STORM IN AMERICA.
TEXAS SUFFERS SEVERELY. .j , C.AEVESTON UNDER FIRE. HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. I United Press ’'Association. (Received 9.20 a.in.) New York, August IS. Alter a terrific storm. Galveston (Jexas’. was cut off from communication with the outside world, and it is believed was partially destroyed. Efforts to ascertain the loss indicate that the'whole city was under water, causing heavy loss of life. ’I lie Texan coast was ravaged. I welve soldiers were killed in Texas City, and forty civilians were reported dead at other coastal points. Scores of bodies were washed ashore. Bridges, railways, and telegraphs were destroyed. buildings collapsed, and vessels were wrecked.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 92, 19 August 1915, Page 5
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108STORM IN AMERICA. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 92, 19 August 1915, Page 5
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