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A1995-015.Box70.0083AW Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 923, There was a storm cellar on the west side of the house but was destroyed before we experienced a hurricane in Kingsville which was about 1916. This storm house or cellar was strongly built, the walls three feet deep with flat door on the north side of three thicknesses.
A1995-015.Box70.0083AX Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 925, There were many hurricanes while I was living here. I shall never forget the cloud we watched that over-passed us in Kingsville but did hit Riviera Beach and a lot of buildings were destroyed at that time. A lot of damage was done in the Vattman community.
A1995-015.Box70.0083AY Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 906, My father was out of town holding a revival during this storm and we spent the night of the worst part of the storm with Judge Pollard and family, our next door neighbor. My father was returning home and the full force of the hurricane forced his train to spend the night just south of Robstown.
A1995-015.Box70.0083AZ Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 870-871, Our community suffered through many droughts and hard times, but most frightening and devastating was the hurricane which struck here on August 18, 1916. Many of the homes were destroyed or badly damaged. Ours was one of the few left standing. Luckily, no lives were lost.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BA Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 877-878, A Houston weather Bureau dates Kingsville's two worst hurricanes August 18, 1916, and September 14, 1919. I recall them well. There were considerable damage in both. Trees were uprooted, buildings and homes had roofs torn off, or blown away. The Moore residence was sturdily built.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BB Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 736-737, During the 1916 hurricane Dad was out on the road when the storm struck late in the evening. Our mother had bought a bushel of pears for preserving and all during the worst part of the storm Mother and I sat and peeled pears.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BC Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 725, I had met George Dietz of Riviera, and he and I were married in Washington D.C., where my father was then stationed. That was in June of 1932. We returned to Riviera to settle in what was known as the old Dietz home. I remember that fall we had a hurricane warning.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BD Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 666, About the worst hurricane that I can remember was the 1919 storm. It lasted a long 24 hours or more. So many people lost their lives in Corpus Christi when the big wave washed all those people across the bay. The eye passed over our house. It lasted about 30 minutes.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BE Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 637, The hurricane of 1919 proved most devastating as their house split in two. But they managed better than their neighbors, because it could be nailed back together providing a sanctuary for others less fortunate.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BF Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	"Hurricanes make horrifying history in Texas." Alice Echo News. February 16, 1986. Notes: No page number given, According to history books, Spanish soldiers encountered what was probably a hurricane in 1776 while chasing runaway recruits between the Nueces and Sabine Rivers. For a week, the soldiers were marooned on high ground with about 25 Indians. The first mention of any causalities in a hurricane is in 1791. That same hurricane flooded Padre Island and the mainland shore and killed about 50,000 cattle.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BJ Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Writer's Round Table. Padre Island, the long Texas coastal stretch that curves through the Gulf of Mexico from Corpus Christi to Port Isabel. (1950). San Antonio, Naylor [1950]. Notes: Pages 127-131, Winds, waves, and sands are Padre Island's influences, forever changing rather than permanent. Dramatized into tropical storms, these forces have moved dunes, shifted boundaries, and changed greatly the life upon the island. The 1919 hurricane was a stupendous example of dramatic change.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BL Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 757, On September 15, 1919, a hurricane swept neighboring Corpus Christi and Kingsville. All old timers remember this hurricane. We knew of the storm warning so food that could be eaten without cooking was brought in. But, who could eat at a time like this? Before the hurricane hit, the wind came from all four directions.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BN Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 776, On a Saturday in the fall of 1919, Mr. Ford drove the horse and buggy to Kingsville for supplies. When he returned, he said that there was a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, but that they had lost track of it. After the milking was done Sunday morning, the cows were turned out in the brush.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BO Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 792, The 1919 hurricane hit Kingsville with terrific force. We still lived on East Johnston and our next door neighbors were named Rogers. They came over and spent the night so we would not be so nervous when the worst gusts of wind came. The devastation seemed greatest on Sixth Street as I remember it.