch. All were reported to the fire department. FISHING PARTY AT DAY LAKE MADE GOOD CATCH Houston Sportsmen Found Fishing Good on Two Days' Outing Trip. A Houston fishing party spent Saturday and Sunday at Day lake, 45 miles east of Houston, where they met with unusually good success. Their catch consisted of 100 pounds of white perch and catfish, and a 101-pound gar, the latter being caught by L.

Loraban. a member of the party. The camp at bay lake Is well equipped to afford the usual comforts and conveniences to sportsmen, and with favorable weather and plenty of good thlnss to eat and drink the two day outing was thoroughly enjoyed by the party. Those making up the group were T. W.

Browne, T. W. Browne N. Flnnlvan. M.

saorwan, ju. ixiranan. Ed Black, lvia its genua aau mtjx, letaeimen conditions are bad along the and apparently growing worw, no re port of loaa of Ufa have reached this flty. Tort Arthur reports a gale. The latest nana from Sabine was to tti effect that there was 65 miles of wind there.

J. P. Logan, a traveling man of This cltv, who reached here tonlKht. Ktated that lie toured both Sabine and Sabine Pass at 4 o'clock this afternoon and found no one In the city, the others having left for Tort Arthur and Beaumont. New from Port Arthur, however.

is to the effect that while the population of these two towns la about 1100, not more than have fled, the others remaining to take thetr chances with the waves. A number of boats remained at Sabine to bring away those remaining provided con. ditions become grave. Between tliis city and Port Arthur but one wire la working, the others going down about o'clock. The last news from there was to the effect that no water was In the city.

The Safflne hike Is about three feet high. No damage la reported to shipping. The full rigged hip King Edward with a rargo of lumber railed this morning, disregarding warnings to remain in port. Caplen. Rollover, l'atton and- Bolivar, on the Santa Ke between here and Galveston, are under water.

A telephone lineman at High Island, six miles to the east of Caplen. had repaired wire from lieaumont at 9 o'clock tonight. He aaid the water was very rough over these little summer camps and doubtless the property damage to cot laces and hotels there would be heavy, "Not a life has been lost." he said. Not even a cow or pig had been left In the mintrv now under water." A newspaper correspondent attempted to make the trip to Sabine tonight in an automobile. "The ind ould have blown our machine away if we had continued the trip, he said, upon his return to rori Arthur.

He then tried to charter a tug boat, but the old tars stated it would be suicide to trv to make the trip. The fate of those remaining at Sabine will not be known until after the water subsides NEW ORLEANS REPORTS ARE. THAT STORM IS SUBSIDING Vessels Bound East and South Are Permitted to Leave Port Warnings Sent West. tAsior.ctfd Priss Report. NEW ORLEANS.

August 16 Although the wind reached a velocity of 50 miles an hour when the tropical storm wis at lta height along the Louisiana coast yesterday reports received here tonight Indicate that but little damage was done by 'the gale and high tides. Late today the local office of the weather bureau notified shipping officers that Vessel bound east, southeast and south could safely leave port, although the sea probably would remain high for the next 24 hours. Shipping with destinations west of New Orleans was advised to remain in port. Hurricane warnings along the coast as far west as Sabine Pass, Texas, at 5 p. m.

were ordered substituted with southeast storm warnings. The hurricane warnings, however, were continued from Sabine Pass to Brownsville. The French motorahip llotriclne. from the British steamship Strora-bus. from Cardiff, the United Fruit liner Marowijne from Port Barrios and the British steamship Benefactor from King-" eton are 24 hours overdue here, but no fear for their safety is felt in shipping circles as none of the vessels, with the possible exception of the Marowiine, was in the direct path of the hurricane.

The Marowijne Is one of the largest vessels in the Central American trade and is con aldered able to weather the storm. Fears were felt here for the safety of fishermen and a party of campers from thle city who are supposed to be on Grand Island, about 60 miles south of this city. The Island was reported under six feet of water today. CONVICTS BROUGHT FROM MORGAN'S POINT CAMP yW. H.

Lloyd, County Commissioner, Had 25 Prisoners jjrougnt to Houston for Safety. All of the convicts who were located at county convict camp No. 2 In precinct No. 1 at Morgan's Point were brought to Houston Monday afternoon by direction of County Commissioner W. H.

