UNKNOWN CAUDLE[1]




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Name UNKNOWN CAUDLE Gender Female Died Abt 1900 HOUSTON, TEXAS Buried - HOUSTON FLOOD
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Person ID I511 Caudle Descendants Last Modified 29 Dec 2004
Family CHARLEY ELBRIDGE ("BRIDGE") CAUDLE
3x , b. 26 Jun 1872, BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS
, d. 4 May 1920, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS
Age: 47 years
Married Abt 1895 HOUSTON, TEXAS Married Abt 1895 HOUSTON, TEXAS - MARRIED THREE TIMES: (1) TO THE HOUSTON TEXAS
GIRL, (2) TO ALMA L. BURKE, AND (3) MARY THORPE
Children 1. WILLARD LEE CAUDLE, b. Abt Oct 1896, TEXAS , d. Abt 1939, TEXAS
Age: ~ 42 years
Family ID F190 Group Sheet
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Notes - IN 1978 MARLAN CAUDLE, BRIDGES SECOND SON FROM A DIFFERENT MARRIAGE, SAID
THAT HIS HALF BROTHER'S MOTHER DROWNED IN THE GALVESTON - HOUSTON
HURRICANE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON THE HURRICANE
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MARYLAND INDEPENDENT
THE KILLERS ARE AMONG US - PART II
SAFETY, SURVIVAL DEPEND ON KNOWLEDGE
BY JOHN D. DRISCOLL, INDEPENDENT STAFF WRITER
VOL 125, NO. 54, WALDORF, MARYLAND
FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1995, PAGE A-1, 3, 9
THE GREAT 1900 HURRICANE - GALVESTON
THE "GREAT 1900 HURRICANE" THAT DESTROYED HALF OF GALVESTON, TEXAS,
AND KILLED ONE OUT OF EVERY SEVEN PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE STANDS AS A
TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF THE HURRICANE. WHAT WAS MISSING AT THAT TIME
WAS A MODERN STORM TRACKING SYSTEM, RELIABLE COMMUNICATIONS AND AN
EFFECTIVE PUBLIC WARNING SYSTEM.
THE DEATH TOLL WAS IN EXCESS OF 6000, AND THE STORM REMAINS THE
WORST NATURAL DISASTER IN U.S. HISTORY. ACCORDING TO THE 1900 WRITINGS
OF DR. I. M. CLINE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, GALVESTON, MANY PEOPLE WHO
DIDN'T DROWN WHEN THE STORM MADE LANDFALL ON SEPT. 8 DIED FROM TRAUMA
INFLICTED BY FLYING DEBRIS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO STANDING SELTER LEFT TO
PROTECT THEM. THE CITY WAS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED.
SUPRISINGLY, THE STORM WAS ONLY A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, ACCORDING
TO THE BEST ESTIMATE AVAILABLE FROM GORDON E. DUNN, FORMER DIRECTOR OF
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.
THE INDIANOLA HURRICANES - TEXAS
IN 1875 AND 1886, TWO CATEGORY 4 HURRICANES STRUCK THE COAST OF
TEXAS AT INDIANOLA. THE FIRST KILLED AT LEAST 175 PEOPLE AND VIRTUALLY
DESTROYED THE TOWN. THE SECOND, JUST 11 YEARS LATER, COMPLETELY WASHED
INDIANOLA OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH. THOUGH THEY ARE NOT HURRICANES FROM
THE 20TH CENTURY, THEY MERIT MENTION HERE BECAUSE THEY STAND AS THE MOST
EXTREME CASE OF NATURE'S UNRELENTING FURY. THE CASUALTIES OF THE 1886
STORM WILL NEVER BE KNOWN.
FROM THESE TRAGEDIES AND THE GREAT 1900 HURRICANE AT GALVESTON, U.S.
AUTHORITIES LEARNED THAT THEY NEEDED TO DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE TRACKING AND
WARNING SYSTEM TO REDUCE THE LOSS OF LIFE SEVERE TROPICAL STORMS CAUSE.
THAT IS A PROCESS THAT NOW INVOLVES INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND
COOPERATION FOR RESEARCH AS WELL AS EMERGENCY RELIEF EFFORTS.
20 STRONGEST, DEADLIEST HURRICANES IN U.S. HISTORY
A LIST OF THE 20 FOLLOWS RANKING THE GALVESTON, TEXAS 1900 HURRICANE
SEVENTH COSTING $ 0.7 BILLION. IN 1915 A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, RANKED
NO. 18, HIT GALVESTON AGAIN KILLING 275 PEOPLE THIS TIME AT A COST OF $ 1.5
BILLION.
IN 1919 A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, RANKED NO. 4, HIT THE FLORIDA
KEYS AND TEXAS KILLING 600 - 900 PEOPLE AT AN UNDETERMINED COST. IN 1932
ANOTHER CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, RANKED 15, HIT NORTH TEXAS KILLING 40
PEOPLE WITH AN UNDETERMINED COST. IN 1957 ANOTHER CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE,
RANKED NO. 17, HIT AUDREY, LA. AND TEXAS KILLING 390 PEOPLE AT A COST OF
$ 1.5 BILLION. IN 1961 ANOTHER CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, RANKED NO. 10, HIT
CARLA, TEXAS KILLING 46 AT A COST OF $ 1.9 BILLION.
IN 1970 A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE RANKED NO. 19, HIT CELIA IN SOUTH TEXAS
COSTING $ 1.5 BILLION. AGAIN, IN 1980 A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE RANKED NO.
20, HIT ALLEN IN SOUTH TEXAS COSTING $ 0.4.
OF THE 20 STRONGEST, DEADLIEST HURRICANES IN U.S. HISTORY, ALL IN THE
20TH CENTURY, 8 [40 PERCENT] OF THEM STRUCK TEXAS.
- IN 1978 MARLAN CAUDLE, BRIDGES SECOND SON FROM A DIFFERENT MARRIAGE, SAID
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Sources - [S643] MARLIN & BONNIE CAUDLE, 504 SHORT STREET, APT 5,.
- [S643] MARLIN & BONNIE CAUDLE, 504 SHORT STREET, APT 5,.
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