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BR Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	"City has had full shore of disasters." by Bill Hester. Corpus Christi Caller Times. July 4, 1976. Notes: Damage along the Texas Coast from these storms totals $950 million since 1916, with 364 lives lost since that year. The biggest were the hurricanes of 1919, $20 million is damages and 284 dead. Carla in 1961 with $300 million and 34 dead; Beulah in 1967 with $150 million and 13 dead; and Celia in 1970 with $453 million and 11 killed.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BS Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	McCoy, D. A. (1977). Oil, mud and guts. Brownsville, Tex. : Springman-King Lithograph Co. ; Edinburg, Tex. : distributed by Bruce Underwood, c1977. Notes: Page 101, One of the most vivid memories of my early days at Freer was the hurricane that did so much damage to Corpus Christi. It struck Freer with a high wind and rain on Saturday night, September 13, 1919 and continued through Sunday without let up until about noon Monday, the 15th.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BT Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	"Taft women recalls desperate cling to life in 1919 storm." by Spencer Pearson. Corpus Christi Caller Times. March 6, 1984. Notes: You'd never guess Mrs. Ben Ivey rode across Nueces Bay on pieces of houses and landed in a pool of crude oil during the 1919 hurricane. She and her husband had spent all night in howling winds and driving rains in the churning bay holding desperately first to a piece of rooftop and later to the side of what had been a house.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BW Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	"Clyde Prather recalls the Hurricane of 1919." by Bill Walraven. Corpus Christi Caller Times. March 18, 1985. Notes: It isn't hurricane season yet, but the Prather family wanted Clyde Prather to see the account of his experiences in the 1919 storm. So here it is.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BX Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Writer's Round Table. Padre Island, the long Texas coastal stretch that curves through the Gulf of Mexico from Corpus Christi to Port Isabel. (1950). San Antonio, Naylor [1950]. Notes: Pages 10-12, The word "hurricane," of West Indian origin, originally meant "big wind." In modern speaking it has two connotations any wind that measures seventy-five miles an hour or over, and more specifically in Padre's terminology, a cyclonic wind system of the tropics.
A1995-015.Box70.0083BY Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Corpus Christi, a history and guide. Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas. (1942). [Corpus Christi] Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 1942. Notes: Pages 176-177, Like the world in the reign of Augustus Caesar, a profound peace fell locally in the summer of 1919. Vacationists came from the North and the East. Business routine was normal. Then, on September 14, Corpus Christi was visited by its worst hurricane.
A1995-015.Box70.0083CB Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Alexander, SheraLyn W. (1966). Ed Erard of the Record : "Mr. Kingsville". Thesis (Master of Journalism)--University of Texas, 1966. Notes: Page 20, September 15, 1919, a hurricane swept into the Coastal Bend. In an article headlined, "Facts About the Storm." the Corpus Christi Caller stated: The wind started about 3 o'clock Sunday morning until 2 o'clock Monday morning. The velocity officially has not been determined, but it is placed at 70 miles an hour.
A1995-015.Box70.0083CD Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	"Eyewitness account recalls horror of 1919 hurricane." by Bill Walraven. Corpus Christi Caller Times. June 3, 1987. Notes: I have had this eyewitness account of the great storm of 1919 in my files for some time, but I never remembered it during the last hurricane season. The article can be found here: http://archives.tamuk.edu/uploads/A2019-016.0154C.pdf
A1995-015.Box70.0083CF Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: No page number given, Nick Hamer, who owned a drug store in Corpus Christi was there when the hurricane of 1919 struck. The people had no warning of the storm. But as the water began to rise he moved his goods from the bottom shelf to the highest shelf. As the water continued to rise, Hamer had to leave the store for higher ground.
A1995-015.Box70.0083CG Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	"A folklore to call our own." by Alexander Kafka. Corpus Christi Caller Times. May 7, 1989. Notes: One of the most moving interviews, by Council along with Felicia Cain and Israel Esquivel of Moody High School, was with duck hunting guide Nellie Wright, who described in detail the weeks following the hurricane of 1919.
A1995-015.Box70.0083CH Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	"1919 hurricane carried away Rockport dream of grandeur." by Armando Villafranca. Corpus Christi Caller Times. October 3, 1989. Notes: During the 1910s, Rockport was touted on billboards and tourist brochures as the Texas Riviera and trainloads of people arrived daily. But on September 14, 1919, hurricane gale winds ravished the coastal community of about 1,500. Rockport survived, but its ambitious future was blown away by the 72-mph winds.
A1995-015.Box70.0083E Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	"Rio Grande Valley lashed by hurricane." Corpus Christi Caller Times. August 5, 1933. Notes: No page given, no notes given.
A1995-015.Box70.0083F Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	"12 dead as hurricane lashes Valley." Corpus Christi Caller Times. September 6, 1933. Notes: See page 1.