Lloyd and placed in the county Jail. There were about ia prisoners in the camp in charge of Superintendent Thrift and several guards. The camp is located In an exposed position on the bay and when the situation became dangerous for their safety, Commissioner Lloyd went to the camp by automobile. The convicts were loaded on a Southern Pacific train which reached Houston early in the evening. One guard was left at the camp to watch over the county property.

PADRE ISLAND WAS DESERTED. Small Shipping Also Put Into Brazos Santiaao Harbor. Last Night. Houston Post Special.) BROWNSVILLE. Texas.

August 26 Weather conditions on the lower coast tonight are such as precede tropical storms, and small shipping, plying be-tween Galveston and Mexican ports, are putting Into Brazos Santiago harbor tonight for safetv. Seme good sized ships are reported from Point Isabelle as sighted and warned by the Brazos Island United States coast guard station to observe care. Padre Island, a summer resort on the coast. 22 miles from here, was deserted late today by Its residents. The last hurricane three years ago comnletely denuded this island of its shambling frame buildings.

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ILL. r1o Urnde ihere vai dissipated lit serve the precaution of keeping as far as at of thp aml De come useless as informants. "But from the first appearance of this storm Professor Frankenfleld of the weather bureau at Washington issued bulletins at frequent intervals, showing the approximate course and velocity of the storm and announcing that it would be unusually severe. "When first discovered it was moving in a western and northwestern direction. eager Inquiries kept post wires busy all of monday Until Late at Night Operator Was Kept Susy Answering Calls Ee-garding Storm Along Gulf.

Besieged by thousands of worried residents of Houston who had relatives and friends In Galveston and were anxious to learn how they were faring and what the conditions were, the telephone infor mation service of The Poet was taxed to the limit throughout the entire day ana night Monday. Through the exchange service of The Post these inquiries were answered with as quick dispatch as possible and with as accurate information as could be secured. Many of the calls carried with them a tone of pathetic appeal. From early morning until late at night there was hardly a moment's lull in the steady buzz of the phone and towards evening, when It became known that conditions had grown somewhat worse, the inquiries came in rapid fire succession. Early rumors that the water had reached over the seawall and the cftuse-way were the cause of many solicitations for news.

Nearly everyone wanted to know when the crest of the storm would reach Galveston and also how bad the conditions would be in Houston. Others inquired whether the storm had struck the summer resorts along the bay. Some of these were from the owners of summer cottages and others from Houston people who had relatives In those sections. Information was also sought of other towns along the coast, including Corpus Christ! and Port Arthur. It was evident that many of the Inquirers had been through the Galveston storm of 1900, as they recalled that similar weather conditions prevailed at that time.

Particular Information was requested regarding the train service from Galveston as many people wanted to meet their friends and relatives at the station. As many lines as possible Were kept open for the use of the public and special telephone operators were assigned to the work of answering these calls for information. Other lines were being utilized to get In touch with Galveston and all other long distance points In order to secure as complete and accurate information as possible. Caution was observed in giving out information. The Post force being particularly directed not to exaggerate to the slightest degree any reports but to give only the authentic Information in their hands.

The telephone operators remained at their posts without let up except when relieved for a few moments to get a bite to cat. MAJESTIC-ELECTRIC SIGN ACROSS MAIN STREET DOWN Was Removed at the Direction of Fire Commissioner Wires Were Nipped Letting Sign Fall. Swaying in a dangerous manner the large electric sign of the Majestic the ater which hung across Main street, near Texas avenue, was ordered down by Fire Commissioner Halverton Monday Trolley wires were cut and under the direction of Chief Selbert of the fire department firemen working on the aerial truck nipped the cable which it, sending It crashing to the pavement. A large downtown crowd attracted to the scene by the swaying of the sign, which was suspended between two poles only, saw the work- and cheered as It fell. When the accident happened to the street car wires the majority of the drivers of thee jitneys saw their opportunity and at once went Into the auto livery taking down their signs.

