Tornado Injures 22 in Channelview Mobile Area
A tornado spawned from the fringe of Hurricane Carla cut a half-block wide path for about a mile in Channelview. Sheriff’s spokesman reported 22 injuries with 18 homes and six businesses plus a trailer destroyed. Rescue efforts hampered by rain and power outages. most injuries minor at Tidelands Hospital.
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Jimmie Woods
Channelview
Sheriff's Department
San Jacinto River
Houston Lighting & Power Company
Market Street
Glen Rose
State Highway Patrol
de Zavala
Elsbeth
Susann
Jerry Cobb
Robert Reichle
Channelview Fire Department
Walter Rendon
Peg
Lonnie E. Hatham
Sheldon Road
Helmcamp's Lumber Co
Sheldon
Taylor's Dairy Mart
W. O. McDonald
Ira Ferguson
Lakeside Drive
W. John Keller
Vonnet
Edd White
Tidelands Hospital
Telephone Lines Heavily Damaged By Carla in Baytown
Hurricane Carla caused severe damage to telephone and power services in Baytown. General Telephone Co. of the Southwest and Houston Lighting and Power Co. organized around the clock repairs, with 3,300 lines out of 17,000 and about 600 lines affected on local exchanges. Four crews from Texarkana joined local efforts, aiming to restore all phones within three weeks. 110 operators worked nonstop during the storm.
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Baytown
General Telephone Co
Southwest
Houston Lighting and Power Co
HLEP
4We
K. E L. Dismang
Texarkana
Hl&p
Dismang
Huffman
Barbers Hill
Highlands
Dismany
Crosby
Mont Belview
Water damage forces power shutoff and sewage dumping
Grantham describes rising water forcing power cuts before pumps fail and raw sewage spilling into Goose Creek. Storm halts garbage collection. operations to resume in days. Public Works workers logged long shifts with many named staff continuing around the clock.
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Grantham
Goose Creek
Public Works Department
W. C
Clyde] Pondide
Adcox
A. J. Ogden
L. Horn
J. W. Patterson
Tall Image
Auduchon
W. E. Woods
Adventurers Travel Club Baytown Meeting Cancelled
The Adventurers Travel Club of Baytown has cancelled its meet until further notice. A Sept. 21 meeting was planned at the Chamber of Commerce building with an 7:39 p.m. start. The Alamo School PTA rescheduled its Sept. 14 meeting to Sept. 21 and its executive committee will meet at 11 a.m. on Sept. 21 at Alamo School.
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Alamo School
PTA
La Porte Returns to Normal After Carla Flooding
La Porte inches toward normal as power slowly returns and communications are reestablished in parts. Water remains uncontaminated. several areas like Anahuac and Crosby still without phone lines. Mont Belvieu reports limited damage, wind toppled derricks near Cove Road, and 250 to 300 residents sheltered at Barbers Hill. Highway 146 still flooded in places, underpass near U.S. 73 blocked. Downtown stores closed with minor glass and tree damage. officials caution on overall losses as recovery begins.
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la Porte
Anahuac
Crosby
Bill Stabs Jr
Mont Belvieu
W Ares
McDaniel Brothers
Cove Road
Barbers Hill High School
Barbers Hill Elementary
Bayfront
Stairs
Houston
Guardsmen guard debris wash ashore after Carla
Grim National Guardsmen with bayonets vigil over debris washed ashore along Highway 146 from Tabbs Bay after Hurricane Carla. Looters were warned off as scavengers sought washing machines motors and other salvage. City crews and highway department teams cleared hazards while Baytown emergency crews aided rescue efforts and reported a single drowning in a nearby rice canal.
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Bay
Highway 146
Tabbs Bay
Baytown
R. H
Bo) Turner
Turner
Texas Highway Department
City of
Cove Road
Tornadoes and floods lash Baytown area during Carla aftermath
Tornadoes skirt the Baytown area Monday afternoon and night with unconfirmed hits on Channelview and Highlands while Hurricane Carla floods streets. Baytown tides at Humble Oil docks reached a record near 12 feet, nine feet above normal. many homes flooded. Humble Oil Baytown Refinery began returning workers after a Sunday shutdown.
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Baytown
Channelview
Highlands
Carla
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Bayshore
John M. Kilgore
Kilgore Road
Kilgore
Bayshore Bus Lines to Resume Baytown Service
Bayshore Bus Lines announced on Tuesday that bus service would resume from Baytown at 1 p.m. and that normal schedules would be resumed on Wednesday.
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Bayshore Bus Lines of
Baytown
Sheffield volunteers aid community from Armco Steel workers
In Mouston area’s Armco Steel Sheffield Division about 3500 employees contribute to local service. Lindy Smith is among those who enjoy pitching in to help community projects and volunteer work.
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Mouston
Sheffield
Armco Steel Corporation
Lindy Smith
Jgimeyman
Houston
15534
Vonnet i Channelview
Smith
Beryl
England
Texas
Southwest
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