A1995-015.Box70.0083H Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Original entry was for the Handbook of Texas Volume III. The current entry for Hurricanes can be found on The Handbook of Texas Online here: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hurricanes Notes: Pages 423-425, The largest and most destructive storms affecting the Texas coast are tropical cyclones that occur seasonally from late June through October. From 1818 to 1885 at least twenty-eight hurricanes struck Texas, and from 1885 through 1964 sixty-six tropical storms were recorded, about two-thirds of which were of hurricane force.
A1995-015.Box70.0083I Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	King, L. (1945). Port of drifting men. San Antonio, Tex. : Naylor, 1945. Notes: Page 62, Several days before the hurricane strikes, or is supposed to strike, store fronts in all towns in the predicted path of the hurricane are board up, garage doors are secured, loose articles, such as timber, are picked up and placed where the wind cannot use them as battering rams, house windows are boarded up.
A1995-015.Box70.0083J Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Wooldridge, R. A., & Vezzetti, R. B. (1982). Brownsville, a pictorial history. Virginia Beach, Va. : Donning, c1982 (1996 printing). Notes: Pages 128-130, The hurricane of 1933 came with mixed blessings. While causing extensive damage, it did have the effect of putting people back to work, at least temporarily, since the Agricultural Credit Corporation. Works Progress Administration, and the Civil Conservation Corpus began work in the city.
A1995-015.Box70.0083P Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Huie, T. W. (1957). A history of the water problems of the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. 1957. Notes: Page 13, It is not often that the Valley has had a "Big Blow" or hurricane. Two serious storms struck the area in 1933. The first hurricane blew in on August fourth, the second following one month later on September fourth. The second storm was more destructive.
A1995-015.Box70.0083V Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	"During this era famous hurricanes hit the Valley." Brownsville Herald. December 6, 1942. Notes: No page number, The significance of this storm caused massive damage in modern time. 40 lives were lost and 12 million dollars in property damage were reported. It struck September 4, 1933. The wind gust was at 125 miles. The eye of the hurricane passed over on September 5th.
A1995-015.Box70.0083Y Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	McNail, E. G. (1975). The bicentennial history of La Feria, Texas. [s.l. : s.n.], 1975. Notes: Page 26, In September, 1919, the edge of the hurricane which destroyed Corpus Christi, hit the valley. There was much rain, no flood control and Tio Cano Lake filled with water which stood for two years.
A1995-015.Box70.0083Z Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 70 / I-19-3	Citation not found. Citation notes: Allison, Alice, 1964. Notes: Page 13, Alice was visited by four hurricanes; in August, 1916; 1919; 1933; and recently by Hurricane Carla in September, 1961. Lying forty-two miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico, Alice is subjected to tropical storms in varying degrees.
A1995-015.Box72.0053FN Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 72 / I-19-4	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 206, Because the railroad was so important in sustaining the economic well-being of the citizens of Kingsville. Reverses in agriculture brought on by droughts, hurricanes, and poor markets did not effect the community as much as in towns totally dependent on farming.
A1995-015.Box74.0002A Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 890, In the 1916 hurricane the Neubauer family's house was blown off the blocks. During the 1919 hurricane some of the Neubauer cows were blinded by the storm and walked off a bluff into the bay and drowned.
A1995-015.Box74.0002B Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Bass, S. W. (1931). The history of Kleberg County. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Texas, 1931. Notes: Page 199, The hurricane in 1916 destroyed all the business and nearly all of the residences. They were never rebuilt. The handful of inhabitants whose homes remained intact soon left and by the end of 1916 all that was left of the town was the hotel.
A1995-015.Box74.0002C Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 798-799, After the hurricane, Riviera Beach was left in a daze. But repairs were soon made. Some of the Riviera settlers left, but many stayed.
A1995-015.Box74.0002D Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Page 798, Riviera Beach suffered serious damage during the 1919 hurricane. The waterworks and electric system were destroyed. The Buena Vista was seriously damaged. It was partially repaired and was used periodically banquets or meetings of civic organizations were held there.
A1995-015.Box74.0020A Collection: George O. Coalson's Annotated Bibliography of South Texas Historical Resources Location: 74 / I-19-5	Kleberg County Texas : a collection of historical sketches and family histories. (1979). [Texas : s.n.], 1979 (Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics). Notes: Pages 947, 960, 965, & 852, The Frank Shneider family of Vattman knew nothing about hurricanes. So, they were totally unprepared for the 1916 storm. But after that experience, the family built a storm cellar which they used during the hurricane of 1919.