Some of them did not and continued to make their trips, this being especially true of those cars bearimr "Montaomerv" and "Northside" signs. But there was a great scarcity of jitneys on the other unes oniy one once fn a wnils. THB CLERK GUARANTEED IT. 'A customer came Into mv store th other day and said to one of my clerks, have you anything that will cure and mv clerk went and a-ot him a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera ana uiarrnoea itemed and said to him, It tnis aoes not cure you. I will not charge you a cent for It.

Bo he took It home and came back In a dar or two and said be was cured," writes H. Berry Bait Creek, Va. Obtainable every The center of the storm appeared to be near the Isle of Pines Saturday. August 14. and the morning of August IS It was near the North Texas coast moving northwest.

It Is at this time :15 o'clock Monday night difficult to state whether the center will pass over Houston. The barometer Is still falling and as long as the barometer continues to fall tne cen ter of the storm Is drawing nearer. "It is characteristic of the West India hurricanes for the wind to come In gusts, as has been the case here today. Since early thia morning the wind has been steadily Increasing in velocity at Houston, at times mowing at a tremen dona velocity for short periods. At pres ent it Is blowing at an average of 48 miles per hour, but we have had auests In which It reached a velocity greater than so miles per WILD RUMORS CIRCULATE IN PATH OF REPEATED DENIALS Tales of Terror Are Heard on the Street, While Actual Facts Are Denying Reports.

Monday night In Houston wild rumors of the storm along the beach and of the damage that had already been done were rampant. Water was dashing over the sea wall; the causeway was under the flow of the tide; the Island was being washed by monster waves. Some reports of numbers taken away by the waves were circulated. Wild tales of the wind, smashing buildings like a puff tears apart a card house, carrying water from the bay up Into the hearts of the cities, were Arrivals rrom Galveston, however, on the 7:10. interurban, the la3t car to como through, contradicted these reports.

The last word over the wires declared them false. The only damage done so far, said that last word, was the breaking of windows. Some water had been In the streets of the city, but that was chiefly from the heavy rain, they said. In fact, the memory of the great catastrophe In 1900 seemed to prompt rumors of every sort, all of which were denied as long as com munication was unbroken between this city and the bay points. Late arrivals stated that the tide had reached a point three feet below the railroad tracks on the cnuse.

way, and that waves were run nlng half way up the face of the sea wall. Spray from the high water la dashing over the causeway and the sea wall, stated the arrivals, but tin to even ing there was no danger of the water running over either, they declared. The fishing grounds of the Island have been deserted, they state. Hotels and rooming houses, they declare, especially in the higher districts of the cty, have been filled to capacity since early Sunday evening. Scenes which are almost pitiful are seen in tne island Llty.

uaivestonlans de clare, with the -arrival of the residents of the lowlands on either side of the city. seeking the safety wntcn Galveston ar- tords, and trying to get further inland. Whole families, deserters of their small farms, are rushing to the city. At the hotels and rooming houses cots and meager sleeping facilities are furnished them. Nothing else Is to be had.

Like the city residents these fleeing families of the coast are not fear-stricken. They are, however, uneasy and they are seek ing as much assurance of safety as they can find. Conductors and motormen oil the Inter urban lines stated at o'clock, whert they returned rrom uncompleted trips to tne isiana city, tnat tnis is tne worst storm which they have seen since 1900. They stated that the wind on the bay Is blow lng so, hard that It Is unsafe for a street car to run even along streets and roads, Great velocity of the wind Is so oppres sive that a car with its nose to the wind makes but about halt the progress made in normal times. Arrivals on the late trains stated that they have never seen such a blow along the coast.

-They declare that the wind Is almost as high and is blowing with almost as much velocity as when In 1900 a wall of water swept over the Bay city. More than double the time required for the regular trip was consumed In the last tew trips, wind and wet tracks mak ing the traveling doubly bard. MARINES WASHED FROM DECK Two Men of the New Hampshire best Their Lives. (Associattd Prtis WASHINGTON August 15. Two American marines were washed overboard from the battleship New Hampshire and drowned yesterday while the ship was sailing through the gulf hurricane, somewhere south of the.

Florida coast No damage to the New Hampshire or Louisiana, which are preceedlng to southern waters; was reported. The marines were 3. F. Robinson and B. W.

Ray. Robinson's mother. Mrs. W. A.

Robinson, lives at No. 223 West First street, Uhrichsvllle, Ohio. Ray's residence is given as Mississippi. His mother, Maud Ray Holcomb, is bis nest ot kin. The bodies were not recovered.

Corpus Felt Effects ajf Storm. tAttonoHd Prtti RtforfJ i CORPUS CHBISTL Texas, August IS. The tail end of the tropical storm reached Corpus Christl at 11 o'clock this morning with a blowing and a clear sky. 1 The combers In the bay were whipped to four JooU waves, but the local weather bureau says all danger has passed for this section with the diversion of the storm toward Galveston. often rapidly.

As the air rushes towurd the center ol u.nr... it i.Ac-it.u tn crirrtte lii an anti clockwise motion, caused by the effects the earth's motion. A vortex Is formed I at the center of which the air is whirling rapidly while at- the rim It whirls only, moderately. At the center of the vortex the barometric pressure is lowest. At storm may be moving at only a few miles per hour, while the wind it generates i may be moving at a very great veiocuy.

As the storm moves Inland it aeveiopa rain and often diminishes very mucn in Intensity. COAST RESORT RESIDENTS NEAR VICTORIA MOVING OUT, Storm Struck Seotion Causing Much Anxiety but No Great Damage Done Yet. (Associated prtsRetort.) VICTORIA. Texas, August 18. Reports that a terrific hurricane was raging along the gulf coast caused Intense excitorhent here today.

A special train was run te Port O'Connor this morning and brought about 200 people to this city. The wires were kept hot here by anxious relatives inquiring about kinsmen at Port Lavaca, Port O'Connoer. Alamo and Magnolia Beach, who were living in summer houses at these resorts. The storm which swept Indlanola from the face of the earth is fresh in the memory of the people or this vicinity and the warning sent along the coast early this morning did not have to be repented. The people made haste to get away from the coast.

Stockmen and' farmers along the coast have been busy today moving their families and driving their stock to the uplands. Late this evening the tiOe at Port O'Connor was three feet above nor mal nnd rising: the velocity of the wind was t5 miles an hour and Increasing. The water lacks about six feet of being up to the houses at Magnolia Beach. A number of trees were blown down -in 'Victoria today and telephone wires are down all over the city. The wind increased la velocity toward night.

A 30-mile gale was reported at Wharton tonight. According to warnings the' main storm was scheduled to reach this vicinity about 12 o'clock tonight. Victoria is crowded with refugees from the coast. SEA6R00K AND COAST TOWNS LITTLE DAMAGED SO FAR Situation Not Regarded Dangerous, and No Loss of Life as Tet Reported. Reports of the territory about Seabrook, Laporte and Sylvan Beach received over the long distance telephone Monday evening were to the effect that little damage was done and the situation was not regarded as dangerous.

At Seabrook the water had covered the flats and one small house was blown oyer but no one was injured. The wind was probably 60 miles an hour, but everyone remaining in the place was on nign ground. At Sylvan Beach there was a hlch wind but the water was low and no damage was done. The wind was blowing strong from the north and no dangar was expected if It did not shift to the east. AIL the residents remained in their homes.

At Morgans Point the water came in upon the flat, but all the residents had earlier gone to high land. At Laporte there was no damage reported, although the wind became higher at midnight. All of the summer rnlnnlntfi nf th' sections left Sunday evening when the fin storm warnings were received. Blew Down Victoria Houses. (Associated Press Ketort.i VICTORIA, Texas, August 16.

The gulf storm which has been raging several hours has blown down several small houses on the beach front at Nursery and A IIOIIIMBIUII, UVtUl UU1I1LB TIRfir tlftN. Off. cording to advices fro mthere this afternoon. No lives have been lost and no danger Is felt on this score. A special train has been sent to Port O'Connor (to uriiia uui remuenis it nign water threatens the place.

Fifty. Mile Wind at Analeton. (Houston Post Special.) V' ANGLETON, Texas, August 16. At 4i30 'clock the storm had rachat v.iAo "vur wii.n me oarometeri HMiuina at ana constantly dropping. ind still was increasing and will orob-! Jbiy reach iu height before 13 o'clock luiiiBin.

uwinage so tar. Maliory Liner Ashore. (Associated Press Reeorl. I MOBILE, August II. The Mai- lory liner Sabine, Inbound from New York and Tampa, went ashore Satui-dav night on a sandbar during a high wind and was net aoftUd unitt Sunday very much like that of the present storm, maicing an aDrupi turn non.nwa.ra at a point below Florida and again turning westward, striking the coast at Galves- ton.

It took a northerly course througlt Texas and again turned towards the east, passing over the great lakes, where it again became severe and resulted in con- slderable damage. "The storm of 1909 passed to the south of Galveston and therefore was less dam- RAILROAD TRAFFIC HALTED IN PATH OF COAST STORM Traffic Over Electric and Steam Lines Ceased Soon After Sundown Monday. Traffic over all railroads and the elec tric lines between Houston and Galveston was suspended early last night when the last train from the Island city reached Houston over the Interurban lines. The train came In three divisions, carrying over 200 persons from the storm stricken center. Trains over the Sunset Central and the Galveston, Houston Hender son, due in Houston at 7:40 and 7:20 re spectively, had not been heard from, and it is presumed that they did not leave Galveston.

The other train over the Sun set Central due to arrive in Houston at 10:10 o'clock, also' failed to leave the Island city. The last electric car left Galveston at 4 o'clock. It is stalled in the heavy weather at Virginia Point, a few miles this side of Galveston. The car and passengers are said to be on high ground and safe. The crossing of the drawbridge over the bay this side of Galveston had been glv ng trouble, and had been declared almost unsate, and cars after the 4 clock de parture were cancelled and turned again in the direction of Houston.

An electric car which had been sent out to see in what condition the tracks and lines were, went through as far as Lamarque. It returned, reaching this city at 11:15 ociock. Fourteen cars of the electric company were on the tracks be tween this city and Galveston when traffic was declared closed. AU of them were turned again toward the Houston barns. It is presumed that the trains which were due over the Sunset Central and Galveston, Houston and Henderson lines in Houston at a little after 7 o'clock Mon day evening, did not leave the depots at Galveston.

The telegraph lines of the railroad company to Galveston were down early In the evening, but up to clock each was able to communicate with points on the beach this side of Galveston. At o'clock the Galveston. Houston and Henderson had not reached Texas City. The train over the Sunset Central which left Houston in the direction of Galveston at 7:20 Monday evening went through as far as seaorook, wnere It was last nea.ru of. It Is thought that this train ia tied up at that point.

When the wires of the railroad com panles went down it was known that passenger coaches were held on the Gal veston tracks for emergency cases. It was also known, that up to the time the wires were trains could get Into and out of the Island city. How ever, since the wires went down, no re port has been received by ettner or the roads operating from here. The last re Dort over tne international ana ureat Northern lines was received shortly after 6 clock Monday. Kaiiroaa otticiais stated at 7 ociock Monday evening that no more trains will be run through either in the direction of Galveston or of this city until weather conditions Improve.

The grain and cot ton in the Galveston warehouses will not be touched by the railroads. No freight will be taken in either direction until' general conditions are again almost nor mal. Attempts were being made by the in terurban authorities to repair their traffic telephone system between this city' and Galveston at a late hour. Their lines went out of order at about 4 p. when tne last worn was received rrom the Island city.

ELECTRIC LINES DOWN. Thirty Poles on Westmoreland Line Blown Down oy winas. Thirty poles on the Westmoreland- line of the Houston Electric company were blown down after dark Monday evening by the high wind, and caused the suspension of traffio on the HneV The line gives service between the Rica Institute and Westmoreland. Abnormal Tides at Tampa lAisociatti Pmt Retort.) TAMPA, August IS. Abnormal tides today, but not high enough to do damage, marked the passage of the gulf storm irom mis section.

The highest wind velocity, it miles, was recorded yesterday. No serious damage resulted. Miner Damage at Leckhart. Htmtton Post Sciil. LOCKHART, Texas, August IS.

The tropical storm extended as far Inland as Lockhart. strong wind has 'blown- here all day, causing considerable aitoor dam age. 3 it.